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CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957 New Payroll In Offing It's good news that Shadowllpe, Inc., will establish a factory here in a building to be erected for the purpose by Wa tauga IndustriM, thus Increasing the job opportunities and the living standards of oar people. The Chamber of Commerce, the special committees, and the incorporators, of Wa tauga Industries are to be congratulated upon their fruitful efforts to bring added payroll to the community, and indications are that the required sum of money needed for the erection of the building will be reached. However, the goal hasn't been fully attained, and other investors are being sought and welcomed into the enterprise. The quality that has set Boone apart as a progressive community, is the ability of the people to get together in a.common cause, when ap opportunity Is seen. And since there are no great number of peopld with considerable sums of money, It takes fairly united support to finance some of the project*. It is to the high credit of the town that folks are again getting to gether with their money to better their po sitions in the economic world. The new plant is expected to employ perhaps one hundred in its Initial opera tion, most of them women. Widely known in the field of apparel manufacture, the plant is expected to ultimately have six hundred on the payroll. Such industries as this, and as the IRC, will enhance the growth and well being of the community, which also numbers edu cation and -farming as two of her chief as sets. Taken together and nurtured by the public-spirited citizens of the best com munity in the State, these industries will continue to flourish no doubt, with a con tinuing contribution to the general well being of our people Fight On Polio Continues One or more shots of the Salk polio vac cine has been given to an estimated 70 per cent of the eligible population (under age 20 and pregnant women) in North Caro lina, according to Dr. 1. W. R. Norton, State Health Officer. "There is still a big job to be done to reach all estimated 30 per cent of the eli gible population who have received no vaccine and to reach an even larger group of BO per cent who have not received the second and/or third inoculation," said Dr. Norton last week. Pointing out that this job must be done in order to provide the greatest possible pro tection, Dr. Norton said, "There is reason to believe that the poliomyelits vaccination program in the State was partly respon sible for making the 1056 incidence of pol iomyelitis one of the lowest in the history of North Carolina. Only 301 cases were reported through last November 28," he said. • At the present time there is not enou|h Salk vaccine in the State to meet current need*, but plenty will be available soon. The State Legislature has been asked to al locate $125,000 to the purchase of vaccine. In New York, Mr. Basil O'Connor, Pres ident of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, said last week that "We are entering the third polio season since the vaccine was licensed for use, with a much wider base of vaccinated persons than ever before, particularly In the most susceptible age group." •'As new vaccine is released this spring «and summer, many more millions of peo ple will join the ranks of the vaccinated," Mr. O'Connor said. "The job done thus far," he emphasized, "should not make us relax our efforts to make sure that all persons, especially those below the age of 40, are vaccinated against polio as soon as possible. The State and national goal is to vacci nate all persons through ag^ 99, so that polio may cease to exist as a major menace to the public health. Says Modernization Needed The Port Office syrtem "need* mechaniz ing and streamlining all the way through," a Reader's Digest article, titled "Our Horse and Buggy Mails," will say In the May Issue of the magazine. * ' The publication today released a sum mary of the 5,000-word article by Wolfgang Langewiesche when the magazine learned that someone in Washington without au thority from Reader's Digest had made the article available to certain members of Congress prior to the normal publication date. "The present administration has begun tome mechanization but we are years be hind Europe," says the article which con clude* with the appeal: "Let's create a modern mail system." According to the article, which discusses Post Office methods, buildings and policies, the service "uses the same methods of gath ering, sorting and delivering the mail that it did-100 years ago" and mail is now "slow er than it was before World War II." The Post Office is one of the country's top 12 enterprises in volume of business, and third in number of employe**. But H steadily violates the business principle Of "stay ahead of the times—or die," the article states. "The Post Office needs money for re ' search and development. . . *. It's asking for four million dollars this year. That's chicken feed! Especially when, for lack of research, it spends—beyond its income —half that much a day! Wages take 75 percent of postal costs. Mechanization would cut the costs, says the article, and enable tbe Post Office to stay on top of the mail flood. • Why Easter Monday H<jliday! (Greensboro New*) A Georgian who moved to North Caro lina several year* ago started out on his yarn selling rounds one Easter Monday tiornlng but soon turned back. He found All the mills, country stores and retail establishments Closed acrftss the face of ftorth Carolina "I asked somebody what holiday this was," he said, "and they ex plained, "Why it's Easter Monday." i i, The Alamanc lists Easter Monday as a legal holiday in North Carolina and the Virgin Islands. In North Carolina on Easter Monday people close up shop and go visiting, fish ings golfing,datcing,boating,etcetera. We don't know what they do in the Virgin Islands. Why Is Easter Moadajr officially recog nized as a holiday only In Nerti Careltna among the 40 states? We'd like to know. mm ■M NEW STAMP DESIGN By Alexander Stretch's Sketches By "STRETCH" ROLLINS Fluff, Guff, and Stuff WHEN IT COMES to cutting the national ad ministration's king-size budget, it seems to be a son ui ici a yuu ami iiiiii fight" situation. Practically everybody agrees that it can and should be reduced, but any time the axe is poised over a specific item, the squawks are loud and long: "Oh, no, not here! Cut it over there!" Every body's pet project is vital. Brings to mind a story about another paramount sub ject, particularly in this state, that of raising teachers' salaries. A importer was attempting to glean some grass root* sentiment for an article, and asked a native of a rural community how the local citizenry felt about it, with especial reference to the possibility of a resulting increase iii taxes. "Well," he replied, "it seems just about every body ia in sympathy wjth it, but hardly anybody is in favor of it." WHAT PRICE RESPECT?—1The sponsor of a hill in the state legislature to increase the legal speed limit on some roads to 60 m.p.h. said the primary purpoae of hla bill is to Instill "respect tor the law" byfennglng the legalities of driving up to the practice. Which ia the same kind of obedience the old man got from his mule. "In order to keep up the appearance of being the driver," he said, "I try to anticipate where he is going, and follow as closely as possible." GRAVE HUMOR—Not even a tombstone is sacred, nor a departed brother immune, to the dry humor of a New Englander. The following epitaph (courtesy of Mrs. Pearl Bingham) was found, according to a magazine, in a cemetery at Medway, Mass., where tl|ey have the same brand of unpredictable spring weather that we In these parts know so well: "Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, Lies Uncle Peter Dan'ls, Who too early in the month of May Took off his winter flannels." OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD—A bear hunter was recently quoted in a newspaper as saying. "A bear dog is just as good on his first hunt as he'll ever be." It figures. Otherwise, he likely won't be around for the fecond. HEADLINE: "Trillion Dollar Economy Seen by 1977." (This is economy?) WISH I'D SAID THAT, SO I WILL—It's hard to believe this country was fotnded to avoid taxation. From Early Democrat Files Sixty Yeart Ago April 21, MOT. Mr. J. M. Moretx, our hustling merchant, is off on ■ butineu trip to Hickory and other points this week. Our enterprising merchant, Mr. M. B. Black burn, has just returned from Baltimore, Md., where he has been purchasing his spring and summer stock of goods. W. L. Bryan Is attending Federal court in Statesville this week. Calvin J. Cottrell and John Brown, the jurors from this county,aare also in attendance. The turnpike needs work and all the roads we have paased over are in a very bad con dition. There has been more whiskey on hand for a few days than was needed. Mr. George Gragg of Boone and Miss Addie Brown of Rutherwood, were married on Wed nesday of last week. Here is good tuck t* the young couple and a hearty wish that their Uvea may be happy and • blessing to those snmnd them. Dr. J. K. Moose of Lenoir, will be In Boone court week to prmice dentistry. Ha Is a regu lar graduate in dentlatry, and has license from the State Board of Dental Examiner*. Refer to any citisea of Lewir. Prof. Francum's school at Foacoe came to a cloee last Saturday and we have heard from good men that the closing exercise* were the best aver sean in the county. The Professor talk* of abandoning school teaching now and entering a new field of labor. Yesterday morning at 11:18 the Southern Rail way'* northbound vestibule No. 36 collided with the southbound mail train no. 11 at the northern entrance to the siding at Hsrrtsburg. IS mile* north of CharMte. Three were kited and a number injured. . . Three postal cars, two ex press cars and two baggage cars were smashed, some of ftlem being Completely splinters, and beth engines ware knocked into serai Iron. . .. Thirty-Nine Years Ago April 25, MM. The railroad grade I* practically completed to tfte depot Site ta the village. ' 0«r tmorn, Han. P. A. Llnney, has again been choeen by the Republicans yf UJf 4Mriat aa a candidate for Congress and he has agreed to make the race. Mr. L. A. Greene, chairman of the board of commissioners, returned last week from Ken tucky, where he had been on a tour looking to the purchase of some real estate. ... He invested $13,000 in Kentucky soil. Mr. James McGhee, who has been holding an office position with the N A W Railway at Crewe. Va., since October, has returned, and will soon begin work on the new dormitory at A. T. S, he and his brother having the contract. Privates Stewart Barnes, Walter Winebarger and Stuart Brown, all of Battery E, Field Artil lery, at Camp Sevier, were visitor* at their homes in Watauga last week. i On Friday afternoon the sophomores at A. T. S. went on a picnic out the railroad grade toward Hodges Gap. Caught in a shower as they were returning, and taking refuge at a brick kiln, they effected a class organiiation The young ladle* of the dormitory have added a number of fine plctiyvs to those in their par lors. This spirit is to be highly commended. Fifteen Yeara Ago April 23, 1942. Born to Mr. and Mr*. P. 0. Brewer of Boone In the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, last Sun day, a daughter, who has been named Olivia Linney Brewer. Mr. Paul Lavlete*. son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Laviete* of Boone, has passed all tests as a flier in the naval reserve, and 1* now stationed at the Atlanta air baae. Mia* Kathleen Carter, student nurse in Long's hospit^ Statesville, spent the week end visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mr*. J. F. Carter. Mr. Coker Trtplett. major league beeebell player with the St. Louis (wdinals, visited with his family a few days ago, en route from the winter training ground* of the eard* in Florida to St Louis. R )bi Robert Jacobs of Asheville, will arrive this evening to spend the night as a guest of Mr. and Mr*. D. P. Laviete* Private J. W. Beseh. wfco is stationed at Aa gam, Ga, apent last week end wMh hi* parent*. Mr. and Mr* Tom Beach. Mr. It M. Greene, who I* doing an excellent )oh hi the upkeep ef the town Mtwtery ground*, states that he la in need of some help In straight & KING STREET By ROB RIVERS WHICH IS FIRST .. FIGHTIN' CHICK OR FEUDIN' EGO? Since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, folks have froomed their fightinist roosters, to do battle with the other cocks of the neighborhood, and as a child we'd banged dyed eggs together at Easter time, the winner take the busied one. . . . Not until Sunday, however, did we know that this egg fightin' business has grown up to a major event at PeUr's Hollow, Tenn. ... We are indebted to the United Press for diggin' out the story of how the folks have knocked their hardest eggs together for a hundred years, at Easter tlm«, and how they breed the chickens for the durability of their eggs, rather than for the toughness of the chicks which come from the eggs at hatching time. I # Howard Peters, of Unaka, came up the day before Easter with 20 dozens of his best flghtnin' eggs, all boiled in his own secret formula, and 200 people gathered Sunday after church, to* hear the peck-peck-peck of flose combat. ' The players pair off, each holding a gaily-colored egg. . .. The opponents tap their eggs together until one of the shells cracks. . . . The winners, young and old, take on all comers, until a champion cracker stands alone. Last year's champ, 61-year-old Raymond Lowe, says he fit with six dozen regular eggs and a half dozen special ones from his three "hard-laying hens." .... Most folks use the regular "store boughten" eggs, but Howard Peters said he "went plumb to the othtr end of the county to find my fightin' eggs." To get the best, toughest sort of feudin' egg some gathe? them from areas where the water is rich in limestone. Some feed their chickens big doses of oyster shells or boll the eggs for a long time in salt water. ... All the crackin' eggs are dyed, most of them with home-made concoctions . . . onion hulls and the like, and we'd hate to'think that Peter's Hollow didn't use some calico scraps to "offset" the color onto some of the eggs. Anyway, egg fightin' is big business in Peter's Hollow, and most anyone would admit the practice is a good deal more wholesome than gathering round and laying wagers, while a couple of game roosters cut themselves to death with steel gaffs fastened onto their normal spurs. Coining from an old line of Easter egg busters, maybe we can appreciate more the goings on 'mongst the Peterses and the Lowes and the other hill people over in Tennessee. . . . We used to gather before Sunday School at the old Methodist Church and the eggs would all be busted before the first bell rang. . . . Usually if a kid managed to get himself a right good fightin' egg which seemed to be able to stand out against all comers, there would be the lad who'd come through with a painted wooden egg, or one of those permanent type nest eggs, and provide eatin' eggs for all. . . Such a thing would likely be ! good for starting a feud, however, where grown folks are deadly serious about their egg bustin'. BERIBBONED TRESSES . . LESS IN VOGUE In the brightness of the clothes worn in the Easter parade, the color found in the egg rolling, and the langhter of* the children, one thing is missing which used to brighten the scene. ... All the Uttle girls and big girls used to wear hair ribbons, some narrow, some wide, and the proper care of the tresses and the tying of the right sort of bow added to mom's problems, when the kids were being readied for meeting. ... Mr. Black burn, at his big general store, had a case containing bushels of bolt* of ribbon. In scarlet and carmine, in yellow and gold, in purple and In pink and In white.. . Supplying the hair bows in those days was big business. MAYBE NOT GLAD . . JUST WINDING We've spoken of the passing of the old weight clocks, and the watches one wound with a key. . . . The stem-winders were supposed to be the last word, but gave way to the handier and more efficient wrist watches. . . . Now comes the self-winder, which keeps its tension from the normal movement of the hand of wrist. . . . "The heck of it is," says our friend, "now, when a man shakes hands with me, I don't know whether he's glad to sea me, or just giving his watch a winding * So This Is New York fly NORTH CALLAHAN New Yorkers are busy people but they are reluctant to part with their hi«toric landmarks. This was brought vividly home to me on visiting again the tip of Manhattan which points outward toward the ocean and faces the Jersey shore. Here Is the rounded remains of the old aquarium where fish once vied with humans in curious mu tual stares and which before that was *he famous Castle Garden. This grand auditorium waa the Madison Square Garden of its day and ita high spot was the result of a famous circus man's genius. Some hundred years ago. jennj® Lind, the "Swedish Nigt^ngale" was in her prime in Europe. She had the "voice and looks of an angel" and Phineas T. Barnum. America's first high-prtssure salesman and publicity agent ex traordinaire, conceived the idea of brining her to this country. Euro peans laughed. They thought that folks in our nation could not ap preciate good music. But Barnum persisted. Be had been billed long enough, he though, as " Professor of the Art of Humbug " He must do something dignified. So he simply offered Jenny Lind a thou sand dollars a eoacort tor ISO per formances here. She signed the contract According to the, records, her arrival on a tanday mom lag St the wharf was a "high mark in wel comes to the ctty " 30.000 people turned out to groet the winsome cleverly arranged that many fac orable stories had already cir culated here about her beauty, her goodness and generosity to charity. So when the gitat throng, some of them hanging from the spars and riggingvo( nearby boats, other* perched in tree*, roared their wel come on that Sabbath day. It was delightful music to P. T. Bamum'i alert ears. Even the gangplank of the ship was carpeted and when Miss Lind came down and entered her flower-filled carriage, the crowd nearly went crazy. That night, the linger was serenaded beneath her hotel win dow bf 200 musicians and 20 com panies of firemen who paraded by with torches until after midnight. Jenny Lind win aghast. She has experienced much public adora tion In Europe, but nothing *o de monstrative and spontaneous a* this And the people had not yet beara her sing a note! Her first concert took place in the afore mentioned Castle Garden, then the largest auditorium In the city. Tickets sold at auction for sky rocketing price*. The first ticket was bought by a batter for <229. but that fellow knew what he was abawt Next day every New York newspaper carried the story and bis hatshop did • record business • The concert was scheduled for S p *i. tart the audience began to gather bjr 5. The stage was a great bower of Mmmmm. with a huge arch acroes having the word*. >
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