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1 :ii.CSPAV. MAY 2ft, 1980
POETRY and LIFE
The announcement that Joh;
Mascfieid has been appointed pod
laureate oi England, succeeding th<
late Robert Bridges, leviyiss in teres
in poetry as a means <>i expression
as well as in t.he anoiei'.l office v>
poet laureate to the King l*o Kitg
The earlie poets laureate were ;
kind of glorified royal minstrels wh<
were supposed to sound the praise
of the King >r every possible oeca
sion. Naturally, the necessity for be
in?- a sovt of lyrical "y-:s-nia.'i" (lb
not attract j.he pcets of the highes
genius. bik\ there have been few
holders of that title whose name:
aie now remembered. But whet
Queer. Victoria appointed Alfred
Tennyson as lauraete a new styb
was set. Tennyson refused to writi
poetry to order. He did compes'
some versus in commemoration o:
events in the life cf royalty, bu
they rank among his poorest works
But Tennyson was the greatest poe
of h's day, one of the greatest wh?
ever '.vrotn in the English language
and he gave to the title of poet laiir
eate a new dignityTennyson's
successor, Robert Br id
ges. was regarded iii literary circle,
as a first-rate poet, but his work ha:
never had the popular appeal tha
Tennyson's had. Few 01 his poems unknown
at all in America. For tha
matter, few of. John Masefield's pe
ems arc known on this side l th]
water. The only living English "p?>e
whose work has hail American ponu
larity comparable with Tennyson's i
Rudyard Kipling, and K:;?ln;g s r.ov
an old man and peobal Id no
have accepted the c laUreat
even if it had bden offered to him
And that w8s out 01 . ouesti^h
since the King's appointmer.t w ;u
made on the recommendat^n of thHrime
Minister, and the
Prime Minister, Ranvsay Maecfonabi
is at odds with his predecessor, cHar
ley Baldwin, who happens to be Kiv
ling's brother-in-law.
John Masefield is a different Sgjf
of poet. English to the cove, he ha
expressed in his poems a deep sympathy
with and understanding of th
working classes and the ,*uhchr dogs
generally. !{:. youth w*a> spc nt i
poverty, one almost says as a iramy
He sowed before the mast as a sailoi
found nirnseli stranded in Nov Vor
and earned his bed and hn by >
injr as a porter tor a friendly saloon
keeper. _Vel his pocm,_;'Reymud th
~~: box," orou^nt mm the;\in^aht.Ja?:
prova) of the English aristocracy! H
now live-- at Oxford. in the shad >\v o
the historic university, and runs
little theatre whose he produces eric
inal plays.
in another respect John Mascf ;oJ
differs from the traditional poet; h
is a teetotaller. "Inspiratien niiis
come from a man's own soul, and ae
ii6 from alcohol,' he says. He is now f>
ears ,)1<I. with every expectation o
twenty ,,f pi-.uh'iiiY,;!,.,
durin;- which everything he write
will he eau't'i-'v vend a!'- o- of th
wo rid. SS
SCOREKEEPERS
iM&rigltPtuh News-Heralqi ?
An editorial in recent issue o
the Fountain Inn IS. C 1 Tribune ha
~ ^ a tunc led wide newspaper notice, to
it strikes a responsive chord in over
editor's .experience. There is ra>el;
an issue of this paper, for msfancrihal
a 's .ioes-; i, n,?t mode that'sonic
thing be left nut?this applying put
tieuiarly to the Reciivdur's Onrv
recisvd. Often from a personal static
point we would; much prefer fp: accede
to fnc *-equests, nut <ve cun f<v?
low no other course than c-j trea
all alike. Again va- repeat thai rn
.-xr^sr- vtii o? ine pup
ijShea report pi', the Recorders' Coot
P is to keep out of the court. Like Rob
ert QtiiHcn and his Tribune. ychicl
he says is a newspaper," W:i
v'a~e one of : he storekeepers, making
a record of hits and runs."
He writes that "The Tribune isn'
a newspaper, but it does pnnjSSternof
local news that are. of interest t<
its subscribers. That is lis business
If you beat you.* wife or kiUjfi&i
mother-in-law or have a 1'igrht wit!
a neighbor, 1 record :hf fact a* i
is reported to me. And there my in.
terest ends. I do not take side.-. Tb.?
fact that I print the story does not
k indicate that I am partisan. I an:
mer ely a score keeper, making: a r<
ora of .hits and runs. Whether yoi
win or lose, hate or love, doesn't interest
me. Your business es your busi
ness, .not mine. I'm not your judg<
or your defender. If you burn yom
house for the insurance. my report
of the matter isn't an accusation oi
wrongdoing. I'm merely stating the
facts. The feelingr that you are nem>
accused and condemned comes fron
your conscience."
10,000 GALLONS OF BOOZE
captured on seaboare
Hamlet, X. C.?Around 10,000 gal
Ions of whiskey. annar^nMv imnnrt
ed. "was burned here last Saturday
Officers estimated i+~ retail Value a]
around $200,000.
The booze, labeled "Golden Wed
-ding," was seized Thursday, whei
acting on a tip that came to Deputy
Sheriff Lawrence McLean, Chief* o:
Police Miller opened two box car:
billed as "molding: clay," en rout*
from Charleston, S. C., to Brooklyn
Sheriff Braswell took charge o
the cargo and with the assistnace --ol
a dozer, deputies directed its burn
ipg. Railway officials sought to lo
eate the shipper and the consignee.
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11 "The Way of Life"
II >'?i#M w.?~
By BRUCE BARTON
k-,l _,
s A TETTER TO A YOUNG MAN
' Y;?a ;i.~K :?*.< ho? you can ;rc| <v i
KoiiiVf ljfilY 7tijj
j My answer is th?t you can't,
al AU over the country are millions j
K? of V)uns ?nw W.ho. in a vague sort j
? of way, warn a better job. and hevej
and there among: them are the worth~
while few who want the better job.
And the millions wonder why the
il few move on, while they stand sta*.
tiottar;. year after year.
? You" must, first of all, pick out the
S better .ioh - some particular job that J
fj ;s better than yours. Then train your 1
g;uus on that and capture it.
foti tell me that you arc a book- j
keeper and tha you earn $25 a v. eek. .
I kr.rw ; citified public account-!
n aius vho rai'i SI0,000 a year and 1
t rnoro.
e If 1 were a bookkeeper earning S'J"?:
i a week. I should go out for a public I
? ai ' ouniant's job. I might die on the j
j! roa-i. bin whoever found my body
, j would notice that my face was to-1
; ward the summit,
v Second: You can never make any-j
r>! body pay you more money urdii you 1
j, j haye more to sell.
. * I can advertise Sr. a newspaper!
i tomorrow morning ami liava a ban-.
1 dred bright young men Kere a', eight
: o'clock. Ec.yh one will have just as;
vjmucb to offer me as you have: the '
s j same two years of high schoc-i; the |,
1 j same experience in keeping books, j
j j the same good record. Every one .?f
. j them will be willing to work for $25, .
I j and some of them for $18.
The only way vou (ran ii*'T vour-11
f-j self <iut of thai $25 class is by giv-i.j
t j *?1I> yourself an equipment that the ' jrest
of the fellows in that class do j
t not have. In other words, by study?
, j by education?by specialized train- ,
j i'II
Third: When you have picked out!.
t .1.. .. i. . .. .. ; J . - '
j ?,.!*: Mae jjui vii ufiir Better jxro mai, \
_; yoi: "*ant. when you have fi*loci your- i s
. I self for it ther: t?e carefui of your < ^
^letter of application. I
t ! Your letter is your representative. ,
,! For heaven's sake, if "you have in I ^
t j you any spark of originality that oth-: .
J er men have not. make your letter
| a tiny hit different from the other r
l : letters that chc other men will write
Fourth; I receive many letters of!",
, application. Ir; one focm cr another.!.
| thev usually -ay s< 'iiu-thina like this.: j J
, "i want a better."" job: I am thinking!
irettir.Lv niarrien": or "I have ai
mother to supports'; or. ' I have been1*]
f three years :n this place without a|>|
'' | ffitfro and set he future.''
\!; v!' which Interests me not at;
fwpip i;
fh? only letter that I read with: (
interest h\;letter ?>f the yourpr?|
M ma:: v ho has .'studied my business j >
jane a dn.ts out to mo how i can make'
!y more money for my employer by em-,
J j ploying kin;.
' Ideas are the keys that unlock bij?-|,
l~ I men's lo
.?! Wher. you have fitted yourself for'
Ithe better job. let your letter 01* up-1
/jj plication contain an Idea.
j The Family Doctor I
i| 1
>-jJ liy IJiK. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES j
OLD REMEDIES?AND NEW
1. ' Fifty years ago, we demanded just
j one thine oS *Jdrug?it must pro-j
jjduce results. Wa medicine survived
Q lhat did not measure on to ?hi?
! requirement. The natier.t expected
d action ir r :turt; for his effort at i
swallowing the massive, dose with
often the abominable smell; if itj?
Ui- nialiitiy. :nr c.ms;d-r: e;l ]
*t himself amply repaid tor the awful;
S- experience of .-.wallowtaut the mess:
; dipped up by-.'the rusty knife-blade'
of the old family doctor. There were .
few driiys then that were of known*
reliability.
It is aniazSjHy different today. ;
f | About the me.?', unpopular thir.jt I rf
:s know .SK 'is the coarse, unpalatable!
r dose. Trie -lector who makes a urae- j
y ticc f ulrBBjc medicines without a
y supreme regard for the patient's sea '
? tlieli. taste wit!, .r? time, work him
-; self on; -f a respectable clientele. t
-jXo shatter what its supposed virtue!
tins in eradlcator ,'pi disease, people::
:i bare the doctor- who dispenses j
- j t h c minute. sujtai -.:.,alcd, often I
l;j r:.:" a . .a- '-h'r.;.-.
t j ilenr.. the bobbins "p of the high-1
ellvn coinmen-is', r/.-r v...- - I.
| liictcvUWiai ! I
- who nave the nr.I- }
t ! verse -vth their products?probably
- J three-lbiirthf. of which might be done ;
ij without, a particle of risk! For ail .
h \ this stuff, people .-are supposed to be
a;' | paying at the rate a billion aol- \
lars a year! The business has growl t
and flourished. until the larger half
- bt our counrty is the manufacturing!
C. ha!*': where wfR it end?
kjgg- I ha *e a patient, a little woman | 1
of thirty-fife, who had thirteen'
i quarts of dropsical fluid removed^/
t from her abdomen two weeks ago)
ijl by- a ?urgeon?the proper thingfv.as
;p'Re, Ivji?the fluid is returning
\ slowly!
A heppy thought?the old ,:com
pound jalap powder." She had never
i heard of 't. One dose daily is removine
ihe stuff at the rate of a quart j
. ever twenty-four hours?while 1 am ,
>j attending to the underlying cause of j
- | it. What a grand old remedy that j
ifjtist won't fit into the discard! Let's],
fj honor the old remedies for awhile i
?| yet, before throwing them all over- j
r | board.
' 3E IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AMI? BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
THE TOWN OF BOONE, AS
( FOLLOWS:
Section I. That on ordinance
passed by this Board on the 18th day
of March. 1930, authorizing the issuance
of $11,000 Sewer System
. Bonds of ft. To*" nf 15 XT 11
Carolina, published in The Watauga
. Democrat on March 20th and 27th.
, 1930, said paper being published in
, Boone, North Carolina, be and the
f same is hereby repealed from and
, after thi3 date.
Section 2. BE IT ORDAINED
\ FURTHER that this repeal shall be
r effective from and after May 22nd.
f 1930.
This the 22nd day of May, 1930.
R. S. SWIFT, Mayor,
L. L. BINGHAM, Town Clerk.
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THS WATAWA DEMOCRAT?-EVE
Sunday School Lesson
;W^
Bv DR. WILL O GORDON
Contrast Between Faithfulness
and SlutMulness
LcrvNuw Tt-kv* Msttisc^r jjgg|| j'
Golden Te.vv:* "Well done, good.!
and faithful servant; thou has? j
-bccsv faithful over a ?e? *hii?g5? 1 :M
will set thee over many things; ;
enter thou into the- joy of thy i
Lord." ? Matthew wv. 21.
What Is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Jesus answers that in the Parable
of the Talents. Tho background of
the story ha.3 its setting on the
Mount "t Olives, where Jesus with
His disciples had guue, and here he
talked -n private with them. After a
day of violent conflict with the Jewish
leaders of the temple, Jesus
teaches them parables so that they,
might haw a hotter understanding j
of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Among other parables that He fold ;
the Parable of the Talents is one!
of the greatest products of the niind J
of the Masterjy
Responsibility for Talents
One of the first bnpi"ssions the!
story conveys is that the servants'
were trusted and beloved h\ the head)
the household. oi else lie wouidj
pot have left so much of his propyl
city in their keeping while he went j
abroad. He considered them trustworthy.
And so he apportioned to j
them accordingly, that is. in proper- i
t:or> to the capacity of each to do.He
evidently knew the ability to get
things done, from each of the three
servants, and he made them rekponsilo
accordingly. T = oric v.as gh> ;
rive talents, or $t?,000. To another
kvas given iwo laients; or s>~,auu, ana \
to the third was given one talent.:
?1,2Q0> The, first una second seemed;
to have a sense of responsibility, and
immediately put then talents in use.j I
iiligently and tactfully they enter
into the realm of trade and the result
is. they double the amounts
\hieh have been entrusted ro them. J
But the third disregarded his respon-i
ability. hid his talent in the ground1 '
There it lay in idleness, neither good
for him nor to anybody else. Now
ach ?>f these servants had the same
>n;>ortuinty tor investments. but vol
[ee or.e of the groiij faithless to his I
fust, and the '6'ther two equal in
faith fulness and .were weU compel
Tat d for their fa thfulness. l.
The Master's Return
Having been abser. tor a time '
tin master now hack in his household,; heie
is given a banquet in his hen ;
>r. On this occasion he makes a reck-'-;
r.irig v.ith his servants. Ue?s?vc)l } j
pleased with what the first and sec
t?nd iiavt Accomplished and gracious j.
v commends thorn for what th...
have returned; each having doubled^
hi.v trust. - J' . - fj?J
Now the servant with the one tal- J
i nt. who failed to take his respon-,'
-iidlity seriously, attempted to
fo himself in the matter of failure,;
by making an attack upon the cha;aetei
of hi-- master- He said, "!
knew you were haul ine.n, sir.
rcapiatf where yon never sowed fln-i
gathering n here you never v.'in
oe.Mul- So 1 V.us afia'.u; I went ami bid
youi talent given me in the
etrth -Hero_'t'- " T<- ilib tw.mae 5
tor replied: "Yen rascal, you idle
servant. you -rem to know' a modi
deal shout mo: at any rate, you!
should have deposited my money with!
the bankers, and I would have got!
my motley with interest when ! re-|
turnea. men was taken from himj
the talent and grten to the one with
five talents. What became of the
faithless one? The master said,
'Throw the irood-for-nothin^ >eicant
into riarkr.esn outside-: there,iner will _
Wad c.ihd ffiiaslf Thcir teeth."
The I.etsoft for U*
What doe? God expect of hn kfe?
The answer is simple enough?
Faithfulness Ii should be remembered
that our talents are Goil's personal
investment in our individual
iives He expects us to do our best
with these talents; we are responsible
for the way in which we use
them. We must be faithful to this
sacred trust. The fine thin# in the
use ol tr.cm. they grow by use. The
reward of work well done is more
work to do and increased po\Vcr to
make us equal for each new. taik.
Great talents are not necessary tig
render ore useful in .serving his day
and generation. But the asivur of
Mien as we have The. opportunity
to do i?ood and pet pood is found
r-v^ryxvhere. W one i?- witi:out opportunity
to work. No one hero *.s
denied a chance 'or attainment and
achievement. No day passed that
does not open two doors tc us, the
door to self-improvement and the
door to help others. You never know
what yon can do till you try. No
truer heaven need anyone desire ,
than a permanent place of useful
Service, doing the worth-while work,
God planned Jfo.r us. if -; if?' J* ?
Though weary deserts we may
iread,
Dreary perplexities may thread, J
Through dark ways underground
be led.
'i ci if we will our Guide obey, I
The dreariest path, the darkest
day.
Will Issue forth in heavenly day.
Due to a short honey flow for the
last two years, some of the beekeepers
of Caichveii County report losing
as many as 50 per cent, of their
bees.
ROMANCE?
of the ru*ti#trc ?nd their herd,
of the challenge "When yon My
at?SMILE T'
of the giant cattle round up,
'of the faith sf p-!i,
of the love of pioneer souls.
ALL BROUCHT TO LIFE IN
THE VIRGINIAN'
PASTIME THEATRE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
May 30th and 31st
:RY THURSDAY?ROONE.. N. C.
And She a Out oj .
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"VERY LATESTS" L
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By MARY MARSHALL th
For several years women have been \ Oi
wishing fov a radical change in fash-jap
ns. They have grown impatient ofi 1
low changes that have made itj?|U
wssible every season co wear last' cu
ar's clothes with little no ait ?rT.| i;a
ition: Now the change has e n:e, and ed
Ircsses, hats and wraps that we wove
.' IS!. Spi'lliP~ !(iftlc it t -Itiuct- i.un? ui> .iyc.1 t.l>
Mil of date. * i do
The task of lengthening a dress to
hat hes a .deep hem that is not miim C<
xgvn is not at all difficult. If the th
'w.i k of U'.i first hem does not 09100 tr
?ht in the eleaning process it is pos-r
ihlo to cover it l?y means of rows Bi
F- 1/^ I S
' j
of stitching. Evening dresses and afternoon
dresses with draped skirts can
be lengthened by- means of flounces
or panels of contrasting mitorial I
One way of lengthening the silk
dresses 5sT by means of a ruffle of
knife-pleated material applied to
the bottom of the skirt as shown in
the picture- If the material of the
dress cannot be exactly matched contrasting
material may be used, which
should be introduced somewhere else
in the dress in order to disguise thcutilitarian
purpose of tlie hem ruffle.
COVE CREEK BAPTIST
Sunday morning at the Core Creek
Baptist Church, Dr. Will O. Gordon
will preach at the 11 o'clock hour
of service, using for his subject
"Staying With a Bad Mess," based
ort the text. "For this cause left I
thee in Crete, that thou shouldest
set in ordeT the things that were
wanting."?Titus i, 5. A cordial welcome
for all. /
Dr. Gordon begins his third year
with Cove Creek Sunday. It is hoped
that nil members and friends of the
church will fc? present at the
Sunday morning. Sunday School begins
at 10 a. m. Classes for all ages.
B. Y. P. tJ. at 7:30 p. m.
Come thou with us, and we will
do thee good.
I
An astronomer says the earth is !
speeding up, probsb!" in emulation
of the people on it.?Wichita Eagle.
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THE SUPREME COURT
There are two equally honest i
ints of view held by men of dif- ]
ring convictions, in the matter of \
v qualifications of a justice of the j
tpreme (. ourt of the United States, j
it? view is that, no man should be I
pointed to the Supreme Bench
iose views on social and economic j
lestions do not conform to those j
rrently held by the group which
ppens to l?e in control of the Unit-!
! States Senate at the time. The an:er
to this, the opposing view, is
:it- mon-rtf ssul- integrity
not permit then personal opinions
deter them from interpreting the
>nstitution and the laws passed
erevinder in the light of the hest
adifions of the Law and the Bench.
Men have been nominated for the
i pre me Court in our time, arid conrmed
by the Senate, whose known
cial and economic views wore totalat
variance with those held by the
nioritv of the Senate nt. that time.
he case of .Justice Brandeis is in
I i f'
.
Self-S
STC
Save time, keep yours
by letting us deliver yi
need for you to be a d
i yourself carrying hea
over the phone and w
ly. And pieaste remen
is a home-owned ins
local men, selling notl
staple and fancy grot
tables.
Corn Meal, 25 lb. ba
Jenny Lind Flour, 25 i
Prunes, Fancy Calif01
Peaches, Fancy Calif*
L*rain Coffee, lb. . .
Octagon Soap, 6 for.
Super Suds, 3 for. . .
Grandma's Washing I
MAY 29, 1930
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% Albert T. lieitl
s ' '
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i\iVy
I
aut?C?^ 5 7 t t*?rejection
of Judge John J. Parker
bv the Senate than that he does f t
see things eye to eye with the majority
of the Senators. The impression
was created by Judge Parker's opponents
that he was too eager for
the office, that too many purely partisan
considerations entered into hinomination
by the President. Those
J considerations alone might not have
| prevented his nomination, however.
I Beyond them was the desire of I
| insurgent group in the Senate to gitv
j Presilient Hoover a slap in the face.
, & i.v<v 10 [iui l m auvruici viid|it.v;t tit
the political history of the United
States, which, when written, will deal
with the efforts of the Senate to
control the entire Goxenpnent.
President Hoover's nomination of
Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia ir.
place of Judge Parker seems to have
been his personal selection,- uninflu-r
enced by political or territorial considerations.
Of Mr. Roberts' nualifi
cations as a great lawyer there are
no two opinions.
ervice
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self fresh and youthful
our grocery orders. No
elivery boy and weary
ivy parcels, just order
re will deliver proniptiber
that J. & EL. Store
titution, operated by
ling but the freshest in
series, fruits and vegeS
75c
lb. bag $1.00
rnia, lb 17c
>rnia, lb 18c
25c
25c
25c
Powder, S for.... 25t
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