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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08
DEEP GAP

Mr.. A. F. Nichols has been very
sick man for more than a week with
pneumonia, but at this writing seems
TO be improving under his doctors
care.
Mr.. A. G. Miller's store front was
recently broken out by some one
throwing stones in at the windows
and demolishing the same. Mr.. Miller
had three men come up from Newton
with a blood hound and traced ar
Ound quite lot, but failed to land
a single person with the hound after
several hours tracing. The men re-
turned to their home about dark and
the chase was given up.
Miss Ella Mae Miller of Brownwood
was in this section last Sunday. She
bad recently spent a week or more
with her uncle A. G. Miller here pre-
vjously.
The Boone Trail seems an ideal
place to pass the lonely hours away
and on Sunday the road is full of
passing cars of people sightseeing
and passing many quiet hours among
the quaint hills that seem to tower
to the skies.
Mr. W. A. Watson has recently ad-
ded on auto insurance and can write
you up fine policy covering all au-
tOmobile accidents.
Spring seems to be on it's way in
fnil sway down this way as the trees
are taking on their foliage and the
tints of death shade on them are
turning to a purple greer that looks
good to the eyes.
The farmers this week will be
planting their corn crops as they have
been thrown behind by the rainy and
l5isagreeable weather which has put
them behind several days in their
planting.
The Deep Gap Tie & Lumber Co.
Inc, of this place have been laying
down their steel and grading their
railroad toward the Boone Trail near
Deep Gap. They have gotten a good
start and if they hive suitable weather
for their work will reach their goal
as the days pass by.
A lot of business is expected to be
done when they reach the end of the
line. and the hills will look barren
when they move the timber and bark
out. Many people will find employ
ment that would otherwise be left out
If it was not for this commendable
project.
A consolidated school district will
be established here next year we un-
derstand by putting Laurel Springs
Meadow Greek and the Hopkins dis
trict into Rocky Point as a combina-
lion and build a good school building
right in our midst with Rocky Point
the center stone of the foundation of
learning.
We shall be very glad to see this
project mature and hope that the
building will be located in the right
place for all students that might at
tend.
We notice that our kind editor
has hit our trail in regard to strict
np-to-date correspondence, and in
part he may have driven spike in
part on us, but a good joke once in
while makes the world laugh with
you. Why be crouch and let Ham
bone have all the fun?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08
MARRIED

Mr.. Ray Mast of the Silverstone
section and Miss Pauline Greer of
Zionville, were happily married at
the state line on the Tennessee side
on April 20, Rev. R. c. Eggers per-
formed the ceremony, the ring eer-
emony being used. We wish for this
young couple great success in life.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08

Farm owmen of Buncombe county
have organized a Flower Growers
Association to grow dahlias and glad
ioli for beautifying their home ground
and for selling bulbs to bring in ex-
ira income, reports home agent Mrs.
Sarah P. Ellis. The bulbs and tubers
will be sold through the organization
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08

Even a hog will appreciate plenty
of good clean fresh water during the
hot days of summer; how much more
20 will the delicate dairy COW.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08

Do you take your county paper?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08

Additional Country Correspondence
on page FIVE
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Early Bird EmuIafors

The desire to conquer the air and
emulate the birds is no modern fancy,
but has agitated the minds Of men
mechanically inclined for ages. Rec
ords of meeting Of the Royal so
ciety, held in London, England, In
1879; give the information that Mr..
Hooke read a paper containing a de-
scriptlon of the way Of flying, invent
ed and practiced by one Monsignor
Besnier, a smith, the contrivance OF
which consisted in ordering four wings
folding and shutting to be moved by
his hands before and his legs behind,
by which he was, it was said, able to
fly from high place across river to
pretty distance" One of the mem
bers of the Royal society apparently
cast some doubts upon the practicable
ity of the invention. "Mr. Henshawe
conceived that by. reason of the weak
ness of mans arms for such kind of
motions, it would be much more prob
able to make chariot or such like
machine with springs and wheels,
that should serve to carry one or
more men in it to act and guide It,"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11

The theory of ornithologists that the
woodpecker pecks for worms and in
sects alone has lately been upset.
There is water tank in Sully, Iowa,
that supplies the towns water. In
1922 woodpeckers drilled so many
holes through the wooden sides of the
tank that the Insulation against freez-
ing was demolished These holes were
puttied over. and the putty was after
ward painted But In the summer OF
1923, the persevering woodpeckers
pecked all the paint and putty out Of
the tank.
In late cold spell in Sully, the wa
ter supply suddenly gave out. Upon
Investigation, the tank was found to
be full of Ice. and the putty all gone.
Mayor Fred Andreas has decided that
the old plant will have to be torn down
and peck-proof one erected In Its
place 1t Is now left to ornithologists
to explain why the woodpecker prefers
putty to wood--or grubs.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
SONGS OF THE CIVIL
AND THE WORLD WAR
Refrains Differed in Charac-
ter, but Times Change.

Representative Isaac r. Sherwood
(Democrat) of Ohio, the oldest mem
Der of the house of representatives,
and probably the oldest living general
of the Civil war, delivered notable
Memorial day address by request be-
fore the members just before the
house resumed discussion of the agri-
cultural relief bill. 1t was different
from most addresses of the day In
that his topic was the songs of the Civil
war General Sherwood, who Is eigh-
ty-eight years old, stated that the Civil
war was almost the only war in his
tory in which the men behind the guns,
on both sides of the controversy,
wrote the songs. He referred to John
Browns Body" and said 1t was written
by Col Fletcher Webster of the
Twelfth Massachusetts regiment. An
other old favorite was "The Vacant
Chair" "The Conquered Banner" he
said, written by Father Ryan, chaplain
of a Mobile (Ala.) regiment, was the
greatest dramatic poem of the South
the requiem of the Confederacy.
"penting Tonight on the Old Camp
Ground" written by Arthur Kittridge
of the Second New Hampshire infan-
try, and maryland, My Maryland"
the work of James R. Randall, a tutor
in Louisiana college, he praised as
excellent poems.
General Sherwood Is on firm ground,
in the opinion of the Brooklyn Citizen,
when he states that these songs re-
vealed the deep thoughts Of the partici-
pants in the great struggle of W years
ago. He contrasts them with the
songs now in vogue, such as Eyes, We
Have No Bananas "Take Us to the
Land of jazz" and Hail, Hail, the
Gangs All Here" "We are living in
a utilitarian age" he says. "and the
spirit that actuated that great war APP
pears to have gone" But to be fair,
the old veteran should contrast the
Civil war songs, not with the songs of
the present moment, but with those OF
the World war. If we had nothing
like "Tenting Tonight" and "The Va
cant Chair" we at least had Pack Up
Your Troubles" with its refrain
smile, Smile, Smile" which animated
our soldier boys and caused them to
march away singing with light hearts;
"Keep the Home Fires Burning"
which was sung everywhere here and
abroad, and There's Long, Long
Trail" the soldiers favorite, even
though 1t was written little while be-
no.o A. ..,or t1roEo 0rIt
But it is deeply regrettable that the
seriousness, the high moral tone, which
was felt so deeply not only through
the Civil war but through the World
war, has vanished. There is spirit OF
levity apparent, as well as condition
of lawlessness which portends evil for
the republic unless it is checked.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Culinary Heroisr,a

Once in a while we find young
wife, even in these days, who knows
that the surest way to please a hus-
band is through his stomach. A bride
who had not the slightest knowledge
of cooking determined to make noble
effort to please her husband.
His mother told her he was very
fond of Welsh rarebit. She set about
perfecting herself in the preparation
of the dish and spent several after
moons in her kitchen. Her failures
were many. She finally exhausted
the supply of cheese in the neighbor-
hood and gave up discouraged. A few
mornings afterward her husband was
leaving the apartment building in
which they lived when he was stopped
by the superintendent.
"See here, young man." said the SUI
perintendent, "tell your wife to stop
throwing that linoleum out into the
court" Thrift Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Souelched the Kicker

"Irish" Buttomer, a comedian OF no
mean merit, is playing at a local the
alter. But "Irish" has not always been
an actor. During the heyday of the
oil boom at Ranger he was fire chief,
and he was a good one.
He had one attribute that amounted
almost to genius. When every factor
at a fire did not move as 1t should,
listening to Irish" would have been
both entertaining and educational to
an old sea dog.
A woman heard the fire chief one
morning and promptly demonstrated
with the fire commissioner.
els it necessary" she asked, ito
have a fire chief who 'cusses' 2"
'Lady," the commissioner an
swered, "if you had been home in bed
at 8 o'clock in the morning where
you belonged you would not have
heard the chief ,cussing,' neither
would you have been in the way, which
probably was one cause of those oaths
you complain of. Now, If was you,
I would forget it."
Irish continued to add little
birthstone TO the blazes. Houston
Post.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Soldier Well KneU
Valve of Good Bluff

Blaise de Montluc was soioiel
and a marshal of France who fough'
through half the Sixteenth century
Like a true Gascon. as he was, nc
added to his great physical quaiities
courage. high spirits and an un-
ouenchabIe gayety, which dlstin-
guished him among soldiers OF sraVel
mold. He was the veritable captaih
of his soul.
In the Italian wars Blaise de Mont-
luc commanded the defense OF oieh-
ma during a prolonged siege. Wnen
the town was reduced to a few ounces
of bread daily Blaise was overcome
with sickness and had himseiI car
ried about in a chair, muffled up III
furs.
But perceiving that the inhabitants
especially the women, were thus
rendered apprehensive OF thelr la.e
should he die" so runs the chronicle
of the times, he called for par
of crimson velvet breeches, laid over
with gold lace, very finely cut, FOR
they were made at time when ne
was very much in love. He put on a
doublet of the same and a shirt OF
crimson silk and gold twist. then
buff collar over which he placed MS
arms, very finely gilded.
He was at that time wearing gray
and white, in honor of fair. 80
he put on gray silk hat, with gray
silver Maitland and plume of heron's
feathers, set with silver spangles.
He also put on a short cassock OF
gray velvet, garnished with little
plates of silver at two fingers dis
lance from one another and lined with
cloth of silver. all open between the
plates.
Then he rubbed his face with Greek
wine until he brought little color
into his cheeks and drank small
draught, with a morsel of bread.
He then looked at himself In the
glass, strutted before his officers,
though he had not the strength to
kill a chicken, and rode through the
town to the great comfort of all be-
holders.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Once ThriDing Tor0n
NotO but Memory

On section 36, in township p and
range 80, In Hamilton county leans an
old building partly covered with tar
paper, and slightly north stand a few
dwarf trees. They are the only marks
left of Federal City. one of the lost
towns of Hamilton county. Federal
City, the hope of its promoters and
the despair of its investors, was locat-
ed on the Hamilton Kearney county
line 16 miles straight north of Ken
dali
1t was surveyed and divided into
blocks and lots in the winter of 1888
and 1886, almost thirty-eight years ago.
Among its promoters were Henry AL
tenberg, S. ]. Perring, Ben Hail. j..
p. Francis and George Chilcote. A
general store, blacksmith shop ar~i
dugout made up the business section
of the town. Settlers soon began to
come in and before many months a
large community centered around Fed
eral City The proprietor Of the store,
Mr.. Smith, was also postmaster. The
mail was carried out from Kendall
In short time there were Sunday
school, a literary society and a ball
team which furnished plenty Of amuse-
ment for the community. Farming
kept on the Increase for few years
up to the year 1892, when the wheat
produced from tweHty to forty bushels
to the acre 1t was hauled to Ken
dall and Syracuse, distance of six
teen to twenty-five miles, and sold
for 40 cents bushel. A large acreage
was sown In the fall of 1892 and then
came the drought and hot winds which
burned up the wheat, the spring crops
and the buffalo grass.
Settlers became discouraged, loaded
their household goods into wagons and
departed--a few back East from
whence they came, some further west
seeking new fields, and quite a num-
Der went to Oklahoma to participate
in the opening Of the Cherokee strip.
In less than two years two-thirds OF
the settlers had drifted to other lands.
With this migration the glory and
splendor of Federal City began TO
fade, the smith cast aside his tools, the
store closed for want of trade and the
old dugout soon began to fill In from
all sides. Not long ago former citi-
zen of Federal City visited the site
and picked up pieces of broken pot
terry and few links of chain. 1t
was all there was left of Federal City.
Syracuse Correspondence, Hutchin-
son (xans.) News.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
italy Gets Art Treasure

The famous Byzantine cross which
has been the subject of law case in
Glasgow, Scotland, has been returned
to the church from which it has been
missing in Italy.
The cross, which is, said to be worth
thousands Of dollars, has been in the
possession of AN ice cream salesman
for some time, and was a few years
ago offered for sale in the window of
shop in Glasgow. The cross having
been recognized as the one missing
from the parish church at Borgo- Cole
fegato, in southern Italy, the church
made claim for its return, and an
order was made for the cross to be
restored. This was contested, but the
ice cream salesman has now lost the
appeal, so that the cross will once
more adorn the church.
1t is a beautiful piece Of work, and
is said to have been found in the ruins
of castle after the Messina earth
quake
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Boot Trapels Fast

Seventy miles an hour in three
inches of water is the astonishing per
Torrance claimed for a revolutionary
type of air-propelled glider boat deyel-
oped by r. w. Davies of Dudley, Eng
gland, writes a correspondent of the
Detroit News.
An airplane propeller and engine
drive the hydroglider, says Popular
Science Monthly. Thus the enormous
friction exerted by the water upon
high-speed propeller blades is avoided
and the navigation Of the glider in
shallow water is made possible. Even
the main rudder operates by detecting
air instead Of water. There are two
small auxiliary rudders, which are
used for maneuvering the boat into
dockage or for similar purposes, but
these are lifted from the water as
soon as the craft is under way. The
hull is scow shaped and about 10 feet
long.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
PLAN GREAT FUTURE
FOR SAHARA DESERT
Barren Waste May Yei
Bloom Like Garden.

In addition to providing an avenue
of access to the natural resources
and manpower Of French central AT
rica, the construction of the trans
Saharan railway will make possible
an intensive exploration of the hidden
resources of the great desert.
Until recently the Sahara has been
viewed not as a territory to be ex-
plored and developed, but as an OBJ
stacle to be overcome. Today engi-
neers are awakening to the mining
possibilities of the desert Itself, where
deposits of many metals. of coal and
oil have been found, In addition to
the large phosphate beds now under
exploitation.
Like the great American desert"
practically the entire Sahara Is under
lain with a great subterranean body
OF water, and an abundant supply OF
water is obtained wherever artesian
wells are sunk, says Mathew Craig In
Current History Magazine.
This fact alone has already radically
changed the aspect, In places, OF the
cdTdNdu routes.
Where once there was only sand,
extending like vast and boundless
ocean to the horizon, brilliant spots of
verdure, small gardens of vegetables
and fruit trees and patches of grain
are now to be SEEN The desert tribes
have been quick to follow the lead of
the French garrisons and rare col
onists, and more than 100 wells have
been bored throughout the region.
Thus, to cite but one Of many ex-
amples, Ben Gardane, which fifteen
years ago was an arid halting place,
is now the center of an olive tract
extending six kilometers, where a pop
ulation of 10000 natives Is definitely
settled on the land, which feeds them
and their fiocks
There would seem to be no reason
why the growing Gases, spreading as
they do a little farther each year,
should not continue to extend indef-
nitely with the continued augmenta-
ton In the number of wells and thus,
In time, modify the entire character
of the country; convert the nomad
tribes into settled population--for
the nomad, ever forced to seek the
water he must have or perish, Is mo-
mad not from choice but from necessity
land ultimately cause the desert it.
self ito blossom as the rose"
Certainly, when one considers the
effect on history of the change of the
Egyptian climate or the increased arid
ity of China, 1t is not too much to be-
lieve that the reduction of the temper
AZURE of the European Mediterranean
littoral from It's present mean aver
age to that of our New England states
is fraught with the greatest signif-
canoe for the future of humanity.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Selects Home Carefully

When a youthful oyster that for
an exciting period Of two weeks or
so has been swimming about looking
for home decides to settle down, the
step is a serious one, says Science
Service. For when he ties himself
down to a rock or similar stationary
object, the attachment is for life. This
the oyster seems to appreciate. 1t
has been found that before tying up to
any definite location, the young mol
lusca circle carefully around and fest
every part of the Nbject with their
one and only foot When they find
just the place they were looking
for, they fasten themselves to 1t
with their foot. which, the need for
travelling having ended, serves as an
anchor for the rest of their lives.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Alias Summons.

In the district court of the tenth
Judicial district of the state of Idaho,
in and for the county of Lewis.
Clara Longstreet, plaintiff, VS.. Will
liam E. Longstreet, defendant.
The state of Idaho sends greetings
to William E. Longstreet, the defend
ant above named:
You are hereby notified that com
plant has been filed against you in
the district court of the tenth judi
cial district of the state of Idaho, In
and for the county of Lewis, by the
above named plaintiff, and you are
hereby directed to appear and answer
said complaint within twenty days of
the service of this summons if served
within said judicial district and within
forty days if served elsewhere, and
you are further notified that unless
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
"Peonufs''

The other day Harry Black, Jr., a
ten-year-old Terre Haute boy, took his
new dog to the baseball game with him.
The little dog was led by chain. He
at down beside Junior and seemed
contented until the vendors began to
call, "Ice cream cones' and peanuts"
Then he almost went mad. He
jerked at his chain, he stood up and
howled. The grand stand was in laugh
ter until the boy bought some peanuts
and fed part of them to the dog. That
evening he found out that the dog had
been named Peanuts by its former
owner, and knew that every time the
vendor shouted he had thought they
were calling him.-Indlanapolis Star.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
More Preparedness

Seeing the family doctor passing,
Mrs. FIubdub called him in and in
.quired: "Have you some medicine suit
able for apoplexy?'
'Why, yes, think So" answered the
doctor.
kindly be seated" said the woman.
"But where is the case of apo
plexy?"
ut will happen in minute"
4 don't understand" said the puz-
zled physician.
'.As soon as my husband comes In
am going to ask him for little extra
money"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
The Rue de la Paix

Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps, at a
luncheon in her beautiful villa on the
North Ocean boulevard of Palm
Beach, said of Paris fashions:
"They grow lovelier and dearer
every year. Although the franc is
only worth few cents, Paris frock
costs more than ever A man said at
the Plaza Athenee the other day when
his wife brought him bill from the
leading dressmaker on the famous
street of dressmakers:
~ know now why they call 1t the
Rue de la Pay"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Bookkeeping a La Mode

Business Man Ito applicanDI am
inclined to give you the position if you
understand double-entry bookkeeping
Applicant Go that. Why. at my
last place l had to do triple double
entry-a set for the active partner,
showing the real profits, set for the
sleeping partner showing small profits,
and a set for the income tax return,
showing no profits.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11

vou 90 appear and answer said com
rla;nt within the time herein specified,
the plaintiff viii take judgment
against you as prayed in said com
plant.
This action is brought and this SUIT
win be presented to obtain a decree OF
divorce dissolving the bonds of matrl-
mony now existing between the pam
tiff and defendant herein.
Witness my hand and seal of said
district court, this goth day of Au-
oust 1924. w. R. Emerson,
Clerk of said District Court
John L. Phillips, attorney for plain
tiff, residence and P. O.. address, Lew
iston, Idaho. io-o
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-11
Is Your Health Slowly
Slipping Away?
Then You Should Find the Cause and
Correct 1t.

Is failin health making you uneasy
and unhappy? Are you tired, weak
and dispirited? Suffer daily backache
and stabbing, rheumatic twinges
Then look to your kidneys! The kid
neys are the blood-filters. Once they
weaken, the whole system is upset
You have dizzy spells, headaches and
urinary irregularities. You feel all
worn-out. Use Doan's Pills--a slim
ulant diuretic to the kidneys. Thou
sands recommend Doan's. Here ia
convincing proof:
G. Andres, 1900 Sherman Ave,
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, says: 'Long
hours Of standing weakened my. back
SO | could hardly keep going. There
was lameness across my kidneys and
| could hardly turn in bed. suffered
with knife-like stabs in my back. NY
kidneys didn't act as they should
Doan's Pills stopped the backache and
put my. kidneys in fine shape. The
cure has lasted"
60, at all dealres. Foster ilburn
o., Mfrs, Buffalo. N. Y.