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STOCKBRID6E
DISTRIBUTION . . . weak spot
I read in a California paper the
other day that several tons of lemons
had been dumped into the pneife
Ocean in order to keep the price of
lemons up.
X have known of similar incidents
on the Atlantic Coast?whole cargoes
of bananas and carloads of othtwvuo
<iuiiij>cu iiitO uic uaj.
It seems to me that the greatest
weakness in our social-economic
structure is our system of distribution
There is no such thing as overproduction
so long as anybody's
wants remain unsatisfied. I would
like to see statesmen and economists
giving more thought to the problem
of getting the things people want into
the hands of those who want
them, than to making artificial at
lempt.s co increase ine profits of pro- j
ducers.
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ENGLAND . . . , not so slow j
I was greatly struck by a state- i
nient published recently by Harry
Selfridge, the former Chicago merchant
who moved to London and
now operates the largest store in
the world. Mr. Selfridge said that the
improvement in the system of distri- \
bution of commodities in England i
has resulted in adding to the payrolls
of British retailers more people
than had been thrown out of employ
ment by the industrial depression.
We are inclined to think that we
are a good deal smarter in all business
affairs than the English. While |
it is true that it took a Yankee mer- \
char.t to show them the way, the j
quickness with which the British ]
merchants seized upon the basic idea J
of low prices and quick turn over
through stimulative advertising sug- j
gests that John Bull Isn't as alow on
the uptake as many of us in America '
have imagined.
Mr. Self ridge's theory that the j
time to advertise most is not when ,
business is good but when it Is bad !
seems to me an entirely sound one. i
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BACKYARDS .... fertile j
I get very tired of hearing people
say there art- no mre opportunity j'
left for the adventurous and enterprising
youth of America. There are ;
more and bigger opportunities than
our fathers and grandfathers ever
had.
A young friend of mine, David
Gross, has just written a book en- j
titled "Gold in Our Backyard." I'
wish every ambitious boy and girl I
ir? A nibi-ino ?->?.iilJ ? ? ~ J*- * * ' 1
... ?.... .v.. .uuui ii-jiu it. ne points;
out literally hundreds of different!
fields In which opportunity awaits i
the enterprising' and resourceful. !
The prizes that we are hunting for
are not always on the other side of *1
the mountain range, hut very close
to homo. '
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STORIES . . frens wheelchair '
I know a lady who has been a crip -j
pie from Childhood, unable to move1
abou t except in a wheel chair. She!
has never traveled more than a few 1'
miles from her home in a small j'
Southern town. Years ago I heard
her bemoaning her inability to get;
around and see the world. If she could ;;
only do that, she thought, she could j
write stories.
A friend suggested to her that
people were people and very much '
alike in their emotions and reactions
anywhere in the world. Why didn't
she try writing stories about the people
and scenes with which she was
familiar ?
My friend adopted the suggestion
and began to write simple little fie- j
tion stories based upon incidents in;
the daily life of the people she knew, j
It took her a long time to master J
the technique of writing, but now. at
sixty past, she is still earning $10,000
a year with her own pen.
She found a gold in her own backyard!
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WAGES .... then and now
Among some old papers which one
of my New England neighbors found
recently in an old trunk in the barn
loft were acme interesting records
showing the wages paid a hundred
and eleven years ago to rural workers
on the highways. Here are the
figures:
IFor a man per day to the last
day of July, 83 cents; from the last
day of July to the last day of Sep
tember, 67 cents; from the last day I
of September to the close of the
year, 50 cents; for a team and four
cattle and a cart to the last day of
July, 74 cents; from the last day j
of July to the last day of Septem- I
ber, 75 cents; from the last day o.
September to the close of the year,
56 cents; for a plough, 25 cents per
day through the year.
Those rates per day ware pretty
close to the rates now paid per hour.
Of course, they don't mean much unless
they could be compared with the
cost of commodities at the same
time, but they are interesting as indicating
how the scale of the ordinary
man's earnings has gone up
since 1S-24.
BUYS CHRISTMAS GOODS
Mr. Clyde R. Greene of the Farmers
Hardware and Sunply Co.. is
spending a few days in Chicago where
he is engaged in purchasing toys and
other holiday merchandise for his
firm. He is expected to return to
Boone the last of the week.
'.'rate-- v .:? v.
WA1
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| VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 13
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I BAER GOES DOWN
Brown Bomber Wins in the
Fourth Round
Max Baer, former heavyweight
boxing champion, who suffered
crushing defeat at the hands of
Joe L.ouis sensational negro pugilst,
in the fight at Madison Square
Garden Tuesday night. The negro
won by a knockout decision in the
fourth round, when Baer, broken
and bloody, had been able to rise to
one knee at the count of ten. The
negro was undamaged. The fight
drew a million dollar gate, some- \
thing undreamed of since the hev
day of Tex Rickard as fight promo- i
tor. j1
WORK ON POTATO !
QUOTASPROCEEDS j
Allotments Will Be Made By ,
November 1. And Discuss- i
cd With the Producers.
Work on arriving at the national 1
allotment of potatoes prescribed un- J
ier the Potato Control Act anil the
allotments to the potato growing '
states in proceeding rapidly, accord- *
ir.g to the chief of the newly formed j
potato section of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. These allotments
are expected to be ready for
announcement before November 1,
and will be discussed thoroughly with
ihe potato growers before they become
final. As a matter of fact ail
problems involved" in Die" act will be
threshed out with the producers I
themselves. The potato section in- '
tends to reiy upon growers for gui- 1
dance and advice as to questions of t
enforcement also. The co-operation
if farmers is vitally important to the
success of this program, it is j 1
pointed out. The Potato Controi Act |
is Intended to result in the nornisiji
production of potatoes. The act aims
to prevent overproduction which had '
caused iosscs to growers iu the past.! v
Operation of the act is intended to <
bring potato prices to a level such as '
ivil eliminate the distressingly low ?
prices received by growers the past '
two seasons, but not to lift consumer
prices above moderate levels. The 1
act exempts from any tax a quantity of
potatoes deemed sufficient to meet 1
current consumption demands at
prices on a parity with prices the *
potato grower must pay for the <
things he buys. 1
Perkinsville Sale '
Proves Satisfactory j
Eighteen lots, part of the Perkins
farm, located just outside the city
limits of Boone were sold for the high
dollar last Saturday and the pro- !
ceeds from the sale amounted to J2.- ,
595. S. C. Eggers & Co., of Boone, '
were tht selling agents and Col. 52.
A. Robertson of Johnson City, was
auctioneer.
The sale was the second auction by
the local realtors in the last few
weeks and like the first event, the 1
Perkinsville property brought a figure
whic hwas decidedly satisfactory
to all concerned. The lots are ideally
located for residential purposes and
it is expected that several buildings
will be erected on the new develop-.
ment within a short time.
Aiiu^c matting purcnases were: A. I
L. Triplett, Blowing Rock; L. A. I
Greene, R. C. Winebrager. I. G.
Greene, Ethel Brown, Mrs. Koscoe
Brown, Walter Carroll, ^Lester Carroll
and Joe Goodnight,"all of Boone
i and vicinity.
ONLY THREE CASES ARE
TRIED BY THE RECORDER
It was a light day for Judge Bingham
in Recorder's court Tuesday. :
only three persons being arraigned
before the bar of justice. The judgments
follow:
Poss Foster, tried in two counts
for possession of half pints of liquor.
Assessed with the costs and given a
6-months suspended sentence.
Lloyd Williams, driving drunk. Finj
ed $50 and costs, and automobile 11
I cense revoked for period of sbt I
months.
Ernest Hatley, carrying concealed!
j weapons. Fined $50 and ordered to I
[pay the cost.
AUG
Independent Weekly New
BOONE, WATAUG
LINVILLE GORGE
IS PURCHASED BY
FOREST SERVICE
Rugged Scenic Area To Be A
Part of The Pisgah National
Forest.
PLANS UNDER WAY FOR
THE STATE FOREST
Child Labor Little Used In Carolina;
Revenue Department Drive On
Slot Machines: New Manaager
N. C. Railway
(Special Correspondence)
Linville Gorge, rugged scenic attraction
in western North Carolina
and a wonder of eastern America, is
finally to be owned publicly, an official
of the U. S. Forest Service announcing
the authorized purchase of
25,522 acres as an addition to the
38,000 acres of the Pisgah National |
Forest. It does not include the falls, I
which may be acquired later. The I
gorge stretches for 16 miles to the j
mouth of thp T.invillA rhmc rlne>?v:^<*rl 1
I
as the roughest and most picturesque
stream in the Southern Appalachians.
The gorge in places is 2,000 feet deep
and in a 20-mile course the river falls
2,400 feet, and has been described as
'a region unsurpassed in scenic
beauty and interest in all Eastern
America."
PLAN STATE PARKS
Plans for acquiring and developing
itate forests under the Fulmer bill
massed by Congress were discussed
Dy State Forester J. S. Holmes with
J. S. Forest Service officials last
week. The bill advances funds to the
?tatc for purchasing areas as state
orests, the cost to be repaid over
several years from timber and other
esources taken from the land and
vithout carrying charges. Ten acres
lave been recommended by Director
L Bruce Etheridge of Conservation
lira Development as sites, scattered
ivcr the state so as to obtain various
ypes of forest growth and allow
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lay Jones Finishes
Basic Marine Cougse
The"U. S. Recruiting*-'
headquarters. Post" Office Building,
savannah, Ga.. announces that John
y. Jones, formerly of Boone, has
.ompleted the basic training course
it the Marine Base. Parris Island,
5. C., and transferred to the Marine
barracks, Naval Operating Base,
Norfolk, Va., for further transfer to
he Asiatic Station for duty.
Reroute to the Asiatics, Private
Tones will have an opportunity to
'ist Cuba, Panama, Honolulu, T. H.,
*uam. and the Philinomes jmendiTw*
t few days in each port visiting the
musual sights these countries aford.
Mr. Jones, prior to his acceptance
or service in the Marine Corps, redded
at the home of his mother,
Urs. Mattie i '.es. this city.
Vacancies for the Marine Corps I
ire now being filled at the Savannah
>fficc. Applications will be mailed to
ligh school graduates upon request.
Don Dotson Receives
FaSal Injury In Fall
Don Dotson, resident of the lower
2ove Creek section, died at Grace
Hospital, Banner Elk, early Tuesday
norning from injuries sustained when
le fell from a motor truck near Vilas
Saturday night. lie was found lying
h the road by Leonard and Baker
Ward, who carried him home. Sunday
morning he was rushed to the hospital,
where he grew steadily worse
jntll his death occurred Monday
night.
Funeral services are to be held this
'.Wednesday) afternoon, but further
details are lacking
Surviving is the widow and four
small children. Many acquaintances
and friends throughout this section
regret to hear of the tragic death of
Mr. Dotson.
a * TV T-. /V
iTirs. uerryman uies un
Sunday; Funeral Tues.
Mrs. Harriet Berryman, 68 years
old. former resident of Philadelphia,
who has been living at Blowing Rock
for the past two years with her son.
Sir. James Berryman, died Sunday at
a Statesville Hospital.
Mrs. Reriyuian is survived by two
sons, Martin B. Berryman of Philadelphia
and Jame3 Berryman of
Blowing Rock.
Funeral services and interment
were in Haddonfield, N. J., Tuesday.
Mr. Berryman of Blowing Rock was
a member of the funeral party.
INSTALLS NEW EQUIPMENT
Hodges Tire Company today announces
the installation of the most
modern type of re-treading equipment.
The progressive firm is now in
position to make old tires substantially
new at favorable prices.
A DE
rspaper?ELst^lished in ti
;a county, nalhi carolin,
Meeting i^First U. S
Recently Appoi?j|d Board 01 t
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WASHINGTON . . . Above is pic
U. S. Social Security board, recent!
but made fundless through the fill
Long and adjournment without pa:
beard met to organize and be read
able. The board comprises, (left to
consin, Chairman John G. Winant
Miles of Arkansas.
JIM RIVERS NEW
WORKS DIRECTOR
Local Journalist Appointed PWA
Director in Sixth District;
Succeeds Hoach.
Jim Rivers, for many years a copublisher
of the Watauga Democrat,
has accepted the appointment as sixth
district federal works progress director,
and laid down his duties with the
local newspaper last Thursday to go
to Winston-Salem where his offices
are established, and is familiarizing
himself with his new work, preparatory
to taking over the directorship
next Tuesday.
Mr. Rivers succeeds J. B. Roach,
former prison superintendent who {
. ssunies iui engineering position in
c< mention with the state offices of
WPA *tn
The sixth "district which is composed
of thirteen counties, lias suh.
mitted projects involving the second
largest valuation and the greatest
sponsor expenditure of the eight in
North Carolina. Too program as
mapped for the district calls for
gross expenditures of more than
eight million dollars and federal expenditures
of over six million.
Mr. Rivers, who was known toj
most readers of the Democrat as the ;
"Sketch Man," by reason of his versatile
writing of 'tif "Boone Sketch"
column of the Democrat, has been
exceedingly popular as a newspaperman,
and his column has drawn hundreds
of congratulatory messages. Of
great interest to thp readers, will be
the information that, although he is
severing his connection with the
Democrat for the time being, an arrangement
is to he made whereby
"Boone Sketches" will continue So
brighten the columns of the newspaper
and to entertain and edify its
readers.
JURY SUBMITS ITS
REPORT TO COURT
Grand Jury Finds The County
Institutions Well Kept,
And Offices In Order.
The grand jury, through its foreman,
Mr. T. C. Baird. submitted its
annual report to Judge H. Hoyle
Sink, when all presentments had been
acted upon in connection with the
Fall Term of Superior Court. The
jurors found the institutions and offices
of the county in good condition,
and the text of the report, which
was directed to the court is as follows:
"We have acted on all bills of 'ndictments
and presentments that
came before our body.
"We investigated the County institutions
by three committees and find:
1st. The prison camp has 98 inmates
all of whom were assigned to duties.
The camp is one of the best kept institutions
in our county, and as well
as we could ascertain the management
is in very capable hands. In
fact we do not fee! justified in recommending
any change in policy.
"2nd. The Jail apparently is well
kept and the prisoners properly cared
for. Insofar as we could ascertain,
the various offices are well kept. We
are informed by the Clerk that the
Magistrates, Guardians and Administrators
arc keeping their reports up
as required by law.
"3rd. The County Home has eleven
inmates who inform, us they are well
cared for and treated kindly. The
sanitary conditions of the County
Home are good."
:moc
ie Year Eighteen Eighty-E
THURSDAY. SEPT. 26. 1935
. Social Security Board
he President Without Funds As
s Filibuster in Senate.
turcd the first meeting of the first )
y appointed by President Roose.velt, 1
ibuter of the late Senator Huey !
ssing tiie third Deficiency Bill. The
iy to operate when funds are avail- I
right) Arthur J. Altmeyer of Wisof
New Hampshire and Vincent M.
1 i
I HOME AGENT NOW
EMPLOYED HERE
Miss Cleta Jones Will Assist
Women of County in Solution
Home Problems.
Miss Cleta Jones has arrived in
| the county from the Extension Office
in Raieigh, and established herself as
i Home Demonstration Agent for Wa|
tauga, where she will assist in uie
solution of any home problems presented
by the women of this section.
! Miss Jones has opened her office in
the quarters used by the County
, Agent in the court house, and would
I like for the women of the county in
| reed of advice as to their household
I work, to get in touch with her. She
I will be in her office Mondays and
Saturdays until noon, and the reImainder
of the lime will; be spent in
personal work. Miss "Jones will aid in
! connection with home canning, general
cooking, sewing, or ar.y other
usual activity of the housewife.
Miss Jones is a graduate from the
Women's College, University of
North Carolina, and has been engaged
in teaching borne economics at
Dover. N. C., for the past two years.
She ssys she is very eager to meet
the ladies in different sections of the
] county and get her program inaxigu,
rated.
Five Killed In Crash
I Andrews, Sept. 22.?Five persons
jwere killed and two were injured
[near here this afternoon when an au!
tomobile plunged over a 500-foot prejcipce.
The dead are: A. Broadus
; Hooper, 33, a section foreman for
i the W. M. Ritter Dumber company,
! at Rainbow Springs, about five miles
from Andrews, three of his children,
I Frank 11; Vernon, seven, and Marie,
jfour, and his brother-in-law, Fred
jLaney, of Mount Vernon, Tenn.
JOSEPH WINKLER :
ROBBERY VICTIM
j
| Hold-up Men Take ?32 From j
Local Man at Pistol Point.
No Clues.
. Joseph Winkler Jr., proprietor of
! the Blue Moon Sandwich Shop on
Blowing Rock Road, just inside the
Icity limits of Boone, was the loser of
! $32, as armed robbers called for curb
service at his place of business Sunday
evening.
Four men occupied a tan Ford car
j which was parked opposite and be
j iow uie tunc Moon, and Mr. Winkler
.vas quick to answer their call for
outside service. When lie reached the
car however, he was covered by the
guns of two of the passengers, while
a third walked around and took the
money from his hip pocket. As they
started to leave, a man stood or. the
running board with a gun and kept
young Winkler covered until they
were well on the way.
As soon as possible Mr. Winkler
got in touch wih police officers, telephoned
Ulowir.g Rock, but the car
had been seen to pass through that
town. Messages sent to points below
failed to bring results. Mr. Winkler
did r.ot know either of the three
men, but believed they had patronized
: him during the same day. presumably
to find out where his money was kept
i as he made the change.
Firteen Henderson county poultry,
men wiii keep accurate flock records
, with their poultry this year for the
extension service of State College.
RAT
lght
$1.50 PER YEAH
{three thousand
I DOLLAR ROBBERY
AT BANK OF ASHF.
Acetylene Torch Used to Gain
Entrance to Jefferson Bank
Monday Night,
NO CLUES LEFT TOR
GUIDANCE OF OFFICERS
Hole Melted in Back of Safe Enables
Vcggs to Get to Money. Suspicion
Here That Same Band May
Have Ilobbed Laical Man.
The Bank of Ashe, of Jefferson, in
the neighbor county of Ashe, yielded
about three thousand dollars to robbers
of unknown identity who used
a welding torch to gain entrance to
the safe, Monday night.
The theft was discovered early
T-iSday morning by Abe Medly,
janitor, who found that the bank
safe had been moved to the rear of
the building. An acetylene torch had
been used for the purpose of melting
a hole in the back side' of the strong
box large enough to admit a person's
hand. Quantities of water had
been used to cool the metal, so that
'it could be touched.
According to reports reaching
Boone, \V. H. Worth, president of the
bank, checked the loss to be about
S3r0C0 in cash, but it was not learned
whether any bonds or securities
were missing. The loss of course, was
covered by insurance.
II was learned that S4.000 in the
mails addressed to the bank had not
been received, luckily enough, before
the rr.hherv Thio enm VioH
mailed from another bank and arrived
in West Jefferson on the train
Monday. However, the train was
late and the mail did not arrive in
time for the cash to l>e delivered
prior to closing lime at the bank.
So far as was learned officers
working on the case had failed to
find any clue, calculated to aid in
apprehending the robbers.
Many Boone people are inclined to
believe that the four men who robbed
Joseph Winkler in Boone Sunday
night might have been the hank bandits,
while others are disposed to
connect both these robberies v.nth
that of the Bank at Mars Hill some
days ago. In that case one man has
been captured, four are at large, and
unoffiea! reports over the week-end
suggested that they were in the vicinity
of Boone.
Major Rich Turns His
Attention To Libraries
Visiting the schools in Northwestern
Carolina in the. interest of "Pepping
up" Libraries, Joe Hampton
Rich drifted into the Democrat office
to shake hands and tell how he
had just gotten back from Boston
and Philadelphia where he "sold Daniel
Boone in that section of the country."
Mr. Rich announced that he
had succeeded in p.acing a big spearhead
at the head of die Old Trail in
the edge of Boston, this being the
same trail Boone took coming south
in Pennsylvania in 1750. "On November
2nd, on the birthday of L'onne
The Boone Trail Association will unveil
and dedicate a huge spearhead
tiegr Philadelphia at the birthplace
of Daniel Boone. Other markers will
be placed down the Shenandoah on
the Rark-u>-i-?rSi 1., 1 y v.
in for the Yailkin River country over
which Boone came," said Major Rich.
"A selection of library books is a
jside line," said the major.
T. E. Bingham to Again
Serve As Conciliator
T. E. Bingham, Boone attorney has
again been designated by Federal
Judge Johnson J. Hayes as Conciliation
Commissioner for Watauga
county. Mr. Bingham's duties, it is
understood, are principally to c nfer
with farmers interested in handling
their realty loans easier in getting
extensions of time, and in certain instances
in getting adjustments on the
debts themselves. Those interested ih
taking advantage of this service
should communicate with Mr. Blngiham
at his office In the Watauga
Bank Building.
Injured In Collision
Dewey Shook, Watauga township
resident, suffered right serious facial
lacerations when the Chevrolet
pickup in which he was riding Mon- <
day evening, collided with a telephone v
post in east Boone and turned turtle
on the pavement. One serious cut
about the ear, necessitated medical
treatment, and Mr. Shook was otherwise
considerably bruised and cut.
The automobile was prrct'cally demolished.
No particular reason tor
the wreck could be ascertained.
Mrs. Fred McDade is a patient at
a Charlotte hospital where she was
taken last Friday, and is expected to ?
receive treatment there for several