WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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ifetablished in 1888 and published
lor 45 years by the late
Robert C. Riven, Sr.
rTc. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher
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"Th? basic of our government bat _
the opinion o < tha people. the vary
first oblactlva should ba to kn? that
Tight, and wara It left to ma to decide
whether wo should have a stnram
?sat without newspapers, or m?wi
oars without government, I ihouid not
hesitate a monmant to diooee (fee tat
J*CmT ?
?tfmjRS.
SEPT. 9. 1948.
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preceded it ? Pubilius
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I- Experience is the mother of all|
things-John Florlo.
Man really knows nothing savel
whfet he hfcs learned' by his own|
experience. ? C. M. Wieland.
' Experience teaches fools, and)
be is a good one that will not|
learn by it ? Thomas Fuller.
Nobody will use other people's^
experience, nor have any of his
own till it Is too late to use it? |
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Men are wise in proportion,
not to their experience, but to|
thetr <cap?city for experience.
Gcorge Bernard Shaw.
VKING STREET
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bars of their race a dis -service
of the first magnitude . . Both
whites and blacks should con
tinue to discourage the presence
of such folks in the community,
for we are getting in right close
once In a while to stark trag
edy. and a lc$ of folka would
regret tt . 4 . but the heck of it
la. their opposition to violence
would avail Uttle ... it would,
chances are. be passive, and . .
detached.
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IT HAPPENED DOWN AT
WATAUGA HOSPITAL, where
roost of the members of future
rations first see the light of
r 1 A male patient, who was
better, was playing host
to somebody's fresh-born infant.
. . . the little fellow was sound
asleep, when two ladies passed
the qpen door, and one of them
caught a glimpse of the man and
the babe . . . They turned back,
and stood in the doorway, look
ing first at tjhe pinkish babe, then
aCnfc* "tewhiskered patient . . .
WSJ* tent away shaking their
heads, to return quickly . . The
tnsn - muttered something about
it being a new day, that man was
reaasuming his dominant role . .
Onq of \he women remarked "I've
seen 'every thing now," and down
the hall they clicked.
? ? ?
THE YOUNG MAN was kind
at upset ... He had observed a
lot, had read a lot or was Just
downright peered. ... He had
sour on the great Ameri
game of politics . . . "Too
rotten." quoth he. for respecta
ble folks to meddle with . . .
both parties . . . Just a race for
power, and a chase for gold, no
statesmen coming up any more
. . . don't care for any pert of
tt." . . . He's partly right, and
a whole lot wrong , . We cheer
fully admit that the hope of re
ward and the lore of authority
are strong pillars in the political
system ... we have often ob
served men laying down what
wo though were their cherish
ed sets of principles, because
they just wouldn't fruit at the
ballot box . . . few candidates
to be beaten badly en
as to support something
which even though it is funda
mentally right . . . the bal
ance of power at the ballot box
is against it . . . We know all
these things ... we have toyed
with peanut politics quite a bit
. * . hut the alleged evils in the
ire being perpetuated by
who won't have a part.
1 soiled ... If
kom'i like the
At Secret Spy Quiz
Ln Pmnnta ax-Naw Dul of
ficial and fanner CIO gaoa ral
couairi, is shown tfttr ha tasti
B?d fat licill before tha congress -
ional ipr pro ban. Preaaman de
clined to tall tha houia un-Ameri
can activities commitlaa whathaz
ha had mr baen a mam bar of
a communiit underground urgani
xaiion.
their unu g self-righteous alH
tudaa. go to tha pracinct con
ventions. to tha county con Van -
tions. and than ba right plumb
?ura to Tola coma November
they could -render a public ser
vice. hm a part fas goran
ment . . and htva laaa and laaa
to complain about as tha pan
roll by . . . Such folk* ramlnd
us of soma of tha raligious seal
ots who ara against everything
la craation. but never gat down
to being FOR anything . . . .
Tha negative approach to any
quastion is likaly to ba unfruit
ful.
Dale Carnegie
If you want to save from worry
those you leave behind you,
make a Will. Even then they
may have legal technical dif
ficulties, but not so many as if
you died intestate, and you will
be more likely to have your
money or effects distributed as
you would want them to be.
In a talk the other day with
John Poster, Corn Exchange
Bank, 33rd Street and 7th Ave
nue, New York City, ha said
that a very large percentage of
the business of lawyers came to
them befcause of men and wo
men dying without making a
wUl.
Said Mr. Foster, "the law
will take care of your estate
after you've gone far, far better
than while you are here; It will
take the full responsibility after
your death of seeing that your
wishes are carried out."
Then he told me a story of a
relative oi a is, a widowed cousin,
who was the second wife of her
husband. There were several
children of the husband by his
first wife. He died without a
will. Since his children were all
of legal age, and married, every
thing he had went to his second
wife. Before she could make a
will, she became ill, and never
again was competent to make a
will. She died.
What do you think happened
to that husband's estate? Yes, it
was inherited wholly by the dis
tant relatives of his second wife,
most of whom he had never even
so much as laid eyes on. The
children of the man who earned
the fortune got not* so much as
one penny!
Do you think that was in ac
cordance with what that man
would have wished? You know
full well that it wasn't.
Another instance, known to
me personally: A man named
George Brown was killed in an
automobile accident. Shortly
thereafter, his only child, a
daughter died, leaving no des
cendant. Her husband inherited
the estate. He died after a few
months, and before the estate
had even so much as been set
tled, the property went to that
husband's family, leaving out
entirely the twin brother of the
founder of the estate, and the
man who had helped him start
it in his early years of struggle,
and of whom he was very fond.
Naturally, he would have want
ed his twin brother to inherit
over those who meant nothing tc
him.
Yes, make a will, and plan foi
what happens to your money in
case your first choice never col
lects.
WILL SET ASIDE
Miami, Fla. ? The court hai
set aside the second will of the
late Abram Barker, which left
nearly, a million dollars to his
housekeeper, ruling th%t Barker
"was mentally weak and ex
tremely dependent on others by
reason of age and as a result of
a serious cerebral accident." The
will was attacked by three
nieces and Brown University,
who were to have shared ' the
entire estate under A previous
will, ?
TELLS GRAPHIC
STORY OF DEATH
OF NOTED PIRATE
Ail historical article
by Dr. S. E. Hodges, Maiden, N. C
Mention pirates to any North
Carolinian and his first thought is
of Blackboard, Any school child
of 8 or 10 years, knows of him
by nickname and also as Edwird
Teach or Thach.
Regardless of how much we
read of Morgan, Drake, Howard,
Stede Bennett, or Capt. Kidd, we
somehow regard Blackbeard as
our own. And small wonder, for
no place on the Atlantic Coast
furnished more or better hiding
places than the sounds, bays and
coves of tht North Carolina coast.
Not only this, but he had a l ime
on the shores of the beautiful bay
on which the sleepy old town of
Bath fronts, and on the opposite
side <ft the bay lived the prov
ince's Gov. Eden and his secreta
ry, Tobias Knight It was even
charged that the governor shared
jin the loot of the over-married,
bewhfckered pirate, and chests of
sugar and other plunder was
found in the house of Secretary
Knight. Be that as it may the peo
ple of the colony could never pre
vail upon the governor to make
any attempt to capture and pun
ish the freebooter, so the citizens
appealed to Governor Spotswood
of Virginia for relief. Every his
tory of him and of North Caroli
na tells us about him and his
leath, all different, except that all
agree that his conquerors sailed
up the bay to Bath with his head
on the bowsprit of his vessel and
none tell us that he hid "20 dis
mal cuts." The following account
is from the Boston News-Letter,
a two-columned, single shee, 6 x
10 inches, printed on both sides.
This was America's only newspa
per, established in 1704 by John
Campbell, postmaster of Boston.
As his information came direct
it should be an authentic account
of the death of Blackbeard on No
vember 22, 1718, nearly 230 years
ago. We have carefully followed
Editor Campbell's spelling, cap
italization, aiid punctuation in the
news story 100 days after the
happening:
"February 20. On the 12th Cur
rant arrived here ? ? ? Humphrey
Johnston in a sloop from North
Carolina and informs that Gover
nour SpotSwood of Virginia fit
ted out two sloops, well manned
with Fifty pickt Men of His Ma
jesty's Men of War, and small
Arms, Swords and Pistols, but no
great Guns, under Command of
Lieutenant Maynard of His Ma
jesty's ship Pearl, in pursuit of
that Notorious and Arch Pirate,
Capt. Teach, who made his
escape from Virginia when some
of his Men were taken there,
which Pirate Lieutenant Maynard
came up with, at North Carolina.
Teach called Maynard and told
him he was for King George, de
siring him to come aboard. May
nard replied that he designed to
come aboard and T'each under
standing his design, told him that
he would not meddle with him;
Maynard replied that it was him
he wanted and that he would
have him dead or alive, where
upon Teach called for a Glass of
Wine and swore Damnation to
himself if he either took or gave
Quirters; then Maynard told his
Men they could not escape if they
had a mind but must either fight
and kill or be killed: Teach be
gun, and fired several great Guns
at Maynard's sloop which did no
damage but Maynard worked his
Sloop nearer Teach's Sloop of
Ten Guns. Teach fired some small
Guns, loaded with* Swan shot,
spick nails and pieces of old iron,
which killed six and wounded
ten of Maynard's Men, upon
which Maynard ordered all the
rest of his Men to go down in the
Hould, himself, Abraham Demelt
of New York, and a third at the
Helm, stayed above Deck. Teach
seeing so few on the Deck, said to
his Men, the Rogues were all kill
ed except two or three and he
would go on board and kill them
himself, took hold of the fore
sheet and made fast the Sloops
and entered Maynard's Sloop
with 10 Men, and Maynard's Men
came on Deck and they fiut it
out Sword in hand, Maynard and
Teach fought it out and Maynard
crowded Teach to the Rail and
gave a thrust and the point of
his Sword went against Teach's
Cartridge Box and bended it to
;the hilt, and Teach broke the
, Guard of it, when Maynard
Jumpt back and threw his Sword
? aside and fired his Pistol which
,*wounded Teach sore, then . De
met gave Teach a terrible cyt on
the neck with his Broad Sword
and Teach fell on the Deck and
died. Maynard's Men all behaved
like Hero's and killed all Teach's
Men that entered without any ol
Maynard's dropping, though all
cut and mangled. In the whole
he had .eight killed and Eighteen
wounded, and Teach fell with
five Pistol balls and 20 dismal
Cuts, and 12 of his Men killed
and Nine made Prisoners, al)
wounded. Maynard cut off
Teach's Head and put it on the
Bowsprit and threw his body ov
erboard. He took the Prisoners to
Virginia to be Tryed. Teach
'would never been taken had
not been in such a hole at Ocra
coke that he could not get aw
ay."
So there, you have the story
fresh from the lipa of a North
Carolinian three months after it
happened, and printed in the on
ly weekly then appearing in all
America.
While he does not tell of May
nard sailing up to Bath, that part
of the episode is well authentica
ted by the colonial records of
North Carolina. Down at the bay
front at Bath are comfortable
benches shaded by the massive
live oak trees. After you've visi
ted old St. Thomas' church, the
oldest church building in North
Carolina, take a stroll down to
the water front, sit in the shade,
close your eyes, and perhaps you
can see in imagination the little
sloop beating up the bay with
the blackbearded head dangling
from the bowsprit.
There is one point on which all
the records are silent, for while
they tell us he married fourteen
wives, none tell us how many
survived to mourn their loss.
A story is current in the coast
country that Teach paid court to
Gov. Eden's daughter, but, she,
being bethrothed to a young man
repulsed his suit. He .captured the
young man and put to sea, cut
off the young man's right hand,
and threw him into the ocean, put
the hand in a silver casket and
sent it to Miss Eden, who lan
guished and died.
BNAKE BITE KILLS EXPERT
Long Beach, Cal. ? Mrs. Grace
Dlive Kiley, 84, one of the
world's most skillful handlers of
ieadly snakes, who had said she
would prefer death from a snake
bite to any other way, got her
wish. Within an hour and a half
after being bitten on the finger
by one of her venomous cobras,
the died. She was trying to mak*
the cobra lift his head and spread
its hood to be photographed.
BABY KILLED Of MOTHER'S
ARMS
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.? Rose Anne
Richel, 17 months old, was
electrocuted in her mother's
arms while being carried to a
birthday party. The mother, Mrs.
George Richel, went across high
speed trolley tracks as a short
'cut and accidentally came in
icontact with the high-voltage
tthird rail. The mother suffered
(burns and shock.
BRIEF NEWS
FDIC wipes out Wt of cfebt to
U. S. Treasury.
Soviet decrees citizens may
buy or build private homes.
Ex ? GI'i in England seek to
rejoin force restoring air base.
Secret diplomacy revives in
Europe with U. S. In leading
role.
Engineer says earth is due to
tumble like run-down top.
U. S. Peru trade urged to
strengthen inter-American ties.
Steel production increases, in
dicating new record ? for year.
India denies right to Hydera
bad to appeal to United Nations.
Industrials profits shows 7.9%
rise in first quarter of 1948.
President to carry campaign
for re-election to entire country.
Heavy cotton yield - revive*
majc&o crop problems ? of 1980. '
UV'?."*?cu?w Russia 4f tabo
tagttijr- 6aMktiit)d p- : ** :
'VVC^Wlll 'go ahead with plan
to bar radio give-away shows.
Retailers say August sales pre
sage increase for rest of year.
Russian calls New York
weather horrible in site protest
Dulles, back from Europe, says
war is not imminent.
Lag in output as labor casts
rise is found widespread.
U. S. bars Samoa to world
weary to preserve its simple
beauty.
State -by-state poll shows 420
deaths from polio.
90,000 tourists in July set Bri
tish record; 300,000 in year.
New vitamin red -blood builder
aids pernicious anemia. .
Draft of industry not necessary
now, Resources Board says.
Major political parties over
look Army speech requests.
Stalin ordered Czechs not to1
join ERP, Eric Johnston says.
U. N. budget ft* 4940 is pared
to $1,356,608 byrtonbiriics.
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BABY SWALLOWS RAZOR
BLADE
Adrian, Minn. ? Mrs. Richard
Maddem investigated when she
found her 22-months-old daugh
ter, Priscilla, apparently* ill, with
her tongue bloody, and, at the
same time, discovered she had
been playing with her father's
razor. Taken to a hospital, doc
tors X-rayed the baby and found
that she had 'BWallowed a razor
blade, which had become lodged
in her stomach. It was safely re
moved. .>
MO REPLY
Philadelphia, Pa. ? Along with
a notice to remit $5.35 in delin
quent taxes went a warning to
Harry Zeitz, 18, that he would
face court uni':<* prompt pay
ment was made. Zeits hfcd no re
ply ? he is under death sentence
ifor shooting a man during a hold
[up last December.
"Neat look" distinguishes fall
coat and suit collection.
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Government, as inflation curb,
eases surplus re- importation.
Navy discloses acceleration of
anti-submarine training.
Rotary Club
(Continued from page one.)
I The new Rotary club of Boone
has the same general objectives
as all other Rotary clubs in
North and South America. It
will bold its regular weekly
meetings 'in the Skyline cafe at
12:18 Thursday, after it is for
mally admitted to membership
in Rotary International. Its of
ficial Rotary charter will be de
livered by Mr. Everett Bierraan
of Charlotte, who was present at
the Monday night meeting.
Farm price levels head for re
cord; political effect studied.
If you have a cow or two that want to
cover too much territory, just put a
good tight stretch of Red Brand fence
between them and freedom. The uni
form tension crimps keep RED BRAND
tight in hot or cold weather year after
year. The firm knots don't slip ? stock
can't spread the wires apart. You save
money with Red Brand, too, because
it lasts longer, as proved in actual
weather tests. For the best buy in
fence, tee oa.
LOWE'S
North Wilkesboro Hardware Company
Opposite Post Office . . Phone 38d-742
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
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DELIVERIES, ^PRICES, ?'TRADE-INS
^FINANCING, ^ACCESSORIES
When a manufacturer produces a
car 0r?*at>viously ahead ?f the
ymee as the Futuramic Oldsmo
bile. it's ?nly natural that de
mand for that product ghould
break all records. Add to this
today's pent-up need for auto
mobiles ? plus continuing short
ages of steel and other critical
material* ? and you'll see why
we have a real problem on oar
hands. We value the good will of
all oar customers. We would like
to provide all our customers with
new Oldsmobile cars. But un
fortunately, this can't be done
ot<ernight. That is why we are
taking this opportunity to re
affirm publicly our POLICIES
ON PRICES AND DELIVERIES.
We believe that under present
circumstances these policies con
stitute a sound basis for "fair
play" to everybody. And we hope
that, on this basis, we may con
tinue to serve yon.
OLDSMOBILE PRICES DELIVERED IN BOONE
Including GM Hydra-Malic Drive. DeLuxe Radio. Condition Air Hea
ts* and Defroster. Solenoid Starter, Windshield Wash*; and
Group "D" and "Z"
(All of which are optional equipment.) '
SERIES "66"
Club Coup# i *1007. M
Daluxa Clnk Coup* IMOi!
Club SxUn ? IllLtS
Dtbun Club Sadan 2127.(5
r our- Door Sadan I1U.IS
Daluxa Four-Door Sadan ... mill
Conaarllbla Coup* 14(1.05
Station Wagon 20*2.05
SERIES "66"
Club Coup*
Daluxa Club Coup*
Club Sadan
DaLuxa Club Sadan
Four-Door Sadan
Daluxa Four-Door Sadan
Coo r?r Mb 1? Coupa
Station Wagon
IIMJi
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-. 1174.05
- WMI
_. 221 (.05
? 2110.(5
- 2*42.(5
-- 2151.05
SERIES "76"
Club Sadan
DaLuxa Club Sadan
Four-Door Sadan
Daluxa Four-Door Sadan
SERIES "71"
Club Sadan
Daluxa Club ladaa
Four-Door Sadan
Daluxa Four-Door Sadan
12207.(5
- 2127*5
2102*5
- 1401.(5
122*1*5
2141*5
24*2*5
FUTURAMIC SERIES "??"
Club Irttn urn 15
Daluxa Club Sodan 2S4t!i*
Four-Door Sadan 2*71.15
Daluxa Fow-Dwr Sadan ..... 1711.1*
Daluxa Convarllbla Coach ? SOS* II
White Sidewall Tires and Other A i^seortea ? Optional at Extra
Cost. State Tax Extra. Prices subject to change without notice.
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OUR 5-POINT PLEDGE
TO THE PUBLIC
t*" DELIVERIES? We will delivtr all new
Oidsmobiles at the earliest possible date
consistent with production.
PllUS We will charge no more
than the delivered price* suggested by the
Oidsraobile Division of General Motors. The
buyer will receive an itemized bill of sale.
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TRADE-INS? We will take your
order and deliver your car without requir
ing a trade-in. However, we have many
valued used car customers we would like to
supply and we will give you a fair and reason
able allowance on yonr present car.
^FINANCING ? You may pay cash
for your new Oidsmobilr or finance it wher
ever you wish. We will be glad to furnish
low cost finance arid inaorance terms if you
so desire.
ACCESSORIES ? All ears are delivered
with accessories as ordered, and prices are
figurrd to cover these. We pledge ourselves
to sdd no "extras" except those each cus
tomer orders. '
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