WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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"The basis of our government being
the opinion of the people, the vary
first obJecUve should be to keep that
right, and were It left to me to gedde
whether we should have a govern
ment without newspapers, or newspa
pers without government, I should not
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tar. But I should mean that every
man should receive these paper* and
be capable of reading them."? Thomaa
Jefferson
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947
GOLDEN GLEAMS
Life is not measured by the
time we live. ? Crabbe
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a
struggle; Old age a regret.
? Disraeli
The measure of a man's life is
the well-spending of it, and not
the length. ? Plutarch
I count life just a stuff to try
the soul's strength on.
? Robert Browning
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dujt thou art, to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul.
? Longfellow
JULY 4, 1776
"We hold these truths to be
self-evident: ? that all men are
created equal; that they arc en
dowed by their Creator with cer
tain unalienable Rights; that
among these are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of Happiness.
Thit, to secure these Rights, gov
ernments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the Govern
ed." ? Declaration of Indepen
dence.
JULY 4TH GLORIOUS
ANNIVERSARY
Independence Day means much
to the United States and other
struggling nations as well. In
1947, with power politics the way
of most of tha world, it is im
portant that the significance of
the day be impressed throughout
our country and the world.
On July 4th, 1776, tv/elve
colonies, all the original thirteen
except New York, through their
representatives in the Continental
Congress, approved of the Decla
ration. Two committees had been
appointed by the Congress on
June 10th to draw up a Declara
tion and articles of confederation.
These committees were ap
pointed after a motion by Richard
Henry Lee, which was seconed
by1 John Adams on June 7th. Ac
ction on the motion was deferred
unitil July 1st and it was passed
July 2nd. The committees were
th{n appointed and the Declara
tion was approved but was sign
ed, on that day only by John
? Hancock as President of the Con
gress. It was not until August 2nd
that 53 members of the Congress
sigped the Declaration.
This Declaration led to the first
war of the young country which
finally gained its freedom fiom
Great Britain. That Declaration
was not long ago, as time is
measured in history, only 171
years. But in that brief time, this
free nation has become the leader
foil most nations of the world. We
have fought half a dozen wars in
the effort to maintain freedom
and the security of our country
Th^is far, we have never lost a
war with a foreign country, and
toaay we are striving (to keep
ourselves prepared for any new
threat to our security.
The Fourth of July reminds the
people of Watauga county that
th^y have much of which to be
pr6und. In a world of imperfect
m<jn and imperfect governmental
systems, we have begun and suc
cessfully continued a government
thjt is a people's government. We
dof not hold that it is a perfect
government. It can and will be
innroved. But we are jealous of
itigreat blessings. We must con
stantly recall the glories of our
system and the democracy that
is jour heritage.
The Fourth of July ? it is a dayi
of : celebration, a remembrance of
a ' great day and a great time.
Among the other nations of the
w<}rld, too taw have such a day
to 1 celebrate.
&ugar for home canning of
friiitfi, fruit juices and for a|e
serving will be made available
to | institutional users, and to
household users who intend to
se$ their products, according to
an announcement from the USDA.
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The total of sales of North
Carolina's prinicipal commercial
'truck crops in 1945 was estimated]
at $17,372,000. ? I
Dale Carnegie
Talk about getting a late start
?well, here's a good example.
Vbout someone you've heard of.
When he was 52 years old he had
accomplished nothing. In addi
tion, his financial assets added
jp to exactly a dollar. Well, be
turned out all right, for that was
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of
?he telegraph.
He had worked eleven years
in his telegraph and had got
lowhere. Friends who believed
firmly in the eventual success of
[lis ideas, had tried to get Con- 1
jress to help him with an ap
propriation. But Congress ad- 1
journed without handing him a 1
dime. He borrowed money and
went to England to get a patent; i
was thrown out. He went to
France and tried to get a patent, i
tVas granted one there, but there ;
was some crooked work at the
.Tossing and the patent was ap- ]
propria ted and other people got ]
the money. He came back, and <
Congress at that late day, did ,
pass a bill handing him some j
noney with which he could ex- t
jpriment. Well, those experi
nents were a whopping success. f
n ten years he was known j
iround the world. He got a late
start; but he came down the
?ome stretch a length a head of
lis nearest competitor.
Interviewed Dr. John Harvey
Kellogg when he was 87 years
)ld. He was, to list one of his ac
:omplishments, owner of the
Vliami Battle Creek Sanitarium,
n Miami Springs, Florida. He
lad three secretaries, and one of
them confided to me that he
lept them on the jump from
morning till night, regardless of
the difference in ages. Altogether
jn astonishing man. (Maybe you
read in the papers two months
igo about his death.)
He told me that he did not
know what he w&s cut out for
until he was 50 years old. He
said that often the man who
makes a slow start is the one
who runs longest.
Maybe you've seen Samuel S.
Hinds in the movies. I once had
dinner with him a club in
Pasadena (I can't remember the
name of the club except that it
had "Oak" in it) and he told me
that he had never stood in front
of a movie camera until he was
55. Until that age he had been a
business man. He lost his money,
had to start over again. On ap
pearing in a stage play at Gil
njour Brown's Pasadena Play
house in Pasadena, California,
he attracted the attention of the
moving picture producers, and
landed in the movies. He got a
late start, but is galloping along
(like Whirlaway in his prime.
In 1929 there wat an event in
Chicago which attracted the most
brilliant educators in the country.
People came for thousands of
miles for the occasion. Not a
football game; not a political
powow. No, the occasion was the
inauguration of a young man of
thirty as president of the fourth
richest university in this country:
the University of Chicago; a uni
versity with an endowment of
seventy million dollars.
The young who was to be in
augurated as president had work
ed his way through Yale as a
waiter. But now the great sat at
his feet: Robert Maynard Hutch
ins.
i was not there, but I got a
glimpse of it from the late Dr.
Jefferson Davis Sandefer. for
merly president of Hardin-Sim
mons University, Abilene. Texas.
Dr. Sandefer sat on the platform
next to the father of the new
president. Turning to him he
said, "I notice that one of the
newspapers made a bitter attack
on your son today."
This was stating it mildly, for
young Hutchins had not' only
been attacked by the newspapers
and by the educational bigwigs,
but had been bitterly denounced.
Dr. Hutchins' father sat for a
moment, thinking, then said
quietly: "Yes. that's true. But re
member. no one ever kicks a
dead dog."
Remember that the next time
someone attacks you.
The moment you raise your
head even slightly above the
water level of mediocrity, you
will discover a lot of jealous,
envious, critics on the banks of
the river ready to throw mud
balls at you. Some of the mud
balls will have rocks inside. This
has been true throughout the
ages; and it will be true until
human nature changes. La Roche
foucauld. the French philosopher,
said many years ago: "If you
want enemies, excel your friends;
but if you want friends, let your
friends excel you." Why is that
true? Because when our friends
excel us, it gives them a feeling
of importance; when we excel
them, it gives them a feeling of
inferiority. So if you accomplish
anything in the world, expect to
be attacked, denounced, con
demned. That was the fate of
Robert Maynard Hutchins. of
Abraham Lincoln, of Socrates,
and of. all the good, capable, and
great men who ever lived.
The total value of North Caro
lina's wheat crop in 1945 was
Estimated at $3,436,356.
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DR. L. E. WELLMAN
Optometriil
MOUNTAIN CITY, TENN.
Office Days: Tuesdays, Wednes
days, Thursdays, B a. m. tc
? p. m. 6-20-t!
llama From Tb? Democrat Of
July 2. 1908
Bruce Rhea and sister, Miss|
Margaret, Shouns Tenn., have
been visiting in Watauga sincej
Monday.
Prof. Kerley, superintendent o i
the Mooresviile graded school
has been added to the faculty of
the A. S. T. The teaching staff
now numbers twelve.
Mrs. PAn, son and little
daughter, stoppers at the Critch
er Hotel, are off for a few day?
visit to Creston, Ashe county, the
girlhood home of Mrs. Penn.
Mrs. A. V. Bennet of Charlotte,
is at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Winkler, for the summer.
Stuart Hodges came from
Blowing Rock Sunday and had a
little memento of his trip, a rattle
snake that he killed between the
tillage and Blowing Rock Hotel.
It was four feet long and had
seven rattles.
Capt. E. F. Lovill left Tuesday
?norning for Denver, Colo., where
tie goes as a delegate from the
eighth North Carolina district to
the Democratic National Conven
tion, which will convene in that
city next Tuesday. He will spend
a few weeks with his brother in
Denver and probably visit rela
tives in other states before his
return.
The telephone switchboard lias
been moved to ,its new quarters
in the Mrs. Toppings home in
East Boone.
Messrs Milton Coffey and Alex
Penley have purchased the Will
Green steam sawmill and are
putting down near the turnpike
a short distance below the Epis
copal church on a plot of land
bought of R. M. Green. A planer
and other machinery will be add
led.
E. S. Coffey and J. C. Fletcher
returned from the State conven
tion Tuesday. They went to
Charlotte very enthusiastic for
Craig, and returned loyal Kitchin
men, that is the idea. This is no
time for a division in the Demo
cratic ranks if some were sadl.
disappointed oVer the defeat of
Locke Craig.
BRIEF NEWS
Jinnah is evasive concerning
plans for Pakistan state in India.
British potteries increase out
put to meet American demand.
GLass capsules are planned to
enclose AAF pilots in jumps.
Jim Tully, hobo who became
author, dies on Coast at age of 56.
Ration banking comes to an
end; no more deposits accepted.
Mexico is plagued by shortage
of dollars; tourist trade slumps.
Canada to study Newfound
land bid to join the Dominion.
Improved air safety held pos
sible amid inherent hazards.
NAM urges maintenance of ade
quate merchant marine.
European cooperation in free
enterprise seen needed by world.
Federal control of consumer
credit near end.
Net income of 228 industrial
concerns up 305 per cent in last
year.
Olympic games of 1952 are
voted to Helsinki, Finnish capi
tal.
Geneva trade talks progress
despite United States wool bill.
British say Soviet zone pro
gram ignored will of Germans.
China pleds for United States
help in Manchurin war.
U. N. making study of crime to
lay bosis for uniform controls.
Public apathy is held a hazard
to reducing traific deaths.
Dulles says democratic coun
tries must be protected.
Germany called "frustrating
mesj' by Sinclair Weeks.
Bin?. rocks Haifa after United
Nations inquiry unit departs.
World Bank funds, U. S.
methods urged to spur Ruhr coal.
Eastman house to be a photo
grapher center at Rochester.
Cochrane says United States
must be prepared for emergency.
Ample supply of steel for na
tion is seen by end of the year.
Clay sees German recovery fit
ting Marshal plan for Europe.
British will suffer unless Eu
rope recovers, Morrison warns
Lehman calls militant democ
racy defense against dictatorship
Hoover is asked to head s
drive on food waste in the nation.
Army, Navy reveal they face
shortage of aviation gasoline.
5,070,000 "normal" families
found to have two bread winners.
Life here merits the fullest ol
patriotism, Eisenhower asserts.
Dulles urges U. S. moral leader
ship to block communistic states.
U. S. planes with six jet motois
are studied at Wright Field.
The first authentic example of
a planned city is the Egyptian
city of Kahun, built as a housing
project for the men who worked
on the Illahun pyramid.
BREVITIES
Poultrymen save from seven to
15 per cent in grain and mash
feeds by growing pullets on
good range pasture rather than
on bare range.
About 39 per cent of America's
farms are operated by tenants.
The USDA announced that the
July 1-September 30, civilian
sugar allocation of 1,970,000 short
tons, raw value is about 350,000
tons greater than usau during
the same period in 19?.
Producer supports of 6 cents a
pound for 1947 -crop common
ryegrass seed grown west of the
Rocky Mountains, and of 7 cents
a pound for seed grown east of
the Rockies, have been announc
ed by the USDA .
Towels and toweling will be
the third largest domestic end use
market for cotton by 1950, ac
cording to the National Cotton
Council, unless an increase in
cotton prices gives other fibers
a stronger competitive position
than they now enjoy.
USDA announces a supple
mental allocation of 34,600 pounds
of edible soybeans and 150,000
pounds toilet soap to the Republic
of the Phillipines to meet estab
lished needs (commercial pro
curement).
Total production of tobacco in
1945 was estimated at 2,042 mil
lion pounds.
There were approximately 25,
000 unoccupied dwellings on
North Carolina farms in 1945.
The word "tobacco" is thought
to have originated from a reed
called tobacco that the Caribbean
Indians used as a pipe in which
to smoke a weed or from a pro
vince now referred to as Yuca
tan , where tobacco was first
igrown.
A loan of $2,669,00 to rural
electric cooperatives in six states
was approved by the REA. These
funds will be used to finance
rural electric facilities including
1,562 miles of rural distribution
lines to serve 4,366 farms.
NO WONDER IT HURT
Oswego. Kan. ? A patient told
a dentist that his false teeth "are
hurting me like thunder." The
doctoi investigated and found
that the man was cutting a
wisdom tooth beneath his plate.
Quincey, Mass. ? Henry Nie
land, Jr., recently received his
wallet, lost three years ago, with
an anonymous note explaining
the long delay ? it was just an
oversight. The wallet contained
nothing but papers.
I Johns-Manville chairman sees
1 90% of the people "better off."
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THIS WEEK'S
Pilot Knob Coffee, 5 lbs $1.85
Orange Juice, 46 ounces 27c
Bob White Syrup, 1 \ lb. bottle. . . . 19c
White House Vinegar, gallon 65c
Carnation, Pet, Borden Milk, 2 tall
cans . . 25c
? We are Headquarters for ?
Canning Supp]ies
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Tuxedo Feeds for Every Purpose
BEN WALLACE GROCERY
Smithey Old Building
KILLS MANY FOXES
Bloomfield, Ind. ? Dennis
Graves left his brooder house
door open for the night and the
next morning found 80 of his 102
chickens dead. Their bodies and
feathers were strewn over his
farm.
Suspecting foxes, he and his dog
set out on a search. They follow
ed a trail of feathers and tracked
the culprits to their lair, where
more dead chickens were found.
Summary vengeance followed.
The dog entered the den and re
turned with a dead criminal. He
made repeated trips until he had
killed and brought to the surface
six foxes, all about two-thirds
grown.
Top soil throughout the nation
averages about six inches in
|depth.
MOTHER -IN- LAW MIXUP
Tulsa, Okla. ? Jeannie Madsen
became Mrs. Lee Odom, expect
ing a minimum of mother-in-law
trouble.
Her marriage made her mother,
Mrs. Charles Madsen Odom, her
mother-in-law.
The mother, a widow, pre
viously had married Lee Odom's
father, J. T. Odom.
Now, young Odom is the son
in-law of his step-mother and a
step-son-in-law of his father.
The bride is the step-daughter
in-law of her own mother, and
her former stepbrother is her
husband.
Louis title fight off until fall;
Joe to retire next year.
Remember that barring off
'corn with . a turn plow, 4 to 5
inches deep and close to the plant,
Idestroys the surface roots of the
Iplant.
CHESTNUT
WOOD HAULERS
who have wood booked with
me, please do not bring this
wood until I give you notice
by postal card as plant has
closed down for repairs.
B. F. COOK
WhI Jeffenon. N. C.
C?nning
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CANNING JARS
Standard quality high test can
"in# jart. Order plenty for all
your needs at these low ericas:
Pints, dot. 75c
Quarts, dox. 85c
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