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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

D0U6hI0n SECURES INCREASE OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS IN
HOUSE COMMITTEES REPORT
Representative R. l.. Dough.
ton, ranking Democrat on the
house committee on roads, has
induced the committee to report
out a roads bill to the house car.
rying $65, 100000 for the fiscal
year 1928 and $75,0O0,0OO for
the fiscal year 1924. Represen.
tative Thomas B. Dunn of New
York, chairman of the commit
tee, has been opposed to tho gov.
ernment's making any appropri.
alton for roads at all but seeing
that he faced defeat, consented
to an appropriation of $4,000.
600 to $50,000,0O0. Representative
Roy 0. Woodruff, of Michigan
another member of the commit.
ttee, stood out for $50,O00, to
$65, 900, 900, while Mr.. Donghton
held out for $1OO,0OO,OOO, but f.
naily compromised on the fig
ures named above.
This all took place ina sub COM
mittee. Mr.. Doughton then can
vassed the situation and learned
that the committee when it met
would tie on making a report on
a bill based on his figures, eight
Republicans voting against itand
four Republicans and the four
Democrats prcseng for it. Two
Democratic membersof the co m
mite e, Representative H. S.
Ward, of North Carolina, and Ed
ward B. Almon, of Alabama,
were absent in their districts on
important business. Mr.. Dough
ton considered it most impor.
tant of all that these two gentle.
men take the next train for Wash
ington and break the tie which
! meant at lest an increase OF
from four to five million dollars
in federal appropriations to their
; respective States within the next
tive years. So in order to secure
the presence of these two Demo
J Gratis in the meeting of the full
committee, he sent to each OF
them two urgent kilograms, ono
following fiat on the other. Mess
Ward and Almond reached Wash
ington before the committee met
. and saved the day.
The committees report is re
!, garded by Mr.. Doughton's NORTH
.. Carolina colleagues as a sub
stantial victory for him and fol
!, his State for it was secured il
! the face of the very stronges
opposition. The bill has yet t,
! run the gauntlet of the house
). but the Republican members O
\ the committee who upheld hin
in the mittee's report ar
ready to back him with all thei
might on the floor and there i
more than an even chance tn,
bill will pass.
What has greatly inspired MI
;, Doughton in his efforts to secur
an increase in federal appropris
tions on roads is the monuments
uork in rOad CONSERVATION M,
= going in his own state. He say
- there is no better road organize
= tion and machinery in any Stat
in the Union than is now to b
found in North Carolina and n
greater road builder than Fran
V Page, chairman of the N. {
y State highway commission.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Goldsboro. Bond Of 5000 each was
required Of three youths tried in the
municipal court here. Clyde Norman.
D. E. Dawkins and A. M. Fritz, charg.
ed with stealing an automobile.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Raleigh.-While being brought to
Rex hospital after being caught b.
tween two freight cars on the Hender-
son-Norlina stretch Of the Seaboard.
r. H. Faison, we'll known young nag.
man Of Raleigh. died.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

DUN
per day. These cows all receive
the same amount of care and at
tention and are fed practically all
alike. The thirty two pound COW
does not stand in any more elab-
crate stall than the twelve pound
cows, so it takes the same amount
of money to make twelve pounds
of milk as it does thirty two
pounds. We will suppose that
this man has ten thirty two pound
cows in his herd instead Of one
thirty two pound and nine twelve
pound cows. He would produce
800 pounds of milk per day and
$500 pounds per month. If he
sold this milk to the cheese fac
tory at $1.50 per hundred pounds
which figures 1890 per gallon he
would get a check for $144.OO.
Now he also has $3.50 pounds of
whey which is worth to feed a
bout 8 cents per hundred pounds
or $6.52. So the total amount re.
ceived from the cheese factory
would be $150.52. The hired
man who is getting $4,000 per
month spends about four hours
each day on the herd making a
labor cost of $15.96. This would
leave $134.56 to pay for feed and
interest on investment. Not tax.
ing into consideration the value
of the manure which is building
up the farm and is very valuable
in this respect. Now at the
present time his ten cows are
producing 140 pounds of milk
per day and 4200 pounds per
month. Selling this milk at the
same cheese factory at the same
price he will get a check for $6a
plus the value of the whey 357C
at &c per hundred pounds $2.es
making his total amount received
$65.85 less the same labor cost
wou,d leave $40. SO compared with
$134.56. This is one reason why
dairying is not more profitable
Test your COWS and find out how
many boarder cows you have.
Cows should be milked regu
larly night and morning and the
same person milk the same COWS
if possible. In winter months
the dairy COW should be housed
in a warm, we'll ventilated stabl'
which is cleaned at least once
day and plenty of good dry bed
ding used. A COW will not Civ
I her usual amount of milk If sh
: has to stand in a cold barn or i
allowed to run out in cold rain
during the winter months. Du
[ ring the summer months a larg
percent of the milking is don
out of doors which is very salts
} factory unless in case of rain
weather at which time ever
dairy farmer should have clea
| dry barn or shedfree from dus
J. and bad odors to milk the COW
in. While the dairy COW is sal
not to be the most intelligent an
! NAL; I believe she is the most eff
3 cient and should be handled gel
. tly and treated kindly. A dair
) COW should have proper care an
' treatment before calving as we
;, as after calving. A COW shoul
d have a rest each year and durin
s such time gain in flesh so th'
J. when calving time comes agai
}. she will be strong and vigorous
k Ibelieve the farmers of Wes
It ern North Carolina have a VOL
It derful opportunity to build U
3 the cheese industry. The china
ic conditions and general su
It roundings are ideal. The cost
a producing milk should be 10
~ ,-,:kL lo;ux, en-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13
WHAT WILL MAKE The CHEESE INDUS.
TRY IN NORTH CAROLINA SELF.
SUpPoR1InG1

written Tor the democrat Dy n. l.
Wilson.
First: Farmers must produce
more milk of a high quality and
support the cooperative cheese
factory with perseverance.
Second; Must keep profitable
COWS and not boarder cows.
Third, We must treat the dai.
~ COW with respect and in such
a way that she will give her full
capacity of milk.
A farmer who is going to dis
pose of his milk at the cheese
factory should make some plans
before hand if he wishes to get
the most out of it. He should
milk as many cows as his farm
will feed and have them freshen
about the time the factory opens,
then send it regularly to the fac.
tory. If the factory is open all
the year he should produce milk
every day in the year. 1t is true
that it costs more to produce
milk in the winter months, but
at the same time cheese sells
from five to seven cents higher
In the winter months which
means fifty to seventy.fve cents
more for a hundred pounds of
milk. The greatest difficulty
that is confronting the cheese
factory of North Carolina at the
present time Is a shortage Of
milk. If the milk supply could
be doubled it would mean from
twenty five to thirty.five cents
more per hundred for m ilk.
There is plenty of grass in Wes'
tern North Carolina, but what we
need is more profitable cows and
enough of them placed on every
farm to make dairying wor t b
while.
It Is unfair to the cheese facto.
ry for the farmer who Is milking
several cows, sending part of it
to the cheese factory and feed
ing the balance of it to calves,
which might be half Of 1t, more
or less. and then expect the
chek from the factory to pay al
expenses and a profit on the en-
tire herd. The writer has known
this very thing to happen. A dai
ryman should keep cows in hi:
herd that will give a good flow O
milk for nine or ten months o1
the year. He should take the
best possible care of his milk ir
order that good quality o
cheese can be made which viii
bring q higher price. He shoul'
not knock the cooperative chess
factory bat give it a boost ever,
time he has an opportunity, en-
couraging milk production ant
patronizing of the cheese factc
ry.
The price Of cheese nearly al
ways goes down in May an
June or during the time that W
have our surplus milk. Not on
u North Carolina has a surplu
at this time but also other dair
sections. This, unfortunately
causes the markets to be foode
with dairy products Of all kind
which causes prices to decline
This is no time to become dis
couraged and stop sending mil
to the factory as it will only las
for q month or 50. Besides COT
Of production is less at this tim
of the year.
A profitable COW is q COW ths
will pay her way and make
profit for her owner. A boards
COW is q COW that will not pa
her way and should not have
place in any mans herd, for 81
will eat up the profit receive
from the profitable cow. Ikno
Q man who is not thoroughly co
vinced that dairying is q payir
proposition. He has tried it
some extent but on a small al
unhusinoss like NAV. He has
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
The OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT MOTHS OF INrIRtsT 70
cARoLINlANO.

Bailey.-S. B. Underwood, Of the
Raleigh city schools. will deliver the
commencement address here at the
Bailey graded school, on Monday eve
ming, April "a.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Charlotte.-The high school building
at Belmont. IL miles south Of here.
erected five years ago at cost Of
$4,000, was completely destroyed by
fire of undetermined origin.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Goldsboro. - Hundreds OF people
have visited the county Jail in the
rear of the Wayne county court house
to see the hole dug through the brick
wall on the west side Of the jail,
through which 16 negro prisoner
made their escape. ..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Goldsboro.-Bond of 5000 each was
required Of three youths tried in tho
court here, Clyde Norman,
D. e. Dawkins and A. M. Fritz, charg.
ed with stealing an automobile.
Raleigh.-While being brought to
Rex hospital after being caught BE-
tween two freight cars on the Hender-
stretch Of the Seaboard.
r. H. Faison, we'll known young nag,
man Of Raleigh. died.
Charlottesville high school building
at Belmont. IL miles south Of here,
erected five years ago at q cost OF
$4,000, was completely destroyed by
fire of undetermined origin.
Goldsboro. Hundreds OF people
have visited the county jail In the
rear of the Wayne county court house
to see the hole dug through the brick
wall on the west side Of the JAIL,
through which 1s negro prisoners
made their escape. .
Blowing Rock.-Dr. H. B. Perry and
M. L. Garrenger, directors Of tho Bank
Of Gale Crusis, q mountain village II
miles from here. were seriously in.
jured by an explosion which occurred
when they attempted to open tho vault
following an APPARENT attempt to rob
the bank.
Charlotte.-From . field Of 2St
young assayists, who submitted
theses on thrift, Miss Virginia Ham
ilton, of the senior class. Alexander
Graham high school, and Miss Fran
ces williams of the seventh grade
Junior high school, have been do
clared winners Of first prises N
classes A and B.
Greensboro. - The second annual
meeting Of the state physical eduoa'
tional society is to be held at the
North Carolina College for Women On
April II and 20.
Hamlet.-Mabyrs drug store, the
finest and best equipped In town. wal
almost completely destroyed BY hrs
the damage amounting to appfoxS
mately $4,000, 1t is believed by J. d
MCLAUGHLIN, local insurance man.
Hamlet. - More freight Is beiu,
moved by the North Carolina division
Of the Seaboard at present than hs'
been moved by the same division u
the past three years, 1t was stated b!
officials.
Greensboro-The annual convention
Of the, North Carolina Federation o
WomeR's Clubs will be held in thi
city for four days beginning May
and continuing through May s, u
cording to present plans.
Hamlet.-The manufacture Of tai
pitch. turpentine and pine oils, whicl
has been such q great industry Il
clearing the Sandhill sections 10 to b
extended into the manufacture Of shir
giles, stains. paint and creosote BY tn
Carolina Naval Stores corporation q
this town, which is new corporatio
capitalized at 100000.
Wilmington-Believing that the pr
posed million dollar hotel can be bull
cheaper now than six months hence
and that there Is an immediate d.
mand for a tourist hotel In Whining
ton, the executive committee OF tn
chamber Of commerce went on rex
ord as favoring the immediate col
struction of the new hostelry by tn
Hotel corporation.
Hickory.-Mr. and Mrs. Emerso
Hahn have arrived from Palles Co
ners, Canada, where they have reside'
and will make their home with Nj
and Mrs. P. G. Hahn. parents OF Nj
Hahn. They we're travelling q weel
Snow covered the ground for dept
| NJ ~ inches when thew left Canad,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-13

Blowing Rock.-Dr. H. B. Perry and
M. L. Garrenger, directors Of tho Bank
Of Gale Crusis, q mountain village II
miles from here. were seriously in
jured by an explosion which occurred
when they attempted to open tho vault.
following an APPARENT attempt to rob
the bank.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
TRAINING
SCHOOL FOR
S. s. WORKERS

The first session of the Mexico
Standard Training School for Sun
day School Workers will be held in
the Methodist Church November IL
to 10 under the direction of the Gen.
ara' SUNDAY School Board of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
All young people II years old and
yy,r Of any denomination may en-
rel in the school.
The Rev. W. C. Cowart is dean of
the school: the Rev. G. A. Shadwick,
presiding elder; A. B. Cluster, chair
man of board Of directors; Mrs. D.
H. Stone, secretary; The Rev. C. S.
Rennison, conference superintendent
of Sunday Schools; And the Rev. T.
M. Taylor, president of the Missouri
Conference Board of Sunday Schools.
On the faculty will be: Miss Min
ME Kennedy, superintendent of ele-
mentary work of the general board
of Sunday Schools of the Methodist
Church, South; Prof. Harvie Bran
scombe, who now occipies the chair
of New Testament Theology in the
Southern Methodist University; The
Rev. Glenn Baker, for eight years sup
erintendent of Sunday School work of
the Little Rock Conference; Prof. L.
w. Crawford, who occupies the chair
of Religious education at Peabody
College, Nashville, Tenn.
The courses given will include
storytelling; administration and pu-
pill study.
The chairman Of the committees
making arrangements for the school
are as follows: Publicity, W. c.
Cowart; registration and classified
ton, C. S. Rennison;; entertainment,
Mrs. G. N. Nelson; arrangements, j.
O. Hall; finance, George Coakley.
The Board of managers is com
posed of:
G. A. Shadwick, C. S. Rennison, ".
c. Cowart, j. D. Randolph, F. c.
Tucker, R. C. Holiday, A. B. Clus-
ter, Prof. L. B. Hawthorne, Major
J. H. Whitmore, Mrs. G. N. Nelson,
Mrs. W. C. Stewart, Mrs. D. H.
Stone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
PRAIRIE HILL
(From Last Week.)

Mrs. Ed Northcutt visited her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Stanley Caldwell Thurs
day. She was accompanied by her
grandson, Joe Irvine, who is max
ing her a visit.
We are glad to report that Miss
Jennie Barnes is is improving well
and is able to be up quite a bit.
The bridges near Will Barnes are
being rebuilt, and our mail carrier,
Ernest Johnson, has to detour.
John Clithero and family attended
the sale of his brother-in-law, Leland
Rhodes the first of the week.
Friday they visited Mrs. Clithero's
sister, Miss Fowler, of Middletown.
The latter returned home with them
and they went shopping in Hannibal
Saturday.
Mrs. Brice of Vandalia visited her
son Paul the first of the week and
helped them do some papering.
Les Williams is still laid up with
his back and his son, David is quite
i'll.
Mrs. John Brights daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller of Acron Ohio is
making her mother an extended visit.
Mrs. Ed Trower and children went
Saturday to Gazette to see her bro
Their Ed Leeper who is i'll with
blood poisoning. His friends in this
community hope for his speedy re-
covery.
Joe Biggs with his sister, Mrs.
George Adams visited his father the
first of the week, we regret to re-
port that Uncle Dick Biggs is in
a very serious condition.
The friends Of Judge Sutton ex-
tend their sympathy for the loss of
his father, Nathaniel Sutton Of Cur
ryville.
The friends of Miss Dollie Orig
gsby are also in sorrow because of
the loss of her mother, Mrs. Orig
gsby of Vandalia.
The Ladiues Auxiliary quilted at
Mrs. Dave Nations Wednesday. They
expect to sell the quilt and add the
proceeds to their treasury.
John Clithero and wife enter
tanned Sunday his brother, Joe
Clithero and family and other re-
lations.
Reuben Keith and wife entertained
Mr.. Cobb, George Lake and wife and
Johnson Clark and wife Of Vandalia.
Clyde johnson and wife accom-
panied by his brother, W. P. of Van
dalia, and his sister and b~rother-in-
law, F. A. Daniels and wife atten-
ded the Homecoming Of the Salt
River Church, where W. P. Johnson
and wife were members As years ago.
A large crowd was present, many
churches being represented. Brother
Eagan Herndon preached two good
sermons, and an excellent dinner was
enjoyed by all.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
COUNTY UNIT
BILL HELPS
RURAL SCHOOLS

JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 27.-There
is something radically wrong with a
school system that discriminates "a
gainst more than 100000 of its boys
and girls in the matter of educational
opportunity afforded at public expen-
Sc, says a state ment issued today
by the Better Schools Committee,
Which is putting on an active COM
paign in behalf of the county unit
bill in Missouri. This will be PROPOSE
ton No. IL on the constitutial amen
dment ballot at the general election
November 7.
The Better Schools Committee is
composed of fourteen organizations,
having for their purpose the better
ment Of educational conditions in Mis-
souri,. The organizations composing
the committee are: The Missouri
State Grange, the Parent Teachers
Association, the Missouri branch of
the American Federation of Labor,
the Leaugue of Woven Voters, the
American Legion, the American AS
ISOLATION of University Women, the
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation,
the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution, the Rotary clubs, the Kiwanis
clubs, the Missouri Bar Association,
the Missouri State Teachers Assoc
iation, the Missouri Federation of
Women's Clubs and the State Medical
Association.
Under the present school system in
Missouri, the total days of education
al opportunity offered at public ex-
pense to the children in the towns
and cities of Missouri is 2,055, while
that offered to the country child is
only 995, Notwithstanding that last
year the Missouri farmer spent S36
per child enumerated, while the cities
and towns spent only $27 per child,
the statement says. despite the lib
eral average spent, the child of the
farmer got less than one-half the
schooling as did the city child because
of the inefficient, o cooperative
small district plan"
The committee says it is support
ing the county unit bill because it be-
lieves it will bring to Missouri's coun-
try children similar school advantage
es now enjoyed by the children in
cities and towns.
"The county unit BILL" the state
ment continues, "exempts all districts
now containing first class high SCH
ools. 1t leaves the local districts as
they now exist, but creates a county
school district in every county, COM
posed of all the local districts. 1t
provides for a county board of edu-
cation, composed of six members ell
ected by the qualified voters of the
county district.
"The county unit BILL" says the
statement in conclusion, "means eq-
uality in school support and school
opportunity. 1t provides for a sch
DOL term of uniform length and for
uniform school facilities throughout
every county in the state. I means
free high schools for all rural eight
grade graduates, and wherever tried
has resulted in better buildings, bet
ter libraries and better equipment"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
lanes R. Moorenead Dead

James R. Moorehead, 60 years old
died Tuesday at the Research Hosp
ital in Kansas City after being con
fined to his bed two weeks with
pneumonia, intensified by two years
illness. Mr.. Moorehead was owner OF
a lumber yard in Lexington, Mo-, but
was making his home at the Prince
ton Hotel in Kansas City. Mr.. Moore
head has many friends here who will
hear of his death with regret.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

Mrs. G. R. Anderson and Mrs. W.
&c. Johnson of Mexico, Mrs. J. G..
Trimble of St. Louis, the Misses Ada
and Ida Bush of Fulton and Miss
Julia Ross Of St. Louis will be the
weekend guests Of Mrs. Charles Buff
fum of Louisiana. All Of these
women spent the summer together at
bay View, Mich.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

Hollis Haggard and John Stein
man will compose the debating team
which will represent the local high
school in the i~nter-school contests
this year. The second team is compos-
ed of Marion Dry and Coleman Stoltz.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
MRS. ANDERSON TO
BE SOCIAL CHAPERON
For HARDIN GIRLS

Mrs. G. R. Anderson, has accepted
the appointment by DR.. S. j. Vaughn
to act as social chaperon" for the
Hardin College students at special
evening parties. Mrs. Anderson for
some time has been teaching a Sun
day School class at Hardin and is
very popular with the students. She
and her niece, Miss Frances Joudon,
who is a Hardin College student, will
move to the college soon from the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Powell
on Anderson Street where they have
been living. Mrs. Anderson is thoro-
ghly capable Of fulfilling her new
duties and will be quite an addition
to Hardin's excellent faculty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

Douglass Boyer, who has been
quite ill at the Audrain hospital suf-
fering from typhoid fever, is able
to be out. His host of friends are
glad to see him feeling so much i'm
proved in health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
Marriage License.

A marriage license was issued here
Saturday to James Ralph Eckenberg-
err Of C~entertown and Winifred Dent
Of vandalia.
A marriage license was issued at
the office of the county recorder here
late Friday afternoon to G.. w. Ben
tley and Mrs. Nettie Ingram, both
of Laddonia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

Ellis Mann, a prominent business
man and Mason, of Metropolis, H.,
was in this city on a visit Monday.
Mr.. Mann resided in Mexico ten years
and left this city twenty years ago.
His many old friends here were glad
to see him back home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
seif.Invn

Self-loye Is a cup without any bot
tom; you might pour all the great
lakes into it and never fill It up
o. w. Holmes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
REPORTS THAT cow
DID NOT HAVE

A report has been received from
the Jensen-Salisbury Laboratory in
Kansas City to the effect that the cow
belonging to G.. A. Roe, which died
recently, did not have hydrophobia.
The COW was not only a valuable an
imal but also a family pet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
The Lord Knoweth.

The Lord knoweth our frame and
remembereth that we are dust.-Ps.
lO2
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
A rhouaht for Today.

Who art thou that judgest another
mans servant? To his own master he
standeth or falleth.--Romans 14:4.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

John T. Buckner Of Auxvasss was
in Mexico Monday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
' Lesson

by REV. p. q. FITzwATEk, D.. D.
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.)
Copyright. 1922. Western Nswspap per Union.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-02

L. G. White Of Columbia transacted
business in Mexico Monday.