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FOUK The Watauga Democra ESTABLISHED 1S8S Isou'cd Ever' Th,.!rc''a ^ hv The RIVEKS PRINTING C&MPAN R. C. RIVERS ROB. RIVER Pdblishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $1.5 Six Months .1 &p! Three Months .4 Payable in Advance Cards oi Thanks, Resolutions of R< spect, Obituaries, etc., are charge for at the regular advertising rate Entered at the Postoffice at Boor. N. C., as Second Class mail matte THURSDAY JANUARY ?:J, lf?3i AN AMERICAN PICTURE Conrad Hubert came to Americ from Germany as a young man. II worked in an electrical shop in Jei sey City and invented the first su< cessful pocket flashlight. He died tw years ago. leaving instructions in hi will that his estate should be divide principally among religious, educ; tional and charitable institutions, t be selected by a committee of proir inent citizens to be selected b> hi executors. For six months three "prominen citizens" whose names are Calvi Coolidge, Alfred E. Smith and Juliu Rosenwald. met every two weeks t consider the hundreds of applica tiens for part of the $'>,000,000 tha Conrad Hubert left. When they gav their final decision the other da th- named a list of colleges, hos nit-iL- rniiof nr>rl rh;n ities on which they had agreed unan imously. In each case the institution to be benefited wilt have to rais from other sources more than ih amount thus awarded to them. Tha is the modern American way of gi\ ing money to worthy causes, to rc quire them to match the gift by ii during others to give. The whole incident strikes us a peculiarly typical of America. W'her else in the world could a poor, in migrant accumulate $0,000,000 an more without being heard of.' Cor rad Hubert's name nevci got mt the newspapers until he was dea< He made nis~hidncy' hr,n?aHy. wifhoi injuring anyone else but rather ei riching the world through hisj luvei tion. That was typically America! too, and so was the spirit whic uromptted him to leave the buik ? his fortune to assist others. And where but in Ameria cou1 one find 'he spectacle of ;> foinn President of the Uuited States, t'r famous ex-liovernor of New Vol asid the nation';*- greatest merchai giving their time and serious attei tion to carrying out the wishes < or.e ox the country's adopted c\t /.ens? Where, for that matter, w:l! y< find a Protestant, like Coolidge, Rnman;_Catholi(\ like Smith, and Jew. like Rosemvaid, working te.get er for the common welfare? That typical of America, too. Conrad Hubert, alive, was not ev? a name to the world at large. Co rad Hubert dead has left a mon Tnont more enduring: than brass the example his bequest has supplii of the spirit of America. BATHTUBS AN OTHER LUXURIES Have you a buthtub in your bom No, that isn't "Foolish Question N Umnsteen.'* There are nine millb homos in America without, bathtul according to the Statistical Abstra of the ignited States. Only two horn out of three have them. A few yea ago, as time goes, nobody had bat tubs. There was one. in the Whi House when Lincoln was Preside! and when President Cleveland war ed to have a second one put in mei hers of Congress made speeches d bouncing the bad example of luxu which the President would set? T; first bathtub with fixed plumbii was installed in Cincinnati less th: 100 yeras ago and physicians d nounced the habit of bathing as i jurious to health. Times change and luxuries muli ply. Today 15 mjllion homes ha' electric ilatirons, 7 million have va uum cleaners, 5 million have washii machines, nearly three-quarters of million have electric reirigeratoi The time is coming, and coming soo when these and other electrical a plianees will be regarded by ever body in America as of as great ii porta nee as the bathtub, but it m: be another hundred years before e orybody has them, and even thi there will probably be some horn without bathtubs. THEY ALL DO IT In our little town?ah, sad to tell! There's a merchant who doesn't kne how to sell, A lawyer who doesn't know much law, A sawyer who doesn't know howsaw, A teacher who doesn't know h.v? teach, A preacher who doesn't know how preach, A painter who can't paint very well A printer who doesn't know how spell. An odd-jobs man wiith never a job A cobbler who doesn't know how . cob, A miller who doesn't know how mill, A butcher who doesn't know how kill, A racer who doesn't know how race, A mason who doesn't know how mase, A clocksmith who cannot mend clock, And a doctor who doesn't know ho to doc; And since none of them are bu; men You will find them again and agair Ever, anon and a few times more 'Round the stove in Mendelsohn HKBHREH ' Each talking freely?and through h hat. Doing the one thing they're expei at? Giving advice to the farmer. ?Country Gentleman. . *j "The Way of Life" H By BKUtt BARTON \ DO WE PUT TOO MUCH EMPHA b SIS ON HEALTH? A man who knows Scotland told | . ~ j me of his experience with a Scotch' shepherd. j 0 The shepherd seemed to have an* 5 uncanny power over the sheep. When j j 0 he sent out his own pei?'jr.r call c-v- c ery one of them, no matter how distant. raised his head and started fov e_ home. ,,j The visitor begged for a chance to s try his calling powers. He cupped his * hands over his mouth and emitted * a noise which to his own ears sound- ^ l'* id exactly like the shepherd's call. ; s r* Not a single sheep responded. - %* Don't b,e discouraged," said the! j ![). shepherd. "Try again. Maybe there j r = is a sick one in the flock and. if so, I r he will listen to you. When sheep areL. healthy they will follow only their j" a own shepherd, but a sick one may go I alter anybody." ] Every once in a while somebody !a "I iisc< no to critiei/.e us modern par- ; ? en'ts for devoting too much time and attention to our children?s physical d well-being. Says such :t critic: "Of course, the' ? I body is important, but it was given i to us not to be exalted but to be I s disciplined and put down. To lay so!a ^ much emphasis on the physical is!* - naganism. Our righteous ancestors! disregarded the body and paid at-j s j tention to the soul." | t ?j This is true, and it might be add-] t l" I cd that our ancestors. bv noirl?adi?,r_i , *-j their bodies in the interests of their i s v | souls, heat us to Heavenby an av-J ^ > erage of twenty years. They matured' f young, worried much, and died in (i w hat we now regard as early middle! j life. t s Moreover, I have always qucs-jj. ? tinned w hether they were truly righ- a L' teous in the best sense if one is Sick a 1 and ruled by fears. Old Simeon Stylites believed that it is the business of a saint to mortil~ fy the body. He chained himself to .. the top of a p-liar, and became so lS loathsome that worms lived in hisj , ? flesh, and he did not attempt to nickl l~J?hem out because h?- regarded hisj " | sufferings as a means of grace. ! How such an idea could have been! &-J horn out of the teachings of the 1 ' ; hoa-thy out-door Jesus is one of ih< myr.tei ies eX _t} e ages He mortified j ^ l~j bodies. He heated them, "buiitj " then*: in. ami sent their owners on b j cheir way rejoicing. ; b; St. Paul, the great disciple, loved: games, races and. fights. , If ;t be argued that most of the; " philosophers have been men of poor! ?v health. I venture to contend that the I world has more philosophy than it , '* needs or ran ever use. Ami that what !>it is more important is more m rmal, . n' laugViing, optimistie women and men. >l j Health is prophylactic. A healthy "-1" boy would rather go to a ball park 1 than a saloon. >ui It's the weak, nervous creatures. . n r ...i. . j ->. -1 ? .... i who viciiiauo me aiBquins 01 dissipaa lion, .lust as the weak sick sheep go i xrii vvher. a false-voice teal!? is T The Family Doctor aL"| By DR. .IOHN JOSEPK GAINES GOITER In some communities this disease 9 has caused much apprehension, o\ve* ing to the frequency of occurrence ?* of such cases. I am acquainted with i neighborhood that has had as many as five women aftlicted within a period of two or three years. This has cs{ caused a great deal of anxiety or. 5s part of the other ladies, and many J1" throats have been fumbled with, and ' many mirrors consultted for visual i evidence of enlargement of the thylt" roid gland. ; Of course, one can only "skim 1 f" over" such a subject in a short talk P like this, and touch only high points. le Mountain regions of the old wovld are accredited with having the most goiin ter patients. Deficiency of iodine in I *"~t the p-rovvincr O-irl .-??* 1 n" offered as a cause of goiter in the i r young, and, the early administration vl~ of this mineral metallic remedy is advised as a preventative of the dis-| i c~ ease in the young. Butter should be an established feature of the dietary _a for growing girls. I may say that, s' the "colloid" form of the disease is j** nn?st frequent in the earlier years. I believe this should be treated so i 1 far as possible without surgery. But in adult cases, today surgery \ } seems to he the most approved meth-: . s~ od of treatment. Exophthalmic goiter , ' ?the kind where the eyeballs are ** pushed forward?is a serious disease, and the progress in modern surgery has made its surgical treat i merit very safe, and more likely to cure than dilatory attempts with ! medicine. Surgeons often tie the ar? tery which supplies the gland with blood, thus causing reduction in size . of the enlarged gland. c Not every enlargement of the thy. roid gland is goiter. It may be simple inflammation, to be treated asj . such. At the age of puberty, or in, women bearing children the gland, may be temporarily enlarged; it may j r be malignant?not true goiter. Soj much must be taker, into considers- j tion. your family doctor will pilot! ? you. My own advice is, act prudently, and consult those who know more | t about the trouble than you possibly i can. Shun fakirs as you would a pesto tilence. to F. H. HOLLAR WRITES THE DEMOCRAT FROM OHIOi to Editor of The Democrat, a Boone, N. C. Dear Sir: w There is nothing doing: here now. It is the bluest time I have ever 3y seen in my life, and I am 42 years old. My advice is that boys who are : 1 contemplating coming North should ] , stay where they are. 3 There are twelve to fifteen thou- , suuu msii uul wotlt th:: --'-T , ,s now, so take warning. , rt Your friend, F. H. HOLLAR. 149 Arbor Road, I Cleveland, Ohio. : THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E Hints for the Home By NANCY HART The Healthful Orange Perhaps if you took a census o; he fruit tastes of your friends yoi vould find that the orange was giv n first choice in something like 9( >er cent, of the votes. Perhaps i vould stand favorite at even bettei >dds. Perhaps not. At any rate. th( range is almost universally liked. Orange Puffs Sift into mixing bowl one and one ourth cups pastry flour, one hali up of sugar; add one-half cup mill nixed with two egg yolks, one table poon butter, melted, and one-hall easpoon grated orange rind. Beal wo minutes, pour into six greasei nr. it in tins ami bake twen'y-fiv.ninutes. Serve hot with orange pufi auce. Steamed Orange Pudding Make biscuit dotign and roll it intc long r.arrow sheet one-fourth of ar nch thick. Spread thickly with peeleti nd siiced oranges, sprinkle with sugr and grated orange peel and roll ]?. vwisting the ends together. Lay L in a buttered pie tin or pudding ish placed in a steamer over boiling .ater. Steam for an hour and a hui nd serve with any sauce. Orange Cake Filling Bring to the boil two cups of wa er and the grated yellow rind of wo oranges. Thicken with three talespoons <?t* cornstarch, rubbed mooth in half a cup of cold water, nd cook, stirring constanjtly. Take rom the lire and add a < up of powered sugar beaten with the yolks ol hree eggs. Stir until nearly cool, hen add a tablespoon of butter, the uice of four oranges and one lemon, nd cool. Spread between the layers nd cove; with orange icing. THE SONG OF THE CAMP By Bayard Taylor Give us a song," the soldiers cried. The outer trenches guarding, Vtitle the heated guns of the camp; allied Grew wearv of bombarding. Chere was a pause. A guardstaai said. "We storm the torts tomorrow; i::g while \v?i ?p-n: anothre daj^ Will bring enough of sorrow/' Chey lay along the battery's side Below the smoking 'cannon, have hearts, from Severn and fron j Clyde. And from the hanks of -Shannon. , g? rhey sang of love ami not of fame. Forgot was Britain's glory: ?ach heart recalled a oufeiont nam Bat all sang "Annie Laurie." Voice after voice caught up the sonp Until its leiwer passion Rose like an anthem, rich and stron; Their battle-eve confession. Defiv girl;?her- name ho dar?d no speak. Rut as the song grew louder A tear upon the soldier's cheek Washed off the stains of powder. Now Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer dumb and gory, And English Mary weeps tor him Who sang of Annie Laurie. Sleep, soldiers! still in honored rest Your truth and valor weaving; The bravest are the tenderest, The loving are the daring. TURN SMOKY MOUNTAIN REGION OVER FEBRUARY The States of North Carolina an Tennessee will turn over to the Unit ed States Government on Februav 6, tlie first section of the huge acre age that eventually will go tc mak the new Smoky National Park, it Wa stated at the Interior Departmen recently. Representatives of the two state will meet on that date with Secre tary of the Interior Wilbur to effec the transfer. Although the extent o the property to be deeded to th Government at that time was nr. sti\ted, the first consignment is rc quired by law to be in excess o 150,000 acres. The Government wr not develop the property until th total of 427,000 acres has been trans ferred. SEVEN BILLIONS WILL BE SPENT ON 1930 PROJECT: A new peace-time record for con siruction and maintenance on publi work and by public utilities is expect ed during the present year by Secrt tary Lamond on the basis of report indicating that $7,000,000,000 \vi be spent in these fields. This Total does not include es penditures for residences, eommei eial and industrial structures an other private operations which las year amounted to more than $3 000,000,000 and which, if continue at the same pace, would bring th outlay for 1930 to more than $10 000,000,000. Complete returns to the Peparl ment of Commerce from the Govei nors of 26 stares, combined with e.timate3 based on partial returns froi the remaining states, indicate exper ditures for public works, includin Federal construction of $3,325,000, 000 during the year. r> r? - *'- ' ? nj&iunu> ior ueiterraenis zo plant and equipment announced by publl utilities, railroads and telegrap companies represented expenditure of approximately $3,250,000,000gDr. John M- Gries, chief of tb construction division of the depan ment, also reported to the secretar that approximately $410,000,000 wil be spent for maintenance by the el ectric, gas and street railway com panies alone. Class A railroads are expected t> 3pend $1,050,000,000 of the utilities construction total, electric, gas an street railway companies, $1,400, UOO.GOO; the American Telephon and Telegraph Company, $700,000, JUUJ ailU tuuvjiviiuciit air telegraph companies, short line rail ways and privately-owned water works, $100,000,000. North Carolina's part of the con struction amounts to $36,000,000* . VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. j Losing the Cop. | XS/ : 1? FEDERAL AID FOR THE SMALL I . BUS'NESS MAN "Kven as we laud the splendid ef-j forts of these leaders of industry, ' j . aid Dr. Julius Klein. AssistantSec-1 rotary of Commerce, speaking of the] j business conferences in Washing to,?),; i "let us not lose sight of the unnamed j 1 hundreds of thousands of 'little fcl-j lows' in the business world . . . the. j corner grocer, the small-town drug- J gist, the hardware, dealer in a mod-! est way. the woman selling notions/j c the restaurant proprietor with a I neighborhood trade. . . . T hesej smaller merchants, with their innu- j ' 1 movable stoves whore business, in j \vhatever volume, constantly pro: coeds, form the backbone of our j American business organism," t'i That was a splendid tribute to aj class of citizens among whom are many who have been feeling lately as if they and their kind did not count for much in the scheme of things. What with chain stores opening up everywhere to compete with the local merchantt, and the attention of the public centered on what the "big fellows" are doing, no wonder many a small grocer or druggist has felt as if it were no use to try to keep on going, that there wasn't room in the world any more for his kind of business, or at least for him ? as a business man. a It is one of the most encouraeine v signs of the times that the Federal Government recognizes the importe ance of the local merchant and that ? a man of Dr. Klein's ability and in t ' -v^ f e FA MM?MM c -i 11 i Through leading farmers, ai d been made for a F special benefits of d " men from the Stat the advantage of tl to you. These iecti We hope g opportunity. We a study the things bi 5 c h s MAKE OUR SI e INST I il i Boone e * WrSrWM K i .fcr, V' : jfiHtt fiuep.ce should stand out as a spokesman for the small business establishment. The Department of Commerce has been making a study of the rea sons for the failure of local mer chants in several "communities, as_thi first Step toward helping independent business men to hold their trade anc share in the nation's prosperity "Facts and their efficient appliea tion," says Dr. Klein, "are the in dispensable road workers on the high way of success." And he and his as sistants have discovered that most o the failures are due to ignorant of Uk facts about their own nasi r:-.- ? ' -i -riv?r>. uai,v aiiuuv iivi- ur SIX pur CCIU of the failures of neighborhood store are i rateable to chain-store conipc tition; many more are due to care iessness in credits and collections, t inaccurate bookkeeping:, to inabilit; to grasp the essential points of gao> merchandising- and to inexperience. This is a great work, and the fact discovered and their implications ai available to everyone- who will as the Department of Commerce fo them. "CORPSE" BURSTS FROM COFFII AND FLEES FROM CEMETERY A funeral party in Querataro, Me> ico, was thrown into panic Sunda when Jose Lozano "came to, life, broke from his coffin and dashe out of the cemetery as he was abou to be buried. His friends scattered i all directions, many stumbling ove tombstones in their haste. Lozan had suffered a cataleptic spell an had been pronounced dead. RME the activities of the Watauga Lvvesl td the management of the A. S. T. C armeri Institute, lasting three days, the farmers of Watauga County. J e Department of Agriculture -will be tieir experiences in farming and stocV tires will he well worth your time. V every farmer in this county will sva re sure you can all get something wc rought out by the speakers. ORE HEADQUARTERS, WHILE A ITUTE. YOU ARE ALWAYS WEL Hardware C< "The Friendly Store" JANUARY 23, 1930. ^ fiv Albert T- Reid : . 'V^ -v;_ ,t > x- rv; vB *;* j 7*.T" _-L??? MAY CONTROL. MICE DURING WINTER MONTHS During the winter months, houseand buildings where food is stored are infestted with the destructive and 1 annoying house mice. These are th-' t small, long-tailed, hal-ear? <! rodents I which, contrary to the common belief, do not grow up into large whart rats and field rats. "Remembering that the habits of rats and mice are about the same, if is more easy to control the small mice - than the larger and more clever f I vats," says C. D. Schwartz, biologist L. at State College. "Mice like to run . along the walls and behind objects and underneath furniture which will offer protect ion from their enemies B the cat and dog. The eat is a much " more patient mouser than the fo\ - terrier, but the terrier is a much o better ratter than the cat." y Mr. Schwartz says that poisoning [j mice,'is effective hut dangerous if there are small children in the house Strychnine coutcd, steam crushed s oats, or thallium coated oats, make c ideal baits for house mice, 'lhe oat.k must be exposed in small low boxes r which are easily accessible to the mice and yet out of the way for the children. ,, Twenty or thirty small snap-traps /J will effectively remove all the mice in (he home, if nil the traps are set at one time, behind boxes, along the - shelves, against walls and between y objects, where the mice run and " play. Bait these traps with a few kerd nels of crushed oats or with a small t amount of toasted cheese, suggests n Mr. Schwartz. v o George .Tung, San Francisco boy. d bounced a rubber ball 6,158 times to win a contest. RS! tock Association, the ^ arrangements have I next week, for the \ number of trained on hand to five you : raising without cost til themselves of this irth while if you will TTENDING THE COME! ompany mmmmmmmaammmmmmmmmm
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