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POUR ' The Watauga Democrat ESTABLISHED 1S88 W'f ? = Issued Every Thursday by The RIVEKS PRINTING COMPAXV R. C. RIVEKS ROB. RIVERS Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $1.5C Six Months 7f Three Months -4f Payable in Advance Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of ReEpect. Obituaries, etc., are chargec for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the Postoffice at Boone N". C.. as Second Class mail matter, THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1931 Boone Has No Beauty? Sometimes we wonder just whai outsiders think of Boone?its people, its buildings arid surroundings Do they find everything in accord ance with their Wishes, or do th'ej go away wondering why this and thai haven't been done? Mr. \Y. H. Grag? recently received a letter from Mis; Ella L. Prentice, traveling representative for Ward-Bel niont College who spent several days in Boone lasi year laying plans for the establish 7. * criticism was embodied in her nieJ sage: "You people should put cn a beau* tificatioii program in Boone, featuring just the native trees and shrubs a and improving the streets. One 01 two persons 1 spoke to of Boone remarked that it has no beauty of its own. Of course. 1 rock issue there, but I do believe a little effort given to planting young pines, rhododendron, laurel and hydrangea in profusion along all vacant spaces ant] terraces, Would add much to the attractiveness of the place?also native vines." Miss Ft entice is right. The Creator did a lot foriJBoone. lofty vnoun tain peaks forqi 'ah emerald back ground in all directions; crystal streams traverse its boundaries; wilt flowers end {towering shrubs grow in profusion round-about, and invigorating Breezes play nidc-and seen through mighty oak, poplar, chestnut and hemlock trees. But Boone has little beauty of its o\vn.,L Vacant lots more often than otherwise, remain cluttered with debris during the sum. mer months; gullies and scalds, even on Main Street, are unattended, and detract from the appearance of ad I joining properties which are cave fully looked after. Wrecked automobile? avp nornri'ft-erl t?-? vhef rlnur in and around the city, not even a board fence biding them from view. A few years ago Boone Civitar Club undertook a beautification pro gram. A largen umber of rhououeii dron bushes were planted alonf Main Street, interspersed with small pines and hemlocks. Today only i few dead trunks remain. The poo pie hadn't enough pride to look aftei them and keep them growing. A lot ol money was spent., and Boone stil has no beauty of its own. If this town is to become a resort its citizens will have to get busy anc straighten things up. A man shoulc; have as much pride in his town as hi 1 has in his own property. It belong to him just r.s much as his own fronl yard, and people will find things wrong just as long as he refuses to believe it- Let's all get busy and give Boone some beauty ox its own.!/ The City Election For a good many days now the victory pf Anton Cermak over "Bie '.3iir Thompson :n the- Chicago mayoralty race has been taking a gcod deal of the time of political comer f nationalists in Boone, and now that 'c appears the affairs of the "Windy City** have been pretty thoroughly settled, it is highly fitting that the| citizens hereabout lend a bit of H?eu alert to the task of finding some suit able men and electing them on Mav 5th as a- governing board of this little city. The municipal election was called for that date some two weeks ago, and it was definitely announced that the present administration was through, hut since that time nothing has been done by any sect, creed 01 political party to name their successors. Whatever of conversation is heard ism a spirit of levity, unspeakable-candidates are suggested, there is a good laugh, and the talk shift* to presidential possibilities or the Legislature, ov something equally unfathomable. It is time, however, to wake up to the situation. Boone is in debt, is overbonded, and has been for a long time. However, by abandoning all street extension work, and expansion of utilities, the present city council has enabled itself, by close application to business, to meet the payments on the bonds as they come y?? "ivj, ?11 aamc JIIOUIIIVC^, una been done when it seemed impossi^ Hie, private :fun(k have been advauccii', ~^niu pajr'uicuto- ?Ti6t ot all, i costs. The board has steadily reduced t the debt of the town but at the price of personal sacrifice. They deserve praise for their labors. But the point n;. is?they are through, to a man; they .. /. have given their time unstintingly At. for two years, have had enough, and positively will not serve again. Therefore a new group must be advanced % b? take their places, and just anyone : won't do. They must be man of cour' % age and business ability, and it is high time some candidates are of fered by someone. Boone is in a bad ' jfe way front a financial viewpoint, has been for several years, tax-payments are necessarily slow, and jlfcc bonds -i have to be met. If a council is not slated and elected which possesses j no?t economical ambitions, and with I the good of the city at heart, it is ; easy to visualize a receivership. This \ is not -aid with an idea of striking a pessimistic note, but is merei\ a : statement of some c:f the unpleasant facts. A Real Poet t Spring always brings with it a full > contingent of promising poets, and the present season is no exception. The babbling brook, the budding fruit trees, the tang of new plowed L ground and the greening landscape glowing with new iife awakens in the sentimentally inclined a desire to ex| press in verse the pent up emotions which burst forth at the dawn of summer. The editor's desk has received its share of poems?some unspeakably crude, others possessing enough merit to permit reproduction, 1 and one or two hearing the marks of - genius. Miss Ruth Bowlin, of Lainel . Springs. Alleghany County, who is: - a member of the junto? class ::.i Apr palachian State Teachers College. l is one of the contributors. and the r verse sunumiee uy fiei causes uie 5 reader to wonder just why her name - has remained in obscurity during the , several years which have passed since t she penned her first sonnet. .Miss - Bowlin is not a spring poet, notwithr standing the fact that she was *4dis covered" in the midst of April. For a long t;mc hergSfciie moments have - been given to fashioning metrical . compositions, -one of them express, ing in their delightful swing the beauties of a mountain scene, others . dwelling on the better things in life i . . all of them showing niatu; e |thought and an ability to express i that thought in perfect harmony. This Ashe County girl may or may not live to attain the heights of fame, i but the character of her initial work . provides a pleasant diversion in this day of sensual literature. Miss Bowiin's verse resembles that of the old . masters; it carries the flavor of by gone days, and The Democrat is . mighty glad to offer her its sincere I congratulations and good wishes. [ A poem, entitled "Memory," which 'j was written by Miss Bowlin some J time ago, follows: | J Ah. Memory, what have you there ; Now locked within your sacred walls? J it is some thoughts of happiness ,! Thai from the past your keeper calls? t Yes, now they come ana crowd my I mind . With words and deeds- of yesterday And I am glad." I view them all, . Then or.e by one they glide away. t But is there not some bitterness Within the cup of memory? , Yet that is best, for then we know How sweet the sweet can really be. ,1 Ah, Memory, we have no choice J To lake or leave thee, for thou art ^ With us always, a blessing great And yet a curse within our heart. 4."?i r : l Thou art to blame lor raving men, j1 Thou art to praise for sweet content: Thou art the foe cf all mankind. Thou art a friend the Master sent. i I Thou art the bush that ever yields , The prickly thorn, the fragrant rose; ' The knife that cats, the salve that heals; ; Fever that burns, a spring that flows. > I I know the joy that thon canst bring: A soothing balm that comforts me; j Rut, too, i know the poignant hurt That lingers tin because o? thee. Poor Old Bill Bill Thompson was beaten early I last week for Mayor of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune had fought ' Big Bill" during his campaign. And after . the election was over, this normally Republican paper proceeded to rub it in. This is what it said about !the ex-mayor, and it makes one'think of the days of old, when newspaper| ing wasn't so polite: : "William Hale Thompson was deI fritted Tuesday after a campaign which tie alone made disgraceful. The election was an ejection, a diity job, !but Chicago has washed itself and put on clean clothes Thompson recognized the Tribune | as hit chief enemy. The Tribune was . triad to earn thnt opinion. It certain-1 ' !v tried to do so. It has taken the I fight to him on every occasion dur1 ing the ior.g and depraved course of j [his administration. It is unpleasant1 , business to eject a skunk, but some j one has to do it. j "For Chicago Thompson has meant into, corruption, obscenity, idiocy and bankruptcy. He has given the city an international reputation tor moronic buffoonery, barbaric crime, triumphast hoodlum, unchecked graft and a dejected citizenship. He nearly ruined the property and completely destroyed the pride of the city. He made Chicago a.byword for the collapse Cf A ..Hi ii ciiriliuiiuu. Ill- ilia I attempt to continue this he excelled himself as a liar and defarner of character. He's out"He is not only out, but he is dishonored. He is deserted by his friends. He is permanently marked by the evidences of his character and conduct- His health is impaired by his ways of life and he leaves office and goes from the city the most discredited man who ever held place in it." "Love-making is just like it always was." "How do you know?" "I've been reading about a Greek I maiden who sat up and listened to a ' lyre all inigbt." THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?-EV "The Way of Life" By BRUCE BARTON TOO MUCH BELLYACHING I shall be criticized for the title of this editorial, but it Is a pood old Elizabethan phrase and there is no other which expresses so forcibly the thing: I have in mind. Let me illustrate with a story. I stood in line one nigh* ac the ticket window in Providence, waiting to take up the lower berth which 1 had reserved to New York. In front of me was a man who had come of from Chatham on Cape Cod, having telegraphed for a reservation froir there. Through a mistake on the part of the Chatham operator the telegram had pone to Boston instead v?l to Providence. If the man waited fo? the train to come through from T>os ton he would not pet to bed unti about two o'clock in the morning I If he got on a Providence car he j would have to sleep in an upper berth because all the lowers were sole*. He bought an upper, but not without a gi eat deal of grumbling. "This is atrocious/' he exclaimed 'Ifiive me a telegraph blank. X an j going to wire that operator in Chat ham and tell him what I think oi him " To which the station agent an s we red very sanely: "What good wil that do? You're mad already. What's the use c.f getting two men mad?" Every hour of every day a cer tain number of things happen which just sheuld not happen, but do. Tc err is human. When I became a magazine editoi years ago a very wise editor saic to me: "You are about to make s sad discovery. You ai'e about to leanthat there are no efficient people in the world." He went on to prophesy that writers would consistently misinterpret ray instructions about articles ant that artists would insist on drawing their pictures all wrong. To a certain extent the prophecy W3s fulfilled; but, having beer warned in advance, I managed to gel along without losing my temper of ten or increasing my hloodUpressurt much. If you expect perfection l'rom pco pie your whole life is a series of dis appointments, grumblings and com \ plaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folk* i ?.c rV,o ua tnc mci 11V.1C111 vavuiea ?nuu they are, you are frequently sur prised by having them perform bet ter than you had hoped. Too many of us are like that mai in Providence, who probably "belly ached" to everybody be met the nex? day, saying that he was tired be cause a fool operator in Chathan had caused him to sleep in .an uppei berth. Doubtless he went home an< "bellyached" to his wife; and he maj still be telling the sad story, for al 1 know. What's the us? of it ail? The Family Doctor By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES OVERWEIGHT A good many people seem in perfect. health* feel no distress, and yel realize that they are carrying arount a lot of ballast that does them nc . . good. It isn't a very alluring prospect, when a leHow~gets into the six ties, with from frftv to a hundred pounds of axlipose tucked under his skin, for^which he has hot the remotest use. Just; to be^brief. two major causes of overweight will be considered here: Lack of exercise, and overeating of starches. Formerly I would have mentioned gluttony; but''I have seen many people over-iat, who were reall yvery sparse eaters. Of course heavy i'hiid drinking- with meals will facilitate absorption and have ^considerable to, do with bodily weight. I ask such patients, to limit or cut i out drinking with meals, and some | nav reduced much by strictly following directions. I direct my fat patients to limit J STARCHKS in the dietary; "one | starch?not four," is a good rule to 1 remember. On most well-provisioned I tables will be found, one or two varieties of bread; maybe one or two | styles of potatoes; a bowl of tempti :ng Lima beans, or worse, "baked beans." Then incidentally we may find rice pudding, fritters, cake; pies, ?ail carriers of STARCH. And each tempts, the palate mightily. These starches tax the liver; what the liver cannot care for properly is , o.,wawtxy syiHcwnere, maKing tne I hadily weight slowly creep upward. | The liver is a peaceful organ and will bear more than its share of insult for a long time; but when it does make a kick, something is the matter! It is so easy to overload oh starch: it is~such ao impuiiaiil iwu, and so peaceable in its performance, that its victims do not come down till late in the game, and then-?seriously. One starch at & meal, and not four, is a mighty good rule to observe if you are fat. That the Americans eat too much is too well known to be repeated; and too much starch is a major offense. Mrs. Borden-House?When do you actors at the theatre draw your pay? I Mr. Hamlet?I am not an actor at I the theatre, madam. I'm a prompter there. Mrs. Borden-House?Well, you'll have to be prompter here, too, or find anfcoher boarding house. " ERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. _ ITorse Than ftHar I ~ DEATHS AUTQMO IN THE UN IT EC | SINCE THE ] 264,^ OR MORE * 'X 6 fS W I l? THE NUMB LOST INI 1 WAP , * [ ij A ? -TP CA STt K ;lj Helps Along the Road ! THE MORNING 3REAKS Beyond the war-clouds and the reddened ways, ! I see the Promise of the Coming: days: 1 see His sun arise, new charged with grace, Earth's tears to dry ar.d all her woes efface I Christ lives! Christ loves! Christ rules 1 No more shall Might, Though leagued with all the Forces of the Night. Ride over Ridgt! No more shall Wrong, The world's gross agonies prolong. Who waits His Time shall surely see The triumph of His Constancy ? When without let, or bar, or stay, I The coming: of His Perfect Day 7 Shall sweep the powers of Night j away? And Faith, teplumed for nobler flight And Hope, aglow with radiance bright. And Love, in loveliness bedight. Shall greet the morning light! ?John Oxenham in "ASFs Well." A BREEZE IN THE MIND One has only to sit down in the woods or the fields, or by the shore of the river or the lake, and neaibv - everything: of interest wii'l come I round to him?the birds, the animals, I the insects; and presently, after his eye has got accustomed to the place, ' and to the light and shade, he will " probably see some plant or flower, j that he has sought in vain, and that Ijis-a pleasant surprise to him. So, , i on a large scale, the student and j loveiY of nature has this advantage 'over people who gad up and down | the world seeking some novelty or |} excitement; he has only to stay at home and sec the procession pass. I The great globe swings around to him like a revolving showcase; the change of the seasons is like the passage of strange and new countries; the zones of the earth, with all I their beauties and niarvels, pass j one's door, and linger long iiv the '.passing. What a voyage is this we Smake without leaving for a night our own fireside! j St. Pierre well says that a sense of the power and mystery of nature shall spring up as fully in one's heart after he has made the circuit of his own field as after returning from a voyage around the world. . . . The i great trouble is for Mohammed t? j know when the mountain really j comes to him. Sometimes a rabbit j or a jay or a warbler brings the woods to my door. A loon on the river, and the Canada lakes are here; the seagulls and the fish hawk bring tne sea; the eai] of the wild gander at night, what doer it suggest? And the eagle flapping by, or floating arong on a raft of ice, does not he bring the mountain. One spring five swans flew above my barn in single file, going northward ? an express train bound for Labrador. It was a more exhilarating sight than if I had toon them in then- native haunts. They made a breeze in my mind, like a noble passage in a poem.?^-John Burroughs. ' NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Fannie Townsend, this is to notify all persons having claims against estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned within twelve months from date, otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please come forward and make Settlement. This April 14, 1931. MRS. ZETTIE CLARK, 4-14-6 Administrator. v - ' . * FROM 'S8LES STATES Sossamon's Sayings i ? , | n.y UDUU l JUCCiAM\J^ j THE DISCOVERER [ Into the jungles of a lost Poet land I journeyed one rare summer day j And the treasures I found on every hand 1 fain would have carried away. There were treasures of splendor, archaic art. And fabulous riches untold; There were castles of fancy that thrill the heart, And a million gems unfold. It was t\ulv a lost jungle city, Built by Muses in ages of old,? From the buildings down to a ditty That * couldxit* make out what it told. There wonders to divert the fancies. And I wandered to heart's content, Guided on by the dim fairy lances? But knowing not what it all meant. Then a cool bveeze gently caressed me, And apple blossoms fell on my brow; I awoke, lying still 'neath the old apple tree, While its leaves gave a knowing bow. ! But the treasure of the magic city ? That I had locket into my heart | Was not to be 'roused; not a ditty i From its vault could I impart. It is true 1 had brought hack treasure, But in the city 1 had left the key? And with no locksmith my task to ? OLDEST FC Iv J. M. Crow, 80, of Ethal, Mi as., the old* the historic old Natchex Trace Ir. a c * S rugged today at 89 as the age Q ia American history he so picAA turesQuely typifies, J. M. Ciow of ttHiei wfa. oIdest Ford I driver in Mississippi and one of the oldest in the United States. When as a babe of two years he rode with his parents ia one of a train of 30 oovered wagons out of Cobb county, Georgia, into Mississippi, the old Natchez Trace followed by the brave little band was still infested by the swashbuckling ruffians whose bloody outrages gave that era its place in this country's history as "the ontlaw years." > One of his vivid memories Is hearing, as a boy of six, the news of General Scott's victorious assault on the heights of Chapnliepec which ended the Mexican War in 1847, and hla 33| There are / THE E ACTS . WHAT ARE Vou GoiwG TO DO AftoUT tT J - ' tin measure, My discovery appeased only me. It is true a land I discovered Where mortal feet seldom tread; But no cairn 1 left, the path is covered. And my inspired guide is dead. 8 Negroes Who Attacked White Girls Get Chair I Scottsboro, Ala.?Eight negroes, i ranging in age from 16 to 20 yeiai'S,ig j Friday were sentenced to die in the electric chair at Kilby Prison on Friday, July 10, for an attack on two white girl hoboes aboard a freight train March 24. The negroes showed1 no emotion as Judge J. A. Hawkins pronounced .sentence. Attorneys here said they believed , passing death .sentences oU eight pet- - ; - 'jgj sons for the same offense on the same day was without parallel in the history of the nation. A mistrial was ordered for the . ninth negro, Roy Wright, I4r of Chattanooga, after a jury deliberating nineteen hours was unable to reach agreement as to punishment. ? The negroes sentenced to death -8S8 were Charlie Wee ins and Oakie Pow- I ell, Atlanta; Eugene Williams, Andy ? . Wright, Clarence Morris and Hey-,.; wood Patterson, all of Chattanooga Olcn Montgomery, Monroe, Ga., and Willie/ Robertson, Columbus, Ga. 8 Stephen Roddv. Chattynnnw j of defence counsel, entered a motion ! for a new trial for Heywood Pattev| son, which automatically stays his >RD DRIVER I IIMMMMII 1 Hrj r l ? it Ford driver fn Mississippi, traversed overed wagon eighty-eeven years ago. proudest memory !s of honnrohi? vice ss * Confederate soldier daring tbe Civil War. When the southern canrs Crerr Tii ccnySl'm to trudge 400 miles on foot to the old homestead at Ethel -where he settled down to rear a family. In the intervening years he has seen the lumbering stagecoach give way to the fleet automobile and the comfortable motorbua, the soggy gumbo and rongh corduroy roads of his childhood to the wide, paved roads of today, and although he was long past middle ago before the modern automobile became commonplace he is as enthusiastic a driver aa youngsters who can boast less than one-quarter of his years. Five generations of Crow's family are frequently seen together la bis Model A Ford, tbe second of Its type Crow has owned add driven. >
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