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THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 1 1931
Welcome, Farmers!
/AN NEXT Tuesday and Wednesday
I fanners of W atauga County will
rather at Appalachian State Teachf
ers College for their second annual
institute. Speakers of State and national
importance have been engaged
by the program (oif.mittee to lecture
on various phases of agriculture and
animal husbandry and many features
of entertainment have been arranged
for the two-day session.
The worth <>f the previous institute
was manifest in new acres of
I., YV .r-?
i?*.g the past seasop, in the improvement
of dairy and beef herds, in the
appearance of fanh lu nu s and build-|
ings. una i:i the development of
home gardens. Watuuga. despite
drought) and depression, forged,
ahead: the farmers farmed for a living.
most ail of thern produced surpluses
which were converted into
cash, and today ouv people are well
clothed, well I'M and enjoying ?
measure of prosperity as a result i f
their honest efforts.
During this institute new plans
will be discussed with our farm population,
plans which arc* expected to'
aid materially in the pointing, harvesting
and marketing of i#fll crops.
And the discussions of these experts
who are to he with a- will he worth
much to every man or woman who
=* 4^. 4&lls the, soil or has any uaut^in-the.
I varicvd activities of farm iife. Mcii.ods
are cpnst'fitly canning, and
those who fail to keen abreast or the
times in this most important of all
industries are cheating themselves
oat of profits which they really earn.
The homes of Boone will he thrown
open to the visiting agrarians, and
those who wish to spend the night
will he cared for. U is the wish of
every citizen that thoy have a good
time, and derive much benefit from
the things I hey hear and see. For
Boone folks know that the prosperity
of our Nation Is based on the
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Need for Airport
^TEWS that the Carohnas Good Will
11 Aii Tour, which starts the middle
of March and which is including:
most of the towns with flying* facilities,
will visit both North Wilkesboio
^ and I,enoir,ois of considerable interest.
locally. Perhaps many Wataugans
will go to one of these points
I to sec the thirty or more ships cf
nearly as many patterns. However
there is a pang of grief because of
the fact that Boone is in no position
to ask to he included in the itinerary,
It is understood that the flight
" will he expected to cover the Caro-|
||: : . linas. as fiilly as undbeioy
gj as how the ships will sail into our
tV neighbor towns, a short distance
tffi" away, it is reasonable to sUTipose that
g if Boone had facilities we could be
5 included. A town without adequate
% airport facilities is soon to be practically
as isolated as one wouid be
ft without a highway and with the
country full of automobiles. It will
A rAvt Intc />f *<
w. -iwr---. .'V? Oi uium-jr CO ptt/v iuc IUU
j necessary field here, but 'u has to he
4| ^ done sooner or later, as the demand
1: ^0 increases. Every year the Democrat
-hears of airmen^ who would just love!
to drop from the clouds in this comlaunity,
if the space were available.
No Charge for News
fHE Democrat finds that through
}& J. some kind of misunderstanding,
? the report has become more oi les
fe* general that news items submitted b>
1? its columns arc changed for as ad|rj
vert'sing. To most people a stateIff
ment of this kind is obviously untrue,
dt ; but there are some who evidently
f % believe that every line published js
'"3 for revenue. This kind of talk perA
haps started as a result of the prar-l
? a c tice of this and most other newspa1
T pers regarding the publication of
obituaries and cards of thanks. These
: lire charged for, after one death no*8
v tice has been published. When a
jhj death occurs, all available informai-j
tion is secured, and the customary
Mr1." news article is as eomnlotelv nrinf
iK? . cd as the facts at hand will permit.
| JF When thLs is done, newspapermen
S generally figure that a complete
pV repetition is advertising, and subject
! ! .to advertising rates, in view of the
! fact that there con be no element of
j news after the account of tlie death
i3 chronicled.
, h[t AH this is. preliminary to the state|
ment that news items are welcomed
}: and eagerly sought, whether of
iL- deaths, marriages or nny other comij
rnunity happening calculated to be
of" interest to subscribers. If you
?fc' know of a death, which has escaped
mention, let the publishers have the
gtg facta, and they will gladly handle tne
MR, story in as extended style as the in
formation warrants. A repetition.,
however, in the form of an obituary,
wili be charged fuv, as will he the
customary cards of thanks. Please
be assured, however, that news is
not ebarjrcd for, and that it rs just
as essential as display advertising.
The co-ope ratior of every citizen is
asked in this connection.
While shop talk U being engaged
in. it is web to state once more that
unsigned articles are not published*
The name need not be minted but
the publishers must know the source
of the cony. News matter of apparently
worthy chaiaoiei is each day
dumped nto the waste basket, be
cause its -w fitter has omitted his or
lief nana1.
The Skylaricl Post
MISS Nancy Ruth Reeves is the editor
of The Skyland I'ost. West
Jefferson}? new newspaper, which
[ recently made it:- initial appearance.
Judging from the make-up and stibject
matter of the issues thus fur received,
the new journal promises to
I be a valuable addition to the weekly
. newspaper field in Carolina. Miss
Reeves comes to her new calling es.
jpec-ialiy well prepared to reap the
. fruits of success; <he holds a degree
j from Columbia University, is a mem;
her of one of Ashe County's most
j prominent families, and The Demo]
crat. while felicitating the new edi!
tor upon the high quality of The
j I\>s?. predicts for her a most sue
; ? e^sjui caB'pr.
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| "The Way of Life"
By BRIJOK BARTON
PLEASANT PLACES
When he was hardly mote than a
boy my friend Jim Dericux, one of
the editors of the American Magazine,
was secretary to the Governor
of South Carolina.
There was a brilliant young chap
in the state administration who at
the age of twenty-six held the office
of assistant comptroller. He had net
I intended to run for the comptrollcrj
ship. but a pclitic:!*Xnrranfeed.
| to heat! him off. This made him mad
i and so he did run and was elected.
After holding office for only six
; months he asked for fir. interview
with the governor.
l,\Vhat's on your mind?" asked
aim.
"1 air. going to resign,"
Why,"
'Til tel! you presently."
They went into the governor's private
room, and the young official
tendered his resignation. The goverj
nor was amazed.
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<? mil s lik: uVttyuui : m; t'.xciuiiu?d.
i thought you \veve siitlhgpietty"
"I am," said the young man. "Thai
is just the trouble."
Bui 1 don't understand.'*
"Well, Governor, you know this
office that I hcid is a mightly p'eas
ant place. I'm twenty-seven years
old, and it's a very pleasant phu*u
indeed. I am afraid of it."
j He was afraid that he would v.ct\
tie down snd. become too contented.
Afraid that, without nurd problems
to tackle and stern duties to cor.quer,
he would get flabby and soft.
Afraid that at forty he would wake
up to find himself a lazy office holder
witii no ambition and no hope.
Nobody under fifty should be in
too pleasant a place.
Uwbort Updegritff, the winter of
business articles, uttered a profound
J5.o;rtyc.>-r u iuii %r iivrii nu cuunseieu.
"Never complain about your troubles.
They are responsible for the
greater part of your income."
Almost anyone can hold a job
which presents no difficulties; hence
such jobs pay small sslraies. Men at
the top are paid for their willingness
to accept responsibility; for the
problems that they tackle and the
difficulties they lick.
King David Wrote: "The Lord is
my shepherd; { shall not want. He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside Hie still
waters."
Cut vwicii -D<iviii iSvVule thai ne was
a fugitive from Saul. He was fighting
through the wilderness, pursued
by enemies and wild beasts: Tin
green pastures and still waters v -rel
all in his mind.
He never did reach an entirely
? pleasant place. Even when he became
king his life was full of problems.
disappointments and hard
work. But his soul gave birth to
songs that are among the finest of
all the age?.
"TOM SAWYF.R"
The management of the Pastime
Theatre has announced as a superattraction
for Friday and Saturday
of this week, the incomparable Jackie
Coogan and the popular Mitzic
Green' in the screen version rtf Wnt
Twain's "Tom Sawyer." Coogan thus
appears in his first talking picture
after an absence of three years from
the silver screen. The attraction has
been described by critics as the most
enjoyable comedy of boyhood ever
written, entertaining alike, to the
kiddies and the grown-ups. The theatre
announces that on these dates
children will be admitted to "Tom
Sawyer" for 10 cents instead of the
regular 15-cent admission.
FOR SALE?Dairy farm Darlingtou,
Md., or would exchange for property
in Watauga. Claude L. Mast,
Valle Crucis, N. C. 2-5-3t |
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE.
I
The Familv Doctor
Bv DR. .JOHN JOSFTH GAINES
! j
Ho-ltum . . . It's 10 p. m. just re-,
turned from seeing a little follow:
four years of age. The only child of J
his parents, hence a very anxious |
mother, who cc-opetated with me atj
every step. 1 encountered i moderate
fever, a loaded digestive tract
belonging to a 'very hearty eater,"
a vigorous and rapid pulse and
breathing, a slight sore throat; lungs j
not involved. Any old moth or might j
have giver, a dose of castor oil, and
wrapped the Httle patient up warm
in bed. and he might have been all
right tomorrow.
But, this is a highly technical age.
Wise young parents do not. fool with
old wives' fable?; they call a physician.
The little fellow was very anx-}
ious that Santa Clau^ should visit
him; being a personal friend of that
Christmas idol of childhood. I readily
promised to intercede for the visit
line a vei\ willing subject for exam|
ination.
j I actually taught the I-yeav-old to
Jgargle! And he did it to perfection.
! A simple evacuant for the loaded
j bowel, with a nice, good-tasted jgerm'
icide for the throat, and the trick
j was turned, i learned incidentally
j that, there was a basement to the
cottage that was not exactly sanitary.
and damp at times; that the
little hoy played there on chilly days
when it was pleasanter indoors; a
few words of practical advice to the
young mother were absorbed as a
dry sponge lakes up water. The
I same of the-admonition in regard to
| indiscriminate eating. This boy had
I eaten "nearly a pint of ice cream?
i and has promptly thrown it up"?a
i tew hours before 1 was called to go
see him!
The proud dad?a bridge mechanic-had
"just loved to see that kid
cat."
Never was a fee paid more willingly
01 promptly ; never have I !c Tt
a more grateful family. And, Sarta
came on time, leaving a generous .si p
! ply of thinks-that littl.. hoy* like: I .
j know. for I talked with the old m:;?i
Gold Nuggets
GOD'S WGRLD
All things bright and beautiful,
! All creatures oreat ami small. i
j All things wise and wonderful,
iTne Lorn God made them aii.
] Knch little flower that opens,
Lach little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
Ho ir.iiuc thcir- trny wings.
The purple-headed mountain.
The river, running by,
The morning, and the sunset
That lightoth up the sky.
j The tali trees in the greenwood.
I The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the graden,
He made, them, everyone.
He gave us eyes to see them.
And lips that \ve might tell
How great is our God
Who hath made all things well.
?Mrs. C. F. Alexander
FANNING COALS
i Paul's words to young Timothy
1 were: "Wherefore 1 put thee in remembrance
that thou stir up the
gift of God in theed' Timely words
are these for all to heed. "Stir up
the gift of God in theel" What a
challenge! As living coals In dead
..r.1 ? ?s-.vsiz fig
ua.iw yiiKnien ano maze when)
fanned, so- Paul exhorts Timothy to
r.tir up the "gift, within him." There
arc divine elements in every soul
that await kindling- into a flame for
Gods' glory and man's good. Mysterious
creatures are we! Dust in the
image of God. Eternal in being: "May
the eyes of our understanding be
enlightened; that we may know what
is hope of his calling the riches of the
glory of his interitance in the saints."
Three common qualities in every
soul: faith, hope. love. These are
divine qualities waiting human action
by God's grace. Stir up the coals
in the ashes!?H. J. T. R.
j VISITED BROTHER IN JAIL;
WANTED THERE HIMSELF
: 'v'-'. M >3i - Wr. !
(Lenoir News-Topic,
Duck Graham came a-visitin' his
brother last Monday afternoon but
he won't get another chance for a
long, long time now.
Duck's brother, John, was in the
county jail in default of bond for
assault on an officer and for
while intoxicated. Duck, from near
the Grace Chapel section, came to
see his brother. That was when the
Jntn o? ?1?1knowingly
to either the fly or the
spider.
"Big boy, you're wanted down in
the State's capital city, and I'm going
to take you there," interrupted
Sh&riff John W. Welch. "Have you
had a big time since you broke out
of State's prison in May, 1930?" he
asked.
So Sheriff Welch took his man to
Raleigh on Tuesday and collected
the 1?25 reward offered for the feat.
Graham was sent up from Catawba
County about a year ago.
Read the Ad,?The. Are Mettcnfen
ef Thrift!
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News of the ^
Raleigh, N. C.?Hardly had the J ere
smoke of battle on the six-mouths i tha
State operation "school hiii cleared
away and the education committees{"^mi
of House and Senate buckled down! 10
to try to find the additional 5511,-jcal,
000,000 to $13,000,000 it requires, { bee
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Governor Gardner's major measures the
sprang Into the venter of the stage Coi
of the North Carolina Genera! As- eve
fg.mbly and gives promise of being pec
one of the big contests this week. Ap
Two hills "Were introduced last het
Friday, one carrying the Governor's an<
recommendations, the other con tin- opc
uing the present methods of highway ha^
work, hut with changes. Only one see
provision is the same-?a six-cent tax in
on gasoline, the two cents going to the
the county roads in both bills, but mo
by different routes. pa]
General provisions of the Gardner i
bill are well known. It would abol- art
ish the nine highway districts and int
the nine commissioners, making the for
State a single district and the com- j fro
mission of a chairman and four rnem- ins
bers a State-wide commission, the Hij
chairman to receive $7,500 a year tor
for full time, the other commission- sin
ers $10 a day while on duty. The eqi
State would take over the 45,000 dej
miles of county highways and main- on
tain them with tv.*o cents of the gas- bill
oline tax and a million dollars addi- sio
tibiial a year. The Counties would
still have to lake care of their road thr
bonds and interest. or
The other bill leaves the commis- soi
gibh as it is, abolishes all of the suj
county, township and district road -Wj
boards and returns road matters to of
the county commissioners. The: two- the
cents on gasoline, about $6,000,000, oth
plus another million, would go to the 001
counties, prorated on a basis of one- ![el
third area, one-third population and ^01
one-third numbered of registered
automobiles. Two or more counties
may join as .a road district. The first *a>
bill provides that the State take over K1'*
nil highway machinery and 8.11 coun- sa*
ty convicts and use them for high- -?
way work. Cei
Colonel T. L. Kirkpatrick, presi- **a:
dent of^the-U. S. Good Roads Asso- sa'
ciation, continued his attack on the <!i01
Gardner plan at a meeting of county tl(>
commissioners in Raleigh iast Thurs- ^aday,
when an organization was form-j
ed to oppose the plan, and a resolu- j * ?
tion to that effect was adopted. J
About 150 persons, representing! 11 *
about half of the counties, were ste
present. AH of them, it was found,
a"; e not opposed to the Gardner plan. 'Vei
Colonel Kirkpatrick opposes the entire
plan, but John Sprunt Hill, 1110
fourths-.'.district commissioner, opposes
primarily the plan to abolish the t.?1
present, commission. t,D
Governor Gardner corncs back by
bringing I^oslie R. Ames, former 1
State highway engineer, Frank Page,
former chairman, the U. S. Bureau nej
of Public Roads, and others to the'
support.of his plan. He sees in it a 'r?
response to tne mandate of tne peo- ?el
pie of the State to relieve them of m?
as much of the tax burden as possi- r'd
Me, improved rural roads and a bet- tra
ter rounded State system. Pr<
Whether to enlarge or abolish the ors
State Highway Patrol is being an'
thrashed out by the roads commit- 'n
tees of House and Senate, following
a public hearing Wednesday. A bill ,lei
to abolish the patrol has been intro- at
duced, while another, with provision :,<cr
for-a $1 drivers license and a $5 V.u
chauffeurs license to support it, lg
would increase the number to 150 or 1
300. Indications arc that the patrol 1R>1
will be continued, and probably in- the
Voir as Then ?
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ftut/ </ '<'/,< ?. S J?5
4-^?'', ' * \ %
/van, /Vie /iotuic ?
Week in the 1
ased. but probably not to morei V->1
n 75 or 100 members at most. tfc
Uthough the" session is about, half in
ic, normally, not more thau~i!5 or gj
bills, practically all of them lo- ti,
haw* completed their course and ri
n ratified. Hills introduced in the V)1
sate have exceeded 1G0, while in al
House the number is above -160.
mmitlees are hard 7il work, how r,
and the floor debates are ex- w
ted to reach full swing: this week, p
propriations committees have el
ivd xui inatituliono, -uepartnients p
1 agencies seeking: more money to d
irate on, while finance committees o
/c heard protests of many groups |q
king to have tax rates suggested I tl
the Revenue bill reduced. It isl S
i usual conflict of those wanting ii
re money and those wanting to
ir less. a
Pour of Governor Gardner's meas- o
?s have reached the hopper. One r,
roduced Monday night provides n
a commission, composed of one u
im each of the two groups of State it
titutions, an engineer of the State }<
jnway Department and the dircc- h
of purchase and contract, who
dl purchase all supplies, material p
iipijieni and services of all State ii
Yartments, agencies an institutions i<
a competitive bid basis. Another n
( creates the office of Commit- s>
ner of Banking as a separate de- p
rfcment, taking that function from a
:: Corporation Commission. Anoth- p
establishes a Commission of Ferine!
and: a direcl-or, extending the 1;
lervision of the present Salary and
lge Commission, making it more t
a civil service, and carrying it to xt
; counties, cities and towns. Anicr
bills introduced would create a a
nmission of two senators and three
iresentatives. A previous bill calls p
a constitutional convention in A
S3 to adopt a new constitution
Another fov u ?
:, aimed largely at. chain stores and n
iduating a tax of $15 on annual c
es to $20,000 to $300 on sales up
$800,000, above which a one per y
it. license tax would be imposed, n
s joined the nearly a dozen othei*
es tax bills now before the-finance n
omittee. They will receive atten- p
ri alter the Budget Revenue Bill v
5 been disposed of.
Two bills involving changes of the >
institution have been introduced,
e. would provide for electing sher- o
s and coroners for four years, in- b
ad of for two, and electing a con
ble in each township every two a
irs. The other would change the a
nstitution so no county could have w
re than one Senator in the General p
sembly. This, would deprive Guil:d
and Mecklenburg of an addi- 1(
nal Senator eneh( or. the basis of C
sTrecent census.
Other bills introduced the past
?-?*, giuupcu uiiuer more important I q
idings, are as follows: c;
Highways: Provide for removal r\
m highways of mechanically unfit t<
licies, restrict the liability of auto- g
bile owners to injured persons li
ing as guests; prohibit the use of iters,
permitting semi-trailers only, T
ivide penalties for drunken drivof
-iG ana SO days in jail for first ?
1 second offense and three years .
State's Prison for the third of- "
ise; licensing motor vehicles by '
weight, rather than horsepower, 01
00 cents per 100 pounds for pas- 0
ger cars; 00 cents for busses and n
cks, and up to $1,200 a year for 11!
trucks and trailers.
-egal: To create a commission for
jrovement of the laws; abolish in
code of civil procedure rejoinder 21
t.JiKBiffiSSMBl
FEBRUARY 12. 13q: '
By -llltert T. Reitl
legislature j
j
parlies; allow parties to itnpea-.
ieir own witnesses, provided tr
incachment is not an attack on the
laracier of Hie witness; require
ce before appointment of lemj iry
receiverships, to make serve.: e
\\ guardian ad litem .sufficient; to
in.lish the rule in Shelley's ease; t
ithorize declaratory judgment.
Welfare: To establish the &nrhffl?,reck
as a maximum for labor and
rohibil. employment of women aatl
nildren at night; to prevent the emtoyntent
of children uifder 1(?
angerous places; to fix the
f paupers corning into the State, feuiring
three-year residence hefm
ley may become charges of
unless. they were self -support ig
when they canic. fl
Health: To provide for liUmsms'
nd inspecting by the State Boar:i
f Health of camps, summer and receational,
closing those neX up to a
linimum standard; defining j>leclargarine
and preventing fraud hi
s manufacture and sale; to require
?gible marking for poisonous aleeol.
: . ,
Compensation Act: Abolish the
resent act and enact a new one, elninating
the State, counties and cB?S
and towns, as well as establishiejjts
employing less than 25 perons
from its provisions, when cmloyers
and employee agree; allow
n injured person to select his own
hysician.
Other"geheraF bilis introduced to!V.VT
'
Require incorporated cities and
awns \o make public annual state- I
lents of receipts and disbursements.
Repeal the absentee ballot law
bolish the State-wide primary.
Exempt foreclosure suits fvor.
rocess tax provision in Revenue
iCt.
Allow county commissioners Uj
bolish the office of county troas
rer and provide method of handling
oimty funds.
Grant absolute divorce after three
ears of separation, "when there are
o children.
Provide uniform weights and S
lessures and certification ?f \ejcnloyees
ir. weights and measures ofision.
mm s^nui
To investigate the Division vf
larkets as to the sale of poultry.
To provide a State-wide schedule
f lee.- and salaries to be collected
y clerks of Superior Court.
To provide for a tax on foreign
nd domestic corporations, by which
n estimated million dollars more
ould be collected from foreign colorations.
To complete the triangulation anc.
ivel network with aid of the N. C._
'oast ar.d Geodetic Survey.
Though farmers of eighteen North
nrolina Counties may make appliations
for loans from the drought
slief fund, no loan will be granted
> any person Who will hot
arden and grow the feed for his
vestock this year.
O WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that on January
0, 1931, we sold our entire interest
i the Cash Flour and Feed Company
) Mr. Gordon Taylor. We are to
yllect all accounts and pay the bilU
f said firm up until the above,
amed date. After that time we are
sponsible for no obligations of said
rm. This February 11, 1931.
George V. McGimsey.
G. C. McGimsey,
12-lt J. B. Gibbs.
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