FOUR " T The Watauga Democrat ESTABLISHED 1888 I;s?eH.Every Thursday by The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY R. C. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS Publish??? SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 Three Months .40 j PtvpKlp in A Hrarmp Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the Postoffiee at Boone, N. C., as Second Class mail matter. THURSDAY" JANUARY 10. lt?30. THE SIMMONS ANNOUNCEMENT j In announcing his intention f being a candidate in the primary of j next .June for the Demcoratic nomi-S nation for United States SenatorI from North Carohna. Senator Sim-' mons has done the expected and is, merely reiterating his statement j made more than a vear ago. How ! ever, the manner of his announcement?undeniably a political masterpiece?comes as more cr less of a surprise to the Democracy oL' the State, who hitherto have known Senator Simmons only as a fighting campaigner of the old school, formidable and well nigh invincible on the field of battle, and one who has never before been content to leave his cause wholly in the hands of others. The veteran Senator cites as his reasons pressure of Congressional duties, iack of funds with which to finance a vigorous campaign, and the necessity for the conservation] of his strength to carry forth his duties in the Senate. In the minds of many, these latter reasons constitute the trump card in the Simmons hand, and North < arolinians will be slow to even contemplate turning a cold shoulder to the powerful appeal they contain. A picture is presented of a dominant statesman, active in political life for forty-odd years, bearing thej burden of; liis seveniv-six years wrenan easy grace, without money and J with waning strength afetr more than two-score years of outstanding serv-J ice, asking for support, from Ki| constituency. before whom he is thusi prevented from taking his case. This' kind of appeal will not be unheeded and should everything on either side have been previously euual, the veteran ^Senator would now have the edge on Josiah William. With Simmons definitely committed to a non-active campaign, it would not be surprising should the eloquent rur.~Bal.ley become mere less speechless. Bailey's forces would likely profit infinitely more from Simmons' own statemexits than they could hope to from a revival of the anti-Smith animosity. The number of those who will oppose the Senator because of '"irregularity" may not be considerably increased, while a bitter campaign on this charge might subtract from the Bailey strength. Proponents of Mr. Bailey, making use kindiv of the Senator's state ments as to limited physical strength, and as to his length of tenure in office, might hatch a more appealing! reason for his removal from the Senate chamber, than that of deserting the national nominee last year. Much interest will center upon the turn the Raleigh lawyer's campaign will take. Between the.r Smiths and antiSmiths another interesting faction has been more or less lost in the shuffle?that is, those who for a number of years have been opposed to the Simmons organization, the same who followed Kitchen when the late Governor cap^o uncomfortably near to defeating Simmons, and the self-same element which gave Bailey a surprisingly large vote when he opposed a "machine" candidate for the! Gubernatorial nomination. This element has not necessarily been abH sorbed altogether by either the Hoovers or the cause for reflection comes along this line when former campaigns are leeounted. Senator Simmons is a brilliant statesman, a political genius. He had one big play and its made. Josiah j William Bailey is not to be trifled with. He's an eminent gentleman and a lorceiui campaigner, li he's nominated, however, he must be sure just where his advantages are and use them properly. He may be depended upon to "open up" only after the most mature deliberation. Meantime one couiu scarcely j Ail to recognize iri the Simmons statement of "no money," "limited strength and a lifetime of office holding" the most effective Simmons speech of his career. WORTH WHILE CLUB TO PRESENT THREE-ACT PLAY "The Threat of Destiny," a drama in three acta, wiii be presented by the Worth While Club next Monday nU1.i T ? "> r* 1 11.- r, it^uv, uauunij bV. dL U1V J It" 111' ) ns L r:ition School auditorium, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The cast is composed of choice local talent, and those who attend are assured an evening of enjoyment. Ar ** Hr"diUoyfvci mill V?n mndo Eccumulated to be used for ovement. I "The Way of Life" |! ?-? ! Bv BRUCE BARTON ; ?l PERPETUAL MUiION Some day go into the Patent Office in Washington and look at the , applications that have been made ' for patents on perpetual-motion ma- : chines. You will see some very ingenious , , Bjpfi JbEBIL. ;,l For instance, a machine to run by the power of gravity?iron halls ; dropping down a chute and turning a wheel. j The inventor of that machine pro- j vidod for everything. He even added a brake to stop the machine, in case : it should run so fast as to become ; unmanageable. ' lie forgot only one thing?that it. requires just as much energy to liftI the balls up against gravity as they j develop by falling down. In England, between 1017 andj, 1903, move than six hundred sep-j t urate applications for patents were { made on perpetual-motion machines, j, They stand?this unending pro -j f cession?as a magnificent monument' 1 to the unchangeableness of human j uiituie. ? A testimony to man's ungueneha- 1 ble belief that somehow, somewhere. * it is possible in this world to get j 1 something for nothing. Every man who goes downtown to i ^ business in the morning- should pass a perpetual-motion machine and bet reminded of its lesson. There is one great law that runs through all life. Many men have dis- | covered it; Emerson named it the } Law of Compensation. Everywhere that law is operative. 1 In physics, action and reaction arc , equal. In electricity, if the north end } of a magnet attracts, the south end repels. I When I started in business I vised , to be somewhat worried by the good j fortune of the wieked. 1 saw men who worked no half as haul as I j and were paid twice as muc h money. I saw others men lift themselves1 into the good graces of the bo??s on j iirt-Tgolder; wings-oT golf -and-.--.'-funn.v ! stories. But 1 have seen the Law of C'om-i ponsation got m too much deadly i \vork ever to concern myself any! I more about anybody else's success. i j I have seen good fellows who | thought they were perfectly secure I because they called the boss by his j first name, be filed bv the same boss. I who called them bv their f:v>*t nnmc! when he did it. And I have seen men grow very} rich?iiiici L know that there are J many ways in which the Law of Compensation can work when a man! has the amoir.cn to become very rich.; It can make him pay in health. It1 i can turn his home into a countimr-i room." It can make his children snobs and hypocrites. It can destroy his joy in simple things. Another gentleman discovered the Law of Compensation even before | Emerson. He stated it in this form; | Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. The Family Doctor By I)R. .JOHN JOSEPH GAINES STARCH FOODS Winter is the season of good appetites and their appeasing without j regard to consequences; a man re-j cently had me estimate his bloodpressure. who weighed 275 pounds; said he just could not get rid of any flesh." His health was, in fact, superb?1 never saw finer; but he was fearfully overloaded with ballast, and he was the chap that had been shovelling it in. Starchy foods lead in variety. The great staples, wheat, corn, potatoes and beans are principally starch. In fact, starch is one of the most important foods, but, like anything else J j^tna?.r,'?i good, it can W fearfully over| done. I advise my patrons to cut j down starchy foods in their dietary. [ One starch, not four or five, is a | rule that 1 try to enforce. | Potatoes may be prepared In a | dozen tempting ways?and wheat i flour?there is no limit to the culinary inventor's art and skill. The result is, five times as much starch is taken into the body as is actually needed; the result, it is stowed away in an increase of "flesh" that sometimes becomes alarming . 1 had a lady patient of mine wn?r was overweight, leave off all starches for four daVS told her T didn't oot-u what she ate, just so it wasn't starchy food. With a reluctancy that was almost horror, she ate meat exclusively during that period. She lost the "heavy, loggy, tired feeling," that we meet so frequently and which is not disease at all?just an overloaded vehicle with starch bulging the sideboards! The non-meat-eating fad has done its share to provide excess of starehes, equally distressing. I'd as soon take my pork without the beans, ; as my beans without the pork, if I were experimenting; either way j spells disaster. I prefer to act wiselv 1 if not scientifically?and take a little of both; just what my internal That seems to be the horse sense of the matter. r-. . .1,' / -y--- ' : rHE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVH ? I Hints for the Home By NANCY HART OLD BLANKETS USEFUL Of course no one discards a blanket just because of one or two worn spots. They may be given a new lease of life by careful darning. By nil means use soft woolen darning thread and be sure that you run your stitches- over a considerable portion cf the good part ol the blanket so as to make a darn that will not depend on the worn portion. A good plan is to put the blanket into a large pair of embroidery frames. If you do this you can make a very presentable darn. If possible the darn should be used instead of the patch, as it is smooth and flatter. Often the blanket is worn only aj the edge. In that case you may find it best to run a piece of thin flannel the whole length of the blan-{ ket. sewing it down neatly, binding | t with the blanket at the edge and hen working about the worn places, hrough tht? blanket portion and the flannel. But often it is better simply to cut off a section of the blanket. It may be large enough for a smaller bed. or for a useful bit of Additional covering. There are always times when a blanket just large inoutrh to tuck in over the foot nmli cnees is a welcome addition to the >edding. So me times a blanket goes along he center fold. Then it is possible :o cut out the worn section here, piece the blanket down the center ind use it for a singles bed blanket, tt is a ?ood plan to look over blankets at this time of the year, before putting them away for warm weather ir.d to make any alterations or mends hat are necessary. Cold weather :omcs quickly in the autumn arid it is very discouraging to go to get sour bedding: out of cedar or camphor only to find that it needs a pay or two's mending- before ic is presentable. The chances are that vou won't do .anything: to it at all. if you wait until autumn.. Orange Puff Sauce Put two egg whites in bowl with few g-rains, ef sail a??i html- until very stiff. Add slowly while beat mgr. constantly, two-thirds cup pow-i| dored sugar, juice of one orange and juice of one-lvalf lemon. Serve as soon as possible, as sauce will separate if it stands. Orange Sauce | Cream one cup of butter with two cups of sugar, at!d the juice of two oranges, the grated rind of one, and a little grated nutmeg*. Mix thoroughly and serve cold. This may he used on the above pudding. It is dleicious with hoiled rice and a baked or steamed pudding. Oatmeal Bread One and one-half cups rolled oats, one cake compressed yeast, one and one-half teaspoons salt, two cups of warm water, two tablespoons sugar, Place oats in warm water. Dissolve yeast cake in one-third cup of lukewarm water; add two tablespoons of lard and salt. Add one and one-half cups of flour to oats, then add the yeast and salt. Beat well and let rise until light. Add sugar, enough flour to make a soft mould, and knead iierhtlv. T^r *-5c? oW.t . , . .OV. UUUUL UilC J hour. Make in one large or two small lo: ves. Let rise again in pans' about one hour, to double the size. Bake from thirty-five to forty-five minutes in moderate oven. If started at eight the bread will be done by noon. NEW CARS AND "HARD TIMES" (Winston-Salem Journal) How are times in North Carolina? "Hard," conies the clamorous answer from all over the State. But if times are so "hard," why is it that the people of the State managed to scrape together some $60,000,000 to send out to other states for new automobiles during the past year? This is a sum not so much less than the value of the cotton crop of the State. During 1920, 73,860 new automobiles were sold in North Carolina. In 1927 the number of new cars sold in the State was 65,007 or more than j 8,800 under the number for 1929. Is it true that the harder times get the more new cars are sold? It is esti n.uicu iflsc Tor tne united states as a whole the average cost of each new car is $812. Figuring on this basis the people of this State spent $60,000,000 for new cars in 1929. Turn to study another picture. Judge Frank Daniels is sentencing three young men in Wake Superior Court for theft. They stole, or were trying to steal, some tobacco, presumably to get money willi which to defray their automobile expenses. Judge Daniels took occasion to say that while automobiles may be useful and serve a good purpose, they have been the sonrce of much trouble to needy families and are depriving many children of an education. The automobile occupies a secure place in modern life. But this obvious fact does not obliterate the equally obvious fact that many peo-l pie have not succeeded in adjusting! themselves to the automobile. Many I families spend too much on their | tjtm. J.00 many people buy bigger and more expensive ears than they need. If the use of an automobile is confined to actual needs, it is not; in most instances, unduly expensive. It is the use of a car above and beyond jf !RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. If No One Lets G< AMT#i the country. Merchants had expected a decline of 15 or 20 per cent. People who make it their business to analyze economic forces say that one reason why people did not cut down oh their Christmas shipping after the Wall Street slump was because the President's business conferences in Washington had restored public confidence in the soundness of the Nations industries and reassured the timid ones. If that is true, it is a good augury ~foi'"""die--new year. The President's purpose in caiiing business leaders to disclose their plans for the future and in ureine* Governors aw' C.r?? Kress to accelerate the spending of public funds for roads, waterways, buildings and other public works, was the hope that the responses would prove so encouraging as to allay fear for the future. That turned out. to he the case. Mr. Hoover recognized the truth of Woodrow Wilson's famous statement that good times and bad times are usually the result of the mental altitude of the crowd. Business men of today understand that. If the mass of the people believes that things are going to go well, and Wc anticipat stantial year, have promised ones in a way make good tim Let's make tJ Let's every ma We thank y< wish for you a Boone BS^ESSS . ? They May Get Sonietvhere f? SUjjgS proves that belief by spending mon- at ey as freely as ever, then things do gi go well. If the majority is timid and ut hesitant about purchases and invest- w | merits, things go badly and we have in I hard times. ti The year 1930 has hardly begun, ei 1 but already the outlook seems bright- el | cr than it looked a couple of months fl ! ago. The public has realized more completely and srioedilv? than, had ei been hoped that the United .States is m still moving steadily toward >ts des si tiny, which is that of a nation in which neither poverty nor suffering a shall befall even the least of its citi- s< zens except as the individual him- b< self so wills it. tl b BEAUTIFYING THE ROADSIDE The next step in highway improve- ^ ment will be to make the roads more a, JRixcuvc. ine nrst and most impor-| taut object of road improvement is, ii of course, to make it easier to get a: from one place to another. But after b that is done, attention ought to be ti given to the beautification of the w roadside. r< Several states have begun this o . work. In Massachusetts all now or it ; relocated roads are made wide ti enough to provide for a belt ol shade e ' trees 011 each side and trees and shrubs are planted by the State nursery. Connecticut has a State land- b 1 scape division which not only plants tt trees hut lays out flower gardens a : at appropriate intervals along State- n roads. In California trees have been a planted along 685 miles of highways n and the lands adjacent to State roads s have been surveyed for the purpose s of planning ways to make them more v :e for this the New Year 193 The financial heads of the to start new developments a to create circulation of func les. his year an outstanding one f n resolve to do his part to m 3u for your loyalty for the ] prosperous 1930. Hardware Coi "The Friendly Store" i JANUARY 16, 1830 == By Albert T. Reid W^\ F\ ! Mi tractive. Delaware, Illinois, Geor a. Missouri, Wisconsin and Kencky are all making a beginning toard similar highway beautification. some instances with the co-opera on of local civic bodies and won k Ts clubs. For years the women's [j ubs of Florida have been planting owers along the roads. Under an amendment to the Fed aj-aid act. passed in 1028, Govern fl ent funds may be used in part foi 5 ich purposes on Federal-aid roads. There is more to this than simply protest against ugliness. There is i I uind (iollars-and-cents value in eautiful roads. People who live on mm Hnf ohIk toL-/. ??!/)? In uut. wju^ mivc pnau in mcui ut can pet move for their buildin: tcs. Towns which the touvist ap loaches through arching trees and owerx of flowers pain reputation ad business thereby. Europe is away ahead of America 1 roadside improvement. Not nr.ly re its highways generally tree-lined kj at in some regions fruit and nut f ees arc planted, the harvest from f hich is sold to provide funds for tad maintenance. That is an econ my which might not operate so well i America, but there is nothing but ime to prevent us from making evry road beautiful. ft They're making the new movies igger and showing 'em in colors and liking and everything, and now they re going to show them in three hi tensions like living statues. There i re only two or three more improve Jm tents needed to make 'ent perfect; I eems to us. One is to put some 9 ense into the plots and anothei 9 Quid be to hire a few real actors. 0, a good sub- "J United States V nd enlarge old Is sufficient to or this countv. _. I /ear 1929 and I I mpany i I ?# m