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WATAU6A DEMOCRATI An Independent Weekly Newspaper EVERY THURSDAY btablished in 1888 and published for 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivers, Sr. R. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher | SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN WATAUGA COUNTY One Year $1.50 Six Months _ 1.00 Four Months .76 OUTSIDE WATAUGA COUNTY One Year *240 Six Months 1.40 Four Months 1.00 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS In requesting change of address, it it important to mention the OLD, Its well as the NEW address Cards of Thanks. Resolutions of Respect, 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. "Th? basic of our government being th? opinion of the people, the very first objective should be to keep that right. and were It left to me to decide whether we should have a govern ment without newspapers, or newspa pers without government. I should not hesitate a monment to choose the lat ter. But 1 should mean that every men should receive these papers and be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson. THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 1948. GOLDEN GLEAMS In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of. ? Confucius In a change of government, the poor seldom change anything ex cept the names of their Master. ? Phaedrus I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the ocmmon will. ? James of England There are few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others. ? Thomas Hobbes If men be good, government cannot be bad. ? William Penn The ordinary affairs of a na tion offer little difficulty to a person of any experience. ? Thomas Jefferson KING STREET (Continued from page 1) plopped his left foot way-out at a 45-degree angle, spoka nary a word, but smiled a ?mil* of gladness and innar contentment which we than! forget . . . About the time tHe beat was penetrating Pink's tattered garments, we entered the sphere of his odiferous but happy silence, and remarked about the weather . . . remind ing him that night would over take him before he could re cross the mountain, and that the temperature was hovering around the xero mark and look ad as if it was bound to go loV er . . . Pink smiled even more contentedly as he began to munch our cigarette tobacco, and as we begin to inquire in to the stale of affairs at his bouse. He brushed this aside, admitted it was chilly ? but not the freezing type of weath er he encountered with Napo ' leon Bonaparte on a few oc cassions . . . We insisted he had better gel him up some food ? we'd pay the bill ? and start home, it was getting colder. "Yep," he said, may freese ? right hard . . . but let 'er come . . . old Pink's ready I" Pretty soon, he took our proferred currency, made himself a few hurried purchases and started back to the mountain in the blinding blixxard. happy as a Jay-bird in June. ? ? ? OLD PINK, whose big tales were well told, and often smooth ed up a bit for him by the writer, so as he would believe them a little more . . had found some thing in his hectic harum-scarum trip through this life that most of us have missed ? happiness. He generally wanted to know "If you've a quarter by ye", but didn't appreciate the coin nearly ?o much as our praise of his historial abilities, and the bit of help we gave him with his tales ... So far as we know he /iied perhaps a bit on the hungry side, but uncomplaining and content ed. w ? ? ? ''Neither locks they had to their doors. nor bars to their windows; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners: There the richest was poor, and Dm poorest lived in abun "? ? and On and On 'tiU Election Day!" AGAINST PARKWAY TOLL (Greensboro Daily News.) The Daily News finds itself substantially in accord with the Asheville Citizen in its opposi tion to proposal of the Interior Department for conversion of the Blue Ridge Parkway into a toll road. To be sure the toll proposed by the department is small, a fee system of 25 cents per car and $l-a-year permits on the scenic highway. From one angle, the smallness of the charge argues against it. Patently it would not provide sufficient income, even if one figured on a basis of sev eral million visiting cars a year, to do very much in the way of construction or roadside beautifi cation. It would be sufficiently large, however, to cause irrita tion and protest and to entail em ployment of collecting, enforce ment and accounting agents which would eat into the relative ly small sum which would accrue. Our idea of the Blue Ridge Paikway is that it is put there by the people for all the people that they may come, see and en joy the beauties of Nature, that it is intended to fulfill a cultural and recreational role which fits in with governmental responsi bility for advancement of the citizenry and spread of whole someness. Its construction and maintenance have come from general apropriations and will have to continue to come from that source should the proposed tolls be collected. As our Ashe ville cotemporary stresses: "After all, the parkway is a rather unique federal institution. It is a national park project and it is administered by the park service. It belongs to the whole people. It is not a commercial road; in fact, commercial vehicles are specifically barred from us ing it. The great attraction of the parkway is its scenic beauty, not its traffic utility. The De partment of the Interior should no more contemplate toll charges on the Blue Ridge Parkway than on, say, the roads and trails in the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park. "While there is some precedent for federal toll roads, the practice of charging fees to motorists on government property is not, in our opinion, in the best public interest. Construction and deve | lopment funds usually come out iof regular budget appropriations, that is. from general taxes. The average motorist who uses or who will use the Blue Ridge Parkway is already paying his share for its creation and sup port." Such a protest comes with all the more good faith and, we hope, effectiveness from a North Carolina citizenry which, through its state, . is formally committed to abandonment of toll roads and bridges and has expended mil lions of dollars to effectuate that commitment as a -matter of public service, convenience, necessity and benefit. Sound public policy, it seems to us, pre cludes making the people who pay for roads and to whom they belong shell out additional fees of any kind to use1 them. The principal proposed by the In terior Department is small; but the principle involved is large. Buy United States Savings Bonds! . I BRIEF NEWS French discover a new pene trating body in cosmic days. Clay aide says U. S. does not intend to be forced out of Berlin. Strongest fight against tax on margarine is due in Congress. $50,000,000 given by children of late J. N. Pew for foundation. Retailers are urged to buck price increases and seek rollbacks. Industry urged to cut $5,000, 000,000 materials handling costs. Nation's steel capacity up 3, 000,000 tons in 1947 to 94,233,640. Industry will spend $4,000,000, 000 on expansion in first quar ter. , Navy drops officer-coach plan, seeks civilian football mentor. Ohio State's borrowed time vic tory is voted "oddity" of year. Chinese "bandits" kill three missionaries north of Hankow. Commandant denies that U. S. n>arines will go to Palestine. Food price rise is forecast as production of farm tools lags. Purchasing agents expect busi ness to continue upward in 1948. Personal income in November equal.to $204,900,000,000 a year. Dean Cromwell named head coach of U. S. Olympic track squad. Paul Porter holds success in Greece a keystone of Marshall Plan. Coal-steel contract for $7,000, 000 reopens trade with Japan. Slav ties set as basis dl Po land's foreign policies in 1948. Rise in newsprint costs deep ens the British press crisis. Argentine puts export grain surplus at -i.OOO '0 tons. Taber sees $??,Jo0,000,000 in crease to Government costs. 7.8 billions spent on veterans in year ended June 30, 1947. Federal cost-of-living rose to new record on Nov. 15. CCC to buy 1947 crop tobacco for French monopoly. Outlook for winter wheat crop in nation growing brighter. Massachusetts budget of $208,-! 014,579 sets record for the state. Canada's 1947 trade deflicit Exports of American autos bar red to Japan. Louis signs to risk heavy title for last time in New York next June. Czech leftists practically wipe out private textile distribution. Survey shows the Japanese re signed to idea of dictated peace. Fashion is righting itself after new-look spree, designer finds. BLS says strikes numbered 3, 600 last year, against 4,985 in 1946. Rentner terms feminity the basis of the style trend for 1948. Wallace's chief support is Com munist, William Green says. Coaches ask end to pro ad vances to college baseball players. Michigan is rated over Notre Dame in national football poll. DiMaggio signs Yankee con tract. SPRAINED THUMB CAUSES PANIC Hollywood, Calif. Ok? While hurrying to catch a bus, Alfred Schrier, 21, was struck by an automobile and knocked to the pavement. He struggled to get up, but helpful onlookers restrained him, carefully wrapped him in a blanket and called the ambul ance. At the hospital, he was thoroughy examined. The diag nosis: A sprained thumb. Letters to the Editor WE THANK YOUI Mr. Rivers: I read the Demo crat every week ? every word from cover to cover. Orchids to you. Bob, and all your staff! Boone should be proud of having such a good pa per and editor . . . and as I hear it ? we all are! Thanks a million! MRS. BILL WELCH. Boone. Food costs in November were up five per cent over the same period in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey of 56 large cities reveal ed that, by mid-November, the national Retail food price index had risen to 202.7 per cent of the 1935-39 average. This is 39 per cent above June, 1946. WAIT \t*m "OPPOHTUXIR KVOCKK IIEHK" FOR SALE? 17 acres Land, good house, good bam. cellor. Id acres cleared, 7 in woods. 2\<t mile* from Boone, Jef ferson road. $2,400. Good terms. Wil ls rd Presnell. Boone. l-22-2p HATS- -Just received a shipment of mens' and young mens' wool felt hats. I Nice assortment of shades and styles. ' $2.50 values now priced $1.95. Eco-i nomy Store. tc FOR SALE ? Registered Tennessee walking horse. 7 yrs. old. Top plea sure horse. Traffic broke. Link Spain hour. North Wilkesboro. N. C. L-22-2p FOR SALE ? 1946 Forti pick-up in No 1 condition. W C. Greene. Boone. N C. l-22-2p FOR SALE -Eight pigs, half OIC and half Herford, 7 weeks old. E. S. Nor ris, Boone. Rt. 1. l-22-2p WATER PUMPS? Weil-Myers Some types in stock. We can install at any time Howard Coffey. Plumbing and Heating Co.. Inc. Phone 124-J Boone, and phone 3206 Blowing Rock lc STOKERS ? Delco-Anchor in stock. Furnaces, oil or coal. Estimates free. Howard Coffey Plumbing and Heating Co.. Inc. Phone 124-J in Boone and 3206 Blowing Rock. lc FOR YOUR plumbing and heating needs, we can give you quick service, at as reasonable a price as any. Call us. Howard Coffey, Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. Phone 124-J Boone and 3206 Blowing Rock. lc MONEY SAVING PRICES ? We are still offering all of our shoes at $1.00 pair off regular price. This includes men's and boys' boots, men's and boys' work *hoes. men's and boys' dress ox ford's and slippers. Women's, girl's and children's oxfords and slippers. Men's 'and boys' brand new combat boots, $6 95 Men's and boys' army combat boots, original sole and heel. $3.95 One lot women's and girls' oxfords and slippers reduced to 75 cents pair or 3 pair for $2.00. Men's and boys' oxfords and slippers. $1.00. One lot women's and girls' coats reduced to $1.75. Children's rain coats 50 cents. Reduced price on all rubber foot wear. 100 boy's and girls' sweaters reduced to $1.00. regular price on these more than twice this much. Women's and ; girls' skirts $1.75 Boy's dress coats. ?2.?X>, regular price $3.35. Boy's all wool mackinaws and lumber jackets one half price. All dresses greatly reduced 1 One lot men's and young mens' dress pants $3.50, regular price $5.95. Eco nomy Store lc TOR SALE- 1940 model Chevrolet pick-up in good condition, price $300. 1 1917 model Ford truck, 2 ton, with stake and gravel body, also 1948 tag for 12,000 lbs. This truck has been driven less than 10.040 miles. Will sell for $1.900 00 B G. Teams, Boone. N. C. IP FOR SALE? 1937 Chevrolet coupe. Fair condition, at a reasonable price. Carson Storie. Blowing Rock. Rt. 1. l-22-3p FOR SALE OR TRADE ? 1941 Plymouth four ooor sedan. Paint perfect, motor Just rebuilt, heater and good tires. 1940 Ford Tudor de Luxe, good motor, new paint, heater and four new tires. Ed S Quails. 405 E. Main St., phone ?-W. Boone, N C. lc FOR SALE ? 1830 Ford coupe. In good enough condition to pass state mechanical examination. Lewis Wilson, Lovlll, N. C. lp FOR SALE ? At a bargain, 40 gallon automatic electric water tank, almost new Excellent condition. Call 10<5-W l? RADIO BATTERIES. 1400 hour metal clad AB packs. Special this week $8i)5. Our customers find they last one third longer than the 1000 hour bat teries yet they sell lor less Western Auto Associate Store. l-22tfc FOR RENT -Two room cottage on Howard Street. Lights and water. See W. C Greer or write L. L. Crltcher, Boomer. N. C. 1 -22-2p FOR SALE ? Two door 1939 Ford de Luxe Excellent condition, four new tires. N. C. Norris. Boone Rt 2. lp LET BOONE TRANSFER do your! hauling We sell ice and coal. Phone! 216-J. "J. W. Grimes and R. D Horton. 1 -22-2p FOR SALE ? 1934 Plymouth standard sedan. Good tires, in good running order. See M. P. Trivett, Rominger, N. LADDER JACKS for sale $15 00 per set. Estes Machine Shop, Boone. N. C. ?p IF YOU NEED Gurnsey or Jersey cows or heifers, straw or brood sows, see or write Coy Yates, Rt. 1, Box 78. Vilas. N. C. 2p FOR HIRE ? Long distance and local hauling. Prompt and courteous ser vice. Will appreciate your business. David Horton. phone 9105, Todd's Ser vice Station. Boone. N. C. 4p FARM FOR RENT Wanted reliable tenant to farm good 135 acre farm on share-crop basis. The land is in excellent state of cultiva tion, the cultivatable land being com posed of approximately 35 acres of bottom land and 25 acres of rolling up-land. all of which can be farmed with machinery. The farm la located approximately 5 miles from Lenoir on Lenoir-North Wilkes bo ro highway, located close to good schools and churches. Modern house including run ning water and electricity. Prefer that applicant own his own machinery or stock, however, could help right man finance machinery or stock. Good op portunity for right family. Need not apply unless you are experienced farm er and can furnish good references. If interested see or write Max C. Wilson. Lenoir. North CMfclina. giving ex iperience. referencesand <ize of family. | l-*-4c S NEW TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Fast delivery, expert repair serv ice, all makes. LENOIR OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. Phone 419. Lenoir, N. C. [Authorized distributors of Rem ington Rand office equipment. 10-2-tfc NORTH WILKESBORO BEAUTY SCHOOL G I approved Now open to both boys and girls. l-30-tfr FIREWOOD. STOVEWOOD. f%Mter wood, slabs, poles, treelaps. green or teasoned. Cut to order Buy your winter wood now Phone 5 W GUI Phillips. 7-M-tfc OR C. G BAUOHMAN. eye, ear no*, ind throat specialist of Ellzabethtor. renn., will be at tbe Watauga Hos pital In Boone the first Monday in eaoh month (or the practice of his pro VA EXPENDITURES Expenditures of the Veterans Administration during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1947, reach ed a total of $7,805, 355,201, more than twelve times the pre-w<?r rate, according to Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator. Of this sum, $6,009,161, 862 was spent in the United States; $52,304, 213 in the U. S. possessions; and $16,512, 003 in foreign countries. STRIKES The total number of strikes dropped from 4,985 to 3,600 in 1947, with about 2,200,000 men as compared with 4,600,000 in being involved in strikes in 1945 1946. Three 1947 strikes account ed for almost half of the years idleness. There were the nation-^ wide telephone strike in April and May, East Coast ship yard strike of late summer and the soft coal strike. They cost 15,000, 000 man-days. AUTO RIDE FATAL TO BABY " Toronto ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris recently took their three children on a pleasure drive, with their 19-months-old baby, Robert, and his 4-year-old sister, Doris, in the back seat. When they arrived > home, they found the baby dead ? an apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisin fng. The fumes were thought to have been caused by a home made apparatus placed by Harris on the muffler of his car to sub stitute for a heater. $1,980 CLERK LEAVES $45,000 Washington ? After working for 23 years as a clerk in the Agricultural Department at a top salary of $1,980 a year, Miss Bertha M. Roberts died on June, 1946, at the age of 73, leaving an estate of $45,000 to help young men and women studying for re ligious careers. The nation's 1947 soybean crop has been estimated by the crop| reporting service at 177,379,000|| bushels. V * Vacancies In Army For Negro Recruits Vacancies now exist in certain Army units for Negro men in this area, it was announced to day by Sergeants DeLuca and Triplett of the Army and Air Force recruiting service. Qualified Negro men in North and South Carolina are now eligible for vacancies existing in the following units: 35th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Fort Meade. Md.; 17th QM Salvage Collecting Company, Camp Campbell, Ky.; 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington; 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Sill Oklahoma; 420th Medical Collecting Com pany, Fort Bragg, N. C.; 821st Fumigation and Bath Company, Camp Campbell, Kentucky; 396th Transportation Corps Truck Com pany, Fort Benning, Ga.; and 555th Parachute Infantry Battal ion. Fort Bragg, N. C. The Sergeants said that vacan cies would be filled from quotas allotted to each recruiting of fice. and urges all interested men to get their applications in early. The Army and Air Force re cruiting Sergeants will be at the Post Office in Boone each Mon day from 9 a. m. to 4 p. ra. The practical solution of the intestinal parasite problem in poultry does not lie in the con tinued use of deforming pro ducts, but in the rearing of chickens under conditions which will prevent or at least limit the degree of infection. OUT 'CABLES! 0*1 H?l? Mwylftt pwksgtd Ml to r?plcx* war* ?park ply* t.t>U> Fottory mii^ sad appr*v*4. Barnett Motor Co. Eul Main 81. Boom. II. & DONT COUGH Your Head Off! Ask For v Mentho-Mulsion If it fails to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your your money back. Boone Drug Co. Th? REXALL Store ^ DR. L. E. WELLMAN Optometrist MOUNTAIN CITY, TENN. Office Days: Tuesdays, Wednes days, Thursdays, 9 a. m. to t p. m. 6-20- tf KAISER - FRAZER CONTEST 1135,000 FKEE! 8 contests. 1.3S0 prises, at no cost to you. Nothing to buy. No coupons or box lops to tend in. Just see us or write for entry blanks. You can enter the 8 contests with a chance at 170 prises each week, including three new cars. A copy of the rules which accompany the entry blanks is very simple. QUALLS MOTOR COMPANY Temporary headquarters at residence. 405 E. Main Street PHONE 39- W _ BOONE. N. C. good/Vear TIRES Trad# your worn tires now on the new Goodyear that best meets your driving needs ? the saw-toothed De Luxe Rib ? the DeLuxe All-Weather lor extra tract!on< super non-skid safety. 34% MORE NON-SlriD MILEAGE IN ACTUAL ROAD TESTS ? Stronger Card >?ilf ? WMtf. n?rtl?r IrMd ? Huskier Skonldrr Design 600-16 $15.25 Plus Tax New Tubes Save Tires e WARNING: IB*/# of all lire trouble occurs In the lost 10% of tire lile. Better get rid of those worn, damgerout tires now and r!<ie worry-lree on sale ne<~ Goodyear*. We'll buy "the last 10%". Swof ford's Tire Store
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