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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper Established in 1888 and published for 45 year* by the late Robert C. River*. Sr. EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN WATAUGA COUNTY One Year $1.50 Stx Months 1.00 four Months .75 OUTSIDE WATAUGA COUNTY One Year - $2.00 Six Months 1.50 ' Four Months 1.00 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS In requesting change of address, it is important to mention the OLD, as well as the NEW address R. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher! Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Raspect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular adver tising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Boone, N. C., as second class mail matter, under the act of Congress of March 3. 1879. The basts of our government being the opinion of the people, the very lint objective should be to keep that right, and were It left to me to decide ?IWiii' we should have a govern ed ?nt without newspapers, or newsps ai without government. I should not tate a moment to chooee the Ut ter. But I should mean that every mas should receive these papers and be capable of reading them."? Thomaa Jefferson THURSDAY. DEC. 12, 1946 GOLDEN GLEAMS Constant employment and well labor produce, in a country ours, general prosperity, con tent and cheerfulness. - ? Daniel Webster, in 1846 Let every man be occupied and occupied in the highest em ployment of which his nature is capable, and die with the con sciousness that he has done his, best. ? Sidney Smith There is great ability in know ing how to conceal one's ability. ? La Rochefoucauld Do not think that what is hard for man; but if a thing is possible for thee to master is impossible and proper to man, deem it at tainable by thee. ? Marcus Aurelius ????? ! This world's no blot for us Nor blank; it means intensely,1 And means good; To find its meaning in my Meat and drink. ? Browning WORTH REPEATING Last year the Bureau of In ternal Revenue announced that itg staff of investigators would be greatly increased to ferret out in come tax evasions. E. I McLarney, Deputy Com missioner of Internal Revenue, speaking at Los Angeles, said that, as a result, 110,000 Ameri cans rushed an additional $170, 000,000 to the Government. It might be a good idea for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to repeat the announcement this year. 52-20 PAYMENTS One of the plans provided byi the government for the assistance I of returning veterans guaranteed, $20 a week for fifty-two weeks! in the event that the veteran was1 unable to secure employment. I Up to the present time more than sijs million veterans have filed such claims. Slightly less than one million are now receiv-| ing the payments and there has been much comment throughout, the nation about the 52-20 clubs [ It is interesting to observe that in Puerto Rico 86.2 per cent of the veteran population has filed! claims. Among the states. West Virginia, with 65.5 per cent is tops, but in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indi-I ana, Kentucky. Tennessee and! Missouri more than half of the veterans have put in requests. The states with the lowest per centages were Nebraska and Wyoming, with figures between 20 and 25 per cent. In Hawaii, by! the way, the requests for unem-i ployment pay came from only 5.5 1 per cent of the veterans. POTATOES ROT IjTfIELDS Some twenty million bushels of I potatoes "are likely to a total! waste," declares Secretary of Agriculture Clinton <P. Anderson, in a letter to Senate and House committees. The Secretary points out that his Department had to buy 1946 surplus under the price-support program enacted by Congress. The potatoes are in temporary storage, largely in the North eastern States, and the approach of freezing weather leads to the conclusion that many will rot. This is an interesting, if un pleasant, situation. Undoubtedly there are millions of American people who could use the pota toes in their family diet with benefit. While the Government has made strenuous efforts to di vert the potatoes into alcohol, animal feed and school lunch pro grams, it has been impossible to find suitable disposition of the surplus yhich was purchased under a price-support plan. TROUBLED CONSCIENCES CMrago ? Conscience works, hovkWer slowly. The Pullman Company recently received from an Iowa woman a towel missing for 32 years, while Massachusetts man sent In another which bore a 1910 date, with a note saying. '"The world needs our highest integrity at this time." i THE EVERYDAY COUNSELLOR By HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D. The broak-up of a home .under any circumstances is a difficult arid trying experience. There ore two clases of these. A home brok en by divorce is always the re suit of sin and selfishness, and could have been avoided by keep ing the marriage in repair. . The second class of broken homes is that caused by death. This is inevitable, even in the happiest of marriages^ Many of us have experienced the break up of the old child-hood home, and we know how difficult it is. All of us face the time when death will break the home unit of which we are now a part. - This broak-up of a happy home and marriage is one of the most trying experiences in life. This is especially true of those who have been happly married for a long time. The death of a beloved life's partner is an excruciating ex perience. The period of readjust ment which inevitably follows is sometimes even more difficult. Few older people accept it grace fully. They fight against any change, even though reason tells them it is inevitable. By doing this they make it hard for them selves, and doubly difficult for the children. Statistics tell us that only fif teen percent of those who reach the age 65 are self-supporting. The remainder become dependent upon others for their living ar- ! rangements. This being the case, all of us ' should look towards the winter- . time of life, which inevitably comes after the spring and sum- , mer. We should prepare for it, i and accept it gracefully when the time comes. Jesus Christ spoke of ] this when he said to Peter, "Truly, ! truly, I say to you, when you , were, young, you girded your self, and walked where you ( would: but when you arc old you ( will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you, and carry ( you when you do not wish to go." | Cider people who have enjoy ed the fruits of happy marriage, reared their children to maturity, should accept the wintertime gracefully and try to accommo date themselves as welcome jguests and companions in the homes of the children they have Ireared. They should remember Ithat the "hoar head is a crown of 'glory, if it be found in the way |of righteousness." Letters To the Editor | APPRECIATES MAIL CARRIER Editor Democrat: I I believe this is the first time 1 have put a write up in the paper. I hope it won't be offensive. While I live here alone I often think of our mail carrier and the many rounds she makes yearly in service for us. Do we ever stop to think how much we should appreciate her work for us? So let's see how many of us will remember her with a little more than "Thank You" this Christmas for her ser vice. Last year I put in a little token of rememberance with a greet ing and her reply was most gratifying. I feel sure we will make her happy by so doing and feci happy ourselves by showing our appreciation in this way. Merty Christmas and Happy New Year to all. MRS C. M WATSON .. _ I TWIN FALLS FROM AUTO; KILLED BY SECOND CAR Pattonsburg, Mo. ? Lt. and Mrs. Ralph W. Lind, Minneapolis, Minn, were en route from Camp Hood, Texas to Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Lind's family. On the back seat of the car were their twin daugh ters, Carol Ann and Caroline Frances, 2. In some way, Carol Ann opened the rear door and tumbled out of the car, into the path of an approaching automo bile, which struck and killed her. j To Preach Here Rev. M. D. Garrett, nationally] known Baptist preacher, of Chat tanooga, Tenn., will preach at the Gospel Tabernacle in Boone Mon day evening December 16, at 7:30. Releigious sound films will be used in connection with the service. The sermon topic will be: "When tFe Skeletons Come Walk ing Out of Their Closets." The public is invited. Itemi From The Democrat Of December 12. 1907 Miss Alice Boyden left Tuesday for Hickory, where she will spend a few weeks with relatives, after which she will go to Florida for the winter. Little Lina Fletcher has been right unwell for some time, but is thoitfht to be some better now. Henn1 T. Hayes, who recently moved back from Virginia, has purchased the Dr. Little property at Blowing Rock, and will again enter the merchantile business at that place. Married at the home of the groom in East Boone yesterday, Mr. Joseph Cook to Misg Bessie, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Norris of Sands, Rev. J. H. Brendall performing the cere mony, The groom is one of our popular young merchants, and the bride is much liked by all who know her. Just as we close our forms we State College Hints T o Homemakers The dark greasy stains that ac-i cumlate on the interior surface of ovens in kitchen ranges are dif ficult to clean. Ordinary washing or wiping will not remove them because the grease has "baked on." Scouring often is used but, unless done with care, may dam age the enamel finish. The fumes of ammonia are helpful in softening the substance and making it easier to wash or wipe off. Home economists of the U. S.. Department of Agriculture suggest placing a shallow bowl of household ammonia in the oven for several hours or overnight. The fumes given off then will have time to loosen the greasy stains. A badly soiled oven may need this treatment for several successive nights. To keep the oven clean, home economists advise leaving the! door open after use until the oven is cool. This will "air out" many of the volatile odors and oils from baking. This also helps pre vent rusting of metal surface by the steam from food. Any food that boils over or spills in the oven should be wiped up at once and not allowed to burn on. Color has a way with fashion! It can pay extravagant compli ments. It can make a frock a howling success or a dismal fail ure; or, it can make one dress in to practically a whole winter learn that two of Register May's little children are badly scalded. The little boy, in the absence of his mother from the room, lift ed a vessel of boiling water from the stove, overturning it with the above results. Mrs. Walter Hayes, after many months of suffering, died at her home at Sugar Grove on Deceni bec_i, of consumption, leaving a husband and three small children. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins. Mrs. A. E. Trivett, who is under treatment of Dr. Hodges at the Blackburn Hotel, received the sad news Tuesday that her sister, Mrs. Solomon Greene, of Washington county, Tenn., was violently ill with but little hopes of recovery. Rev. J. F. Davis returned last week from Butler, Tenn., where he was engaged for some time in a revival meeting. He reports a most wonderful revival, there being about 40 additions to the Butler church. wardrobe. Choose with thought and care the colors you wear, i The safest time to use non perspirants or deodorant prepara tions is after undressing at night. Care should be taken not to drop any of the liquid preparations on underwear or night- cloths or to use so much of the creams that they get on fabrics. Powder ap plied over these preparations at night and again in the morning helps protect cloths. Shields may be as useful in protecting against these chemicals as against per spiration. ONE WAY TO GET VACATION Elkhart, Ind. ? In an effort to control an epidemic of scalp ringworm, Elkhart health author ities placed stocking caps on in fected school children and direct ed them to remain from school. It wasn't long before some un infected children, hoping for a vacation from school, began of fering the victims from 10 to 25 cents for the stocking caps hareTluck" Tulsa, Okla. ? After waiting for nearly six years to obtain a radio station. Fred Jones excitedly came to the day of dedication for station KFMJ. There were greet ings on the air from Tulsa civic, business and political leaders, but none from Jones. On the long awaited day, Jones awoke to dis cover that he'd lost his voice and couldn't speak above a whisper. O'Connor reports 1946 polio epidemic worst in nations history. World traiff negotiations in Geneva to be based on reciprocity. New Farm Machine Prepares Soil In Single Operation Rototiller in Operation The new Rototiller (arm machine, produced by Grahapi Paige Motors in the giant Willow Run plant, prepares soil for planting in a single operation, making unnecessary the three op erations of plow, disk and harrow. The five-horsepower tillage unit, which churns and cruifibles the soil to a depth of nine inches, has attachments which adapt it to a score of other farm tasks, us ing the belt pully, cultivator, field mower, furrower, hay rake, Hiller. lawn mower. Lawn roller, planter, Ridger. Bulldozer, sprayer, trailer, rash coverer, water pump, etc. The Rototiller is expected to revolutionize tillage methods on small and medium-size farms. It w-11 make the plow obsolete for certain tasks, and is a great time and labor saver. The tiller works the seed bed thoroughly from top to bottom, leaving no lumps or air pockets to interfere with moisture absorp tion. Soil can be wrked earlier, permitting air to penetrate the finely crumbled earth. In one operation the new tiller produces a more thoroughly prepared seed bed than is obtained in several operations with plow, disk and harrow. From 251 to 33 1-3% more yield is obtained by using this method, and at the same time mixes the humus thoroughly with the soil so it is used as a ferti lizer the first year. This also causes the soil to remain loose and crops get a better start. This unique machine, invented in Switzerland, has been avail able in this country only in limited quantity. We have a few for delivery now. The next we receive will be higher in price. See this machine or wriia us for a fre booklet, also Mt us about your other farm machina ry needs, such as traclrs and 35 other kinds of farm equipment that are now becoming available. E. S. QUALL& Temporary Headquarters. Bus Terminal Bide. Boone, N. C. Take Weed Trees From Woodlands Farm Forester John E. Ford of Wilkesboro says that one of the first steps in growing a good crop of timber is to have trees of good timber quality and that, for this reason, "weed" trees should be removed. To correct the situation of too many weed trees in average woodland, the Wilkesboro Cham ber of Commerce, together with the representatives, the Stat> College Extension Service, is holding a Forestry field day on December 4 for 52 farm boys of Wilkes county, selected upon the basis of their interest in improv ing forestry conditions in- the area. These boys represent 10 of the leading high schools in the county They will be shown how to properly thin young timber, how to scale and estimate vol umes of standing timber, and how to selectively cut a stand of timber along with other good forestry practices. At the close of the day there will be contests and prizes will be awarded. All of the boys will be eligible to receive 1,000 tree seedlings each to plant on the home farm and these tr^es are to be donated by the Chamber of Commerce. In the fall of next year the boy who has the largest number of trees to survive will receive a special prize. R. W. Graeber, Extension For ester at State College, will be in charge of the field day exercises and demonstrations. The boys to jattend the school were selected by county agent R. D. Smith, as sistant agent D. D. Williamson, and Ford on the basis of a tree quiz which was held at each of the schools. CARD OF THAKII The family of Mr. and Mrs W A Gi Ilium of Rominger, wish to express heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the many kindnesses shown them dur ing the illness and death of their daughter. Birdie Greer Tardy Only a Momenl to Wait A Negro called at the hospital and said: "I called to see how ma fren' Joe Brown was getting along." j The nurse said: "Why, he's get ting along fine: he's convalescing )W." "Well," said the darkey, "I'll just sit down and wait till he'6 through." YOUR ^ GRAIN , For Lots of MILK $ \ A: Make a better milk-maker out of s Jfci your grain. Mix half and half with Jm? *?' grain (by weight). r/% with PURINA COW CHOW We now have a complete line of Purina Feeds of all kinds. Plenty of Fresh Eggs. Just Received Carload of Asphalt Shkigles WILSON'S FEED STORE i 1 jj All Upholstered Furniture is being offered from now until Christ mas at a special reduction of 10 This includes Living Room Suites, Odd Chairs, etc. i ? ? < Shop with us for a wide variety of handsome and economical gifts for the home. We can aid you materially with your gift problems . . . and save you money. Burgess Antiqe Shop
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