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THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1931 d
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FARM COMMANDMENTS ' *
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1. Plant good seed in well- r ^
v prepared soil. * -j
2. High-grade livestock and ' j,
* poultry on every farm. * (j
Raise plenty of food and *
* feed for home use. Practically *
T eliminate your grocery bill by ' ^
' making a good garden.
4. Grow a variety of cash '
* crops don't put all your eggs ' ..
' ir* one basket.
5. Produce carefully grad- ' ^
* ed and well packed sells best. ^
* By co-operation wc can build * ^
* up a good market.
6. Make this a debt paying *
* year by spending only for ne- * ^
* cessitics. p(
7. Let's work together to *
* make Watauga a still better * j
* county. * |
^ * * d
William J. Price i;
For more than thirty years, Will
Price traveled the mountain countiesi xv
of North Carolina, acquainting him- ^
self with the people, their needs and
perplexing problems; in the mean time
raring for the interests of the firm *
which he represented. During thisj:i
Jong span of years Will Price became|
s psi't of the moutain-country through ? >*'
which he vended his wares. At coun-'
try stores, denizens of the hills lis-1 ^
tened intently to his narrations of \
happenings in distant communities |
which were isolated through lack of n'
roads and communication systems, j'*'
In fan or foul weather, this "knight 1 0i
of the grip" called oh his cUentele I
regularly, and his coming was the be-J**
casion foi a brief period of happiness i "
in the community.
The passing of ycais orought many!
changes to the mountains of North-'
western North Carolina, and Willi ..
..i ; .... i i v
- titc ??sil.Yi- v: iV7! MTiflO;-IUITV LlUC 111
the transformation.- Highways point- {
their spiny fincurs' from1 the low- {"
1 i n- < :* ' he a - iirid found their, ij
.way through the bills and valleys .
of Ashe, Watauga, Aileghany and!
Avery counties. Concrete and maC-j
~adam thoroughfares replaced the!
muddy trails over which he drovej
his hack ; modern brick schcolhouses j ~
with ultra-modern methods of educasupplanted
the log houses in use din ing
the early days of his visits in the g
''Land of the Sky.*' Rut Will Price ie
traveled on, offering his advice and ir
financial aid ir. all matters calculated ni
to eject his adopted mountains from ia
the rut of ignorance. ? rr
His useful life ended Tuesday ofje<
last week, following a brief illness, j b
Will Price, pioneer, builder, leading \ xr
citizen of Ashe County, capable pro- si
moter of better citizenship, friend
to mankind, has been called to his S1
reward. Rich and poor, mighty and ^
lowly citizens of the northwest join ]?
together in common sorrow. 0
- A Midnight Massacre j]
Two mothers are widowed arid five b
children are fatherless as a result U
of the zeal of New R?now?v P.rmntvl e.
deputies to find spirituous liquors in h
their raid of last Saturday night. |9
Leopold Roberts, one of the slair. n
men, who was conveying a truck load rr
of United States mail from Goldsbovo
to Wilmington, played a heroic v
role in the gun. battle which was t<
staged in the wee small hours 01 the a
morning. When his vehicle was halt- p
ed by the body of deputies sheriff, [
his only thought was to save thejy
mail. Accordingly, he leaped from \ a
his seat and opened fire. W. P. Star- s,
ling, one of tlie raiders, fell mortally ( ]
wounded, and the faithful guardian
of the Federal cargo crumpled under js
an official volley. There was no f)
liquor. .3 tl
Testimony at the preliminary hear- rt
ing indicated Jthat 'neither of the d
deputies wore a badge, uniform or
other insignia to distinguish them n
from the ordinary highwayman, and y
considering the importance of Rob- S1
erts' mission, one mieht easile enn
-- -v w
elude that he acted wisely in acting i
before asking questions. "The Mail c
Must Go" is to be adhered to just as p
strictly as in the days when Buffalo c
Bill rode the pony express, with his <5
guns the only protection from the a
manifold perils of the plains. s
Official killing is, of course, in
Eome instances justified. However, e
I ' public sentiment should force ihe
donning of uniforms by those hold- g
ing up nocturnal traffic. Saturday
night's gun play should serve as a _
lesson to some of the over-zealous j
enforcement agents, and teach them |
to combine common sense with their | ~
midnight duties. C
jjg." . v More than 6,000 pounds of grass ^
. and lespcrieza seed has been purchased
.go-operatively in Ctimberiand
County this .spring for pasture, hay <
&V and soil improvement.
"The Way of Life"
By BRUCE BARTON
SCRUBWOMEN
Que holiday, whet. the busine;
epressidsKwas worst. I visited t\v
f the tiBgest corporations in th
"orldJ
talked with the treasurer of or
nd with the chairman of the f inane
omroittee of the other?and tbes
re men, 1 may tell you. in \vho.:
uake-up sentimentality plays vei
ittle part.
They had heeu looking at red fij
ires until their eye-balls burne
*hey were entirely unwilling to pn
iict when their industries would in
rove.
But ea* h of them uttered the sair
ervent exclamation: "If only we ca
toll through without having to et
.ages!"
When you stop to think about
hat is an astonishing phenomenoi
'wenty-five years ago men in sim
ar positions would have said imrai
iately. 'Business is off ten per cen
lash wages twenty per cent."
The same sort of executives wh
sed to assume that the way to cut
oniKccinrt tthj! I?v putting \v;HI
ow convinced that the way t . cure
> not to cut.
That is one "principal fact whit
lakes the current depression diffo;
nt from its predecessors That
rogress!
History has a curious way of Uf
?tting contemporary judgment
lany of the events which seem in
ortant to men and women while the
re living-, prove insignificant in th
yes of the ages. And some very lii
e things later loom large.
Who was king of Spain in IGoG?
o not remember. But I do rcca
lat in 1H66 an apple fell and hi
aac Newton.
Who was Warren Harding? Wh
ere Calvin Coolidge and Herbei
uover? Some future school hoy ma
e puzzled by those inquiries.
But unless ! am very much mists
en every future history book wi
iv emphasis on two development
hich have taken place under pu
cry eyes.
They will tell that a boy name
indbergh flew across the Atlanti
cean.
And that a man named Ford ar
ouRceri that he would pay ail worV
rs, even scrubwomen, a minimui
f five dollars a day.
The iuea that high wages make
rosperity. that the key to good bus
ess lies not in the safe deposit boxt
f millionaires, but is carried in th
oekot of every worker?this is sunn
ling entirely new.
h holds the hope of the futuri
Whatever else may have to be di:
truvti. ARipmcKn Business rnusi n<
Ji'ven-l^r that A men can idea\
The Family Doctor
By DK. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES
LAW VIOLATORS
The fellow that takes a gun an
oes out among the people to eo
ct a living by that means is a cri'ir
tal, duly accredited as such, wit
lany tomes of expensive, statutor
ixvs; built for his especial treat
lent. Multiplied millions are expent
J each year for his "care," all pai
y burdened, harassed, strugglin
lass of unrequited people who ai
;ill Americans.
Sometimes I think?and thai's th
ibstanee of this letter?that, th
iosi FOOLISH violator of infallibl
iw, is the man or woman who got
ut and commits, crime against sel
o many thousands, regardless c
leir position in church or state, rus
ell-mell into crime against the:
odien, to reap penalties more cei
tin than any human court can a;
ess! And the doctor is called in i
elp smooth matters over for th
villain." Which would appear hi
lorous, were it not such a seriot
latter.
They go after the business, arme
dth everything from corn whist
d mince pie, to commit crimes the
lways draw a verdict of guilty wit
unishment f\oll</wing immediately
n my night-visits about town I se
oung men and even girls?lined u
t "hot dog" counters, stuffing then
elves at all hours with combination
tet put the real cracksman's "jin
?y" to shame?yet no statutory la^
here to prevent the youngstei
:om having "a good time," provide
ley are not too hilarious ... con
litting CRIME against their wor
er-young bodies!
And sexual crimes?affronts t
ature that are never unpunishei
Ifhat a race we might be ? win
Dlendid men and women we would I
ere all obedient to NATURAL law:
he roue, the common-law wife, tt
Durtesan, the boy and girl "friend,
oolish criminals, committers <
rime rarely if ever uncovered t
tatc law. Servers of sentences fhi
re just, they are asserted by the d
igner and Creator of man.
Remember; the reward for obed
nee tn NATTTRAT T aw 1 nv
ND HAPPY LIFE, becauW health;
lin against, seif is sin against. GOD
Helps Along the Road
> Spirit of the living God.
In sil the plenitude of grace,
Vhere'er the foot of man hath tro
Descend on our apostate race.
live tongues of fire and hearts <
. -,love, "
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?
I To preach the reconciling word;
-Give power and unci ion from ahovi
I V\"hone*er the iovfui sound is heart
J Be dark - the coming:, light;
"" ... ..Vi vi.iuu<n.-?,
-At v-.* jr-,
_ Stmts without -itvns'.b inspire wit
X miftht.
^ Hid mercy triumph ovez wrath.
Convert the nations, far and pigh
| I The triumph; of The cross record
; The name of Jesus glorify,
b Tit! every peopie ca)! his Lord.
v ?James Montgomery.
The Psalm? are a mirror :r? whic
each mar. sees the motions of hi? ow
1 * sou). They express In exquisite word
the kinship which every thought!'*,
human heart craves to find with
supreme, unchanging, loving Got
le who will be to him a protector, guai
" dian, and friend. The uttei the ord
n a 1 y experiences, the familia
. thoughts or men; but they give t
* these o width of range, an intensit
.* and a depath, and an elevation whic
~ | transcend tne capacity ?>i tne mos
gifted. They translate into speec
t'|the spiritual passion of the Infties
| genius; they also utter, with th
101 beauty born of truth and simplicity
e|anti >vith exact agreement betwoe
j the feeling and the expression, th
11 inarticulate and humble longings 0
the unlettered peasant. So it is thy'
in every eountiy. the language of s.h
r" Psalms has become part of the dail
,Ss life of nations, passing into thei
proverbs, mingling with their cor
versa* ion, and used at overv critics
:s* stage of existence.
?Rowland K. Protni rc
y
e Give me a new, a perfect heart.
From doui t ar.d fear and sorrow free
y The mind which was in Christ impai
.. And let mv spirit cleave to thee.
?diaries Wesley.
0 Webster Draws 5 to 7
1 Years for Murder or
S. E. Day in Octobe
I
11 C ontinued from Page 1)
s to leave the house and go to he
r grandmother's. On the fatal day an
soon after Webster had taken he
task, her paramour picked nc
c, up and took her a roundabout wa
1 to North Wilkeshoro. It was late
i-i that right, after she had returne
from the ride with Day, that ih
"i.tinoouiuK oei-c.rreci. seyeiai otner wit
In esses weree introduced, two o
:s whom viewed the tragedy,
i- The State presented its argumcv
'.s in four speeches, by Messrs. J. I
ie Ilolshouscr, Eugene Trivetfce an
- Senator W, R. Lovill, of the privat
prosecution, with the closing argi
?. snent t?y State's. Solicitor John I
Jones. The defense had but thve<
>t these being by Messrs. J. A. Row
seEu and J. II. Whicker, -with th
j final appeal for acquittal by Judg
- j Tain Bowie. Judge Schenck gave h
j brie/ charge Friday at 1 o'clock, an
the case was given to the jury wjhic
returned its verdict Saturday aftei
noon.
_ I Veteran of World War
j The deceased, Day, was a Worl
^ War veteran and was 36 years olc
. His widow formerly was Miss MaiBeach,
daughter of the late A. \\
' Beach, and was reared in Boon*
n Day left his war risk insurance a
; the principal feature of his estatt
j which will be paid to his widow i
j monthly instalments of $57.50 fe
the support of herself and his oi
g phaned children so long as she re
mains a widow.
Webster and his wife have n
e children of their own. Mi's. Srnoa
ie I r.vs? (l._ i........ ^
. iflg uiiugnitrt' oi Airs. weDste
e! by a previous marriage. The con
!S|victed man is 47 years old. If h
* I serves the full five years' minirnui
I of his sentence, he will be 52 yea*
i" old when he walks forth a free raa
ir from the State's prison1 pates in 193t
r~ State's Solicitor Jones nor pvivat
5~ counsel, Messrs. Trivette and Hols
? houser and Senator Lovill, intei
e posed further words once the verdic
1_ has been returned, their duty bein
ls closed with their argument to th
jury, in the trial when harrowin;
d facts of a broken and .lisrupte
y household were laid bare to the put
it lie gaze and the agony of mind an
h heart disclosed, public sentimen
' which soon after the shooting wa
e against Webster, underwent a cliang
p and was ir, sympathy with him. Th
i- unembarrassed admissions of her dii
is obediences, and of her illicit love al
M fair with Day as told by Mrs. Smoa
>vj herself probably militated as muc
s as any other factor in creating ne^
d sympathy for the defendant.
l
Preserve Cheap Eggs by
? Old Water Glass Methoi
One of the best and most econom
., cal methods of preserving fresh egf
^ for use later is to use the old wat<
,, glass method advocated by poultry
men for many years.
"It will cost only about two cenl
a dozen to nrpicrvo owe Kw +w
method," says C. F. P&rrish, extei
si on poultryman at State Colleg<
.. "and with the present crop sellin
iC at about 20 cents a dozen this met)
od of preservation for household us
y* is an excellent investment. Eggs se
for 30 to 40 cents a dozen and moi
in the fall and if the poultryman hs
"i a supply preserved in water glaj
j for his own use, he can sell the fresl
? ly laid eggs for this price. The cit
housekeeper will also find that pr<
serving eggs now while they are chea
d, will save some money this fall."
Eggs saved by this method may b
j used in any form for table purpose:
>i except for poaching. ? Only fresl
I clean eggs with a firm shell textui
lTBRY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
] The Amateur Garde
IifS
Jj.J AREAi
, CAN VOS
,|
|- should be used. Cracked eggs are
j not fit for any kind of storage. Canj
die the eggs and see that they are
r| strictly fresh and then get a five g&lcj|lon
glazed earthen jar or other glass
jar. Be sure it has a lid that will
fit tisrntlv.
,,f When the eggs have been selected
j.l and the jar made strictly sanitary by
^| boiling water, the actual process of
i preserving begins. Heat a quantity of
, | water to boiling point sufficient to
c have nine quarts when cooled. When
the container is dry, cool the boiled
water an<l pour into the container.
: Next add one quart of soriium siliJj
cate; When the ^oiutibn is there ughe
ly mixed, place the eggs in the soluj_
tiqn with the small ends down. Layer*
? after layer may be added until the
* container is filled to within three
I' inches of the top. The solution should
c be kept two inches deep over the eggs
,e at all limes.
<i Cull Baby Chicks
h To Remove Weaklings
There will be some crippled and
J weakling chicks in every hatch de\m
spite utmost care in selecting breedy
ing stock and batching eggs. Such
? chicks should be removed at hatchj
ing time to prevent their giving trous
tie later.
?t "Culling will bo practiced by the
i) alert poultry man every day in the
r year," says ,N. \V. Williams, poujr
tvyman at State College. "The watchful
poultryman will detect any unthrifty
chicks in his flock and reo
move them as detected. Chicks that
k are slow in growing should be rei'r
moved to a separate house or placed
[J in a brood of similar size. These
e should be marked for the market as
n soon as of sufficient size. Otherwise
s they might find their way into the
" NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE
e Under and by virtue of a certain
mortgage deed executed to the un _
dersigned mortgagees by J. C. Keller
? and wife, Amanda, and J. A. Keller
g and wife, Lillie, on the 7th day cf
November, 192K and default hav
g i ing been made in the payments of
,j I the money therein secured as there,J
in provided, we will on Monday, Ap(jlril
13th, at 1 o'clock p. in. at the
,t;i courthouse door in Boone, N. C., Waal
tauga County, sell to the highest
e'| bidder for cash the following de?j
scribed real estate, to-wit:
j. Lying and being in Beaver Dam
[. Township, Watauga County, adjoink
ing the lands of J. Y. Smitherman,
h Councill Ward and others; Tract No
N 1; beginning on a spruce pine and
runs east 16 poles to a chestnut,
thence north 34 poles to a white
pine, thence west 19 poles to a stake
' in W. B. Gambill's line, thence south
? to the beginning and containing 1
a acres more or less. Tract No. 2; beginning
on a group of chestnut sapi
lings in the old Grant line runs south
;s 31 east 21 poles to a stake, thence
ir north 54 east 12 poles to a stake,
r- thence north 26 1-2 east 3 poles to a
dogwood, thence south 73 east 14
ts poles to a spruce pine, thence south
is 39 east IB po'ies to ft white oftk,
i- thence south 60 poles to a stake in
s, J. C. Keller's line, thence with old
ig Grant line to the beginning, contain
l-i ing 12 acres more or less. Tract No
:e 3; beginning on a spruce pine J. H
11 Lunsford's old corner, thence south
e 26 east 20 poles to a locust, thence
is south 35 1-2 east 2 poles to spruce
ss pine, Smitherman's comer, thence
i- east 5 poles to a stake in the branch
:y thence up said branch to .1. H. Lunsford's
line, thence with said line tc
p the beginning:, containing 2 acres
ftiore or less,
e This the 13th day of March. 1931.
s, I W. Y. FARTHING and wife;
i,| NAOMI FARTHING,
e! 3-l&-4t Mortgagees
>ner Starts His Spring Exei
. stem To me Evert Year a
m& strong man and you must m
x out. then when the veeds G1
ut. ty?Ll?- !Ve EXERCISED A H<
last time,#so you Better, thin
iyiCE. I'M out FOR 600d j "
Zsm1
laying house aiia possibly iater into
the breeding pens. If any chick shows
signs of sickness, it should be taken
from the fiock and destroyed. Cremation
is the safest and most satis-1
factory method of destruction."
Mr. Williams does not believe that I
chicks should ever be helped out of!
the shell. Sometimes this is done when j
the eggs arc partially pipped and the]
I
Militiamen Guard $
I 1
THE thousands of letters rereived
in the S50.000 Camel
loitruv'ni a art.i'nvltonH
in newspapers from coast to coast,
\v*?re guarded in the same manner
as huge gold shipments. Photograph
shows contest mail being loaded
into an armored truck at the Winston-Salem,
N. C.. postoffice under
guard for transportation to the offices
ot the TLX Reynolds Tobacco
Company. Charles Dana GibsoD,
noted artist and publisher of Life,
Ray Long, president of lnternation
[HWaBRK:- . ?
'
I AGRICU
LIME!
' \ mmmmm
i m
$2.50 PER TON, F: <
i S (I. Any
f $4.90 PER TON, F.
|(ia Carioai Lottos
... ^ m
Recent tests made at the Uiir
it contains 96 to 98 per cent, c
and carbonate of magnesia sufi
103 per cent. We know of no o
Mount I
Shouns,'
:
WBtij
MARCH U>. 1931
Vise By Albert T Reid
-r^=j I
.BOUT TH'S TIME YOU *
[AVE A GAAtEU VMEA.E YOU
ET REAL HEALTHY YOURW/NO
^ ?7
AUTQCAgrHV^ /
, chick is unable to get out of the
shell by its own efforts. When a
1 chick has to be aided in this way, it
is usually a weakling, will develop
I poorly and will likely die before it
j reaches the laying stage.
The eggs for hatching should always
be carefully selected. A'unor- J
i mal eggs usually mean a poor hatch. j
al Magazine Company and Editor of ;
Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Roy
Howard, chairman of the board of
the Scripps-Howard newspapers,
were judges of the contest which
called for answers to the question,
"What recent change has been made
in the wrapping of the Camel pack
age containing twenty cigarettes
and what are its advantages to the
smoker?" The huge response to
the contest announcements proved
anew the great responsiveness of
the public to newspaper advertising.
LTURAL |
HONE I
3. B. Maymead, Tenn. 1
Quantity) K
O. B. Boone, N. Car. f
3 1*Z ioai Mininaa)
JB
yersity of Tennessee show that
alcium carbonate, or pure lime? ^
icient to make the- equivalent of
ther lime showing so high a test,
Srothers {
Tennessee C