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VOL. XXIX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1918.
NO. 28.
THE BREATHING SPELL
.Again hajs the German array
beeu beaten to a stand still and
a condition established similar
to that which existed previous
to the moving out by the Ger
man commands for atr offensive,
which left them in new positions
within Allied territory, bnt with
no advantage gained and with
armies badly shattered. It is very
unlikely, however, that this new
situation is to remain long un
changed. The Germans have for
tified themselves as best , they
they cau while waiting for the
bringing up of their heavy artil
lery into effective positions, and
the indications are that Germa
ny must shortly resume offensivo
operations or herself became vic
tim to an onslaught by the Al
lies. She is so situated that she
must fight her way through
that is, she must make the at
tempt or prepare for a perilous
retreat. It is true that the Ger-
mans have been reinforced by
thousands of troops from the
eastern front, by released Ger
man prisoners and by Bulgari
ans, but at the same 'time, the
allies have been strengthened by
the coming into line of Pershing's
forges, by British and French re
serves all coordinated under the
command of Geueral Foch, and
that they are better advantaged
to meet the worst that Germany
can give them than at any pre
vious time in the history of the
war. We may regard the pres
ent quiet as the lull which pre
cedes the storm and furthermore
we may safely assume that the
fighting which is to come will be
even fiercer and upon a scale of
greater desperation than that
which marked any stage in the
recent engagements, for, cut to
pieces as tt-ey have been, the
Germans have powerful resour
ces from which to draw and will
have re assembled an army hard
ly less . formidable than that
which they started out on the
march'from Cambrai.
The two great armies and the
couu'ry alike are now indulging
in a breathing spell. How soon
this indulgence may continue un
interrupted remains to be seen.
His not worth while taking a
I ossible German ret reat into con
sideration. , There i nothing for
Germany to do but light her way
out or get whipped, and we be
lieve we can see indications at
the whipping U not going to be
long delayed, depending perhaps
more upon the. time that the
German commanders may re
Dew the fighting than upon the
probable readiness of tbe Allies
to undertake a sweeping move
ment against the Germans. Ger
many's effort to break through
to Amiens is likely to maik the
supreme movement oUhe'war.
Charlotte Observer.
Forgot W'hnt He Needsd.
From the Republican, Mt. Gil
iad, Ohio. The editor bad an in
teresting experience some time
ago, when a yOung gentleman
came to this office and asked for
a copy of the Morrow County Re-
fiublican. He scrutinized it care
ully when a copy was handed
bim, and then said: 'Now I know.'
"What is it you are looking lor,'
we enquired. "My. wife snnt mV
Hfter a bottle uf CtiambrrlainV
Cough Uemtdy, and I forgot the
name- I went to several stores
and the clerks named everything
in the line on the shelf except
'chamberlain's. I'll try again,
and I'll never go home without
Chamberlain Cough Remedy."
Tbe Republican would eugcest
to the proprietors of stores that
thev post their clerics, and never
let them substitute. Customers
low laith in stoees where substi
tuting is permitted, to sap noth
ing of the injusticH to makers of
good goods and the disappoint
went of customers. Adv.
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How War Benefits Tkt Diitei Statu
Prior to 1914 this country de
pended almost entirely on Ger
many for chemicals, dyes and
potash, and turned to Qhille for
nitrates. The bottling up the
l eu tons and the shortage of
ships forced American business
interest to turn to the resources
of their own country. Experts
soon solved German secrets and
began the manufacture of dyes
and chemicals on a mammoth
scale. When the war is ended
Germany will find the best mar
ket for her biggest monopoly
gone forever. Four years ago
the united States consumed an
nually a quarter of a million tons
of German potash at an approx-
linate cost of $16,000,000. Nec
essity hurried the discovery of a
phosphate deposit in the bed of a
pre-historic California lake. This
deposit will supply American
needs for more than half a cen
tury. The Government is now
spending $20,000,000 for a nit
rate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ten
nessee. Jt will extract nitrates
from the air and put a period to
American dependance on Chille.
The evolution of the flying ma
chine has created a huge demand
for castor oil. It will be met by
castor bean plantations in South
ern States. And this new ven-
ture is expected to add more than
twelve million dollars a year to
the crop values of that section.
Old graphite mines are being re
worked in New England and Mid
dle Atlantic States and abandon
ed silver mines in tbe West once
more are pouring forth a gleam
ing treasure. The utilization of
America's unlimited water power
a a substitute for coal and the
re employment of inland water
ways to relieve railway conges
tion aiv inevitable developments
of the immediate future. The
war is a tragedy precipitated by
Prussian madness, but its bene
fits to the United States pres
ents at least a partial offset to
its terrible cost. Leslie's Week-
A Gruesome Picture Of Battlefield Con
ditions.
The London Morning Post's
correspondent in France draws a
gruesome picture of battle con
ditions.
" Prisoners state that the coun
tryside is full of bodies and the
air is horrible with the odor of
death," he writes. "Wells can-
not be used. The ruined villages
are impossible as billets because
they are strewn with German
dead. There are ereat piles of
bodies along the roads and be
tween then. Tbe enemy has on
ly recently found tim6 to bury
any of his dead.
"The spectacle of the battle
field carpeted with the bodies of
their comrades has affected fresh
troops, who in this way discov
ered to their surprise that the
J3ritisb are not too weak to fight
Prisoners say that the British
endurance and skill in fighting is
delaying the progress of the Ger
man army.
''Among the fpats of this Brit
ish endurance may be mentioned
that of a detachment which mar
ched eighteen hours, fought one
whole night and half of tbe next
day, repelled three attacks, re
captured a certain village twice,
and dug trenches."
Bad Taste in Your Mouth.
' When you have a bad tastp In
your mouth you may kuow that
vour digestion is faulty. A dose
of Chamberlain's Tablets will u
sually correcfrtbe disorder. They
aho cause a gentle movement of
the bowels. You will find this to
be one ol the best medicine you
have ever become acquainted
with. Adv.
Yfcat Tear Liberty Bonl Will Accosalisi.
A $ 1,000 bond will buy six
cases of operating instruments
for a base hospital, or furnish
pistols for a rifle company or
one motor kitchen.
One thousand five hundred dol
lars of Liberty Bonds will buy a
motor ambulance, or a motor
car for a machine gun batallion.
Two $1,000 bonds will buy a
motor truck; three $1,000 bonds
will buy rifles for a Field Art illery
battery, or supply horses for a
Field Signal batallion.
Four $1,000 bonds will buy a
tractor: five $1,000 bonds will
buy oue Liberty truck, or seven
Lewis machine guns, or equ'p a
rifle company with rifles.
Six $1,000 bonds will buy a
Liberty motor; seven $1,000
bonds one training plane; nine
$1,000 bonds one observation
balloon.
Ten thousand dollars of bonds
will fully 'equip three hospital
wards of 50 beds each, with all
linen, clothing and other necessi
ties or buy six large wholesale
sterilizing outfits, or six motor
ambulances.
Steer Clear Of Wheat
To keep up and increase, if pos
sible, our present rate of wheat
exportation to the allies Ameri
cans must cut present wheat con
sumption one-fourth.
There are several possible ways
to do this. The simplest and
most direct, of course, is to sub
stitute the flour or meal of some
grain other than wheat in. every
recipe used.
Potatoes, both white and sweet
and rice, when boiled, may also
be combined with flour to save a
part of the wheat.
Whole wheat and graham flour
are rfbt wheat savers. They are
only a differant form of wheat
flour.
Here are three wheatless reci
pes: Rye and Oatmeal Muffins Beat
together 1 egg and 1 cupful of
sweet milk and stir into it 2 ta
blespoonfuls of corn syrup. Sift
together 1 cupful of rye flourand
one cupful of oatmeal and add to
the mixed meals teaspoonful of
salt and 3 teaspoonfulls of bak
ing powder, btir the dry ingre
dients into the beaten egg and
milk and add two tablespoonfuls
of melted fat. Heat muffin or
gem pans, grease slightly and
bake the muffins in a hot oven.
Oatmeal bread Mix one cup
ful of scalded sweet milk with one
cupful of boiling water and pour
the liquid over one cupful of
ground oatmeal. Allow the oats
to stand oue hour and then' stir
in cupful of molasses and tea
spoonful of salt. Dissolve half a
cake of yeast in cupful of warm
water and mix in one cupful of
wheat flour, beating thoroughly.
Allow the dough to rise, beat a
gain, and once more allow it to
rise. Put in bread-pans and al
low it to lise 1 hour. Bake in
slow oven.
Fiied corn mush and apples
To four cupfuls of boiled corn
meal mush add 2 cupfuls of ap
ples chopped very fl ne. M ix thor
oughly and pour in brick-shaped
bread or cake pan. Brush the
top with melted drippings and
set in a cool place. When ready
to serve cut in half-inch slices and
dip in flour, frying to. a slight
brown in vegetable fat or drip
pings. Serve with brown' sugar
or syrup. Biddy Bye.
Try This For Stfur Stomach.
Eat slowly,' masticate your
food thoroughly. .Eat but little
meat tud none at all at supper.
If you are still troubled with a
sour si omach take oue of Cham
berlain's T tbleta before goinn to
bed. Ad.
Mnst Put the Ban on Leafing.
The following taken from the
News & Observer deals justly,
with one of tbe greatest prob
lems that confronts us as a na
tion: "It is astonishing to observe
the number of inen that loiter
around different places, day af
ter day, apparently doing noth
ing. This is no time for loafing
and it should not be tolerated.
Every man, unless physically
unfit, should be made to go to
work or go to war. If part of
uui uuj o am niiveu tu u tu win j
it is only f air t hat those that
stay home should be forced to
go to work. A loafer has abso
lutely no excuse for his unem
ployment because now there is
work for every man that wants
work. Farmers are begging for
help and industries vital to the
successful prosecution of the war
are crying for labor.
"The police department would
be doing a good days work to
round up every loafer in Raleigh,
white or black, and require bim
to show good cause for his idle
nessif he can which is decided
ly unlikely.
"Loafing is bad enough in nor
mal times, but in a cribis like the
one through which we are now
passing it is absolutely indefen
sible and tbe penalty foritshould
be severe. Brave young Ameri
cans are giving up their jobs by
the thousands and taking up
arras, reading to sacrifice toen
ail in order that the world may
be made a decent place in which
to live, yet we allow the loafers
to lie around and do nothing.
"Many of the idle ones find
consolation in the fact that they
are above the draft age aud
doubtless feel that they are call-
upon to exert themselves no
more than reud the casualty lists
Their attention should be direc
ted to a recruiting officer whore
men above tho drait age can vol
unteer. "Some way must be found to
uso those who are now loafing
in productive enterprise of some
sort."
.$100 REWRD $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreadful disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages aud thatiscatanh
Catarrh being greatly influent cd
by constitutional conditions in
quires constitutional treatment.
Hairs Mitarru Medicine is taker1
internally and acts through tin.
blood on the muscular surface1-
of the svstem t hereby destroviiif.
the foundation of the diseus..
giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution uud
assisting nature in doinsr itt-
work. The proprietors have sr
much faith in the curative pow
ers or nan s t atarrn itemed
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to
cure, send tor testimonials.
Address F. J.CHENEY & CO,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all dru r
gists, "c.
Stock of Merchandise For
Sale
North Carolina, Watauga Coun-
ty. In tne matter of the admin
istration of the estate of W. C.
Lentz, dect-ased.
Under and by virtue of an .order
of tbe Superior Court, 1 will, on
the 15th day of April, -11)18, at
the hour of 10, a. in., at t h e
store house door of the late W.
C. Iientz, offer for sale the entire
stock of goods belonmnjr to the
estate of the 89 id W. C. Lenlz.
not disposed of by private Hale
prior to the said April ;tb.
lyio. Terms of sale cash on day
of sale. This the lUtb day ol
March, 1918.
J. A. LFNTZ,
One of tho Administrators.
F. A. Li.nney, Atty.
SALE OF LAND FOB TAXES.
By virtue of the power of sale
vested in me by law, I will offer
for sale to the highest bidder at
the court bouse door in Boone.
Watauga county, N. C. on the
6th day of May, 1918, the fol
lowing lands for delinquent tax
es for the year 1917. The cost
of levy and advertising is added
in each case.
booxe township:
Mary Michael 2 town lots $1 70
x e Miller 137 acres 5 96
irvin j Miller 1916 and 1917
one town lot 4 28
j t Miller 1 town lot 8 20
f m Maltba 50 acres 8 66
Ed u Minton 2 town lots 2 08
o v Moretz 29 acres 6 41
m p & n e Moretz 2 town lots 1 05
w v Norris 1 town lot; 5 06
Tabitha oxentine 75 acres 2 95
Lindsay Patterson 585 a. 29 70
j it nay taxes for 1916 and
1817, 1 town lot 2 71
o e nayes 23 acre 6 77
S H Hayes S3 acres 786
Mrs. nachel Hartley 50 acres 444
J u imgaman taxes for 1916
and 1917, 95 acres 15 02
g a nodges taxes for 1916
and 1917, 100 acres 10 47
j o nodges 61 acres
uunn nodges ii acres
james nodges 23 acres
Charlie noller 2 lots
s t isenhour 80 ucres
ii m Lewis 1 acre
7 63
100
5 75
1019
5 70
12 55
j n call taxes for 1916 and
Coin church 25 acres
1917 one town lot
c c chuach taxes for 1910
and 1917 25 acres
w it Kldridge 32 acres
l a oreene 1 town lot
1M
1 90
6 20
2 45
.95
rarkin creen, taxes for 1916
and 1917, 6 acres 198
i l oreeno 30 acres 4 70
Mrs. Etta m (ireen 31 acres 19 90
johu m (ireene, taxes for '16
and 1017, 100 acres 8 6C
peter nentley 5acres 1 07
v (i itrown 83 acres 9 75
Mrs. j. n mown 45 acres 8 06
w h itrown 85 acres . 9 72
a m itrown 32 acres 2 70
w L noatright 15 acres 1 70
w c carroll 61 acres 19 54
j c cook 1 town lot 4 83
k h cook 35 acres 2 70
Mrs rula Hagan 1 town lot 0 28
Mary neitzel one town lot 1 30
.1 (i vannoy 49 acres 6 15
j s Williams 67 acres 3 70
.i l wood acre 4 29
j w whittington 10 acres 3.64
j m nrewer heirs 1 75
Itl.l'L ItllXiK TOWNSHIP.
j a iioliek 75 acres 2 34
smith cook 100 acres 2 98
uosa Ford 130 acres 4 66
iiart and w j ; rand in 900
acres, taxes for 1917 14 20
(srniiditi Lbr. co., taxes for
'16 and '17 6,040 acres 364.28
j t iiainby (JO acres 1 30
(i w Long 218 acrese 17 20
j a rnderwoo 1 63 acres 4 86
HLOWINO HOCK TOWN8.I1P.
w a Anton 20 acres 5 85
Mrs. I) m Ausley 1 town lot 2 05
jameH Allen 1 town lob 3 70
John nuff tnxes for 1916
and 1917, 1 town lot 8 69
Mrs it f nranden 1 town lot 6 70
Mrs j f Anderson tnxes for
1915, 1910, & 1917, 1
town lot 3 22
d A Bunn taxes for 1916 and
1917, 1 town lot 10 48
p m Brown 66 acres 9 70
n n Boyden 148 acres 12 70
Mrs x J nenfield 1 town lot 4 95
Blowing itock uotel co one
town lot 46 70
j f cox 4 town lots 12 82
Mrs J c coulter 1 town lot
taxes for 1916 & 1917 6 85
Loyd Earp 1 town lot 3 91
Mrs w H Ed mis ten 1 town lob 1 70
w s Edmisten 2 town lots 1 70
John c Ford.2 town lots 1 70
also tax on auto 'for hire' 1016, 10 70
itettie Ford 1 town lot 1 70
J m Foster 2 town lots 9 21
Minnie Foster 1 town lot 22 75
Mattie urogan 1 town lot 2 45
Continued on fourth pae,
PR 0 FESSI ON A L
E. Glenn Salmons,
Resident Dentist.
BOONE, N. C.
Office at Critcher Hotel.
OFFICE HOURS: :
9:00 to 12 a. m; 1:00 to 4:00;p. m,
ED7UND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIIt, N. C,-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watsuga,
4-1 ii
t. D. I.OWK
T. A OV1-,
Pincola, N. C
Burner Elk, N. C.
LOWE & LOVE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Practice in the'courts of A
and surrounding count ies. Ca re
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7-6-12.
P. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, n. c.
vVillpractice in the courts o
Watauga and adjoining coun
tries.
1-11-1911.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
When irC need oj vet
erinary surgery call m
or write to G. H.-Hayes
Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi
las, N. C. 6-15-16.
G. F. Lovlll. w. n. I ovll
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
- BOONE, N. C.-Jj
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
their care. .. ..
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer,
BOON 10, - v. - . . N.c
Prompt n I tetition'gi ven to
'ill matters of u leuul nature
Collections a specialty.
OlUcewith Solicitor F. A 4Lio
ney 9,,ly. pd.
DR. R, D, JENNINGS
RESIDENT DENTIS I
IBanxkrsJElk, N. C.
3"At Boone on first Monday
of every month for 4 or 5 days
and every court wek. Office ut
the Black! turn Hotel.
John t. Brown
Lawyer. -
:uooNE,ir- ;n.c
Prompt attention'givento all
matters ofa legal nature. Col
lections a specialty. Office with
Lovill & Lov ilH " "
WATCH AND
JEWELRY
ICEPAIi
done at this shop
under a ixmitlve
guarantee & a
material ussd
guaranteed to be genuine. Estimate!
funiU.Vd ou all mail orders. Satis
'aetltu guaranteed In every retpeet
jii all railroad watches. Office near the
Watauga Co. Bank.
J. W. BRYAN
Graduate Jeweler and Wittlitk
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