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New State House
The Legislature gets down to busi
ness next Wednesday, a good deal
like any other Assembly, except that
the Republicans will be occupying
more seats in the House than at any
time since the A1 Smith upset in
Carolina in 1928.
But one thing won't be the same.
The State has provided a brand new
modernistic State House, or LegfeSfr
tive building one block away from
the stately old capital, said to have
been an architectural triumph Hack
in' the old days.
And the old timers who come back
toi the Assembly wtti perhaps miss
the musty environs of the massive
stone building which held the state's
business for so many years. And
maybe right at first the new place
will be a little plush for them, with
it* sunken gafdtens, its carpeted
stairs te take the place of those said
to have been cracked by whiskey bar
rels during hectic legislative sessions
before the turn of the century, and
Its roomy legislative halls.
As a matter of fact the solens have (
their private offices, may store their
cars, eat in the building, attend all
commttee- meetings And the legisla
tive sessions without for one# leav
ing tlw structure-.
Those of us who like a little loftier
structures may have to see the place
a good many times before we learn
to like its styling, but flttt it is func
tional and that it will ftTT the needs
of the State's lawmakers is unques
tioned.
Travel Industry fa Economic Force
The scope of the travel-serving in
dustry as a major economic force is
revealed in the survey just pvMished
by the Travel Council of North Caro
lina. II shows total receipts of $888
million in 1961, an increase of 4%
over 1960 and 163% over 1#48,
which is the first year for which
comparable statistics are available.
The 134-page survey contains
tables breaking down the elements
comprising this huge industry, both
by % economic components tod geo
graphical divisions. It is the work of
Dr. Lewis C. Copelarfl S&oot
of Business Administration of the
University of Tennessee, who has
done similar surveys for Arkansas,
Kentucky, Tennessee, South Caro*
lina and Georgia.
President T. E. Pickard, Jr., of
Hre- Travel Council, a- non-profit or
ganization that cooperates closely
with the State Dept. of Conservation
and Development in promoting
travel, said that the survey is the
most comprehensive study ever made
of North Carolina's travel-serving in
dustry, and that the state was most
fortunate in being able to obtain the
services of an authority of Dr. Cope
laml's stature to bold up a mirror to
its third largest dollar produce-.
In Watauga county, where fravel
makes such an important contribu
tion to the over-all economy, the
Council survoy wilt be of particular
interest.
Preventive Vaccines Available
Never in the history of the world
has it been possible to protect one's
self and family against so many
serious diseases so easily and effect
ively through preventive vaccines,
says Dr. J. W. R. Norton, Director of
the State Board of Health. The big
problem is that many people do not
take advantage of the advances that
modern medical science has to offer,
Dr. Norton emphasises.
All of us have heard a great deal
about polio vaccine and most of us
have been immunized against this'
crippling disease, although many
still have not. But we tend to forget
the potential killers smallpox, teta
nus, whooping cough and diphtheria.
Daring the past year there were sev
eral outbreaks of smallpox in Great
Britain. A possibly serious outbreak
at New York City's Idlewild Airport
was thwarted by quick action of
health officers who vaccinated all
those exposed to a boy who* was
stricken with the disease. And dur
ing the winter ?f 1961-1962 there
was an outbreak of diphtheria in
Omah<t, Nebraska.
All babies should- be given injec
tions against diphtheria, whooping
cough and tetanus beginning usually
at two t? three months of age. These
shots may be conveniently given in
a "triple" vaccine containing all
three protectors. A polio shot can
be obtained at the same visit to the
doctor. Vaccination against smallpox
should be obtained during the first
year of life.
Booster doses of vaccines are nec
essary from time to time in order to
maintain protection from these di
seases. And this applies to adults as
well as children. To prevent these
serion* ami peosiUy fatal diseases
everyone should keep a record of
previous vaccinations and find out
from a doctor when the next booster
doses are due.
Spare Us The Speaker
(The Aahevt:
One of these days, some politician
is going to run for high office on a
pledge to outlaw all speeches at pub
lic banquets, and the United States
will elect its first real humanitarian.
It is not so much that these disserta
tions are boring, it is merely that
they are long.
The chairman feels impelled to
"introduce" the man who will intro
duce the speaker. Whatever the
chairman implies, everybody present
know? the introducer and meet of
them called him "Junior." Junior
proceeds to introduce the speaker
in several- thousand ill-chosen word*.
Everybody knows who tile speaker
is because everybody has been Bom
barded witn an savsmce PtograpTty,
but Junior recites each weary syll
able, including the feet that the
speaker is tike second cousin of an
urtcle of Theodore Roosevelt The
speaker rises. He clears Ms voice.
H? sips from a glass of water. Hp
bows to fee chatrmam Bo bows to
Junior. IMy fitends," he says to the
L
lie Citizen)
audience.
It is always at this point, the pub
lic address system starts having ab
dominal pains. So, if you're sitting
in a next-to-back row you witness a
man with his mouth moving and no
audible sound muting. Don't con
gratulate yourself too soon. There
i* always hi Ore audience some eiec?
tronic eager-beaver who's able to
restore the audibility. The speaker
invariably recommences. The first
lll/lw/l rt Ifrtll MJ|A "M?| "
"WOw J'ww' ilvoT OTv WfJ* fVIVHW ^ *' a
Maybe it's all right. Perhaps
there's some purpose to these thraa
hour soirees that leave you feeling
as fltoagh you've been run thrmxgh
a wringer. ConceWably, they afford
reiaxatJon to ffffrtR* <JT pwpftr wTW
have nothing to do at night. In our
Most generous Moo# we might cap
cede Uktft same of tiem are "cul
tural" But, ftfcncfc, we d<MM it.
More! aid more we favor forty-five
minute meetings with no guest
speaker antfflO formal program. Jest
ttoalra
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Prosperity's (?) Mol
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
January 29, 1M3
Rev. B. F. Hargett will fill
his regular appointment at the
Methodlat Church here on next
Sunday at 11 a.m.
Sorry to learn that Mr. G. A.
Hodges of Moody is suffering
from a severe attack of pneu
monia fever.
Quka a crowd is expected in
town next Monday. The Board
of Commissioners will be in
session, the court house mass
meeting wiii be held and a num
ber of valuable tracts of land
will be offered for sale.
The daughter of Mr. Paul Mc
Guire, age IweWe years, died at
her home at Riverside on last
Sundby of diphtheria. The par
ents and friends have our deep
eat sympathy in this sad loss of
their loved one.
Sorry to learn that friand
Tom Sullivan, postmaster at
Vilas, has gotten into a slight
official trouble, but if we are
informed right, he will come
clear of the flimsy charges pre
ferred against him. He has given
bond for his appearance at the
next term of the Federal Court
at Statesville.
Houston Shipley at Vilas was
in to see us Monday. He told us
that he had purchased a Shrop
shire buck, thoroughbred, weigh
ing 31S lbs., for which he paid
$90; and a yearling Hereford
bull at a cost of $250. The Ship
ley boys are the most enter
prising farmers in the county,
and pride themselves very much
on their fine stock.
The roads are getting almost
impassable by the mud.
Be sure and attend the mass
meeting in Boone next Monday.
If the action of the meeting on
the caurt house question does
not salt you, say nothing but
abide by its decision.
Thirt^-Niae Years Ago
January Ur 1924
After the long protracted cold
we are now having what prom
ises to be a genuine thaw. The
warm sunshine is delightful but
the cross-country roads are go
ing to be almost impassable.
The first Standard Oil tank
cart that ever came to the coun
ty arrived last week end. They
were emptied in the large sta
tionary tanks on tile company's
property just west of the W. H,
Gragg lumber yards.
Mr. John H. Mast of Zionville
called Tuesday morning to re
new his subscription. We are
not in the habit of giving pub
licity to little items of this kind,
but as John has been a sub
scriber since 1888 and this be
ing his 36th renewal, it is reaUy
an item of news.
Rev.' R W. Jeffcoat and Mr.
H. C. Moretz motored to Boone
on last Monday afternoon. On
account of the fearful road con
ditions this is the first time the
preacher's car has been out of
the garage since January 2.
Mr. N. T. Byers and family of
Silverstone have moved to their
farm recently purchased near
Just One Thing
By CAUL goerch AFTER ANOTHER
One of our friends in Wil
mington was telling us about
her ten-year-old son whose
views on religion apparently
have been slightly confused.
>e was talking to his mother
during the Cuban crisis and she
was telling him that all Chris
tian people should pray for a
just and lasting peace.
"Are you a Christian?" he
wanted to know.
"I hope I am," she said
humbly.
"la Daddy a Christian?"
"Yes, he is."
"And am I a Christian?"
"Yes, son; you are."
With an expression of amaze
ment on his countenance he
sa?l< "Well, FH be dog-gonedl
I thought all the time that we
were Episcopalians."
Ftom tfte "Wilmington Stir":
Fifty prominent volunteer
community workers will head
the Mother's March on Polio
which is planned Thursday
evening it ti hoped that mo
ther* are lit on the evening of
Jaauary 2??
W. F. Cooper, native of Chtnr
??* and now a resident of
ShaffUld, Ala.,, is assooiatad
with the Southern Railroad.
From his office window he haa
a good vie# of the spot where
tlft nlteoad track* and a busy
*"t intersect Crossing gates
aw tm- operation for the safety
of pedestrians and vehicles.
? Cooper tells us about a
dog Ike Has ww traveling up
thJ? stnet a. Btimbas at times.
When the gates are up, he trot*
nonchalantly across the tracks,
but when the bells start ringing
and tike gates go down, it's a
different proposition. He comes
to a sudden halt and assumes
the position of a dog at point ?
neck and tail outstretched. He
maintains this position until
everything is clear; then he con
tinues on his way.
A friend of ours ? member of
the Optimist Club of Charlotte
? was telling us a few days ago
about an experience he had with
Harry while selling tickets to
some kind of a shindig that the
Optimists were sponsoring.
Harry is a Chinaman. He was
somewhat dubious about buying
the tickets, even though they
would give him an opportunity
to win: ? brand new automobile.
"I never was lucky," he pro
tested.
"Never can tell," our friend
told him.
Harry shook bis head but
finally said: "All right, 111 buy
two of the tickets." And then,
m he tended over the money,
he added sorrowfully, "But I
know I kavent got a CMnaman's
chance."
A policeman stopped us in
Burlington recently and said
wr were driving too fad thru
town. "Better stow op a little,"
he adTiaed.
We wantM1 to tlelT Ma that
yott <*>?'t slow up? you alow
down; that you speed up. But
it seemed ? rather pew time
todistfuss grammar, ao we didn't
4?q|U*W.ah?*ifc.
1
Mabel. We are very sorry in
deed to lose this splendid fam
ily
Br. DM1 Richardson has mov
ed his family to the home of Mr.
Cobb Carroll. Mf. Carroll who is
taking treatment in a Charlotte
Hospital is very little, if any,
improved.
Jennings and Laudermilt, who
wen* tried in the Federal Court
at Wilkesboro last week for the
robbery of the Banner Elk post
office, were found guilty and
sentenced to five years each in
the Federal prison at Atlanta,
Georgia.
Misses Etta and Carrie Gragg
closed a very successful school
at Foscoe Friday. The people of
Watauga, Shulls Mills and Fos
coe are planning to consolidate
and have a high school by next
believes in coming
King Winter has been very
much in evidence in this com
munity especially on last Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Lona Cooke of Aho has
been very sick with measles.
Measles is quite an epidemic in
this section.
Fifteen Years Ago
January 29, IMS
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Bond are
apending ten days at various
points in the State of Florida.
Mrs. Robert Perry, who was
strickeii with paralysis at her
home hi Silverstone three weeks
ago, is a patient at Watauga
Hospital. Mrs. Perry is showing
some improvement.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Briggs and
Sonny of Manteo are spending
two week at the home of Mrs.
Briggs' sister, Mrs. Jo* .Craw
ford and Mr. Crawford at their
home in Cherry Park.
Mr. J. E. Joines of Burgess
Furniture Company attended
the Southern Furniture Market
at High Point last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Marich
of Cumberland, Ky., announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Anna, to Mr. M. W. Greene, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Greene of Boone. The ceremony
was performed in the home of
Rev. G. Weyland of North Wil
kesboro at 3:30 on January 19.
The Demonstration Club met
in its regular meeting January
7, in the home of Mrs. T. L.
Moretz in a very enjoyable meet
ing. The usual business was
transacted and Mrs. John Miller
was elected vice-president.
The Worthwhile Woman's
Clob met at the home of Mrs.
W. C. Greer Thursday night.
During the business session,
conducted by Mrs. Councill
Cooke, plans were discussed for
contributing to the endowment
fund of Appalachian State Tea
chers College. Mrs. Adams gave
a report of tfle Empty Stocking
Fund and th* Club gave the
eomaiittee in charge a rising
Vbt'e of thanks for their work.
The Green Valley Demonstra
tion Club held January 30
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Wad* Clawson with 11 members
present. The hoatess was assist
ed by Mrs. Claade Taylor, Wrv
Bill Jackson, and Mrs. Ramp
Clawvon in serving delicious r*
Upm A 71*19
of the dodo. . . . Formerly the agent of
for the very poor and the very
liked, rumor ia, by many of tfce ]
offices who could keep up with a heap of the
hood news by perusing the cards during the- <
. . . Divided on the front for address and m
card was made to do double duty, and some of the i
wordy actually long-handed their mes?
the back of the card which gave tte reader something of
a confused situation, but generally he could werfc it out
um period. ... . AW A*
new cardfc (which the locaf
postoffice b (till unable to
supply) don't use the beautiful
poae of Uitdt which adorned
the (our cent atamp but !?>??<
uses the chin on cheat picture
of Lincoln, which depresses
?ne, and maybe would hate
teen the way the Emancipator
would have looked if Sherman
had been stopped cold before
Atlanta.
THE COLOR, THOUGH,
such as it was, is gone, so far
as the paper stock is concern
ed. .. . The lavender Lincoln,
with the directions for ad
dressing the card is printed on
white index, of all things, since
the manila or cream color had
been used for all time. . . .
Printers had always known
that sort of stock as post card
stock, it had been traditional
Ike black and white for so
long, it's going to take some
doing to get used to the
change. ... To do away with
the manila is monstrous like
contemplating a green hen
egg, a red cigarette or a pink
horned cow. ... It just doesn't
look right. . . . Maybe after
all, Lincoln, a frugal sort of
man, is entitled to be glum as
he carries a white post card
for four cents. . . . And one
of the mysteries of the postal
setup is that there was never
a charge for the cards, just the
postage, while the envelope on
which the stamp is printed, is
sold to the mailer.
Weather . . Tol'able Bid
Winter's biting weather,
which has struck deep Into
Florida, brought deaths
throughout the eautry, and
held Europe in Ma deadly grip,
haa been sharp In Wataaga a
part of the time, and maybe
an occasion the next coldest
since the historic winter of
1917-18 when mercury plum
meted to eighteen below, and
the snow waa in almost end
less profusion.
Since 17M the Old
tile storm* and tti
the vagaries of the weathw,
and it looks like its predictions
ill be I
wind and snow will stay in a
real big way," said the OFA.
"February will bring a maze
of haze and glaae, and crystal
missiles, and we are in for a
cycle of colder winters". . ? ..
The Ramon calendar speaks of
storm? and gates and- cold
Weather, which the weather
map sometimes bears out, and
the other day we were pleased
to have beeir right in our pre1
diction of snow . . . We didn't
want the snow sa much, just
wanted to win. . . And one
is supposed to have a good
weather eye when he can see
the snow coming and the
weather man can't.
Red Clouds . . At Night
A few years m? we met
Grady Farthing Hi the post
office at' nfftlif talk and called
his attention to the crimson
skies .. . . The vol biased so
that the air MMi isdHtah
. . . Repeating the lines "red
clouds af nfgAf are the sailor's
delight," we ana red Grady
good weather wm m the way.
The next morning came
with a terrific snowfall, ac
companied by a heavy gale
and sero temperatures, and
the traffic wag delayed, mails
failed to arrive, and the fuel
stiuation in the community be
came acute" j" ..'tor about ii""
?dotipfe'of week* the storm (hK
dared to set some sort of rec
ord in this vicinity. . . ,
Grady, who likes to make a
speech on occasion, referred
to our prediction at a public
gathering as soon as it was
possible for the public to ga
ther, and allowed, "It Rob
Rivers had never known any
more about his business than
he does about what the weath
er is apt to be, he would be
the most starvetaut newspao
er man in the country." .? , . So
of late we are a little more re
strained with sweeping predic
tions?at least ww wait till we
have a look at the Almanac or
the Ramon.
Uncle Pinkney
(MacKnight Syqdtete) gjg PAL AT ERIN'S
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Zeke Grubb's preacher came
by the country store Saturday
night, reported that the Lord's
work was ha r state of con
fusion at his Church right
now.
First off, he told the fellers,
they had a meeting of the Fi
nance Committee on Tuesday
night and Katie Hightower
brung up the subject of trying
to git some money folks in the
Church. Katie said they hadn't
got nobody with money in the
Church in the last Ave year.
Rufe Ziniler's wife spoke up
and allowed as how she had
took note of the same thing.
She said they onght to make a
big posh to git some folks
with money In the congrega
tion, claimed it would help out
on the finances and would
raise the standards of the
Church.
The good Parson said he told
'em he would leave this prob
lem up- to the Committee, that
fer him personal, it was a heap
easier on the preacher to work
with pore follts. The Good
Book, he allbwed, didn't say
nothing about standards But If
did say pore folks had a better
ehanct of gifting to Heaven.
But the Big Issue, he told ffre
fellers, got started Sunday
morning when Htere*iah Ad
ams was teaching the Mta's
Bible Class. The Sumfty SHlodl
lesson was on tRe Arniffy, he
said, and Ifeseklaft gut altar
pritty good till Iw got to the
place in tike BiWe where it
says the husband onght Co he
the head of the house: Erery
ixxi y imowpa now
Sgtjas
Hezekiah is and they was hold
ing their breath to see how he
would handle the situation.
Well sir, reported the Par
son, IfcMtlah. svwdlared ?
couple of times and hauled off
and aid the Good Book was
right! This brun# ? round of
applause from all the mem
bers.
The Parson said he thought it
was time to back Hesekfoh up
so he raieed his hand to> say
a few words. He told the mem
bers the good Lord knowed
that sooner or later (he wim
men folks would try to take
over, so it was wrote down in
the Bible fer everbody to see
? the husband should be head'
of the house. But he warned
'em that things was not going
right, that the Bible says the
younguns is supposed to obey
their parents, tlHt they ain't
doing it. And they ain't doing
it, he explained, on account
of their Mama ain't listening to
their Paps.
He told the fellers that the
members went home and told
their wires what he said and
things started to Buff. Ifeze
kiah's wife called him an the
phone and told hint to stick to
his preaching and quit med
dling. He reported he Ant
seen a nusbsnd' our week
and He figgm their wtvw
locked "fern up fer pgnigftment
The good Parson left a ITTJe
early, said he better git on I
home and wash (he supper
dishes or his old lady might
rut off his allowance.
*our? My,
muwfflfrr