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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY All In Half An Hour The Imperial Magazine, which may be Men around moat newspaper office*, points out that thousand* of people are enlieted in the production of a metropolitan news paper. These include the newspaper's own staff, the reporters employed by the wire services all over the world, the photo graphers, the syndicated columnists, and the artists who draw the comics. And with all the effort, all the vast expenditure of time and money and talent, reaaonably busy people are said to five their morning newspaper half an hour of time, or maybe lose. The New York Herald Tribune publish ed a booklet about how to get the most out of a newspaper. This division of time is suggested: Three minutes for a swift review of frontpage headlinaa, and top news stories. Twelve minutes for a look through the ether pagee of news. Three minutes for editorials and col umns. Ten minutes for personal interests, such as sports, comics, book and play reviews, and the like. But we've noted that relatively few daily newspsper readers follow the rule of going through the edition, department by depart ment. The sports enthusiast quite often sees only the sports section, many of the women are satisfied with a peruaal of the aodety pages, -a heap of grownupa and adults can get by with a look at Peanuta, Dick Tracy or Orphan Annie. The man looking for a job buries his noac in the want ads, as do many others, wad the fellow who hopes to get his money back some time pores over the fine print in the mar ket pi^es. - Selective readers, therefore, are more plentiful than thoee who scan the whole edition. Readers of the non-dailies, how ever, whether they like It or not, read the whole thing. It's that personal to them. Needs To Tote Ball Politics makes strange bedfellows, says the old cliche, and at the same time pro duces some strange circumstances. Witness the fact that twenty-eight Demo cratic members of the House have urged a Republican President to speak up for his reciprocal trade program, by contacting Republican Congressmen who' re not over ly favorable to the administration proposal. "We are convinced," say the Democrats, "that only your leadership . . . will enable us to achlve the successful passage of the bill." And we are convinced that its bipartisan ship in its broadest form, when the opposi tion Mrty asks the president to tote the ball for his own proposal, which at best, is given only a slim edge in the House. It would also indicate a slackening of Presi dential leader ahip in a time when added strength and purpose la sadly needed by the nstion and the world. WatckvFor Children That warning was Issued to Tar Heel motorists this week by Major D. T. Lam bert, veteran State Highway Patrol officer and a father interested in the protection of children in traffic. He called attention to the patrol's year-around emphasis on keep ing youngsters safe from traffic harm. "Youngsters often seem to materialize out of thin air, right into driver's path," Major Lambert said. "A motorist must think quick and act fast to avoid hitting them when they dart out from behind parked cars or cross streets in mid-block. That's why the motorist must |m alert every minute he's behind the wheel." Callipg attention to the number of young lives taken by traffic accidents each year (1102 children under IS years of age, injured and killed in North Carolina dur ing 1957) Major Lambert reminded motor ists that every driver has a personal re sponsibility for the' safety of Ule children he meets in traffic. The patrol executive listed the following actions of child pedestrians for which motorists should be on the look-out. Playing in the roadway. Darting out from behind parked cars. Riding bicycles. Crossing at intersections. Walking in the roadway and hitching on vehicles. "It's natural (or youth to be Impulsive," Major Lambert said, "and drivers must be aware of this in order to protect youngs ters from the consequences of their own heedlessness. "Youngsters themselves don't realise the danger they are in. They must be warned repeatedly until staying out the streets and away from traffic becomes habit. Sven then, in the excitement of play they some times forget," He advised mdtorists to be especially careful when driving in area* in which youngsters are likely to be found. "A good rule for drivers to follow," he said, "is to always expect the unexpected from children." ? ? ? ? Close relatives are thoae who are visit ing you now because the weather's too hot for them to do their own cooking. * ? ? ? Lots of folks who think they need their ancestry traced suddenly discover they need a blood purifier. When Is A Good Time? Charleston (W. Va.) Dally Mail. Not (o long ago taxes were levied to run the government Just that and nothing more. Everyone recognized them as evil, justified only by the sheerest necessity, an d a considerable effort was made to keep them at a minimum. Then someone discovered that they could be used for other purposes having little to do with the financing of the government and* a great deal to do with the economy and conduct of its citizens The tariff, for example, could be used to favor one Industry and penalize another. , With that the dam broke. Someone else discovered that the excise tax could be used to discourage consumption. (The gov ernment is now levying a stiff tax to di? courage people from riding on trains, even as it studies ways to keep the railroads going bankrupt for lack of pa seen g i . . income tt*. adopted M a ; was soon transformed for redistributing the to confiscatory limits became the Who's making more money than he is entitled to? This led, inevitably, to the all-encompass ing theory of taxation as k tool of economic management applicable to the whole broad spectrum of saving, spending, capitaliza tion, social welfare, administered prices, foreign policy, etc. What it comes to is something like this: I* good times the government cannot con sider a tax redaction (not much of one, at any rate) because to grant it would give impetus to the inflationary spiral. And in bad times the government cannot consider a tax reduction because to grant it would wrack the federal budget. There is, in fact, no conceivable circum stance left in which the managers and philosophers of federal taxation will con cede that tax reduction is a wholly good thing to which the taxpayer* are fully en titled. Then is always some reason why It should not be done? not now, *t any rate, or In any large amount Government M longer determines tax policy. the apposite is true. Taxation tor every thing and anything maw smprianns the ? im cm6e^ nm, % WsWi / / COM&tHfj Stretch's Sketches By "STRETCH" ROLLINS ? I . The Tongue h Quicker Than The Ear IF WE NEVER miiunderatood one toother'! remarks and utterances, we would avoid l lot of grief? and perhaps miss a lot of fan, too. IUU u km J "?'? ? ? item in the (Ully preaa. When ? reporter telephoned a itory to hii paper about a farmer's low of 2,029 cows in a barn fire, an alert copyreader thought the fifurei pretty high . So he called the farm tr to check on It. "Did you lo?e 2,025 cowa in a fire?' 'he aaked. And t&e farmer anawerro, in>. So the newsman thanked him and changed the ?tor y to read two so#s and 29 cowa. A FEW YEARS AGO I attended an auction ?ale, and at one point in the proceedings the auctioneer held up a intail package and an nounced what aounded like, "Thia box con tain! a genuine diamond ring. What am 1 offer ed?" The crowd rightly sensed a gag, but there fu some bidding, and the package waa finally ?old for $4.90. When opened it waa found to contain a ten-cent piece and a cheap dime-store ring, worth about 90 cents. It waa. Indeed, a "genuine dime and ring," and nobody could prove the man bad aaid otherwise. And besides, I was ashamed to ask for my money back. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN the same auctioneer who placed the following newspaper ad which, if taken literally, could have resulted in compli cations: "Auctioneering at reasonable rates. U I am out of town, make dates with my wife." ONE OP THE WORST misunderstandings on record concerns the well-to-do but tight-fisted farmer who promised to make a donation to his church's building fund when he had sold a certain caU. As several months passed and the donation was not forthcoming, some of the members be gan to whisper about it behind his back, and their remarks finally reached the farmer's ear. One Sun<Uy morning he was a littte late for church, and aa he started in the congregation was singing the first song, which happened to be, "The Half Has Never Yet Been Told." The harassed fanner turned around aad stalked out, never to I ? .?? >? -?* He thought they wet* singing, "The Calf Has Never Yet Been Sold." THE LAST STRAW ? And how about the Texan who beard Congress was thinking of re ducing tans, and exploded: "Them poleeatsll never get away with it) They can reduce the Ra tional budget, reduce the national debt, reduce foreign aid, end reduce unemployment, an' 111 say more power to 'em. But when they start talkin' 'bout reducin' Texas, podner, they're gotn' too dadbtamed far!" From Early Democrat Files Sixty Years Ago June I, INI. Work 'will be commenced to-day on our side walks. The foreign operatives of the Ivy grub plant here have moved into the old Morton property on the hill. Little Mas Grace Blackburn has been quite ill with bUions (ever (or some days, but la now improving. On last Moaday the LinvUle River railroad waa sold in Bakersville by J. P. Taylor, Com missioner, bat we are not yet informed who the purchasers were. Sheriff Calaway, who has recently been almost all over the county, informs us that the wheat crop in Watauga County waa' never more flatter ing than at present. Capt. E. F. Lovill left on Tuesday (or Suther land, where he went to meet his daughter. Miss Maggie, who Is returning from Martha Washing ton College, at Abingdon, Va. A subscriber suggests the following men as suitable (or candidates in pie coming election. For Representative, L. D. Lowe, of Banner Elk; for Clerk, Joe B. Todd, of Boone; for Sheriff, J. B. Clark, of Blowing Rock; and for Register of Deeds, C. J. Cottrell. of Deerfield. Attention, teachers! Prof. G. P. Jones aaks us to say that he will, with other professors, con duct a Normal School in Boone for the benefit of teachers, beginning July 11, tf, and contin uing 4 weeks. Teachers, and protective teach ers would do well to correspond with him at Boone, N. C. The Board of Education waa in seaalon Mon day, but theft was but little business done from the fact that f. B. Johnson, County Supervisor, was absent. Lost between Boone and Banner ENc on last Monday, a lady's cape to mackintosh, ft is dark blue lined with brown checks The finder will confer a favor by returning to Mrs. Edgar Tofts, Banner Elk. N. C. The Board of County Commissioners was iji session three days this week. The sheriff was settled with, the road claims adjusted and much business of a general character transacted. Thirty-Nine few Ago ? ??? A tow railroad sthednle Is to (a into effect ' next Sunday, bet lust what it w01 be has not yet been given ML 41 A Am a I carpenters are at eras* an (he 4a pet " the weather conditions Motii^i fine, it will be completed within the nut few day*. With the wire* of our local telephone lying in a tangled maaa along main street, and the equip ment for electric street lights that have stood unused for many moons for reaaons unknown to the general public, the Uttle town presents ? rather deispidatod and non-progressive appear ance. If we can get 4 second, we move that our town daddies make some kind of ? deal with the New River Light k Power Co., for lights at some cost, and then try to prevail upon the own er of the Watauga, telephone system to repair at aa early a date as possible the damage wrought on his property by the good roads machinery as it was grading the highway thru the village. Both are absolute necessities, Mid Could easily be put in commission again, and 'at little expense to the owners or to the town. Rev. H. H. Cassady, Presbyterian minister from Banner Elk, will preach in the Method iat church in Boone at 3 o'clock next Sunday evening. The public generally is invited to attend the service. Robert L. Honeycutt is opening up a general livery businee at the Crttcher stables. Bob did his bit, and did it well, "over there," and is entitled to the success he is sure to have in his new business venture. Fifteen Yeart Ago J Me 1*. IMS. ' Mrs. Ruth Porter is here after attending a session of the summer school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Share at the Hagaman Clinic Monday, May >1, a dau^itar who was named Lindj Lee Shore. Meaars Rhea Farthing awl Edwin Treutamn were the guests of the Lanotr High School band last Tueeday night at their commencement con cert The band was directed by Captain James C. Harper of Lenoir. Lieut. (J*.) E. B. Garbee, U.S.N.R., Mrs. dan bee and children, Mary Jean and Baddy at Athena ,Ga., have arrived M their hone hare, where they will spend the neat three weeks. Mrs. Allen Adams left for Wilmington Dela ware, laat Thursday to Join her husband. Cor poral Allen Adams, who is stationed at rort Du Peat there rU ".if : V<Jt. Miss Betty Blls has retorted homo tram Queen* CoDucn, where she haa been ? stndent during the past term. She wtfl attend snaaar school at Appalachian thlt year. At s recent called sessM, the iMnlatscs ef Boone met, and ? was decided that SB chnrtte* would he open each He at mm far thsss whs wish to drop ? aS^ pray. ^ ! a By ROB RIVERS , ; ip saMR' Terrapins . . Htm Long Do Tlutjr Uwffl , Dry land terrapins, the tough little turtles which crawl snail like over the hills and and valleys, snatching a worm, a fly, or some other sort of insect to stay the hunger pains, live lor a long time in the opinion of Don J. Horton of Vitas, who fetched one to town the other day which he knows has keen poking S around in the vicinity of his ancestral home for 47 years it was on a bright June day in 1911, that Mr. Horton picked up the terrapin near the old home place and carved his initials on the under side of the shell, along with the date. ... He fetchod the turtle u*e? to the Democrat office the other day and the tatters and figures, edges rounded by the rubbing on the rocks and gravel, the grass and the soil, still stood out plainly. . . . Mr. Horton has seen the Utile terrapin three or four times in the close to half a century. Miss Gaye Shaver of Alexandria, Vs., who was visiting with Miss Kathryn Clay, found It the last time, about three miles from where it was first seen. It hasn't been found father away than that at any time. ... Mr. Horton has seen the terrapin in 1917, 1927, 1932, and sometime during the forties. . . . Qn one occasion it was necessary to renew the lettering en the shell, so's the identity of the terrapin would not be lost. . . . Anyway, Mr. Terrapin keeps going along on his leisurely way, was apparently full grown when he was discovered, and doubtless will continue to meander here and there over the Horton farm and back and forth, to Brushy Fork for a long time to come. ... He seems to be in no hurry either to join his ancestors or do anything else, and will doubtless show up again in a few years, maybe a few feet or maybe a mile or so from where he was first sighted in the tranquil days before the great wars rocked the world, but made no impression on turtlsdem. ' Skunks . ..Seeking Out The Bugf From T. If. Greer comes a complaint about the polecats digging little holsp here and there over his lawn, ferreting out the bugs for their nocturnal nibblin's. ... Mr. Greer hears that the little creatures have a hankerin' for Japanese beetles and are trying to get them, or their larva or something. . . . Anyway, there are skunks galore in the neighborhood, judging by the signs. . . . Some time ago the animals became popular as pets, in a de-scented state, and likely some -of these have been returned to their natural habitat, and some of the big uns will likely be heeled most'any day by a batch of plume-tailed offsprings, which will be endowed with all their faculties, or maybe its fa cilities. . . . Anvway, whether the little striped animals are digging out bugs or mousing, they are rendering a public service, justifying a bit of rooting around maybe. We hope they don't get their dander up. * * * * Hove Come They Don't Sing 9 . They J) on' t Even Dig A fellow wants fa know U working men, that is, especially those who toil with spiuu 'xhtl shovel and pick, quit singing about the same time wvdiheovered that others had quit whistling their way along the streets, hedge rows, corn rows and byways. . . . And we recall ? few years back when the water mains and aewer lines were being laid, and the songs of the jiegro workers, rose and fell in regular cadence as the picks were histed and driven into the rocky soil. . . . It seemed to make their work easier, certainly kept the more energetic from hitting too fast ? pace, and made for sustained, regular effort as the ditches sank lower and lower. . . . And it was surprising how many feet of ditchline could be dug in a day by forty or fifty men. . . . In the ancient ships which were powered by long rows of oars men, it was found that much more progress could be made if there was a beat, so, the slaved river wielded a big millet, striking a block with regular blows, and the oarsmen sweated and strain ed with the beat. . . . Free laborers supplied their own rhythm and it worked well. ... We don't hear 'em singing anymore nor do they wield the picks, and chisel out the ways of progress. . . . The power machines have taken over the dirt movin'. ... But it looks like those who've laid aside the picks and the shovels and #re living easier and better, would have a lot more to sing for than when they were building the railways, laying the water mains, and shoveling out the foundations upon which the age of machines was developed. V ? * ' Uncle Pinkney ... HIS PALAVERIN'S I don't think well ever fit any place discussing things with them Russians either at the summit or at the base. The routine they got fer handling a diplomatic sltua tion is hard to beat They make a complaint, then they refuse the explanation Yon cant beat that system far results. V we carried it eut idte that in private life, fer it would ran about like this. I git a bill from my doc and then I write kirn and aak ? explanation. He sends me a itemized account The* 1 reject It and call far* explanation of the Itemised account. We keep this up until me or him one dies of old ace. But I think the real reason Russia stay* Mad at m afl the time is because they ? The maddest my got wtth me was the time he owed me tan dollars fer helping Ma 46 some ditching. He said the ditch filled back ttp anyhow, and be stayed mad at me far three years over that ten dollar* he never paid me 1 don't think well git together wlU them Rm tffl ?? mark eff Mai they **A?d we got eur pi?Mii here at home a* wed a* eve* yewder mu i- lui rtr wwini, iih and allowed at how it vat "to electrifying it changed the tiger's ?tripe*, to vibrant you can hear the jangle drums." 1 think the Senate investigating committee ' ought to look into tuch ttuff Just at toon as they git through decid ing who stole what with that tele vision station down In Miami. I don't know where this thing l of wimmen's clothes it going to awl I see where tone feller has designed a bathing wit that works like Venetian blinds If the gal wants a tittle more ran aba can rank a string and the flapt come open. And if the don't want no more tun the yanks the string th^ other w and the flape cloee. And I Me where they la diaeua ting a flew evening gown that ha* a top made out of transparent plastic, fn short, the pi has got on clothes but the alnt got on any. It's a great? pity. Mister Editor, that folks with such brains aint working on aomepua useful. Fer instant it they'd develop * hog that hat got four hams instead of two we'd b* gitting some place. | used k> worry about each things a heap, hut styles abange even in wertyiag. When a taller
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