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The Watauga Democrat _ ESTABLISHED 1888 | Issued Every Thursday by The RIVERS PRINTING COM PAN 1 B. C. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $i.5< Sir Months "!* Three Months .41 Payable in Advance Cards of Thanks. Resolutions of Ke ojtect. Obituaries, etc.. are charge< for at the regular advertising rates Entered at the Postoffice at Boone N. C.. as Second Class mail rnatter THURSDAY MARCH 26. I S3). ? * a % ? * 1 FARM COMMANDMENTS 1. Plant Rood seed in well* prepared soil. 2. High-grade livestock and * poultry on every farm. 3. Raise plenty of food and * feed for home use. Practically * eliminate your grocery bill by * making a good garden. 4. Grow a variety of casb * ~.,f ,|| * in one basket. * 5. Produce carefully i>rad* ed and well packed sells best. ' By co-opcr tion we can build r up a good market. * 8. Make this a debt paying * year by spending only for ne* cessities. 7. Let's work together to * cake Watauga a still better * county. The Court Seldom is ever m the history ol Watauga County has a term of Superior Court been conducted with such a degree of dispatch and pre cision a? the one which is txpee tec to close this aftei'liopri after a session of only tour days. The chief topic of conversation in the large crowds assuiitbjing in the county seat town centered about the manner in -ivhivii Judge ie Sink wem about his judicial duties, tempering the proverbial justice with mercy and, above all, doing everything pos sible to prevent the costs of an ex tended term. The eminent jurist ikfes not paramount any one law. but believes ir each offender being punished sok-l> v;pon the gravity of the crime com mitted. He think? it pint Of whisk.x no move detrimental to lie- sicic-ii of the Commonwealth than a giddy headed and reckless Sutomobhe biff. er. Furthermore, in his court he h inclined to impose fines, wht-nevei he.-'thinks it possible to meet the end: of justice, and thus spare the over loaded coiir.fies with the expense oi long jail terms. Judge Sink takes into consideration the overerowdet condition of the .State Prison am the load camps, and withholds ilk sentences to these institutions fo: those guilty of the graver offenses. The present term of court ha: made a profound impression upon thi taxpayers of the county. Likewise the criminal element, is no less inv ' with tne suju-'emaey of 'the law. Judge Sink is not "easy %-r-hc ij very firm in his judgments, but with seasons th: letter of the law wit! ? a bountiful dressing of seed hart common sense. S "The Wav of Life" By BRVCE RaRTON s NAZARETHS j^K:v I "was at Deevfield Acadamy visit ing my boy. ami on the way back had an hour between trains at North ampton. It was Sunday evening. Thi main street was almost deserted. lii walked into a side street and pas llpfe the little two-family house where Calvin Coolidge lived until a lev .weeks ago. j|3g i went around to the old buildinj *u which he and his law partner usee BBfe* to have their modest offices. I stooi in front of the square town hail, f jib' h-::\ jn^erest;'nK to think of the day * when he was mayor. One could pic . tore him coming up the street nfte \%'-} breakfast. imm " 'Morning, Cal>. people ;v"? say **'Morniusr." he w -.old answer. & And a stranger in the town woo hi Ev probably have disclaimed: "Is tha jfe;"' your mayor, the quiet little fellow' Pi-' He doesn't look like much." I If any one had suggested that th< jjr': ?*; quiet little fellow might one day h< President of the United States, ths g; laughter would have echoed from on? end of Main Street to the other. A few years later, when Coolidgi Phad become governor of Mascachu setts, a merchant in Boston name< Frank Steams began to make thi presdiential suggestion. He came ti -Yvik auu persuuueu a few o: us Amherst graduates that the th:n( was not impossible. Even then the idea wijs usual); J greeted v.-it If smiles, especially b; folks in Massachusetts. "That's al right for you fellows in New York,' 3T they said. "But distance lends en jtk" chantment. We are his neighbors; ? Sp. know him." And one of the wisest men in thi Commonwealth remarked to the sol E?. of Frank Stearns: "Calvin Coolidgi ifcm/ is nothing but a figment of youi father's imagination." i';' Nazareth is the immortal illustra aft.l. tion of the attitude of the home town gl After Jesus had "gone put into thi > (world and btiomc famous: zftcr 11 ' j had performed His miracfi in (*a . i pernaeum and, ever in Jerusalem. H I went back bone. r! A crowd of His old neighbor . greeted Him :n the synagogue. b'.i ' there v/a.s r>o pride or confidence i tfcoi> attitude. Their skeptical expvei sions .?poke louder than words. "Yo ^ may have fooled them in those oHi - ev towns, but we know you. You av 5 only the boy who used to work i; the carpenter shop. ' And the recor . says sadly t ' He could do there n .. mighty work, because of thi-'o ur 3 belief." "It's a wonderful thing to rc-alir thai Greatness is growing up som< wheie around \is all the time -thr the most unprepossessing freckle boy may be a future conqueror. Ur fortunately, most of us can neve believe that the home tojvn caul possibly produce anything betie than ourselves. The Family Doctor By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES FIELD NOTES The physician who is literally i I "the harness," encounters mair% ver I c1n?-n /liffiAirlUoi au Vl i> ff.iwc nlwiV doing the best he can for sufferin humanity. Hi? is a hand-to-band er counter with his brother's arch-foe* disease and death He has little tiiii lor sentiment or empty tnrones none for political debate; his put pose is embodied in the one prirci pie. that of relief for suffering an the conquering of affliction, fight ifig even to death's door. A few days ago I was called t the bedside of a man seven4v-fiv years of age: he had been indispose j two or three days previous and ha supposed he had a "cold." A yea ago he had had an attack of "drop sy." of heart and renal origin; fror , this he had only in part recovered He was a very poor risk for the eas j of "flu," which he had mistaken fo .; a severe cold. 1 found him with a well-establish > ed case of broncho-pneumonia; h L "linnets" we?e chirping all oyer on , side of the chest; fever and (lis turhed breathing; a very irregu'a . heart, with feeble pulse at the wrist ) cool extremities: "foggy" nicuta 1 condition; in fact, a condition tha . | boded one chance in ten for recover; I which at best meant the meeger ex istence of an enfeebled old man?bu , i he had a right to that! It was nv affair, my ?usir.ess to keep him aiiv foi his aged wife and other love . ones, us long as possible. Hear reader, 1 prescribed alcoholi stimulants, to be combined w ith noui . ishment; fire cannot burr, long witl ; out fuel- He used a pint of whisk . in the next four days! It was not 4! vevy difficuiL matter to control th ~ j cough?to keep the temperature wit t-fj in safe limits. Today the old man J recovering at least his usual health. 1[ Neither I nor my aged parents ar j i "wets." We are no wetter than yoi . dear sir, I care not how "dry" yo . claim to bo. I am very sure my ps t?ent would have died, had it not bee , for the timely use of the alcohol! ; stimulant; which was here simples host! My moral is. I permit no thc< * ry to step between me and the rr.a , who trusts me with his life. I d? . mand freedom in cases like this. : ? 1 Helps Along the Road STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND (F. B. Stone) I Stretch forth your hand and recei'. I what God Rives, 1A1! ol the riches ol Christ are ft you, - Faith brought, new "life to the man withered arm, Stretch forth jour hand and J'oi I health receive, too. ? Stretch forth your hand for the gi I you would gain, t Gift of the Spirit and power no i on high, ?' Jesus is waiting this gift t? bestow. When faith in earnest sends up i ; heart-cry. J I Stretch forth your hand for ear t thing that you need, s Doubt not the Father for you wi provide, r There is enough in the storehouse ? love. For all o* those who in Jesus abide 1 Stretch forth your hand and in lov t share those ' Who are in need and whose cut hoards are bare. > Give with your band what your heat . first bestows, > Blessings you'll gain when j'our ? blessings yqu share. t BABSGN ON THE FAILURE OF FAITH 1 Faith and finances have a clost 5 connection than is often realize. > Roger Babson, the student of ec< i iiomics, has repeatedly urged the V ? tal importance of faith and "reli| ion" .as national and individual a: 1 sits. In one of his recent special le j ters to clients, which he has mat] I public, Mr. Babson says that the. sel: ' sufficiency of children is makin . them independent of their parent ? and the self-sufficiency of parents making them independent of Got ; Therefore, he says, the present go i oration has no spiritual resources 1 ? fall hack upon in this time when f i- nancial and temporal resources hav failed. Mr. Babson continues: "I . view of the steady work and eas . profits wh'ch the above describe condition (during and after the war _ THE WATAUGA I/EMOCRAT?BV e made possible, this new generation - has felt sufficient in itself. Sabbatl c schools ami churches have been neglected. faniiiy prayers have been s piven up. and Sunday has been made t a common holiday . . when employe* n or making* money, they did nothing ?- to score Q]t spiritual reserve and u hence have none to draw upon, now i- that employment and profits have ej vanished. As a result- great masse; n of people are discouraged and know d know not where to turn." A recem 0 article by a famous English corres i- pondent. Albert Peel, is quoted, en titled "An Age Destitute of Faith,' e in which the writer shows the disin ?- tegration of British life because "w< it are surrounded by children and b; d young people in their teens who hav< i-j never been near cither church oi v Sunday school." And rightly Mr :1 Bubson says: "Certainly preacheri r and churches can render a wonder fu) service at this time, both in Eng land antl America." He believes i _ great religious revival is coming j God grant it! Many will turn to fsls< J religions in these dark times; bu 1 those who know the only true eosue j and who can point men to Christ cm JI cified and risen again as our onli ?but sure hope of salvation and right eousness. have perhaps a greater op portunity than this world has eve before seen to "bring glad tiding of good things." ? Sunday-Schoo Times. REDUCTION NOT SO MUCH To prevent possible fudging tn commissioners of the counties, tb< Legislature has passed a bill requir illg tax levying boards to reflect ii the county tax rate the actual reduc tion made possible by State road an< school maintenance, if and when th< ? latter is assured, or such other anc furthei relief as the Siate may affor* ( the subdivisions. Which is a wist \ precaution. The demands on thi 1 counties exceeding the >.upply, as i: tnie of the State, it is just wel . to make it impossible for the loea [ taxing boards to yield to the temp e tation to add for other causes a por 1 tion of the amount transferred to th< .State. When the bill passed the house one cent was allowed the local board* 1 for slight differences that may ap pear. The Senate increased this t< three cents. That is. county eommis ? sioners would he ullowed that mucl J margin above the actual net reduc tion afforded by the State. ' The average annual net reductioi ' matte possible in the counties on ae " count of State road and school main * tenance is yet to be determined, bu ^ it may not be so great as many imag ? ine. There has been so much tall about taking the tax off land?whicl there is no purpose to do, nor cai 1 11 be done, as everybody should kno\ I ~ ?that one might think the ruialist l" will he relieved of near all tnxe?. I is well to bear in mind that road an< a school taxes-are hy_r?o means all th county tax rate. Their removal wi] rj help much. In a few counties the ,s gregate reduction is as much as 2. per cent; One of the largest items o e tax levy is what is called "debt serv h ioe"?the interest and principal o u debts for roads, schools and othe I things. Bear in mind that the Stat II doesn't assume the payment of an; 10 county debts. The property tax wi. continue to meet the payment of in J" tercst and principal of indebtedness n By way of illustration, conside one county in mind, in which the tc tal levy is $1.30. The. school tax i v. v tut- ttiBti levy -U cents, nil ? the tax rate can't be re tine eel 7 I cents. Debt service and capital oiltla tax ft-r schools is 12 cents. St3t ~ maintenance of schools means onl actual cost of operation The cour tits must levy a tax for the indebted 0 ness and ta build and maintain schoc buildings. In the case of the count, >1j under consideration the net schoc tax reduction i could not exceed -1 5 cents. The county now gets $50.00 from the State on account of th u one-ccni gasoline tax levied t\v years ago. That will be taken away going intif the State inmintenano II fund. Probably 12 cents, or move, o the present road tax levy of 20 cent III will have to be retained to take car of the debt service. That county's ne reduction may be 53 cents?c>c on); " 50 cents if the 3 cents mavkin pro posed by the Senate is allowed? which is less than two-thirds ol" th reduction appearing on the surface But there can and v.i'il be suffi cienl reduction to make quite a dif ference. The 50 cents reduction oi $5,000 valuation will be $25. If th amount is actually shown in a ta hill it will cheer mightily, espeei8il; in these unprosperous times. But i e is well to keep in mind that the re duetion will by no means relieve th J' farmer of all taxes, as some of th loose talk might indicate. Land isn' ' going to be untaxed. ?R. R. Clark in Creonsboro Daily News. Light Criminal Docket Disposed of This Weel i. (Continued from Page 1) y i- pros witn leave. I- Ham Main, drunkenness, nol pro 3- with leave. t- Charles Dotsoii, violating prohibi le tion laws, nol pros with leaw. f. Clay Polk, assault with a deadi; g weapon, nol pros with leave, s, Q. L. Tucker, violating prohibitio is law, fined $25 and costs, j. Richard Bishop, violating prohibi i- tion laws, judgment suspended oi ;o payment of cost, i- D. R. Lida, assault with deadl; e weapon. nol pros with leave, n Don Thomas, violating prohibiten ly law, nol pros with leave, d Mitch Shepherd, pleads guilty o ) liquor violations, fined $25 and th BSjySSgasasani?aBBBWWMa ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Tivo Kinds of Bo ^ <TS A- PLEV To Do FORt PEOPLE Ll> ; You. " >. <X4 ,,?1 * "ft. 4 s -I ' ' 1 I \N I t H! OLO TOP. 7 N/y?n aiu?UT Ci uv?n ?o* THE SHINEV KIEV ' bus I Got With i ybup- Hand-ou" Do IT agaim, SOMETIME * AvT?^Ai-TrK ? / lj 5 1 1 * costs. S. II. Kivby and Roberta Smith, - adultery, pkaded nolo contendere. J Judgment suspended on payment of s cost. Lloyd Norris, larceny, two years J in State Prison, Judgment suspend-1 ii11 aji pnyr?rtnl nf CCSt. 1 Dean Yates, nossession and di unk - enness, eight month? on roads. Russell and Grady Ward, larceny, i 12 months in State Prison. Sherman Greer, violating pvohibi tion luv.'s, nol pros with have. t Charlie Greene, violating prohibi tion laws, r.ot guilty by directed refit diet. 1) Walter Price, drunkenness, judga meat suspended on payment of cost, e Walter Shuli, violating prohibition s laws, fined $25 and colt, t Hillary Hartley, store breaking i and larceny, pleads guilty. Sentenced e .to a term of t.vo years itr Stale's 1! PrisonD. W". Winebarger, possession and 5 drunkenness. Pleads guilty; 20 f months on roads. Judgment suspend ed on payment of cost and condition f that defendant refrains from drinkr ing for a period of five years. e Martha Carroll, violating jirohibiy tion laws, four months in county jail. II Judgment suspended on payment of i- cno-half the cost. ;. Silas Wheeler, forgery, 18 months r in penitentiary. i- A. C. Sample, gambling, $25 fine Sjand one-half the cost, t j Fred Oxentir,e, violating prohibi7 tion laws, six months on roads. Judgy' ment suspended on payment of cost, ej Butler Thomas, possession, fined y. $25 and costs. !' ;; Services Daiiy at Grace v Church During Week >j " The Passion Week of our Lord f> Jesus Christ Will ho observed next e week. March 2yth, Palm Sunday, is " the first da;.-. Thousands of Chris1 tian believers will gather together ^ ir. Christ's name to celebrate His * death on the Cross for our sins, says s Kev. J. A. Yount, pastor of Grace e Lutheran Church, Boone, who sends * in the following explanation of the r blessed occasion ;; "Springtime symbolizes new life in nature, and we rejoice to see the e unfolding of new life. It is a fitting * time for us to renew our spiritual "iliie by mediiation on the sufferings -jot Jesus and the new life which is n ours because of His sufferings on e the Cross of Calvary. What could s make us realize cur own sint'ul nay tore more and move us to a new ! contition and a holier life in Jesus Christ than to worship a'nd praise 0 Him in a special manner. Avail your e self or the opportunities which are t yours. e "No other week in all the world has meant so much to the world. Jecue teae oT/.no/li?w?lw:i-S"n.. ???' u >.??j t.w-cum^ijr uu3). oevciai weeks before He had set His face toward Jerusalem?yea, even the [ Cross. Let us note some cf the things that He did in the light of what we may do for Him and the advance_ ment of His Kingdom. "I. Jesus went to His Father's s House to worship. "2. Jesus visited the homes of i- those who needed salvation. '8. Jesus drew Himself apart y from the world. "4. Jesus prayed, n "5. Jesus loved and forgave His enemies. "6 Jesus bore the sins of the B world. "How far have you gone with Jey sub?. Have you seer. Him on Calvarys' Cross and realized that He n hung there for your sins? Does the fact that He suffered for .you make f you want to live for Him?" e The following services will ba held 1 >nus Beneficiaries at Grace Church during Holy Week: Monday, "A Dountless Purpose"; j Tuesday, "God's Threatened JudgUpon the Disobedient and ReI'hcdlious"; Wednesday, "A Decisive j Moment"; Thursday, "A Sacred Memorial"; Good Friday. "God's Wrath Agaimt'SJn"; Saturday, "The SUep-j inn Christ"; Easter Sunday, Sunrise I service at 6 o'clock with the administration of the Holy Supper. Rev. Yount, pastor, states thai the hour for these services is 7 p. m., and extends an invitation to everyone to join in the worship. Easter Day?All Hail! By BISHOP JOSEPH BERRY With glad heart? we hid Easter welcome! Easter is the doxology among all the- festivals of the C-hvistittri CnTFreh: Christmas is a happy day. It brought the angels from the sky, j and caused them to chant a song I that has echoed around the world. I "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Good Friday is a day that stirs all heavts. Cn that day we remember the uplifted cross, and the suffering victim, and the darkened sky, and. > the rocking earth, and the wounded J body of our Lord placed,in the new'; sepulchre. On that day the sun seems j i hide his colder* hvillinnpii an/1 ihol : earth to shiver in the damp ami cola j j of an unutterable gloom. But Easter is a day of gladness, j It bursts upon the world like a flood! of light and hope. It is the evangel of; life. It reminds us that the Divine i Christ could not be kept within the' confines of Joseph's tomb. The great stone and the Koman seal and the.j watching soldiers could not keep Him | there. From the place of the dead He , carne forth alive. He appeared unto I the astonished women. He stood in j the presence of the bewildered dis' ciples. Death lost its sting that day. The grave surrendered its victory. , Immortality was made sure, anu may now be proclaimed in all the earth as an unquestioned reality. "And now is Christ risen from the dead, and . become the first fruits of them that slept. SAGRICU ; ^ - I $2.50 PER TON, F. C (1? Any 1 !f $4.90 PER TON, F. ? \ - yi? CmrlciJ K ,C Recent teste made at the Uwa }9 it contains 96 to 98 per cent, c3 and carbonate of magnesia* suffi 9 103 per cent. We know of no "1 I Mount B |e Shouns, 1 ' ' ' ' : ' ' -VV'march 26, ik?. By AlbfTt T. Reid THANKS FOR THS ~ bonus, i vt qot ALL MY BILLS Paid and SomeThing ahead fiS&FOR. THE FAMILY. pwiiiipj g^WLY P _ _ ^ \ \ * Mr. Isaac Greene, of Collettsvillc. N. C., lias moved into one of the R. L. Bingham properties in Boone, the family coming here to get advantage of our great school facilities. The good people are welcomed to our towh. 82,000,000 Lutherans Observe Lenten Season (Continued from Page 2) independence is an independence in regard to government. Organic unity in the chut eh is a secondary matter to l.utherans, since the true unity is that of the true church, to which belong all in every land and church who ore true believers, and these arc known to God alone. The visible church exists in its work and office and for the defense of the trull., but not as an object in itself. "Lutherans reject both transuhstantiation, as hold by the Roman Catholic Church, and consubstaatiation, as attributed to them by-some writers. Lutherans believe that the real body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ are present in, with, and under the early elements in the Lord's Supper, and that there are received sarramentally and supernaturally. The Lutheran Church believes ia infant baptism, and baptised persons are regarded as havine received from the Holy Spirit the potential gift of regeneration, and are members of the chuvch, though active membership follows confirmation. To the Lutherans the mode of baptism is considered of secondary importance. The Lutheran Church emphasizes Christian education through "catechetical instruction preparatory to confirmation being the custom." "O, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our maker." Come and worship with us. Professor Sawyer will talk on "Why I Am a Christian" Wednesday night, March 25th, at the Boone Lutheran Church, East Main Street. The hour is 7:30. Services will be held every night at 7 o'clock during Holy Week. LTURAL I JTONEf >. B. Maymead, Term. C Quantity) Jf O. B. Boone. N. C*r. l 1-2 Teas Minima so) t ersity of Tennessee show that Vt tlciura carbonate, or pure lime? 9 cient to make the equivalent of jjt her lime showing so high a tost, ff r of hers | Tennessee C
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