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FOUR The Watauga Democrat ESTABLISHED 1S3S j Issued Every Thursday by The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY; R. C. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS | Publishers SUBSCRIPTION* RATES. Une Year 51.SO Six Months ? -To Three Months .40 Payable in Advance Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the Postoffice nt Ro??m?. N. C., as Second Class mail matter. THURSDAY*. JUNE 23, 1932 A FINE IMPROVEMENT Mr. Harrison llvrd of Foscoe has been using hi? spare time and a good ? hoaixH, _ fy5ng hi? attractive home and the grounds aujauenR Mr. b\ui jus* completed a store and concrete dam. fifteen feet high in the center and 70 feet across in which is impounded the waters from a clear, cold rooun-l tain stream. A bear has been built.j r..-. . k .. r >r.. t>.. .,i .??.i i?: ! I'-'I IHV v KJ l .-II. -UN '11 dlltl f'j*' ' friendij and it Is his purpose to stock; the beautiful, little lake with rainbow trails this season, in the meantime allowing bathing privileges. Numerous nil prove m v n is have at the same, time been made on the home and Mr. and Mrs. lly-d have as attract vie -{ premises as could be found in thc? country. ; ?o A STRANGE BIRD Mr. depths Bingham, c-f Ruther-j woo<i - ie i at V-. as I rap fee i bird which came to his place a few i pays ao- unit was a tree when Ma Bingham took the visitor to be ^ cr icker. hawk. The bullet only grazed the hire, and it later rec'vvred. srid after going away for a fe>y days returned and is making its home on the Bingham farm where it seems quite content. The bird is like a pigeon, light blue in color, with a dtuk blut- riigihg wings and tail, arid a silver band on the tight leg eaviies fro inscription, A. I". 31 S. 81148. On the left leg is a rubber band with 923 on the outside and 8G7-J on th inside 1 he Mountain Speaks (The Blowing Rocket.) Humans, divided first of all into men and women, fall next into the two classes of those who prefer the mountains and those who prefer the . sea. Although we iiktv iioth. it is no ?., .ivnwi M.g-uiimjit<>gaBMBBgafl8S3gB?i 'io~wnom' ^233 ience of the mountains says mere than the music of the sea. ?: 5ar-S mpTfE ?1 mountains nrt? L It is necessary, however. to he still in ov der to hear them, and they are vocal phiefly at night, when leaning from the rock the stranger hears the accuH _l 'atmndr. f wind through the- trees tar bsh.wv-a dog barking miles away, a rare nocturnal cow-bell. The beauties of the Blue Ridge rise impervious to the honeyed words of tourists and hotel booklets, to say nothing of editorial writers doing such a piece as tris. In other words, no amount i -he"well-meaning hat tiresome efforts of scribblers can spoil them for the observer. Nothing can spoil them but what we do to them? the signs we erect, the trash we leave behind us, t c fo:est fires we start, the timber we allow to be cur when it should not be. There arc two things we want to do in this country. The first is to open up the mountains (and forests, fields and seashores) to just as many people as possible, to encourage as many people as possible to come and enjoy themselves, and to make it easy and inexpensive for them. Tiie second is to protect the out-of-doovs from the crowds when once they arrive?or to teach the crowds to protect it. That is the national park idea, and at some future day the national parks of America will be recognized as one! of our finest contributions to the life j of the world, a recreational movement' which* ;s so good as to be a spiritual J force. Blowing Rock is a small sum-J mer resort village, and not a national I park: but it is a village whose business| men and whose summer residents both j realize tnat to cheapen in the slightest degree oar surroundings is to kill! the goose which lays the golden eggs-! Blowing Reck will have more and more golden eggs as time goes on and still we refrain from killing the goose; but the golden eggs will be less important than the good and profitable example which we can set to resorts everywhere, and to those who nse them. The Way of Life By BRUCE BARTON SAVING FACE A friend was telling me about Big Business in China. ?w inau cvci la uistuaigcu mtt t, he said. If it becomes necessary to remove an employee the boss arranges to have a friend tip him off. The next morning the doomed man sppears in the boss* office. "My uncle in the most remote province of the Chung River is very ill," he explains. "It is necessary that I should go to attend him." ,?r.r.-rvbr I ? ~ The boee sesuracd a" cxureetu-n of j diitrcj?, ' V.'hy t-.- - '-i-'1* **" " ('n unit t River aud hiinistet to your uncle ami then return will require mere than, two years/' he protests. "Nevertheless, I must go." "Noble fellow," says the boss, embracing him. "Do your duty, and though your journey keeps you away for years, have no fear. Your place eill be kepi- open for jus" The next morning and every morning thereafter the two meet on the! street, but there is no embarrassment, no sense <>f inferiority on the part of the ex-empiovee. Face has been saved. I r erne inter one of the first men 101* whom I worked in New \oik, aiid he wisest I have ever known. He cal/ad me in one day ami said: "I v.-ant you to think up some 1 way by which X can be prompted . to resig I was astonished. "After hr- resigns," my bo-s con: '*1 think I ran help him to Kf.lcl h nvyte con?? nta| place. Hue he's I nn niWii-y. Wv? ' *, i "1 always try 10 be very careful in fthese rases." he explained. *! don't wan! a On on my tombstone thai i i ever dealt a blow to a man's selfconiideuce.** j This onployei was almost as wise as the Chinese. As our civilization and ; our btisiness gWnv older we all shall learn some of the mature wisdom of 1 th-se older people. They know there j are tkir.jrs in life more important than efficiency ai.d production and quotas and charts; They know that the human sold U ' move important, and that all the op ^ orations of life should be conducted 1 \ so as to increase its dignity and self-'t respect. I Said Mencius, the ancient China-j ( man: "The people arc* of the highest jimportance: the goj&i com:' secbnd;!j I tlve aOTtrieigrr i* -of lesser .v ; igkt," j ( I , The Family Doctor jg : 1 By bit. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES i' WHY PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE Situateil as i am, at a health re-jt sort, I meet folks frbm all over our j iand. I listen to their reasons f91'j. leaving t he home physician, ard find; j out why many employ quacks, just 4 to get "stung." Many limes 1 fear thati. it is our fault that quaekerv flour-j' ishes; WE DRIVE OUR PATRONS , A \\ AY PROM US. Hove arc some reasons, why the patient left the home doctor, as I take from my notes: "My heme doctor didn't examine me as I thought he'd ought to." ~M y doctor tejd nro thcrc waa nofh.Ling the maytey w ithmeiMt, - nerves.'," ! i ny juh wyuian i cxammo my kuj~j r noys?and 1 knowed the scat of my. j t rou bj e was t he re." _ r~ * Do c d 1 d n'i "tid~HWfnin' ior ' ,L nro-srr.lha -nf-fVin-t-. >-: Ldirlri't ?i.\ rr?A nn goi><iT" ;!i- just didn't seem to understand ! my case:7' I "After the haul times set in 1 "" ii'dr. t sv?ji payments, and. DvCtOi jUSt, cCC-ffiei] to ?u>e mlei-j lost. . . j "My doctor ain't a liver doctor?\ ; and 1 know it's my liver." "0, I got to readin' about this doctor that don't operate; he described my case to a dot. ... I paid him $250 ir. advance, but I ain't no better yet; he h*'>t it will take a long time;! These are typical answers. 1 wonjder if we honest physicians ever stop to think that it may be our fault | that we sometimes lose our patronage? The. meanest patient that you have, Doctor, is entitled to the very best that is in you. If you give him that and he still is disloyal and disobe-l dicnt, the quicker the quack gets him; j the better. 1 ! Blowing Rock Cottagers Are Unusual Artists j j ilr. and Mrs. Edward Means, of! I i fie Otuuiu ?u:Mjra 111 may vitTwj- aiv artists of high standing in their sep-j i a rate fields. Mrs. Means, before her marriage three weeks ago Miss Eliz-I abeth Alexander, is widely known for! her needle-point work, and her deli-j cate and varied tapestries have been j on exhibition in many Northern cities, largely through the various agencies of the Junior League. Mrs. Means gave a radio talk recently over Station WBT at Charlotte, speaking for the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. She plans later to talk commercially on the air, in the interests of her needle-point. w?ork. Mr. Means makes decorative screens. His art is a combination of j fine cabinet-work and artistic design, j and has met with approval, most of j his screens going to Sioan's and other c leading New York dealers. c The needle-point exhibit now at y ; their cottage includes copies of me- j jdieval tapestries, Chinese works and t floral designs. One piece, the Blind- _ ing of Justice, is especially notable ' for its warm and lovely tones and The Vision of Launcelot is equally j striking in its medieval grace of line. ^ Mrs. Means is a Virginian who has been coming to Blowing Rock for years. Her husband is a native of ^ Charleston, S. C-. and has lived for ^ the last six months in Lenoir. ?The Blowing Rocket. ? t Paris, with far fewer automobiles n in operation than New York, have a p police force proud of their record of b ercovery of lost cars. t ??mi .1 - . in -~r-?*r..ir.T. w? THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EY t* nnwF \ sketched THINKING BACK Will Holsclaw is dead, according to i report which reached Boone yesteriay from Roseland, Fla.. ami those >f us who bear ;n mind pleasurible recollections of the affable genie men, are stricken with sorrow. It's i genuine delight in this day of dollarihasing to glance hack through the 3ook of Memory to those happy years vhen Mr; Holsclaw conducted a mercantile business on Brushy Fork. 3oone at that time boasted a couple if ctorco, a pesteffice. and a long vooden school building, which was he beginning of Appalachian State feachers College . . . the sidewalks vere constructed of boards, and the ,treels (or street) were winding trails >1* mud. The road leading to Will iolsclaw's stove in tlie early days of he Twentieth Century would make :v.-r-fp . . :-?.? 5 nrd }LUli U\ial?, ai'M.i iui;?6 . . . b'Ut Cissen wagons and BaococK buggic^ cere the means of transportation, the eople were never in a hurry, and the ew long '"mountain miles" were eyehuailv hegct.ateu. And when you ariyed a: Will Holsclaw's store you r.:rr ,l .? 1. Kovanin rharft thvc.hi'ng machines, plows, eeswax, calico, darning needles, yarn ox, overalls and whatnot were dis nscd to *he rural pec-pie in wholeair quantities Bad checks were linear d of . . . in fact, Watauga had o bank,* on which to draft the worthess documents . . . credit was abunlant, and when a Wataugaii promised 0 pnv on the first of a month he lidn't mean ti e second. Mr. Uolslaw's business flourished, for his ieaiings were conscientious, his pracices ho?,L-ai to a penny. Along the lour.ters of that country store tlu neighbors assembled on rainy days tc discuss politics, religion, the prob ems of temperance, and current bap peninir, of the outside world whici :ame to their attention through tin columns of Watauga's lone weekli uwspape** and a sprinkling of drab coking agricultural journals. Th< jtcrc-keeper would occasionally p&usi x.'tween the measuring of five yard n dress goods for a neighboring housewife and the weighing of : 'pokefuP of cheap mixed candy fo 1 dirty-faced urchin to lend his logi mil thought tc. the conversation . . r.nd the brethren listened reverentl; as he expounded those carefully-for mulated view?. Boone boys lookoi ...J i.? ... Tr..i. ..?! ? ... IV. *1 -- J.-It, ill JIUIM-Utv. S SUM with a gteat deal more anticipatioi than a youth of today envisions a tou of the American continent, for a tri r.v iW?V r;;;;dj an A ptv>?'j;;!r pru;:r: an,I every other simple delicacy know to the rural palate. "Them days ar of hectic, hurrying, sorrowing 1032 Irwt^JcrjslciHui j, oi vv ul xioisciaw alii his "couii'uy department store" fin pers as a refreshing reminder of th? happy, carefree, pre-gasoline era when folks lived solely for the.Joy r? living. PITTER-PATTER Sweet and swanky blonde halts on sidewalk and adds a few more touches of carmine to "kissablc" lips. Green bathing suit, abbreviated to "nth degree." dangling from arm of college girl. Ed Hodges "airing out" through town in a venerable Locomobile, two inches longer than a certain candidate's Picrce-Arrow. Potential pugilist wearing trousers, bathing suit, and other transparent habiliments, in order that townspeople may gaze upon his sun-burned back and knotty muscles. Lanky jane halts on Main Street and unburdens her mouth of a copious supply of Bruton. ' ~ ? --jr t" ?1 *cu rnuaei i , vintage of 1918, chuggs along Main Street. Matrimonial martyr complexion dark, sca n*a?cu!iite pours out His troubles to police officer. Worried wife follows slightlysoused husband downtown. Tired business man discussing economic tribulations as he drowns his sorrows in a Coca-Cola. Watermelon, cut in tempting slices, displayed in front of grocery store. And cows aplenty grazing placidly along Water Street, North? changing the "pastoral scene" to a "pasturage" scene . . as it We're. TREES VS. PEOPLE Up near the corner of the courtlouse lawn, hard by a sign-board of jonderous proportions which all but lides Watauga's temple of justice, itands a medium-sized black-heart {berry tree. This tree for many years QC loT f KlAec/v?niy?~ IIABH*? ivi?v iw vivoouuiiug ucauij , ale uscious fruit, and its emerald foliage o the attractiveness of the city's nain thoroughfare and the edification if local appetites. But it made a bad nistake this year. Practically all of loones cherry trees are bare of fruit, >ut this one in question hung heavy nth bright red globules of promise, <uich, if ieft atone, would nave turned o their rightful complexion of purpleilack within a few days. The kids aw them, the old folks saw them, ,nd perhaps a few college folks saw hem . . . conspiracy followed, and iow the poor little tree presents a icture of dejection. Its limbs have een stripped of fruit, many of them orn from the trunk, and the wither ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. - 1,1 : | This Is Going To i j : I | I - ," ? ON THE KING'S ; HIGHWAY LOVE'S WAY i Love looks beneath the stains of sin. Ami sees the yearning heart within; . There is no man 'twixl pole and pole i But Love has mercy oh his soul; r | ~! She sees God's image in the worst ; Whom sin hath blighted, wounded, curst, i And stoops to save?what o'er the J; price? ; { The slaves of unbelief and vice; . Her garments, fair, are never soiled I . By contact with the sin despoiled, c ! Her glorious luster never dimmed II By mingling with the souls who've sinned. p. The Pharisee may hea ! arid gossip mid&v the living dead ' 1 JL5iu Love goes on the Master's way, n Purer in heart and mind are they; G! She cares not whnhthrir ym/diot hp. SMEfeor ChristV who died on Calvary, -! snrviffih oL hai? _u?,?yjg?_ - Am] motives man misunderstands, Love's purpose, deeds and every B j prayer :l Are known on high and -writ;< ; ' Cue ft". j ?Herbert J. P.ryco. THE SECRET OF POWER AND JOY The self-centered life is always; chaos, as our Lord seems never to | have tired of saying. When a life is God-cenlcred it is unified, and indeed only so far as they are God-i centered can our lives be truly called; .our own. ... L is plain enough from! j the Gospels that Our Lord was con-j Timialiv in one form or another forc-| ing people .up to decisions. He made | of those who asked Him for advice more inexorable demands than ever i teacher has made before or since. Because a half-hearted discipleship that! lis always looking regretfully over its; j shoulder at the past would be a life j I of cnnfli^ on/J - - - - ? -- -..~v ?i?v? painijaif>, ineiiecuve and unhappy, not filled with power, and joy, as He intended. Here we, have partly, .at least^.f he e>cpIar.adGn | of His frequent and quite relentless! emphasis on the need for heroic re-j nunciation. A man who wanted toj "enter into Life" was told to sell nil that he had and cut himself free. We must be ready to part with all we j 1 have in order to buy the pearl of j ! greatest price. No price is too great ; I- to pay for the treasure of inward! peace and liberty.?F. R. Barry. International Sunday School Lesson for June 26th REVIEW?WHAT HAVE WE ! LEARNED FROM GENESIS i ! Wnile Genesis means beginnings) j this quarterly review lesson which; i covers this first book of the Holy' ! Bible. No genealogist can calculate the time involved. In fact Jehovah was before all time of record. He was ; the self-existent cause of all creation ' Sin is a subject that has a large :. place in this book. The Bib'.e as a I! whole tells how sin can be pardoned, j Genesis 3.15 is called first Evangel i.and is fulfilled in the atonement of j Jesus Christ on Calvary. While the /sin of Adam and Eve separated them1 [from God- Ho nt nnrp mnrlo -r.?wrioI through the work of the Son on the cross. j After the Flood man was given i another opportunity. Redemption was I to come through the Hebrew people j and Abram. Abram proved his faith ; in God when he was to obey what he ! understood to be the requirement of |ing remains are spread in disorder j round about. Murder?pure murder i : ?and all because the cherry tree .saw fit to bear cherries. Ro ncoH - t ~" * the Almighty in offering his son Isaac in sacrifice. Isaac in time did his part though he was overshadowed by both his fa ther Abraham and his son Jacob' Those who appear to play minor parts > are doing work that is essential in the necessary progress of the plot. Jacob made many mistakes and paid dearly for them. His ambition for the birthright was commendable but his methods were contemptible. Josh h is one of the most valuable persons for character study in the Old Testament. He preferred a clean conscience in the presence of God to i any impure contact that Would dwarf j him a ;? man. lie went from the pit J in Dothaii to the position of Prime Minister in Kgynt. The family reun-j ion in Goshen marked the beginning of the birth of a nation. The Golden Ttvr hnQ II 1?- Akllnivrn/1 -- Tr- - ? ... --- - i-.i . ihg: Romans Native Born Leads in North Carolina ' Charlotte, N. C.?Despite ihegie&tj | industrial expansion of North Carolina in recent years, th?? state retains I its preponderance of native Lorn citi?J zens according to figures just released] by this department oi commerce's bu-j j reau of census. The statistics given out by Marvin jShirley, division manager of the bureau of foreign and domestic eomI niercc with quarters in the Mint buili cling, show the state has only threcj tenths of one per cent, foreign born' whites among iis citizens. Of the total population of the state, 70.2 per cent, are native white, j 29 per cent, are negroes and the re-: imaining .5 per cent, are of other! races. i The figures, taken from the 1980 j census, show a total of 2,226,1601 | native whites, 8.788 foreign born \ whites, 918,647 negroes, and 16,681 j |other races. Of this population. S09,8-17 are j urban dwellers, 1,597,220 are rural-; 1 farm dwellers, and 763,209 are rural I non-far^ ?!;.veik*rs. A very slight majority of the native white families ave home owners, according to the figures. There are 226,127 native white families who own their homes, as compared with 222,116 native white families who are tenants. The classification of 8,844 of these families was unknown. Fifty thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight negro families owned their homes, 123,882 families were tenants and the tenure of 5,298 families was unknown. Foreign born whites showed the greatest percentage of home owners, i Of the 3,762 families under this classification. 1.960 owned their homes, 1,74 5 were tenants, and the tenure of 57 was unknown. Blowing Rock Items Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stringfellow, of Anniston. Ala., are in their cot- 1 tage "'Oh! My!" We are indebted to Mr. "Billy" for the beautiful Japanese iris on the mountain, the bulbs of which he brought from Japan. Mrs. C. C. Laughner and Mr. R. J. Hole left last Saturday for Saint Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Hole will return in several weeks, at which time he will occupy with his family the Jamison cottage in Mayview Park. Mr. and Mrs. Lstniup Morehead, of " Durham, N. C., will occupy one of Mr. Rufus Patterson's cottages after the twentieth of June, nnrt will fesm as hoi)Ff> guests Captain and Mrs. C. W. Woodward of Durham, and Mrs. Anna B. Fenner of Tarboro. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore D. Starr j and their son, Theodore Starr Jr., of j Philadelphia, are spending the summer at "Heather Hill," better known g JUNE 23, 1&32 | - By Aiben T. Reia j &$?Q&S& , l) iw as the Moffet. cottage. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shore and their son, Xed Shore, of Winston-Salem, are in their cottage for the sv.mtvi v. it has been most attractively remodeled for their occupancy this season. Miss Dean Lindou, of ' 'ew York, is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Moses Cone. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Sloane, their son and daughter. Henry and Jane, and Mrs. S'oane's sister, Mrs. Elliott, ail of Charlotte, have one of the Henessee cottages for several weeks. NOTICE OF TRUSTEF/S SALE By virtue of the power of sate contained in a certain deed of trust executed to the undersigned on the 10th day of May, 10:11. by Pearl Coffey, to secure the sum of $250.00 to the Watnuera KuilHinor ?n?| Lnnri Aaaoeintion, and default having been made ^ payment ot tne moneys thereby secured as therein provided, I will on Monday, July 18th, 1932, at 1 o'clock p. :rih.7-'a?rrtar tfie"^ higneW=DHni%rTorr~~ cash the fallowing- described tract-ofL: ? land, to-wit: BEGINNING on an iron pipe, Mi'S. J. R. Robbins' corner and runs south 23 degrees west 104 feel to an iron pipe; then south <<> degress east y poles to a stake; then north 28 decrees east 109 feet to a stoke; then north 75 degrees west 0 poles to thebeginning, containing 58 1-2 square rods, more or less. Party of the first part agrees to give to the party of the second part water right to the nearest spring, also wscsn rnnHur.v l.-.Amjvnr tn fV>r? est public road. This the 1 K;.h day of June, 1982, \V. H. GRAGG, Trustee. Trivette & Holshousev, Attys. 6-23-4 ASTIME THEATRE "Place of Good Shears" Thursday and Friday, June 23-24 Charlotte Henry and James Kirkwood ?IN? "LENA RIVERS" Saturday, June 25 JACK HOLT IN "BEHIND THE MASK" Monday and Tuesday, June 27-28 Victor McLaglen and Helen Mack IN WHILE PARIS SLEEPS Wednesday and Thursday, June 29-30 Jack Holt and Sally Blane IN "A Dangerous Affair" MM ADMISSION 10c and 25c datinee Daily 2:30 Evening Shows 7:45 9:15