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The Halted Fire Peril
Governor Sanford acted in the best
interests when he postponed the fish
ing season last week end, even
though timely rains brought about
the reopening of the streams and
lakes, before Saturday was over.
Tinder dry grass around home
steads, and the fires built to clear
the vegetable gardens, or just to tidy
up the place added to the hazards
caused by the powder dry leaves in
the .forests and fence rows and about
the homes of the State. As a matter
of fact, a pile of brush we had
burned near our home got out of
control, but with the help of the
city was contained.
Every part of the State was being
plagued by - forest ilres when the
Governor took action, and Parkway
rangers were hoping against hope
that the scenic highway route would
be spared extensive damage and the
m
Forest Service, m a matter of fact,
had urged that Federal forest areas
be closed to the public
Aside from carelessly lit fires, of
course cigarettes are the greatest
danger to the forests, and fishermen
and all others should exercise great
care to prevent a dropped match or
a carelessly tossed cigarette from
starting a holocaust.
Timber resources are important to
the economy of the State, and Wata
uga's fiscal well-being has been en
hanced through her forests. More and
more people are now engaged in tree
farming, as fewer and fewer hills are
used for row crops And in a region
where tourism Is such a tremendous
industry, the esthetic value of our
forests is great. Burned over forest
lands would produce costly scars on
this niagnificient land of ours.
Perilous Days On The Pavement
Easter, a glorious milepost in
Christianity's harrowed beginnings,
and a happy occasion for most fam
ilies, is also a time of oncommMi
danger, according to word from the
State police and from the State
Motor Club.
Sergeant Mil"
in 1961 and IMS
highest of any holiday in the i
of fatal accidents in the State, and
issues an earnest warning to motor
ists to take it easy, and halt this
senseless slaughter on the highways.
Sergeant Jones points out that dur
ing the Easter week end last year,
North Carolina recorded 26 highway
deaths in 19 fatal accidents and 399
-11 !? 1 J !? _ A-i.-l . | flft j
wncrs were injureci in a roxai ui oof
accidents. Leading driver violations
contributing to these accidents were
speeding 125, driving left of center
111, following too closely 86, failure
to yield, right of way 83, and reckless
driving 66. Speeding led to 12 of
the 26 fatal accidents and driving on
the wrong side of the road to 7.
The police official states that nor
mally speed to causing most of the
accidents, which to proven by the
fact that about 70% are one-car
crashes. Drivers in the 16-24 age
bracket account for the most acci
dents, and women drivers are arrest
ed only occasionally.
Travel will be uncommon heavy
this week end, the highways will be
crowded and there will be the usual
hurry to get there. Please drive
carefully to make sure your holiday
to not saddened by death or injury
is your family.
TV Is Blamed Again
Television is getting the blame
for increasing hypochondria, along
with the burgeoning crime wave. Or
at any rate that is what J. D. Rad
cliff opines in his Reader's Digest
article, "Are Yo? a Hypochondriac?"
Millions accompany Dr. Klldare on
his rounds, and Dr. Ben Casey into
the operating room. Observes Brit
ain's Dr. Birbarrt Asher: "The public
beheading in the marketplace has
been replaced by stomach surgery in
the parlor. . . . The public mind is
in far greater danger than the public
stomach."
Everyone is a hypochondriac to
some degree. We fret when hearts
skip a beet, show concern about a
stiff neck when polio is mentioned
and are alarmed about even light
fevers. For most people suck wor
ries are transient, but the true hypo
chondriac is morbidly obsessed with
disease.
There arc the pill-eaters, who col
lect pills as others collect stamps.
Their medicine chests display shelves
of colored pills. Another type is the
evangelical hypochondriac who not
only sells his ailment to ethers hut
will prescribe the latest cure. A third
is the doctor-shopper typ?. They
change doctors as often as their un
derwear. One recently chalked np
12 doctors in 14 days.
A serious aspect of hypochondria
is that its victims oftea worry them
selves into real illness. More than
one has succumbed to ukers or as
thma.
ihe Hey. Hugh Alexander Dobbin
(George F. Wiese, Patterson School News)
The Rev. Hugh Alexander Dobbin, Jr.,
entered into the fuller life aa Friday,
February 22.
It ia always tad to see a loved oat laid
to reet who has been a rati force in our
present life to the (lory of God and the
benefit of man. There ia no doubt but
that the Rev. Mr. Dobbin haa left his
mark on the Patterson School and a
large number o i bays whs attended he*e.
In the twenty-three years between 1913
and 1838 when be waa headmaster ef the
school, Card Hall, the library which It
now the Sarah Joyce Lenoir Memorial
Chapel, and Palmyra Ball were bu?*. He
directed the making of the brieka. tm
Gard Hall and part of our present chapel.
The twich of his handiwork ia evident
elsewhere on the campus and the farm.
The material achteveaaenta are many
but they are as nothing in compvtwn
to the influence on the young Uvea molded
under his leadership. The young live* are
now Mrty well aged. Many of them were
adults wtea 1 satceeded Mr. Dobbin
twenty-seven years tg? Their successful
live* as outstanding Christian gentlemen,
useful eitiaaoa and leaders in their re
spect ivp communities testify to the train
ing they received hese under his leader
ship as a Priest a t the Epit??s?l Chunk,
teacher, and second latter.
Students van accepted by Mr. Dohhin
post. Ha look in the bo*s Mat awilst
an agricultural ee imbtesial training. and
those ?M adion aa edaaaHnr aright athet
wise have been difficult or inadequate.
The school imIIv was im large family.
Winlastta aad annual work was into*
woven, and ri lltiiu was seen, taught, and
felt in all phaaaa of life.
We who knew him ware fortunate. Wa
thank God for hts faith which he passed
on to otter*, bis ability to understand
and desire to serve boys in their form?
stive years, and the Christian fellowship
enjoyed with his fanner associates.
"Towering O'er The Wreck* Of Time
? _ . . "C., ? i JraMfiflrt i' ?n * B JSvLa*
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago -
April 9, 1903
It seema that soim people in
this community have yet to learn
that there is any *ueh thing aa
a stock law here, Judging from
the way it U being violated.
Atty. Linney is making a neat
walk from the street up to the
incline to his residence. Carp
enters are also at work on his
law office.
Court adjourned on last
Thursday and a jury for the
next term was drawn on Tues
day of this week which will con
vene here on Monday the first
day of June.
During the first week of court
I lost a pocket book containing
one lew one dollar bill, railroad
paas and notes and other valu
able papers. The finder can
keep the dollar if he will re
turn the balance to me, the
same being worthless to them.
W. L. Holshouser, Blowing Rock,
N. C.
Mr. Charles Moody, who has
been in Nebraska for a number
af years, returned to his home
last Saturday. We are glad to
have Charlie with us again and
hope he will stay.
Misses Julia Lay and May Ed
misten visited Miss Roxie Lay
this week, whe is attending
school at Skyland Institute.
John C. Critcher left Sunday
for Colletsville, where he has
taken work for the summer.
At|y. W. R. Lovill attended a
trial at North fork on Tuesday
of this week between John O.
J. Patter and Shuf. Miller. We
are not advised as to the result.
Messrs. W. L. Bryan and J.
C. Fletcher have been in Cald
well for several days attending
to matters of business.
Rev. J. J. L. Sherwood of
Yerger, was in town Monday.
Rev. Dan Wheeler preached
to a small congregation at Bam
boo 'last Sunday.
W. G. Todd came home, from
Collettsville on Friday of last
week to spend a few days with
his family.
A great many people in this
section have been suffering with
grippe for the past few weeks.
?Thirty-Nine Years Ago .
April 10, 1924
Mr. Bob McCoy was in to see
us yesterday and just now it
seems as if he is soon to be
come a business citizen of eur
town. Bob bound ua to secrecy
as to his intentions for the
present, but he will go far
enough to say that he is pre
paring to launch an industry
here that will mean very mack
to the town and county at large.
The people of the town were
very much surprised a few days
ago when Robert Castle, who
had Just completed a pretty
home in Boone, rented it out
for a year, and with his little
family, left for some point in
Pennsylvania, where he has ac
cepted a position. Castle is ?
good man and splendid citixen
and we are all sorry to see him
go.
On account of the unusually
late spring, farmers are at least
a week behind with their work.
Just One Thing
?y carl GOEKCB AFTER ANOTHER
A few days ago we wcie look
ing up something in a reference
book at the office and happened
to open the book at a page which
ww devoted to the State of
Mississippi and gave a list of
the counties and county seats.
Just by chance we observed
(hi*: Bolivar County; Cleveland
and Rosedale, county seats.
Funny, two county seats for
one county.
We glanced down the paga
aatf were surprised to ace:
Chicasaw County: Houston and
Okolona. county seat*.
Hinds County: Jackson ybd
Raymond, county seats.
Jasper County: Bay Springs
and Paulding, county seats.
Jones County: Ellisville and
Laurel, county seats.
Tallahatchie County: Charles
ton and Sumner, county seats.
Yalobusha County: Coffeevilje
and Walter Valley, county seats.
Seven counties with two coun
ty seats in each!
We called up Louis Sutton,
who need to live in Mississippi,
Mrf asked him about it. Louis
said yes, he was acquainted
with this situation; that R had
bee* i* effect a long time.
Whew the counties were first
formed, transportation was dlf
Meult, and so the folks ifown hi
Mississippi satahUahed an extra
?fus*y seat fee the sake of con
venience. Hare in North Caro
lina we followed a different
MMfere; we split up our ceun
ttes, and gave them different
names. When you come to think
about It, there really isn't much
Mr. Sutton wasn't able to teU
us much about the details of
operation ? whether there art
two covrthoiMM, two sheriffs,
two registers-of-deeds, two coun
ty clerks, and so on.
Ye god* and little fishes!
A friend in Fort Myers, Fla.,
sends us ? copy of the paper
published la that fine city which
contains an article written by
Harriet Milner
Here's part of it:
"Historically, scientifically and
commercially the St. Johns
Biver ranks high. It was dis
covered by the Frenchman, Jean
Ribault, in 1862. Virginia Dare,
first white child born in Ameri
ca, was bom at Fort Carolina
on the It. Johns."
Miss Milner! Gone WtSer,
please; we're get something to
say to you.
Mrs. Edward Seay of Turkey
?that's in Sampson County
writes:
"A number of yean ago, there
was a boy who lived war Turk
ey and his name was Faison
Faisea. There is a man living
out from Fayetteville whose
name is William Bill. His son
!? William Bill, Jr.. u? 1* called
BHHe BUI."
We heard recently of a family
in Alamance County in wkieh
there were several girls. On*
married My. Snipes. Another
married Mr. Wrenn. And, in
?rd*r to keep up with this un
usual circumstance, one of the
Saipes girls married Mr.
p-n'
We are in receipt ot a tub*
scription from Mrs. Maggie L.
Skipper, now residing at Blow
ing Rock, but formerly of Ma
con, Ga. The lady ha* just ar
rived from Georgia, and al
though she has always liked this
country, has come to stay this
time and will make her alt-fhe
year round home at the Rock.
Mr. Charles Bingham of
Ama-itha and Miss Ruth Rhodes
of Lincolnton, were married in
North Wilkesboro a few days
since. The bride has been
teaching music in the Cove
Creek High School for some
time and has after a short abs
ence, returned to her work.
Several people in this com
munity attended the birthday
dinner given in honor of Mr.
Riley Greer Thursday. The writ
er being present, bad never seen
A msrti lWyeara Old. There waa
A large crowd present Speech
es were made by Prof. I. G.
Greer from the A. T. S. at
Boone, a Mr. Lige Greer, Mr.
Farthing and Rev. Sebastian.
Glad to know that Miss Gla
dys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Greene, is up again after
a very severe attack of rheuma
tism.
Fifteen Years Ago
April 8, IMS
Mrs. Poly W. Moret* ii criti
cslly iU at Watauga Hospital,
following a paralytic stroke suf
fered Monday evening. Mrs.
Moretz has never rallied from
the attack and information this
morning is to the effect that her
condition is unimproved.
Mr. David P. Wyke, who has
been seriously ill in the Char
lotte Memorial Hospital, 1* now
reported as recovering rapidly
from a serious operation, and
is expected to return to hit
home here, perhaps by the end
of the week.
Mrs. John Boone of Durham,
spent last week at the home
of Mrs. Esther S. Boose. Mr.
Boone Joined her here for the
week end, returning to Durham
Sunday evening.
Rev. E. F. Troutman Is at
tending the meeting of the N.
C. Lutheran Synod in Salisbury,
N. C., this week. He will re
turn Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Adam*
announce the birth of a son,
Thomas Paul, on March 29, at
Watauga Hospital.
Mrs. Edwin F. Troutman is
spending this week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. N.
Brown of Troutman, N. C.
Mrs. G K. Moose returned
home Sunday after spending
the week end with her daugh
ter, Rebecca at St Mary's
School in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ayers
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Janiee Mel be. Monday at
Watauga Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Greene,
Grttinhflro, ip>nt the
week end with their grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Niley G. Cook
have returned to their home at
Blowing Rock lima Miami, PI*.,
whera they Spent (he winter.
Mrs. W. F. Miller left Tues
day afternoon for Pacific Grove,
Calif., where she will spend a
month visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Br* bee and IX. Bra
bee Mrs. Miller will fly from
Knoxville.
Now and again we like to take an unhurried trip
over the old Yonahlossee Road between Blowing Rock
ami Linville, which, with the iitipHw ?tf mm wiimiag,
follows about the ium grade a* the original dirt road sur
veyad by S. T. Kelaey about 1M9, and built, perhaps,
by My Hugh MacRae, develops of Linrille City. . . .
The eighteen mile dirt road, which Arthur described
as "decideiy the best and moat level road in the moun
tains, traverses eighteen miles around the base of Grand
father aad cost less than 918,000," in that far away day
of picks sad shovels and b?r
rows and nun who wanted ?
job. . . . W? hop* that 231
may always remain *a a pie
tureeque, slow-travel avenue,
linking the present with the
paet, and pleasuring those of
ue who like to drive
ofi
by the icy
(alls,
where trees are patlti aod
twisted by the o I count
less winters. . . . And there is
the occasional view of the
massive stone peaks of Grand
father, and to the south the
panorama *t mountain and
date, which reaches into In
finity.
* * *
is
ried by MB ia Into years, it
may be that the eM readway
to
tryslde, and provide a wonder
land trail for these who like
the splendor ous beauty at the
sprawling blue hills.
The Tree . . Its Sweetness
John D. Hodges, of Vita,
did some "sugaring" ? while
back and brought us some of
the cakes, and syrup, which he
rendered down Irani Uu juice
of the sugar maples after the
last deep freeze. . . . Mr. Hod
ges recalls as a child his
grandmother, Mr*. Martha Hot
ris, pulling a great black kettle
from a sink hole, and telling
him to fetch some weod. , .
She then carried the backets
of tree water and boiled away
until syrup was provided,
which bridged the gap aa to
"sweetening" until lasses
time. ... Mr. Hedges says -he
figures to get a haH gallon of
syrup from SO gallons of water,
and has ftratid that the trees
yield more'water on the new of
the moon, but it earries a
smaller percentage of sugar
than when the meon has grown
old. . . The process la simple,
he says: Just drill seme holes
with a- one half inch Mt about
two inches deep in the maples,
punch the pith oat of some
elders, and drive them into the
holes and set the backet un
derneath, and you are In busi
ness, until ready to boil the
water.
? * ?
Old CiMtom . . Would
Preserve Them
Mr. Hodges says be ha* hU
some sugar and ijrip, still hat
about |65 worth left, and be
lieves ?art (Mfb should saw
their mapTes and wake sugar
daring the springtime when a
thaw fallows a severe freeze.
Ik la the* that Mm water yield
is greatest . . . Too Mi) of
the groves have been cot oat,
he believes, and he thinks an
old industry should be revived,
one that haa traditionally done
welt In New England. . . . And
besides making sane money,
while keeping the stately trees,
Mr. Hodges says he's In favor
of pieseitlng sine of the old
customs, which served oar an
cestors so well, In the days
when It took a lot of ingenuity
to provide some of Ho aoees
sttes af life.
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Whipping Port . . Survives
In Delaware the Supreme
Court haa upheld the VH-yoar
old lav which gravidas tor
whipping of law violators if
the Judge to to?r??. ? . , And
the word it tiat the Judiciary
can't da anything about it?
the Legislative dvacma wnuWl
? * ? ? ' p ? WW
have to (Wage the vicious pun
ishment which 8Pi?iiutMl so
long ago. . . Thmr haven't ap
plied the leather since 1992
in Delaware, but the court da
had resulted in passing the
sentence af 20 lashes on the
bare bad. "well Igld on." . . .
Our daddy uaed to tell of the
whipping port which atood on
? lot down by the old log Jail
on Depot Street in Boone
about where the aid City Hall
staada. . . . Out of business
now lor perhaps 75 year* or
?mm, many of the old timers
used te advocate its return.
. . . They said the humiliation
of getting strapped in public
waa a deterrent to crime. . .
And we should think that the
barbarooa splitting of the
flesh with a leather thong
wasn't conducive to a return
trip te the early-day courts
which prescribed such cruel
punishment. . . . "Hanging's
too good for him." the* used
to say, "he ought* be hoss
*(hipped!"
Uncle
Pinkney
HIS PALAVERING
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Th? mors I try to finer out
the human race the more I
think Noah had too many mon
keys aboard when he took off
in the Ark. Take, fer instant,
this feller that told a Chicago
Judge last week that he'd been
making a good living fer 13
year stealing hub caps and
selling 'em fer 90 cents each.
I'm shore one of his ancestors
comes from a excess quota of
monkeys on the Ark.
Then I was reading this
piece where the designers of
the new 1964 model cars that's
cooing out this Fall is plan
ning a lot 9l fancy gadgets. On
dn^' station wagon fer the "ex
ecutive type" it says they'll
have a pull-out bar. If they
keep ob messing around they'll
invent the running board again.
And they say one or two of
the ISM cars will have 4S0
horse power. Now I'm shore
the feller that puts that much
dynamite ia a ear had a an
cester on the Ark that belong
ed to the monkey family.
Well, I see by the papers
where another loophole has
been discovered fer milking
Uncle Sam. It says here that
the Navy Bureau of Ships plan
ned to have a New York out
fit make 'em some radar equip
ment. They made a advance
payment that was $2.6 million
more'n what that radar equip
ment was going to cost. The
campany hung onto this excess
money fer three years afore
they paid it back to the Guvern
ment. And while they was
hanging onto it, they invested
it in Guvernment bonds fer the
three-year period and picked
up *47,000 in interest.
What they was doing, Mister
Editor, was using tax money
to gain $47,000 in tax money.
T have writ to my Congress
man and ask him if he can't
git me a little advance money
on my SoU Bank deal to in
vest in Guvernment bonds to
take care of my 1963 taxes.
Natural, I alnt expecting to
hear from him till the next
election.
Two very disturbing items
was in the papers last week in
addition to them I have men
tioned above.
A teacher in one ?f these
home- making or somepun or
other classes in a New York
high school brung a washboard
to class and aak the studenta
to toU what it was. They
wasn't a single one in the class
that had ever saw one. I rec
kon you could say that when
this generation can't tell what
? washboard is, the link be
tween then and now it gone
complete and ferever.
Ami a manufacturer of wim
MMft clothes in Idlwalkee
tan tfc* number of wimmen
wearing pants has increased
400 per cent since 1904. He
claims dresses will be out of
style by 1800. rm glad. Mister
Editor, I wont be around
when it happens.
Yonrs truly,
UNCU! FTNKNEY.
CMaffnight Syndicate)