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SEPTEMBER 21, 1P33 fO&AY and FRANK PARX^RTpvJfcs./ lj~ SKXKBftl DOE KKIFHDADS . . . they do tbrn^s There is something about red-head! that seems to imbue them with n.ori than the average of intelligence, en orgy, ambition and perseverance. M; friend William Roovers, who used t< employ several hundred girls, ireuii have none but red-heads in tils fac tory and office. I am thinking especially of the red haired wife of our village carpenter who seems able to turn her hand t< anything, and do them all well. Lasl winter she surprised the neighbor! by making her debut as a saxaphont soloist at a church entertainment Now she is studying art with a ta moss painter who has a summer stu dio in our town, and two of her naint ings were hung in the annual Stockbridge Art Show, alongside pictures bearing some of the most famous names in art. Perhaps I am prejudiced in favoi of red-heads. 1 married one, and my daughter inherits her mother's hair and her talent for getting things done accurately and expeditiously. I am inclined to think that if there were enough red-headed people to go -around they could pretty nearly run the world. SOHIKShl . . . preserved tradition Two hundred and fifty years ago. on September 12, 1683, the fate of Europe and of till that we call "Western Civilization" was decided by the sword of Jan Sobieski, King cf Poland. The Turks and Tartars had invaded Euiyr. as far a:: Vienw., with the purpose of capturing all Europe and converting it Into a Mohammedan country. If they had taken Vienna, nothing could have stopped them, it was the Polish and Austrian resistance led by Sobieski that turned the tide and preserved the European and Christian tradition. It is always interesting to imagine what might have happened if things had nut turned out as they did. If one of Napoleon's marshals had not been late in arriving at Waterloo all the nations of Europe might today be provinces of a great French empire. And if Sobieski had not turned back the Turks at Vienna we might all be a'lhjwta of the Sultan and .believers in Mohammed. HOUSED . . . and environment "One-Way" gla3S has jU3t been patented by Frederic A. Delano, a relative of President Roosevelt. Light wlil pass through this new glass in one direction hut not in the other. Windows glazed with this new glass need no shades to keep outsiders from locking in. while those inside can see out without trouble. Thi3 is one more step in the direction of the glass house which modem architects insist will be the prevailing type of dwelling in the future. I am old-fashioned cnougli to feel that a home ought to fit its environment, I don't like Cuban type bouses in New England. though they are perfect for Florida. In the Azores last Fall I saw many little dwellings built of stone which were exact copies of the typical Cape Cod cottage. The design had been brought back from tha pf.na htr Prtrhiovaon fioVinwwnoM T>"t "J "* v? 1'dUUllUUI. UUv they did not fit the mountainous landscape. and seemed tar less attractive thai: the native flat-roofed houses. FKKKOOM . . . guarded by press Next months there will be a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the trial of Peter Zenger. Zenger was the editor of the New York Weekly Journal, who dared to publish the report of an election against the orders of the Colonial Governor, William Cosby, svhose candidate had been defeated. He was put in prison, but the jury which tried him set him free, denying even to a Royal Governor the right to suppress the free expression of the truth. That was the first victory in a battle for the freedom of the press which began with the publication of the first newspaper, and ia still going on. Authority has always tried to make the press subservient to its will. So long as the press is free to tell the people the truth about what Government is doing or trying to do. human liberties are cafe. Suppress the press and those in power can do what they like. The first act of a dictator is always to put the newspapers under -restraint. TEAMWORK ... In an emergency If ail human beings were endowed with the spirit of teamwork, it would not be diffictAt to organize our economic life. The biggest difficulty that confronts the people who are trying to put the Industrial Recovery Act into effect is that most of us want to have our own way. Capable men have always resented the efforts of the less competent to tell tuein oow i.u mautige Litem tufa irs. I know of no successful enterprise, gTeat or small, which is not the projection of one man's personality. Great enterprises are built by men who are not content to follow rules, but have the vision and courage to make their own rules. Bit is one thing to lay down rules r the protection of UkJ week against L1NVILLE GORGE MAY GO IN PARK Morganton. Sept. 20?Preservation of the natural rugged beauty ot Linville Gorge. Grandfather Moun; tain and numerous scenic points in i northwestern North Carolina depe.nd3 ; chiefly upon the government's ac! quisition of such properly as part ot its part: system, J. Q. Gilkey, of: Marion, asserted here. . Mr. Gilkey is on a committee with , Miss Beatrice Cobb and J. Fred " Kistler. working In an effort to ob, tain an estimate on tl'.e price desired } by owners of the thousands of acres j comprised in the proposed tract. The park would ,.'re more than a national forest and would have recreational facilities for campers, such as adequate water lines, camp J sites, cabins and the tike, Mr. Gilkey . said he was informed by Mr. Macken, Jjof the Washington forestry office, . | and M. A. Matoon, resident chief of j federal forests in this section. The ' I tract would embrace the territory lyI uig between Mount Mitchell to Caldwell county, much of which lies in Burke's borders. , The principal effort at the prcs, ent is to obtain prices on the property, and Mr. Gilkey has communl. cated with extensive landowners in , Pennsylvania and with the Charn. pion Fibre company of Canton in an , effort to arrive at a just estimate ot the amount of money involved. The government has a huge sum of money to be spent in park development and forest prcservatoin, and it is j this lund that may make Grandiathcr-Linvillc Gorge project possible. Other members cf the committee working with the purchase price group include R. L. Gwyn and F. H. Coffey, of Lenoir; Mr. Gilkey, Miss Cobb and Mr. Kestler arc handling i the Linvillc Gorge division, while Mr. Gwyn and Mr. Colfey are attending to the Grandfather mountain project. MORE COVER CROI'S NEEDED THIS FALl. Add to the usual argument for cover crops this fall, the fact that more land will be released from cultivation of cash crops next season and there is an additional reason for increased plantings of winter legumes this fall. "The usual reasons for planting winter cover crops are that they prevent erosion, prevent leaching of plant food from the soil, improve the land when turned under and furnish winter graziug as well as excellent hay," says E. C. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. "In aduiriv" i *ii.iu,, fcjrwdlAnt arguments, there, arc some special reasons that will apply this fall. Many farmers have plowed up a part of their cotton. Others will reduce their wheal acreage and stilt others have signed agreements to reduce iheir tobacco acreage next spring. There will he a movement to reduce cotton acreage in 1934 also." Therefore, Mr. Blair regards it ns j unthinkable that the ianii su veleas.U ] from production will be turned over to weeds and gullies. On the other hand, he points out that the rules of the agricultural adjustment administration will not allow the extensive plantings of money crops on these released lands. The logical thing to do, be says, Is to plant cover crops thi3 fall and to 1 follow these cover crops next spring I with food, feed and other soil improving crops next spring. The man who will do this for the next two years will find that he is more nearly independent of the supply merchant, fertilizer dealer and the credit agencies than he has ever been before He wiil have less worry, a better farm and more fertile soil, Blair says. GOOD SLEEP BETTER THAN LONG, TEST REVEALS Milwaukee.--A good quality of sleep is more important than mere hours, Dr. Donald A. Laird director of the Colgate University psychological Hospital Association convention here recently in explaining recent fatigue tests The tests were given by two Colgate graduates. Robert E Mason and Robert Hoey. One was designed to show the fatigue in strength of grip, the other the ability to maintain balance on the fully pivoted platform of a wabble-meter. Three successive pulls were made on the dynanomctcr for determining fatigue in strength of grip. The decrease from the first, at the third puli was taken as one index of faTSle?the greater the decline, the ' more the fatigue The total amount pivoted on the wabble-meter platform in ten seconds also was taker, as an index of fatigue; llie larger the reading, the greater the fatigue. The tests were made on 885 persons. The combined record? for both sexes showed that when obtaining seven or less hours sleep there was a decline in grip of 3.26 per cent., the strong; it is quite another thing to lay down rules which would put the less able in control of the ac tions of the most able. I Those are some of the reasons why II do not believe that the Recovery program will amount to anything ] more than It purports to be?an emergency expedient, to be discarded as soon as business is on its feet again. Strong and able men will always find ways to get around any restrictions i upon their individual freedom of ac WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE! '~~r ^T" For American History Albert T. Reid, national cartoonist of renown whose work appears regu1 larly in this ncwopaper, twicp addressed art audiences at the World j | Pair ill Chicago last week as truest 1 I speaker at the Illinois Host building.' Ho advocated that Women's Clubc throughout the nation devote themselves to tbe job of recapturing, chronicling and perpetuating American history with onduring atatuos and in;:rker*?and when eight or more hours sleep were obtained the decline was 3.76 per cent. The data from the wabble-meter showed 11.8 per cent sway when seven or less hours of sleep were had, and 11.9 when eight or more were obtained. Chevrole there's nothing where else?ths about Chevrolet full-sire transpo More miles on a filling of oil. Mo and repair! Ai comfortable mil gagapajMM^^ tY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Hurricane Leaves $2,000,000 Damage On Caroiina Coast New Sem, Sept. 12.?A wild bur-} ricane which battered the New Bern-, Morehead City-Beaufort area thru-1 out Friday night roared on up the Atlantic coast Saturday, leaving a trail of wreckage in its wake. Dam- j age was estimated at upwards of' $2,000 000. Lueut. D. F. Deotte, of the coast guard, estimated the damage in New Bern alone was in excess of a mil- j !ion dollars while city and county I authorities in Morehead City and Beaufort said it would exceed S500,000 there. Power plants in 3il three communities were nut nut sion and at Morehcad City and Beau- j fort it was doubtful if power and ligHt facilities could be restored for several days. The first check-up revealed no deaths in this section. The 3torm claimed at least two lives, however, as a seaman was washed off the motorship Sun by high seas off Cape Hatteras Friday and a negro fireman was drowned at Roanoke Island. The effect of the storm on hundreds of square mile3 and thousands of people throughout the Sound country could not be determined as communication was completely dis-, rupted. Among the larger communities i feeling the storm were Belhaven.1 Aurora, Oriental, Wanchese, Manteo.i and Camden. New Bern and Wash -i ington were the only cities in the area with which communication had; been established early Saturday afternoon. Approximately 120,000 people live in the nine counties most, affected by the storm. Next to t t gives mo; No argument about the camel. When it comes to miles per gallon, in all the Gobi desert?or anyit can beat him. JTo argument either. It's the most economical tation on wheels. , tankful of gas. More miles on a re miles without worry and trouble id they're smoother, safer, more es, too, due to all these features . *445 ~ *56i L Chevro BOONE, NORTl . r " ~ ^ i\>st Miss Florence Mayors, of East n Rockaway, Long Island. U the 01 young lady selected ns N<tw York's al prettiest girl to Yl? TOr Mtds it America honors at Aiuwtlo Otty. _ g' Big Slogan Contest offers as first ^ prize $1,000 a year for life?nine oth- ^ er big annuity awards. Get particu- ^ lars in American Wekely Magazine,! which comes each Snndn v- ">t>. o.A i IN inuii lui- ; Baltimore American. Buy your copy jh from your favorite newsboy or news j dealer. ja jei I w Corn planted alter crimson clover',., by G. G. Mathews, of Scotland county, will produce about 80 bushels ol: corn an acre, estimates the owner. Iw j m wind readied ;i velocity of In 75 miles ail hour here while coast:of guardsmen at Morehead City said it u; attained a velocity of 00 to 10U. fr miles an hour there where the barom-! ni eter fell to 28.8b. : i % Camel st miles pei exclusive to Chevrolet in the low A cushion-balanced six-cylinder eng body. Fisher steel-plus-hardwood < Fisher Ventilation. Starterator. And Travel in comfort and save as you go. new Chevrolet. In addition to beir most economical car, it's also Ame: selling car by the widest margin c in history. CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DEI 5 Allprice* /, o. b. Flint, Michigan. Special equipment extra. Low do 1/TeTod prices end easy C.M.A.C. ? torrr.o. A General Motors Value. let ramps H CAROLINA THREE VXOO.J M.VKC 'l FN SEW touk v .n \nr. in?? x?A " if ark.- iV'j- swinging' sltides r.I ho. ,faces mighty arinv ol "A?- r;uarier of a million strong -paraded along flag-draped Fifth venue last Wednesday In an assault a the depression. Millionaires walked shoulder to loulrier with humble clerks, charomen matched steps with prima jnnas up the historic avenue ot ealth and markets and forgotten en. It was probably the greatest peaceme parade in the nation's history, itn 40,000 employers and employed larching past the reviewing stand 1 the Public Library each hour. The tramp of a half million marchig feet was enlivened by 200 bands. The Blue Eagle, patron of the deonstraHmv spread benevolent wings vcr the event in the form of 100 rplancs drumming out their own lusie overhead. Distinguished guests included the svemors of three states?Herbert . I-ehman, of New York. Wilbur ross. of Connecticut, and A. Harry loore, of New Jersey. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, chief of the IRA forces, beamed as the Blue lafflp JpainTinolf-o-'' _ n.. ..6???? ,jyThere were members of the cabinet iao in the stands?Postmaster Gen al James A. Farley, Secretary of '&r Dern and Secretary of Labor ranees Perkins. The code for the day called for no ork and everybody who wasn't arching lined the avenue or borwed a spot in a window. Even the ot's were jammed. The technique downtown ticker tape canyou, ?ed for the salutation of heroes om abroad, was applied. The aveie was a snowstorm of paper artIps. i ? aP 011? kkwsSB r gallon -price field: i ine. Fisher instruction. many inorel r ,| Save with a ig America's rica's fastest >f leadership ROIT, MICH. HHHB my wSk
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