TThse Watauga Democrat]
_ ESTABLISHED 183S
Issued Every Thursday by
The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY
*?5*1 It- C. RIVERS ROB; RIVERS?!
f Publishers
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year 51.0C
Sii. Months -To
Three Mouths -H>
Payable in Advance
Cards ot Thanks, Resolutions o( Respect.
Obituaries, etc., are charged
for at the regular advertising rates.
Entered at the Postulate at Boone,
N. C . as Secoud Class inail matter.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. IhTi
? Bishop Rondthaler
fTIHE STATE'S most prominent religious
worker is dead. Rev.
Edward Rprdthaler, BUnop or
the Southern Moravian Province,
passed to his infinite reward last
Saturday ami on Monday the revered
remains of this 81?-year-old minister,
educator and humanitarian were
consigned to Mother E?uh in "Clod's
A eve," church burying: ground hi
Old Salem. For fifty-odd years his
voice had been lifted each Easter
morn within the holy precincts of
that historic cemetery as he repeat
eu in?; LTaiuau; .>i<n<mwi main , aiu<
hundred.- of thousands of pilgrims,
representing all faiths and creeds,
have journeyed fai :' >! the inspiration
which thi service offered. In
this manner, the name of RondthaicrI
became prominent throughout the
land, but that which immortalized |
him in the hearts of ail mankind was|
his unselfish labors for the MasUn !
in many cliir.es, the countless acts of!
charity ho perfoi nu d. and the fom-'
of his inspired efforts for the common
good.
Shortly before death claimed him..
Bishop Rondthalcr said: "I have'
loved to be among the poor,' so it has
come ic pass that I have been privl-l
~1eged to sit beside the bed of the
-lepei nt falcm. and to bury the.
heathen Indian among the mosquito (
bushes of the hot California DesertI
have seen the : <! lot of the Mexican
peon and have preached beside;
the loom of the European weaver, j
making at that time his 25 cents ;ij
day for fourteen hours of labor. 1 :
have preached and taught much!
among colored people. I have rejoiced i
in the great charities ("blister
dom. some of them at the tinu of
jsppF,- my visits in the earliest stages. 3 i
rejuvenated North Carolina. in li row- j
[ing Christianity, especially in fipbhi
Samaritan care over those who can
least care for themselves. 1 am
eighty-nine years old, and still per
( ... mittcd to be engaged with all sr.y.
usual tasks, and thank God for iU" j
Since Bishop Rondthaler began.
pl?i his work in Salem, that scrawny vil-j
L:M ! Ii(jc which several years Ago wnsi
ftjjlfo/ united with the neighboring hamlet
of Winston has grmvp i?u?? North'
ssgfef Carolina's foremost industrial city.
* ISp The Sabbath stillness of Suleiu
Square, center ?>f <* " f>uuiimui
ot parishonois, is pierced by
the screech of factory whistles and
ggj thousands of busy workers crowd
the streets. \ history of Winston
Salem Is a history of Rondthaler, for
the twain grew together?he lending
his support throughout the years
i jiSK to the institutions and agencies which;
have brought about the marvelous]
11^11111 transformation.
Lenoir's New Bank
fTlKURSDAV of Inst week Lenoir's
5 Bra _ new bank, the Union National.
opened its doors to the public.
1 fe' and on that day more than eighty
ttgragG thousand dollars in deposits enriched
I coffeis. Tip' new institution re
Fh'U v.'hici!
rlif3H??."wes closed due to heavy withdrawals
' -|v and frozen assets on Boccniber KUh.
i s>? A group of Caldwell Cor.ntys' leadJ
: ing citizens held a meeting, formulated
a plan of organization and benao
work. Five weeks later the l:nr-j
ion National, boasting a capital stock
of $150,0(10 held by sixty-seven substantial
business men and women,!
made its debut.
f s ' S'1 nnb': 'vuye attached to the
* depositors, word was sent out that,
, ^those who wished to withdraw funds
: ai might do so. But few demands were
I made, and today the r.ow batik is
doing a fine business, and the peo'
.. .pie of Lenoir are standing behind it
Watauga Its should rejoice with Cald,y
. well County in this marvelous
achievement?for as long as loyalty
i - of this kind exists in the hearts of
y. North Carolinians, the fnluio c.f tlw
State is secure.
fc- Watauga's Legislator
TTTATAUGA County is rep-esent-!
'4kS" VV "'n * >? Stale Legislature byi
a farmer, one of only fourteen I
C; tillers of the soii to -it in thai augu.-;
3-gGa?sembly during the session of llbll.'
it! S Roby Greer is adapting himself to j
f 1 the role of legislator ill a very picas-!
i fling way, has been named to serve|
j .-.?? several of the most important i
1 .committee- of the Lower House, and
i # ^ considered more or less an author|
'Wgr'sty on taxation by many of his fel1'
i??Vlhvr-sol?ns. Each Friday night he
IS?,-;.- drives from Raleigh to hi- home
'Ilfi near Blowing Lock, dons tin hakilij
-lfr - ment- of an agricullurisL and works
P'tJp. <1iVn "firrlilinfr ftvo'-' nnfil H/vnflov
fejpfe evening, when he starts on his reiJBBWwTOwS
the nsnithl.
BDBffiBH characteristic Greer style, he
ji'ag has thrown himself into this new
. ,;K work, and reports from Raleigh are
' to the effect that he is making good,
f u*'- fit* vote on several measures of State
P4 wide importance indicating that he
'SGiss t'r.e interests of his constituency
J f- very m?ich at heart. Watauga's de.t'
c - t'r;y 's most certainly in capable
First One: "Yesterday I stepped
c?rjoto the middle of the street, held
, my arms, and stopped a runaway
Second One: "That's nothing. To|
y j: .hay I held up two finders and stopI?.
?
The Groundhog Lied
TT THETHJEK or not readers s>? T
yy Oetnoerat believe in the groun
hogs/ability as aleather pit
nostiratcr, that hibernating pig a
on. the toli-Mondt
For pot 3 cioud darkened the si
and THE GKOUNDHOG, or a
groundhog for that ibatter, unqu<
tiouabJy saw his shadow The v<>[
lace trembled and started maki
. reparation 'or the six weeks of b
v.'eat her which they felt sure mi
fellow. But Tuesday dawned fa
and aU through the day Old :
beamed encouraging!). Came \Vi
res'day. ant! ho clouds yet; and
thi? paper if printed, springtime zet
\rs rustle through the leaft
branches, an occasional blueb
chortles to his mate, the sky is az\
blue, and it looks as if winter >
hern banished forever. Yes. t
groundhog lied.
A Big Deal
r*!HE Farmers Hardware and Si
j Plv Company is to be congval
fated upon having acquired t
building and stock of the Boo
j Hardware Company, thus amassi
I the finest and largest stocks of hai
: ware" iu the western part of t
I State. While the. outgoing firm h
i wide friendships and splendid p<
ronage. and while the or^auiizati
will be missed in the community
i which it lived, the neucr conce
; deserves high credit for its eritt
I prise. During the ?ix years of
: business life, the Farmers HanUva
<'' ?mpany has shown a reniarkal
growth, its sales receipts have i
jtreason in spite of business deprt
ion ill other pails ol' the countr
i its officials are business men
wide vision, and they promise tl
uiitry they serve the best there
ii? them. In return the newer ai
larger establishment which they o
.rate should command the uniti
upporf of every individual in l!
county. The Denu crat extends CQ
gratu iations and bespeaks for tl
progressive film continued and i
creased prosper it}.
"The Way of Life"
By BRUCE BARTON
This :s the story of two men \vl
are now about forty-five years old
The graduated in the same eld
at college. One of them came to N't
York and took the first job he cou
gei, which happened to be in tl
11; room of a la:Re rorporatio
lie lived in an attic, did his ov
-i ashing, and fought tooth and na
Afteiv a while, as the business gre
and older men dropped out, he w
promoted, until now he is p. vie
president.:-He has a home in the su
urbs, and a fine family, and is a
cumulating ii comfortable fortune
The other young man was equal
nfV*!ir<M-ii t:i!^witr.<i Put In. Iv
a different idea.
Said he: '5'lft not going to bo ti
down. Why wgste the best years
life ;P ;% eta fly office? 1JH fraud
aronnd and see the world whU?
am vourig; there will be plenty
woiii later on.
Well, he has wandered around t
world. He has been to interest))
place?, bad romantic adventures, in
unusual people. Now he is throu]
with his travels, and at forty-five*
wants to settle down.
Hut. though the older man h
tried lo help him, it is almost u
possible*. He knows no trade, bus nu
tored no tools, has no business c
perience to offer. He is out of lb
and he can't get in.
He thinks that Fate has play
him a mean trick. He envies the st
cess of hi? tVjjgnd, and ho is tendi
to grow bitter.
All of which suggests that mu
of the trouble in human affai
comes from trying to beat the gar
"The gods," said Emerson, "si
eve rything to men at a fail price."
They sell business success, but t
price is several tough years of woi
They sell pleasure and adventui
bat the price of these is also mes
ured in years.
They sell the thrill of sboeuhtci
bur thb price is that few win a
many lose; and even the winners <
ten sacrifice their nervous syslei
and their health.
They sell family hfe, and they s
divorce.
Any man may choose the tin
that he wants to buy, hut no m
may choose them all.
And whoever makes his choice
and then wakes up to regret that
( did not choose otherwise?is in to a
! luck. We can be sorry for him, V
we Cannot do much to help.
i
The Family Doctor
By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES
"MERRY CHRISTMASSomething
very unusual for t
busy doctor-?a Jioliday. When Chri
mas rolls around and the stocki*
I arc hung in front pf the firepla<
1 and the world drops asleep, and t
I fond anticipation for the morr
| temper the dreams of tonight?th
Ihf fl.OPtnr nrsiiat nA V?ic nort Ift *v?n
.......?~ ..... V w ?..?
the season enjoyable. He mast bri
cheer to the sick-room, in the vc
spirit of his Master, the Great Pt
v C'C:r.a, Whose biLluuay lii'or is ^ , . ii
the true physician loves human:
with a great, overwhelming passic
he may not say so, for he pref<
deeds to words ... he goes abo
doing good.
And little Jo is sure to have a i
laps right here when, of all time
shouldn't. Brown's young wife too
just seemed like that hemorrha
was bound to occur at, this of
times I Ar.d old roan Pender, oetog
narian,?an embolism of the coi
nary artery?the family on tip-t
about it! Aunt Polly Wingo?she h:
to tumble over the baby's rocker
maybe an intracapsular fracture.
_ THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?f
; m
These, or a dozen other casualth
.c Menry Christmas! And how.
^ But the doctor's cheery voice?h
ir_ sonny sr.o't, worth more than acn
jy, of bardatr" ?more trs.n <
cyj splints?than ounces of ampuls. Tfi
nyj doctor's business is to btixig. che^Jrpfi-j
to confer the blessing in sur.uy u
snospfcere; to tend assurance thai"
absolutely necessary to better the s?
J nation. ...
,jr< The doctor's dinner may bt irte
|pl rupted by telephone buzzers si
?d- no respecters of perrons; it k -x v.*o:
35 dcr that he has any digestion; (bi
WT then, it's Merry Christmas?w>
shouldn't things take on a little e;
[Jej hra stir? The better the day, fcl
msi better the deed!
he | Honor, strength, long life,?to tl
family doetov! May he indeed b?n
many, and always happier return
May his gentle touch render cor
fort, his voice tranquility, his i*a<
j and smile assurance. And, final!:
jiel v.heii he surrenders his cornniissioi
nt, may Heaven be his!
nc!
rd 1 - .-? . . . ... ? .. 'i
ad It's All a Great Plan
it-[
on
in J By FRANK HOUSER
1 n
Si T1k> 'ittlC i%oy kcginnir
lXi\ work oh his first wagon, engine <
,p. i airplane formulates in his mind
In-1 plan by which he works. He knov
;s-;just what his wagon is going to lou
y:i like long before he c'pops down h
J" j father's best apple tree to get Ih
j wheels. The little girl knows how lu
[X\\ doll will look in the new dress sh
p. ( is going to make for her even befor
I'd she tears the back out of her motl
hejer's wedding dress to get the desire
n- . material.
"CJ During the Christmas holiday?
n" had the pleasure of visiting one c
the largest, department stores in th
State. I noticed that the couifjtei
were loaded with thousands of art
j eles of every description, yet it too
i,lhe clerk only a few seconds to fin
11 the article desired by the customei
J | A little wire connected each depart
l1(>| raent with a little office up in th
! attic of the building. The customer
ss' check was placed in a little cup an
w oon it was whiz/.ir.g up the wire t
1111 the office and in a few seconds th
correct change was in the hands c
J the customer. To see the working c
jl j this department -?torc would oonvinc
|XV any one that thetc was a plan Ih
as hind its operation. The nrrangemci
e- of the articles on the counter an
b- the propc; location of all the depar
lC menfe was not just a mere happei
ing. The whole thing was operate
a*(j by a plan made by some man ov \v<
j man before the store was put ijgj
edj operation.
of| I look up info the Heavens and sc
ctj a mass of fire suspended out in spat
- aoo,,JuujaviT Kiues xiuin vi
' "artli. I see the moon ns it makes i
I i daily journey around the earth in tl
npisamfe path thai it has traveled ft
,6t' centuries. I see the planets Mar
ih 1.1 upiler, Saturn, all traveling in tl
hejranio direction and in a definite pat
1 about the sun. 1 see thousands :
as WGrIds ollt jn space so l'ar from tl
earth that they appear to be on!
,x. sparks. These worlds ull revolve ju:
like a v.agon wheel turns and at th
auvie time they arc whizzing throug
ed space faster than the flash of a iigh
IC- Each of the worlds travels its o\v
path and never collides with anothe
t[. As 1 sit in amazement and st
ir." these great worlds all whizzing an
nc whirling and tumbling through spat
,, j 1 .mi convinced that the worlds c
^ the skies did not just happen to at
el! I t amre tnemselvau .ii... -v ?,.t
travel its own path about the sun.
am forced to believe that the wovlc
t" lie. not collide with each other h<
iS'. cause they whiz through space ai
cording to the plan of the masti
dri inirid of God.
" * Some scientists have advanced th<
'T ovies to prove that the earth \v*
,ns once part of the sun and that se1
oral biiliorrs of 'years ago it \vi
flung off from the suit in the for:
ng of a glowing mass and that durin
an all these billions of trillions of yea:
it has bec-n coolnig "off. Theiv th
7~ logical, but when we call upon the1
? same men to explain what .it is th;
llU holds the planets out yonder in spm
they have no answer for us. Wh<
we ask them .-to explain why one to
?- will bring lortn apples while anohti
planted in the same soil will brsi
f forth peaches or pears they have 1
j answer. When we ask them why it
> | That one flower on a rose bosh
I red while another on the same bu:
j is white, they have no answer. Occ
hejMonally some "jack-log"will try
sj answer these questions by using son
gs '?'g wora Es long iis a freight trai
ce^ caboose and all, but when you ha'
he summed it al! up there ic but 01
0Vt- answer: "Its' all a great plan."
en
ke Terraces built according to pla
given in Extension Circular 17
k "Terracing Farm Lands," will oo
! J troi erosion and give good servic
?y- report those2 farrnp^ yhe have tr:;
or, them" out.
tty flMMHMMMHMHHMMBBHBBMBB
s Notice!
he i
I Caskets and other funeral supplies,
hearse, ambulance and embalming
service now at your com<
rc-j rnand at Banner Elk, N. C. .
oe"! F. H. STINSON
ad
? BANNER ELK
0, I I
iSsSSBs^
rvery thursday?boone. n. q.
When the fled
is ?? _
is
rf poiu^v^jiixl
il* ;
3 ; Sri: '
:mk
I
3 To Our
i j stricken
J| jj 5L |
^^slbs-^TT. f^c^ I
AuToOST t .
>f *-?
*S "
'?" News of the
ji
r.; .
Le| Knleigh, X. C.?Rarely has there
??ibecn so much interest evented and
?Lo much .oratory turned it>o.~.e lie the
Genera! Assembly of Noith Carolina
$ as during the- pa^t week on the soic|
called act wnith fixes the policy of;
,f the legislative body as requiring ihej
^} State to take over and operate the
,cj six-mo;Ubs school term, a ?neasure
? which was adopted in both houses
;"!by substantial majorities. !ty ii. di
it J rectioii is given to provide n bill
d raising the necessary revenue, from
t- I sources itthiT th'nn f?flvnlftv>n? !
v While the school measure holt? tho.jl
,(j spotlight ant' consumed threc-foui tHs
of the meeting time of both bodies,
during the w^k, with three night
0 sessions, a side skirmish, dealing
with the reorganizatiovi of the State
ie Highway Commission, taking over
:e the county roads and raising the enshi
six cents, was staged in
ts committee and gives promise of tak
ing the center of the stage this week,
. I when Governor Gardner expects to
11 j bring it and the constitutional con
s' j vention matter before the General
m' Assembly.
h j The appropriations committees
?f'hnve been and will continue to be
ie I active for some weeks, hearing de,
j pavtments, institutions and agencies
. j of the State which are seeking more
3t funds for operations the next two
ic years than the Advisory Budget
;h Commission allcAved in its reeomt.
mended appropriation bill The Pitt
nance commit lees are considering the
Y Budget Revenue bill, which increases
" the revenues about $3,000,000,' and
will scon get onto the severai sales
1(1 i?v hntc wiiio'n j ...
HSR.? ??*? v. mu'iicu u'j
e lit. From |T0,000.000 to $1.1,000,000
if i in additional revenue will ha.'< tc? be I
r-' raised to provide the State-operated
,] schools, under the measure adopted,
j| and a sales lax may have to be veI
I sorted to.
! Proponents active for the school
I measure are inclined toward a sales
c" tax, at the same lime saying power
') and tobacco companies should pay additional
taxes, incomi taxes should
. be increased and a tax placed or.
is stocks in foreign corporations. They
were successful in blocking aniendnreiits
which would provide the State
,5 operation of schools, when and if
m sufficient revenue, could he found
ifc without placing ttniluc burdens on
(s any of the taxpayers of the State.
c_ Opponents of the measure practise
cally all of whom said they were not
". j opposed to the State operating the
I schools, thought it sensible to tnal^c
:c eyery effort to find the revenue l*cin
fore adopting a policy which they
:e might not be able to carry through,
cr Only one cr two -references were
made to the loss of local self-guv 10
crnment through State operation uf
-. the schools, by which county and ro.
cal officers would lose all auftjority
1S in school matters. The distress from
sh the* economic depression is consida
ered the main reason for such drecto
| tic measures.
le| Close on the heels of enactment of
n | the measure came a bill dire?-tto?- iV?.->
jg State Superintendent of Public Instruction
and (lie State Board of
rte Equalization to prescribe a minimum
scholastic standard for a six-months
term, fix uniform salaries for superns
intendents, principals and teachers
3, and all costs, determine the number
n- of high schools in each county, erec
ate a central purchasing a (font for
:d the public aehoois. reassess and equalize
the property values in all coun^
ties by May 1, 1332, ancTrevy an advalorem
tax of 20 cents on the $1Q0
all over the State, to be paid into
the State Treasury, the State paying
the balance of the cost. County commissioners
could add 20 cents for
longer schools, higher salaries or
other costs, and cities could supplement
the tevm and teacher pay as
much as they desire. The counties
and districts would still have to pay
their bonds and debt service.
County government would he further
improved and cities, towns and
special tax districts brought under
.financial control, a3 counties now
fare, by billd1 introdnced, with admini
istrative sanction. Uniform blanks
^b3jB?CC2D&4
(SSnS^qB- - aa&ia5Bs? ?*
Cross Calls?Give!
^ ^ ? " ^
Week in the
and bookkeeping kystenis would be
established in all counties Uy the
county poveriiment advisory commiss:on
and banks named as depositories
would be required to furnish surety
bonds or 1J. S.. N. county or municipal
bonds lo cover deposits, thus
insuring safety of public money.
Justice* of Uie peace will be limited
in number and restricted in activities
if two bills introduced bocome
law. One provides for election
; of two justices in each township and
the t esident judge may appoint one
, liuaiiiiiniu 1 oi* i?U,\JUU PPPttjjU= i
tion, all to take oatli netorc the clerk j
j of the court and serve for two years. ]
; Commissioiis of all justices now sen-j
ing. appointed by tbe Governor or:
elected by the General Assembly, |
J would gXjpire the first Monday in Ue-|
1 comber, l'.t.to afco .e.ci inn %w\>l a
j inquire all justices to secure all
blanks for processes, writs, warrants,
bonds, affidavits, judgments, summonses,
claim and >1. Iivcty, ttlachi.ier.l
and cjectme 4 papeis from
clerks of the court, ct, i maniici < u
ana to make report of k spi Miion of
all actions to the clerk, 'try would
have to secure certificates of the
court clerk before sending processes
out of tv.e county in which they re side.
Another bill would allow county |
commissioners in any of the counties j
j to establish county courst, meet bur
! monthly at specified times, to cry
j and dispose of cases below felonies
| and bind over in such cases, with
i judge, associate judge and clerk who
I shall be cleik of Superior Court, unI
less he decline, anil with county-wide
jurisdiction. Jury trials would be pro|
vided on demand of either side, and
1 appeals taken ti Superior Court. {
| The bill would not interfere with]
| present courts.
! Passenger buses- ami other motor
I truck IiiSks wnnM hmm ?
?a>c liaiu SltUUUlg I
| if a batch cf bills introduced, admit;
tedly sponsored by railroad csmraI
nies, are enacted. One would require j
a return of all property, tangible, in-1
tangible and otherwise, for taxation,
including "rolling stock." Another!
fixes the method of seeming- Iran!
chise, laying down rules as to bag-;
gage, separate compartments for the j
races stations, drivers permits and
complete regulation by the Cornorai
tion Commission. Still another limits
the length, width, height and load
j of trucks, limiting trailers and semitrailers
to one and requiring thcni
to operate within the line of travel
1 of the truck they follow. Their speed,
1 if the capacity is more than two
I tons, would he limited to 25 miles
! an hour.
Lawyers would be given greater
leeway in Workmen's Compensation
cases by a hill introduced. It would
let them and their clients agree on
fees, without control by the Industrial
Commission and hearings Would
be the same as those ir. Superior
: Courts by service of summons and
filing of pleadings by both sides and
1 fhp Inolnw- *-A^ *
all the coyte W?U'a "aVC t0 ^
Costs of foreclosure sales for taxes
would be ftreatl.v reduced bv the bill
which would limit attorney's fees, or
allowance for such fees in case of a
"AFor
Calai
See Next W
:
-rs? aa^s.-.-.-rn7jnig=;v.
FEBRUARY 0, 1?.U
'
By . UIkti T Heid
i. 'A ^y~\ I * . 'A'
Legislature j
regular county nttXnney, to $K whe
not more tlmn ton actions at.'
brought; Sti when not more tha
it), and 84 when more than 80 a
brought.
Other hills introduced and of gei
oral interest follow:
Increase Sat to Highway Pair >
from HI to about 125; provide funds
for its operation by license tax
$1.25 for first and $1 a year for r<
newals, and $5 a year for emit; i fours
Raise maximum rate of tax on in
comes from (' to 10 per cent., u :eovo_
the constitutional exemption Sit",
leave exemption to the legislature.
Provide ready method of abolish
trig special taxes i:t special tax d;.
tvicU.
Requite quarterly reports bv St o
Highway Commission to all county
coininlMloners ot apportionments an i
expenditures 01 highway funds
their respective counties'.
Increase pensions of disabled Confederate
Veterans from $3t>5 to SOOO
a year, payable monthly.
Reimburse counties from .StatHighway
funds from allotments to
the counties, on basis of area arm
population, cash loans, donations an.1
emnnntS spent by the counties or
highways of the State highway system.
Refund propu: I innate part of !>ven.-e
fees paid tor plates for auto v.JjS
mobiles burned or otherwise rend ere 1 n?
nselesi.t;
Prevent erection of olecti ieal !'
mechanicni signs on State highway
system except as approved by the
motofy vehicle commissioner.
Provide that certificate from th Commissioncr
of Revenue as to own
er of an automobile with certain H]
cense number and involved in damI
age or injury be prima facie evidence
bf ownership of the car an I
thai it was operated by or at the direction
of the owner.
Big increase in the license feeehnrged
peddlers and those engaged
in selling bankrupt or fire stocks
goods.
A NEW IDEA
(Ashe County Journal)
Over Watauga way they have an
vnnno/l f^o i of ; 4
. - V..V >ULU w I Jiiwaptm-/
[ chocks"; that is checks requiring at.
least ten endorsements. before heme,
acceptable at the bank on which they
are written or any other bank in that
county. The chock is made out for
ten dollars, certified, and then starton
its round paying debts, buying
merchandise, etc. <
So if Bill owes Jin; and Jim owe.
Sam, a check may go to each of the
three, pay the debts of each and Saw
can go pay somebody ho owes. The
idea was originated by Roger Bab son,
noted statistician, who figurethat
a check circulated rapidly will
pay off debts and bolster up trade
with benefit to all who leceive it.
This information comes to us by
way of The Watauga Democrat,
Boone newspaper, which also reports
that interest in the plan is growing
and that a number of the checks arcnow
making rounds.
No doubt the plan will prove effective
and result ia the straighten
ing up of a number of old accounts.
lunate
uity"
eek's Paper
... .' ; .