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Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
NOBODY HURT!

A mad dog ran into store in a
Missouri town the other day, but as
the store didn't advertise nobody
was in there and nobody got hurt.
The proprietor was asleep on the
counter, and after frothing around
awhile the animal ran out on the
street and was killed by oficers.-Ex.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
1he Ana,la. Club.

mo. boss" said the clerk. II do moi
think ] need a vacation this yenr, for
the work have bean doing hasn't been
enough to tire me out"-Cinclnnuti
Enquirer.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
Far IN, s,i, Shaker,

To prevent salt Jumping mix II wltf
'ornstarrh In the proper proportions Of
three teaspoonfuls OF eornstareh to one
cupful Of salt
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
Terrible or Ridiculous.

II anger proceeds from great
cause. II turns to fury. II from small
cause. II Is peevlshness; and so II Is
always either terrible or rldlculous.>.
Ieremy Taylor.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
n,wtnap,r MAT, liz MI,.Ion.

Newspaper men work 10 hard max
ing others famous that they seldom
have time 10 cop out fame for them
selves Washington Post.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
T,aehIno Soma, ot VIVA BItd,.

In one English school the children
are taught the song. Of the various
Wild birds by means Of phonorraph
records.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
Aor.,. Lost In nun Elah,..

Something like 10000 horses are
killed In bull lights In Spain ever,
year,
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
wrs, . Nan 4. mad.

II Ia no god hen that cscklrs In youi
hous. and lays In spother's. English
proverb.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03

The aerald's new quarters are n
the First National Bank building
Phone IS.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-03
cnnnrt in I-nenmn,lu.

About s.ooo pounds NJ copper nre re
qulrrd 10 bulld railroad ,grnmntlyc.
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brought
w up he replied that he was not brought up at all,
w he kicked up
He explained that early in life he acquired stepfather
who kicked him out He began then as newsboy and the
other newsboys drove him out OF the BUSINESS wouldn't
let him sell papers ''their' streets.
So peddlng shoestrings and lead pencils He
arrested for pcddlng without license, but they let
him go when he promised he would not do it any
Then he began work in grocery after which he
took up one employment after another He was kicked
around until he found himself at the age of twentyour
Cripple Creek Colorado, where somebody sold him. as
gold brick hole in the ground which afterwards turned
out to be gold mine So he became rich IN spite OF every
body.
We expend great deal Of thought and energy helping
children and seeing that young people have advantages
About all the advantages Abraham Lincoln had consisted
in leg power enough walk ten miles borrow English
grammar and the privilege Of studying it at night IN front
of the fireplace after he had finished choppng rails
Harry Sinclair the central figure of t's great Teapot
Dome oil scandal became OF the richest men IN the
world After mans fortune the million mark there
is good deal of guess work about how much he worth
probably he doesn't know HIMSELF but Sinclair supposed
to be worth two hundred million dollars He started out
in life soda water clerk.
When he twenty-three years old he took out
accident insurance policy Shortly afterwards while hunting
in field he climbed through barbed wire fence when his
gun was DISCHARGED and he was shot in his right foot The
foot had to be ampuated Sinclair received substantial
from the accident insurance. am getting my facts
from article by James Martin Miller who says that Sin
cars story is pretty well known around Independence,
Kan where he lost his foot and started his fortune He
entered into the oil business in 1901 negotator and sales
of oil prospects, He secured title the Glenn Pool
oil we'll in Oklahoma which proved to be one of the great
gushers of the world.
From this he went on and up until he arrived at the point
where he could have the office boy tell Cabinet officers to
wait in the office until Mr.. Sinclair disengaged
All of which furnishes confederation that article in the
creed which there such thing good fortune and
bad fortune What kind of fortune it depends upon the
kind of to whom it happens
Most people would think that boy born in good family
ushered into good society, offered all the advantages OF
education and supplied plenully with money, in luck
But the woods full Of boys who having had these ad
vantages indusrousy seeking good paths by which
to go to the devil
All of which leads to the conclusion that Fate is Bunk
1t all depends upon the inside There is doubt
that Fate kick and kick hard but if she kicks the right
she is quite likely to kick him up to kick him
down
tCOpyrght. 1924. Mcclure Newspaper syndeate)
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us there any physical expla-
nation of that condition of mind
which is commonly phrased all
turned around?' l often wonder
whether the rotundity of the
earth, or the influence of the
sun on the earth has anything
to do with it.
Very often when I believe
myself to be going south l am
going north, and the east side
of the street is located where 1
believe the west ought to be. 1t
is necessary when in such
predicament' to examine the
numbers over the doors in order
to satisfy myself as to which
direction l am going. Is this
malady of the brain or is it a
trick played by gravitation or
some other force? / suppose
you have already concluded that
the writer Of this ought to be
in a sanitarium. A. d. F."
"HE sanitaria would be filled
to the doors and thousands
II of applicants would be turn
ed away if everybody who gets
all turned around" should be sent
there. I believe that it is a CON-
mon human failing, due In some
way to our makeup, and not to
the influence of any natural force,
or agency, independent of our
selves. The fact that many Of
the lower animals seem to be able
to recognize direction much bet
ter than we can support this view,
since it plainly hints that they
possess some directing sense, or
faculty, which we do not share
with them.
l have often amused myself by
trying to confuse marching cater
pillars and other members of the
six.legged and many.legged com.
munity that inhabits the biolog-
ical floor just below ours, and OBJ
serving their marvellous powers
of re-orientation. ! have seen
caterpillars. after returning
dozen or twenty times to their
original course, from which ]
had, with force or cunning, re.
peatedly diverted them, suddenly
hump themselves into a forced
march in the direction that l had
imposed, with in appearance Of
fury, or disgust, that was comical.
Everybody knows how wonder
fully bees, pigeons, and other
creatures display their ability to
find their way, while cats and
dogs cannot be lost from home
without their own consent, no
matter how much they may be
blinded. or over how crooked
ways they may be led astray.
In my youthful days, when al
ways had saddle horse at my
command, l never knew it, in the
darkest night or in the most un-
familiar locality, to show a mo-
ment's hesitation about the direc-
ton Of the homeward road. To
he sure, this was, no doubt, due
rather to memory Of landmarks
than to a sense of direction, but
yet IL has bearing on the sub.
ieCt we are discussing.
Anybody inclined to speculate a
little might imagine a physiologi.
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cal compass, obeying the earth's
magnetic force after the manner
of the magnetiZed needle. A crea-
ture possessed of such a machine
in it's brain could not very well
be deceived about direction. OBJ
servation shows that there are
wide differences among people
with regard to getting turned
around. l have often observed
this difference myself. / have
found that 1 am more apt to go
astray as to direction than are
some Of MY friends, though l find
some comfort in the fact that 1
have other friends who are more
apt, in similar circumstances, to
mistake the way than 1 am.
Such differences of faculty may
be due partly to different powers
of accurate observation, or rather,
perhaps to the habit of noting
landmarks, which has become un-
conscious. When one goes over
the same route day after day the
whole body may be said to share
in an unconscious co-opdinated
memory, which governs the feet
through the interaction of nerves
and muscles that have been
trained together for the making
of certain turn here and an
other turn there, and to go
straight ahead for a certain dis
lance in another place. When
this habitual action has been ac-
quired it is more trustworthy as
a guide than any conscious at
tempt to find the way. Some per-
sons can thus make their way
about their houses in complete
darkness, ascending and descend
ing stairs, entering and leaving
rooms by different doors, finding
cupboards and other objects In
corners, with seldom a mishap,
while others cannot, in darkness,
take a dozen steps in their own
rooms without peril to nose or
shins.
l wonder if there ever lived a
veteran sea captain who had
crossed the Atlantic SO many
times along the same routes that
he had a feeling that in case Of
necessity he could make a fair
landfall without ever looking at
compass or sun or star during
the entire passage!
With regard to the specific case
Of "a. d. F." I think it prob
able, inasmuch as it Is recurrent
that when he mistakes his direc.
ton, he Is being misled by the
unconscious surging up in his
mind of Impressions that led to
the same mistake at time when
he was unfamiliar with the street,
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Revolution Is Foolish
A presidential Year" Also.

Mexicans propose term for the President the
Senate to give the Government longer period peaceful
work. certain element in Mexico considers necessary
very foolish.
But what about American business men that think it
necessary develop hard times every time have an cleo
ton regnng themselves to what they call the dune of
Presidential year."
There for having dizziness just before an
election in the United States than for having revolution
Just before election in Mexico
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GARRETT P. SERVISS TALKS ON
LOSING YOUR WAY
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

Writer Scientific Topics Popular Interest
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WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

When the last man alive this globe gives up the
ghost then the animals will have something to live for
Men fight for liberty who do not know what the word
Saints must to poverty if prudence be not theirs
That's but empty purse when it full of other mems
money.
The true end OF life is to know that life ends.
Copyright 1874 b. Newspaper Feature Service Iur)
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If Poverty Should End, Now
Progress Also Would End.

Ramsay Macdonald tells the Free Church Council of England
that poverty must disappear Christians must feel uneasy
long as it exists"
The DEGRADING poverty of London's sums the Be
NUMBNG poverty of underpaid rural workers in England
OUGHT to be ended, COULD be ended, and Macdonald
Labors Premier do than all of Engands Tories
put together to help end it, But there could be greater
calamity in the world than the abolition of poverty GEN
ERALLY.
Men, the average, work because they Poverty
S the lash that brings out of in general best that
in them
One man in thousand perhaps works hard and makes
himself worth while in spite of wealth. Five hundred in
thousand at least poverty Any nation without
poverty would be nation practically without effort
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BY ELSIE ROBINSON

This is a sample of the sort of thing we
are all experiencing. And it is doing much
to make this world very unhappy, peevish
place We are all much excited over our
neighbors. We want to arrange their lives.
We want to dictate what sort Of food they
shall eat, clothes they shall wear, amuse-
ments they shall have, laws they shall vote
and gods they shall worship.
Now, certain amount Of concern over
your neighbor is wholesome and necessary
thing. He needs you as you need him. You
can go very far into his life with helpful
service. BUT THERE'S A DEFINITE
LIMIT TO HOW FAR YOU CAN OR
SHOULD GO. No matter how well you
understand your neighbor you can never
understand him absolutely And he can
nnunr undarstand Won ahSnlutelx His
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DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Bv DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Kicked Up.

VXTHEN certain man was asked how he was brought
w he was kicked up.
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needs not your needs. His dreams cannot be your
dreams The food for his soul won't with soul
HIS STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG WILL
ALWAYS BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR
STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG. The things
that fundamental you will be fundamental to
him.
The world has needed to grip that fact greatly
as needs grip it today. All efficiency and brancy
and brohery concern are in vain unless we learn TOLEK
ANCE If we are really interested in the other chap
willing live and let live. We will agree that his disbelief
in devils prohibition the Democratic party jazz
whatever be is quite sincere belief In such
things. And well work with him if we don't agree
with him. If won't do that interest in his affairs
ism based frendlness at ALL It's simply manifesto
ton of our own bossiness and concet.
Syndcat
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SAP AND SALT
By BERT MOSES

Opportunity has made more
heroes than courage.
To be able to do a thing you
cannot explain-this is genius.
HeZ Heck says: You kin never
tell what's behind either q veil OF
a compliment"
Copyright 1924. Premier Syndi-
cate. Inca
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IA n ONEY is seldom found lying on the ground Work
|VW alone it,
When statesmen lead armies into battle, wars will
less often.
Christianity is peaceful religion and swords and guns
not required by Christians
He who knows nothing is confident of everything
Men do not always need balloon to go up in the air.
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eCNG poNMSoN

There's trying to make me think that wav
Emma said Mrs. A.: "You look at things one way. /
look at them another"
but there certain fundamentals on which we all
agree, Clara, DEAR protested Miss B.
"For instance, WHAT" said Mrs A.
"Well-that God is love. That He sends us our pain
pleasure punishment reward And that we are
beset with devils well angels Surely we can agree on
that much"
ono, can't, hastily protested Mrs A. II believe in
God much you do but don't believe He handing
out punishmens And don't believe in DEVILS either TO
me that's hangover of witch worship"
&c. there you Miss B. will never feel the same
toward Mrs A. again. The belief in avengng God and
devils is fundamental to Miss B. And she can't for the life
of her how any faith be sincere without that belief
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LISTEN, WORLD!

I'VE been much interested in a contro-
versy between two of my friends, Mrs
IL A. and Miss B. Like many in these post
war days, Miss B. is anxious to make the
world better, brighter place She feels
that she knows the exact philosophy which
will make the world brighter, better place.
If her friends would only adopt that philoso-
ply the millennium would be at least three
jumps nearer. But, oddly enough every
effort to make them adopt that philosophy
invariably ends in row. Take that affair
with Mrs. A., for instance Mrs A. and Miss
B. have been warm friends. Mrs. A. is in
great trouble. She has recently lost her
husband. Miss B. wished to comfort her,
She was sure that if Mrs. A. would accent
her philosophy her grief would be lightened.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-10-02
NEW INDUSTRY
FOR WATAUGA
In Connection With the Kraut Fac
tory Local Farmers Association
is Preparing to Begin the Manu-
facture of Vinegar for the Markets

This week the farmers are deliv-
ering apples to the kraut factory to
be made into cider and placed in one
of the 5000 gallon tanks and made
into vinegar. This is also a coopera-
tive proposition-each farmer puts
in his apples that would otherwise
go to waste and when the vinegar is
sold the apples will be paid for, the
amount that the apples bring depend
ing on the sale of the vinegar.
1t has always been a lamentable
thing to see thousands of bushels of
apples lie on the ground and rot each
year and at the same time our good
merchants were importing vinegar
each month and selling it right here
where the apples spoiled. We do not
know what this vinegar business will
pay for apples, no one else knows IL
ther, for that matter, but it does seem
that if others can make vinegar and
ship it in here, that we could and
should make enough for own consum-
ption at least.
We believe the County Agent in
helping the farmers to start this new
industry is rendering the county at
large a signal service There are ma
ny waste products around us that
should be utilized in some such way
and there are many crops that we
could grow at great profit still un-
developed. A few days ago Mr.. SteeIe
was showing us a small jar of beet
pickles, little fellows not as big as
your thumb, which he called "baby
beets" which were as pretty as any
thing we have seen. That suggests q
new industry for US, possibly one to
be carried on in connection with the
kraut factory with very little ad-
ditional equipment. That, too, sug-
gests a possible market for our vim
egar.
While we have been writing this
article several loads of cabbage have
passed on the way to the kraut fac
tory. Another article in this paper
telling of the encouraging outlook
for that business makes the whole
farming situation in Watauga Coun-
ty take on a business-like look.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-10-02
WOULD OPEN ROAD
TO THE STATE LINE.
mountains City Folk Gather in Boone
to Discuss Means for Opening Bad
Link of Tennessee Road-Associa.
tion Organized to Further Move.

Tuesday through the cold and rain
representative bunch of the lead
ing citizens of Mountain City, Tenn.
assembled in joint meeting with the
local progressives at the Critcher Ho-
tel for the purpose of discussing pos
sible ways and means for opening up
the almost impossible stretch of road
on the Boone trail just over the line
in Tennessee. Those coming from
Mountain City were: Messrs l. W..
Nave. H. A. Donnelly, R. W. Suth-
erland, j. C. Muse, N. C. Parsons,
j. C. Rambo, H. S. Smythe, J. l..
Grayson, R. E. Donnelly, E. E. But
ler, w. c. Allen, T. H. Smyth, and
W. C. Wright.
In order that systematic effort
might be made along this important
line, an organization was formed to
be known as the Boone Trail and
Bristol Highway Commission, of
which H. A. Donnely of Mountain
City, was made chairman and W. l..
Winkler of Boone, Secretary.
The chairman and secretary of the
organization expect to work with the
committee on roads of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce through the
North Carolina State Highway Com
mission to the end that they may use
their influence on the Tennessee
Road Commission, to have the link
of road between Mountain City and
the Tennessee line completed at once
Boards of trade along the line will
be corresponded with and their aid
solicited.
A purse was raised for paying for
postage, corresponding and other nee
essary expenses, amounting to twen-
ty two dollars.
1t is hoped that this effort to re-
move the eight mile barricade just
across the Tennessee line will be en-
tirely successful.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-10-02
OLD NEWSPAPER REVEALS
KINGS MOUNTAIN HISTORY
Gunpowder that Won Crucial Battle
of Revolution was Made by Heroic
Mountain Woman Without Charge.
Story Brought to Light First Time

Shelby Special to Greensboro News
Sept. 27.
The gunpowder that won the bat
tie of Kings Mountain which was the
turning point in the American fight
for freedom was never paid for and
was the gift to her country's cause
of a heroic mountain woman such
is the trend of. an age-old historic
story unearthed in this county last
week.
Mary Patton before Marriage Ma
ry McKeechen-born and reared in
England contributed to a great ex
tent to the death of Colonel Fergu-
son, the defeat of the "red coats .
her countrymen-and to the inde-
pendence of her adopted people and
yet until last week her name was
unknown to the people who live in
sight of the famous battle-ground, a
shrine in the hearts of American low
ers Of freedom.
The revelation of the true story
of Mary Patton could not have come
at a better time Week after next
thousands of Americans will gather
at Kings Mountain in celebration Of
the 144th anniversary of the famous
battle. Some of the most prominent
Americans from all sections of the
country will attend, and thousands
that day-Tuesday October will
pay tribute to Colonel Shelby, Sc
vior, Campbell and the rugged north
and South Carolina mountaineers and
their deadly squirrel rifles that brot
down the downfall of Ferguson and
his men. But now Mary Patton will
come in for the glory she should
have had decades or rather century
ago. The only pay, the only glory
that she ever received for the victor
ious fight 144 years ago was the
thought without the powder she made
, the battle could never have been won
Out on Shelby route l, lives a
Mrs. S. E. Goforth, a direct descen-
dant of Mary Patton. By chance Mrs
Goforth noticed posters telling of the
big celebration in the offing. To
her mind the posters recalled an old
newspaper in her store of valuables,
and brought to light the paper
The Carter County Banner, publish
ed in Elizabethton, Tenn.,-told a
historic survey-one never heard be-
fore in this section regarding the
famous battle. The story was told
through the medium of 7. Y. Patton
great grandson:
MARY McKechen, born and reared
to young womanhood in England,
came to America, and landed at Car
isle, Pa. There she met young John
Patton who came to America from
, .4--...u, ..nd tl..y were married and