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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06
Bathrooms Are Popular

| Bathrooms are coming into fashion
in Blowing Rock with the completion
of the re ort's new sewerage system
The correspondent noticed i'm
provements being made on a summer
cottage, Approaching one of the
carpenters, he asked the nature OF
the wrok.
Bathroom" replied the carpenter
loconically without looking up from
his saving.
At several other cottages where
workmen were busy, the same ques-
ton was asked, and the same answer
was forthcoming.
Summer residents at Blowing Rock
intend to keep clean.
Highway No. II
The laying of rock base on state
highway No. II from Lenoir to Blow
ing Rock has reached Green Park
hotel and is expected to touch the
hard surface at Skyland Inn within a
few days. Immediately thereafter,
the surfacing will be laid. This will
be penetration macadam, the surface
that has already given excellent serv-
ice on the same highway between
Boone and Blowing Rock
The completion of the work will
give an unbroken hard surfaced road
from Boone to Lenoir.
School Re-opens
The Blowing Rock school Reopen
ed Wednesday of last week after the
Christmas holidays. The school takes
only short Christmas recess, Prin-
! cipal A. E. Mercer explained, in or
der to complete it's session earlier in
the spring.
School Committeeman to Meet
School committees from the Blow
ing Rock, Sandy Flat and Silver Lake
school districts will meet within a
few days to settle the long argued
question of site for the new $685.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06

Thrifty farmers are strengthening
their terraces and otherwise improv-
ing their fields this winter
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06
News of a Week
At Blowing Re
happenings of Interest Durin
Seven Days In and About
nous Resort Town
BY RUPERT GILLETT

Blowing Rock, Jan. 5.-Thomas H.
Coffey, Watauga county's first DEM
ocratic representative in the general
assembly in twenty years, said Sat-
urday on his departure for Charlotte,
to go from there to Raleigh for the
opening of the legislature, that he
is strongly in favor of the Dough-
erty plan for state public school sys-
tenn.
The Dougherty plan, Mr.. Coffey
said, is the best and most workable
proposal yet made, and if it cannot
be passed in the legislature, the next
best plan should be found and
adopted.
The Dougherty plan contemplates
the e. tablishment of an equalization
fund of $5,000,OOO and a uniform
school tax of so cents in each county.
Half of the expenses of the county
school system over the 30-cent tax
would be paid out Of the equalizing
fund, and the other half by addi-
tional taxes levied within the coun-
ty. The plan provides also for an
eight-month school term, for the
training of teachers, and for higher
salaries for teachers.
Mr.. Coffey will introduce several
local bills, one of which will be that
for the annexation of Green Park and
Mayview Park to the corporate linn
its of Blowing Rock.
Work Progressing on Golf Course
Work was resumed Friday on the
Green Park golf course, which is be.
ing heightened to more than 5000
yards and otherwise improved to
make it a championship course equal
to any in the south and the superior
of many on which championship
matches are now played.
New tees are being constructed
throughout the course, the greens are
being enlarged to have diameter OF
100 feet, the fairways are being
leveled and re-sown with creeping
bent, the most expensive as well as
the most suitable of all golf course
grasses. the roughs are being leveled
and several new hazards are being
constructed
Because of the enormous amount
of work being done on the course, it
was said by the foreman, the links
will probably not be ready for play
at the beginning OF the summer sea-
son. but by mid-season everything
win probably be in readiness for the
big matches that are expected to be
attracted here.
Surveyors Lay Out Last Link
The last link of the Blowing Rock
telephone system was laid out Thurs
day by surveyors, who ran the line
to the exchange building, which is
the Coffey cottage, just off Boone
street
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06

Little Willis: Mamma, is apa go
ing to heaven when he dies?
Mother: Why, son, whr put such
an absurd idea into your head?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06
A Perfect Excuse

Nurse was bringing little Ella
home from a p4ity and took her hand
to help her up high curbstone.
"Gracious me, Ellaw she cried,
chow sticky YOUR hands arev'
$50 would your be- replied Ella
serenely. ;'if you had two meringues
and chocolate eclair in your muff.' y
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-06

nessee and Western North Carolina
railroad station until the arrival of
officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
Presidential
Anniversaries

Today is the anniversary Of the
birth, March 20, 1890. of John Tyler.
tenth President Of the United States.
"Tippccanoc and Tyler too" was
the catchy slogan of the Democratic
party which rushed John Tyler into
the vicc-prcsidcncy from which. ut
the death of Harrison ono month
after inaugu ration, he stepped into
the presidential chair in 184i.
Tylcr's administration was marked
by constant struggle with Wing
Congress on the questions Of a pro-
tcctivc tariff and the reorganization
of the federal bank of the United
States, both Of which he opposed.
As IA member Of the sixteenth con-
gress Tyler had voted against the
Missouri Compromise Bill of 1920
because he said Congress had no
right to control slavery in territorial
domain. Later as president the ques-
tion was repeated when debate on an
ncxation of Texas arose. The day
before he left office, Tyler dcfiantIy
signed measure extending the COM
promise line so that the slave rights
states would not be at a disadvantage
when Tcaxs was admitted.
He died in his native Grccnway,
Virginia, January 10, 1862, after urg-
ing his state to sccedc from the
Union.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

feel that II Il. crazy as II ma.
seem TO you. I hope she got all I
meant. ms well as the money"
Ned turned on him. more excited
than Dabbs had yet seen him. ''rh",
girl! Uncle Claude. you'll have I
explain this thing 10 her, won
yOu?"
Eyes. but who is she? That
what | want 10 get at Claude said
His tone was that OF a man hard
driven. holding on 10 his patience
by sheer will power. rs she 81
adopted daughter? Who was he
father. and how old Is she? WI.
do you think I told you what I di,
the other night. IL 1t wasn't that
wanted to know who the girl Isl"
Ned crossed 10 him. and put hi
hand on his shoulder.
II give you my word, CLAUDE
Dabbs, l didn't realize II. I'm no.
more innocent nor more stupid
than the average. but I slept
through the last part Of your story,
and my mind has been on other
things. I didn't get you at oil. DO
sou mean 10 say you--
EYES," and this time Claude'a
control snapped. II want TO know
whether she's mine or not"
He wrpnched himself away from
Ncd's hand. Il don't know that
1t makes a blamed bit Of difference
10 anyone but me. but Id like 10
know"
<ro BE coNrINuED.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
BROKEN LEG

William Barrett Of Mandan has
been taken to the st. Alcxius hospi-
tai with a broken leg. He was in
jured in motorcycle accident.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

Mrs. Mary Fairchilds. who has been
introducing the study Of pictures into
the schools of North Dakota for the
past several months. is leaving today
for California.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

The cat sat on the fence and howled
And peeved the whole blamed town.
But now he doesn't any more.
They tore the dern fence down.
Since the invention Of the printing
press, G6O, 100000 copies Of the Bible
have been printed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
uNDEHGOES OPERATION

Miss Anna Gall underwent an
operation for appendicitis Sunday
morning mt the st. Alexius hospital.
She is getting along nicely.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
STUDENT NURSE lI.L

Miss Evelyn Mccarthy, student
nurse at the St. Alcxius hospital.
underwent an emergency operation
Tor appendicitis Sunday evening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

DR.. G. ]. Worncr has returned from
Sargent and hickey counties where
nc scpnt several weeks on business.
Or. Morncr is connected with the
federal bureau Of animal industry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

RETURN TO ALMONT
L. {. Nelson and G. Holvcrson have
eturncd to their homes at Almont
after u brief business visit in the
city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
IEAvES FOR CALfFUkNlA

Mrs. Mary Fairchilds. who has been
INTRODUCING the study Of pictures INTO
tho schools Of North Dakota for the
past several months. is leaving today
for California.
BROKEN LEG
William Barrett Of Mandan has
been taken to the st. Alcxius hOspi-
tai with a broken leg. He was in
jured in a motorcycle accident.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Miss Anna Gall underwent an
operation for appendicitis Sunday
morning mt the st. Alexius hospital.
She is getting along nicely.
ENTERS HOSPITAL
Mrs. knutc Anderson, 3l2 First
street. has entered the st. Alcxius
hospital for treatment.
VISIT IN MOTT
Mr.. aud Mrs. c. J. Tullbcrg were
,ucsts Of Mrs. Tullbcrg's parents in
Mott over the weekend.
RETURNS HOME
returned home after few days
visit in the city.
RETURNS HOME
]. +. Easton has returned to his
rome ut Glencoe after u short visit
n the city.
TO FARGO
S. l.. Nuchols left this morning for
Fargo where. he will transact busi-
ness.
VISITS HERE
Louis Olson Of Mcnoken has been
listing friends here for few days.
Is ILL HERE
Mrs. G. unrath Of Golden Valley
is i'll ut the St. Alcxius hospital.
GUEST IN MOTT
A. c. Taylor was weekend visit
or at Mott.
| RETURNS FROM FLASHER
Grant Wagner has returned from
II short visit ut Flasher.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
Social and Personal
RETURNS FROM TRIP

RETURNS FROM TRIP
DR.. G. ]. Worncr has returned from
Sargent and hickey counties where
he scpnt several weeks on business. |
Or. Morncr is connected with the
federal bureau Of animal industry.
STUDENT NURSE ILL
Miss Evelyn Mccarthy. student
nurse at the St. Alcxius hospital.
underwent an emergency operation
Tor appendicitis Sunday evening.
TEACHERS HERE
r. d. Ref, Helen Smith and Hazel
Feather, teachers in the Sterling dis
riot, were business visitors in the
.ity over the week end.
RETURN TO ALMONT
L. {. Nelson and {. Holvcrson have
eturncd to their homes at Almont
after u brief business visit in the
city.
VISIT IN MOFFlT
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evarts spent
the weekend ut the home Of Mr.. ana
hrs. II. Z. AsselStinc at Moffit.
VISITS HERE
Miss Mildred Stanton Of Wild Rose
district visited friends in the city
over the weekend.
PATIENT AT HOSPITAL
Charles Enockson, 500 railway con
luctor, is a patient ut the st. Alex
ius hospital.
HERE ON BUSINESS
+. 4. Kruger Of Ncw Salem is
| spending few days in the city on
business.
| HERE At HOSPITAL
August Wicgc of Golden Valley is
a patient ut the st. Alcxius hospital
| WEEKEND VISIT
| Miss Mabel Johnson spent the
weekend with relatives in Flasher.
VISITS AT HOME
Miss Della Sochrcn visited at her
home in Mott over the weekend.
! HERE ON BUSINESS
Norvat Marvel of Drittin spent
Monday in the city on business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

VISIT IN MOEFlT
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evarts spent
the weekend ut the home Of Mr.. ana
hrs. II. Z. AssclStinc at M0ffit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
TEACHERS HERE

r. d. Ref. Helen Smith and Hazel
Feather, teachers in the Sterling dis
riot. were business visitors in the
.ity over the weekend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
VISITS AT HOME

VISIlS NJ HVME
Miss Della Sochrcn visited at her
home in Mott over the weekend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

WEEK END VISIT
Miss Mabel Johnson spent the
weekend with relatives in Flasher.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

ENTERS HOSPITAL
Mrs. knutc Anderson. 3l2 First
street, has entered the st. Alcxius
hospital for treatment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

VISITS HERE
Miss Mildred Stanton of Wild Rose
district visited friends in the city
over the Weekend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

HERE At HOSPITAL
August Wiegc of Golden Valley is
a patient ut the st. Alcxius hospital
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

HERE ON BUSINESS
Norvai Marvel of Brittin spent
Monday in the city on business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

HERE ON BUSINESS
+. Il. Kruger Of Ncw Salem is
spending few days in the city on
business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

PATIENT AT HOSPITAL
Charles Enockson, 500 railway con
luctor, is a patient ut the st. Alex
JUS hospital.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

RETURNS FROM FLASHER
Grant Wagner has returned from
/ short visit ut Flasher.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
CHEST IN MOTT

A. c. Taylor was u weekend visit
or at Mott.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
VISIT IN MOTT

VISIT IN MOTT
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. j. Tullbcrg were
,ucsts Of Mrs. Tullbcrg's parents in
Mott over the weekend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

Is ILL HERE
Mrs. G. Unrath Of Golden Valley
is i'll at the St. Alcxius hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
Inedible Dainty

During the celebration of golden
wedding anniversary in Australia re-
Gently, huge cake was placed on the
table and Henry Pontz, the host, under
took to slice it. The first knife failed
to mar the beauty Of the cake and a
carving knife was commandeered from
the kitchen. It, also, proved made
quate and finally a hammer and chisel
were brought into use. Under these
implements the cake collapsed into a
heap Of lath and plaster. 1t devel-
oped that Mr.. Pontz had selected the
cake from a confectioner's window
and the young woman clerk, being
new in the place, had wrapped it and
sent it to the Pontz home without
knowing that it had been a plaster of
paris creation, representing what a
wedding cake should be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
MiLitarisr,a Rampant

"Premier Baldwin admits that his
war experts, like the war experts OF
the other European countries, are pre-
pairing to fight the next war with bac-
teria.'
President Hiram c. Robinson of the
Universal Peace league was talking in
Denver about militarism.
l"America." he said, "shows Europe
pretty clearly what she thinks OF
militarism. Her language is diplomat
ic, but it's clear.
america Is like the new bOarder.
His landlady said to him at break
fast:
"'Well, how does your. coffee suit
you, sirT
"It's just to my taste, ma'am,' the
young fellow answered and
cold, Just as like it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
Mention of Petroleum
in Biblical Records

Although as commercial propo-
sition in western civilization petro-
leum may be said to date from 1859,
when Colonel Drake "struck lie" at
Titusville, Pa, the substance has been
known and used from time immemo-
rial.
Biblical history records many In
teresting incidents of the use Of oil.
for instance, in the account of the
building of the tower of Babel (Gen.
11:3) we read Slime had they for
mortar" and that great historian.
Herodotus, writing about the year $50
b. c., speaks of the use of bitumen
in building the walls Of Babylon, fact
confirmed by recent excavation work.
Again in the Scriptures we are told
(Gen. GID that the ark was COW
cred within and without with PITCH"
In later times. about 615 A. D., jap
anese writings contain numerous ref
erences to Burning Water; China
also records the use of mineral oil,
and the ancient Egyptian rites of en-
balming were carried out with the aid
of "Mumia" or pitch CCoptic).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
HOLY CITY SCENES
ODD TO WESTERNER
Visitor Must Remember 1t Is
an Oriental TouUn.

The first impression which Jert.
salem makes upon the visitor depends
largely on the visitors previous IA
miliarity with oriental towns. If he
comes fresh from western scenes and
customs and here for the first time
looks upon the East he will find many
strange sights, sounds and smells to
which to adjust himself. Some will
shock, him.
The uncleanliness, the negligence OF
sanitation, the acceptance of filth and
vermin as matter Of course; the ap-
palling poverty, blindness and disease;
the shiftless, sodden. figures that be-
strew the streets; the shameless beg
ging, aided by all the pity-producing
articles that can be devised; the
bizarre marks of racial and religious
distinction, such as the struggling, I'M
cut forelocks Of the Polish Jews or the
knotted-back hair Of the Greek priests
scores Of such things will smite his
eyes and nose.
If he is incapable Of overpassing
these strangenesses he may as well re-
turn where he can feel the congenial
familiarity Of Broadway or the home
likeness Of Main street anywhere. II,
however, he has learned to~look with
generous eyes on all sorts and condi-
tons Of men he soon will see light
upon Jerusalem. The conditions as to
sanitation are infinitely better under
British rule than they have ever been
before, and they are constantly I'M
proving. Anyway, the idea that clean
illness is next to goodness is western;
in country like Palestine where, even
in Jerusalem, there Is barely enough
water to drink, it is bit absurd; and
admirable personalities can develop
under conditions where such an idea
is as yet an unnaturalized alien.
AS for happiness, there is probably
as much per capita in Jerusalem, or
even in these poverty-stricken, mud
brick Arab villages, with all their
squalor, as there is in the city Of New
York.
In the end even the traveller who at
first is shocked discovers the real
Jerusalem. Its narrow, winding, climb
ing streets; its thronged bazaars
packed along the traffic ways or
crowded under colonnades built by
Crusaders to house pilgrims; Its end
less riot Of color In costumes that
represent omany faiths and races; its
fascinating salmagundi Of strange
faces, strange animals, strange clothes
and strange accents-all these fill the
eye until the Strand or Fifth Avenue
seems by contrast very dull, drab,
standardized and monotonous.-Dr.
Harry Emerson Fosdick In the Ladies'
Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01

Doctor Strickleigh, the new minis
ter, was young and full Of faith, hope
and charity, but he did not always
plan his speech with care.
One Sunday evening he said very
earnestly to his congregation: "Let
us pray that we may have an attend
ance of at least one hundred at our
next young peoples meeting. And re-
member that the prayer Of faith is al
ways answered"
Now, the next service did not bring
out one hundred persons, or anywhere
near that number, but the young min
lister looked cheerfully down upon the
faithful few.
"Friends," ne said briskly, there
aren't q hundred Of us, but there are
thirteen, and that's one, or two more
than had counted on."-LOs Angeles
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
- 49, ------------
FOOD LONG CANNED
OF GOOD QUALITY
Shoucs No Deterioration
After Many Years.

Skeptics have always scoffed at the
story of the Alaskan prospector who
declared that he saved a whole COM
munity from starvation through the
discovery Of the exposed carcass of
a mammoth, whose flesh was whole-
some after having been imbedded in
q glacier for centuries. But that food
properly protected from atmospheric
changes may be kept for indefinite
periods has frequently been proved.
An instance is recorded In the files
Of the house committee on agriculture
wherein, during the hearings on bill
to compel food-packing establishments
to stamp the date of manufacture on
their products, the late "Uncle Joe"
Cannon produced In the committee
room large tin Of cOrned beef that
had been confined In its metallic
Jacket for upward Of quarter Of
century, and when opened in the COM
mittee room was tested by the mem
bers and found to be "as good as on
the day it was Theoretically sealed In
the container."
The latest proof Of the fact that food
may be thus preserved for an indefi-
mite time comes through the foodstuffs
division of the Department of Com
merce, which reports that during an
advertising campaign conducted by
one Of the large dealers in canned
foods in Liverpool tin Of beef, which
was a part of the stores taken to the
arctic by Sir John Franklin 81 years
ago, was recently opened and some
Of the contents fed to rats, without
any i'll effects, whatever. The can
had remained in Liverpool since 1888.
The fact that the rats that were
invited to the feast "lived to squeal
again" might not in itself be cOnsid-
cred as evidence sufficient to warrant
the belief that the eighty one-year-old
beef was still fit for human food, but
that belief was substantiated by the
hacteriOlOgist present, who reported:
"Had this tin Of meat been submitted
to me by public health authorities l
would have reported that it was in
sound condition, showed no evidence
of food poisoning or other products,
and that it could be used as food with
out any harmful consequences"
After all, why should there be any
fear from eating long-canned food2
Do not the Chinese feast ON eggs that
they have stored for decades, without
any preserving cerements whatever,
except the original shells?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
On the Watch!

A bank in Portland, Maine, has ap-
piled the well known principles of the
periscope for the protection of Its
underground vaults. A long tube has
been built into the outer wall of the
building, one end of it terminating In
q mirror facing the door of big safe
down in the vault, and the other in
similar mirror at shoulder level above
the street. A policeman or other guard,
patrolling the sidewalk in front Of the
bank, peers occasionally through Sc
cret peephole in the side Of the build
ing, so that he can observe the whole
scene in the cellar vault, explains
Science and Invention Magazine.
Electric lamps and refectors illumi-
nate the vault SO that the policeman
above can see everything clearly. Any
obstruction placed in front of the mir
ror in the cellar Immediately betrays
the presence of intruders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
No SLOUGH

Thomas A. Edison, interviewed on
his recent birthday, shook his head
modestly over a voting contest that
had made Henry Ford, Mussolini and
himself the three greatest men living,
"Only posterity," Mr.. Edison said,
'can know what men among us today
are really great. Voting contests are
no good, for each of us chooses his
great men according to his own pc.
culiar TASTE
"A pawnbroker was discussing this
voting contest with his wife the other
day.
Edison, Mussolini and Ford, heye'
he said. We'll, dey vas great men,
yes; but de man vot invented Interest
wasn't no slOuch.'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-01
Electricity to the Rescue

Visitors to the cathedral of Milan
never fail to admire the beautiful red
tinted AFRO marble decorations of the
Baptistery chapel. This famous mar
BILE was beginning to run short a
year or two ago, although the demand
for it is always growing.
The director of the quarries per-
suaded the engineers to supply him
with electricity from the water-power
of Tessin, close by, and electric saws
now slit the marble into much finer
pieces than could be made by the
handsaws worked by the quarrymen.
The result is that facings with the
Arzo marble are actually cheaper than
before. and a trade centuries old has
been saved.