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tOUR I The Watauga Democrat ESTABLISHED 1888 _ Issued Every Thursday by The RIVEKS FRiXTIKG COMPANY STcTTlVEKS ROB. RIVERS Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $l.5C> Six Months .I^> Three Months .40 Payable in Advance ty&rds or i nauius, Resolutions of Stapect. Obituaries, etc.. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the Postoffice at Boone, N. C., as Second Class mail matter. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9. 1933 PER CAPITA COSTS (Charlotte Observer) It costs the State of North Carolina this year $189 to maintain every student in the University, but only $10 to maintain a student at the Appalachian College at Boone, and they are greeting President Dougherty of the latter institution down in Raleigh as the financial educational wizard of North Carolina. Incidentally. Mr. Dougherty has been spending no little time around the Legislature and its committees on finance and appropriations to inquire into the how-come of this sort of situation. He is making no fight on the other institutional set-lips. As a matter of fact, he is in more of a mood to defend these appropriations than to tear asunder, but when revision is to be none at the hands of the present General Assembly, he prefers that his appropriation be raised rather than that others be torn down. At any rate, he is se-.-king an adjustment. President Dougherty's report submitted during the past week to the appropriations committee soon got going through legislaive corridors and created more than a ripple of surprise and wonderment. When his figures for running a standardized college at Boone for the training of teachers were paralleled with the per capita costs in other educational institutions maintained by the State, the disparity was so sensational that members or the Legislature were caught between a chorus of commendation for his economical management and a tendency to decry the costs per capita being allowed through appropriations -to other coileges. jy;i The actual statistics ns found in the budget report place the University of North Carolina at the top of luc lisus in per capita cost upon cne, enlace Tor muiuwining in* skuueirwv with the North Carolina College for Women and State College not far behind as second and third placers. Starting off with the University with a per capita appropriation from the Legislature of $189, the tabulation allows iiie following facie as lo the other state-supported higher educational institutions: N. C. C. W $148 State College $147 East Carolina $123 West Carolina $121 Appalachian $ 40 Among the negro colleges supported by the State, the North Carolina College for Negroe.s leads in per capita cost.-, with $173 and State A. & T. at Greensboro follows with $124. The Peinhroke school for Indians is being maintained this year on a per capita basis of $71. Among the negro colleges for women, that at Winston-Salem leads with $119; Elizabeth City follows with $77 and Fayettcvillc is third with $59. President Dougherty was especially provoked with the circumstances that the State was compelling him to maintain his Appalachian college! for the training of white teachers| on ji ner ennita hnsie of g-lfl eehile I it was allowing the Winston-Salem college for the training of negro teachers a per capita cost of $119. The enrollments upon which the budget bureau made its per capita calculation of costs were as follows: University of North Carolina, 2,780; State College 1,850; N. C. C. W. 1,720; East Carolina, 912; West Carolina 350; Negro A. & T. 356; Appalachian 810; Pembroke 216; Win:V;'' Stpn-Salem College for Negroes 356; Elizabeth City State Normal 240; Fayettevillo 365. The budget's statement of the bonded indebtedness of the above in stitutions of higher learning is as fol-j lows: . University $6,029,000 State College 3,509,000 N. C. C. W 4,398,500 East Carolina 2,523,000 West --- 893..S00 Appalachian 740,500 These discrepancies are so severe that they call for a clearing up at the hands of the present Legislature. It is incredible that organic circumstances prevailing at .these different institutions should be such as to bring about this wide divergence in K' per capita costs. Allowing a reasonable basis for some of this variance the spread between the low at $40 per capita at Appalachian and the high at $189 at the University is far too marked to be disposed of on the circumstance that current living costs can be held alone responsible for such a distinct Mh^8BBjifiBww8e?L The Legislature should see to it, in . fairness and equity, that the basis i ! The Master By BRUCE | Supplying 11 wcck to-we?k inspiration every human trial paralleled in the ex; A CONCEPTION OF GOD In Jesus' great acts of courage he | was the successor, and the surpasser, of s!l the pTCphStS urnrt i?Ar>hp. fort. We have spoken of the prophets as deficient in humor; but what they lacked :n the amenities o; life they made up richly in vision. Each , one of them brought to the world a revolutionary idea, and we can not j: undo* stand truly the significance ?>f?i the work of Jesus unless wt remem-i ber that he began where they left i off, building on the firm foundations j they had laid. Let us glance at them a moment, j starting with Moses. What a miracle i he wrought in the thinking of his j race! The world was full of gods in his day?male sods, female gods. wooden and iron gods?it was a poverty stricken tribe which could not boast of a hundred at least. Along came Moses with one of the trans- j cendent intellects of history. "There is one God." he cried. What an overwhelming idea and how magnificent its consequences. Moses died arid the nation carried on under the momentum which he had given it, until there arose Amos, a Wolirb> jjUCCrSSOr. "There is one God," Moses had said. "God is a God of justice/' .added Amos. That assertion is such an elementary part of our consciousness that we are almost shocked by the sug ! The Family Doctor Bv DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES PRACTICAL IDEAS 1 read this week in :i populai medical magazine, that the people had been "fed up"' on health suggestions in public print, from so many hundreds of writers,?that lliey hart become tired of it all; just such a mess of theories on diets and nutrition, and the conduct on one's self?that Mistor John X. Public had about decided that there was nothing in any of it! ! anv-f urry of -course, for such a ?c -i . - _ a-i.vo. 1 *ivvt?y written nrtiflnhy n thnriAifful, competent advisor is worth reading and thinking about these days. | You can take the part of it that applies to the rest aside. Now, here's a practical thing: Ev | erybody likes a good complexion; thousands?possibly millions of dollars are spent annually by our splendid American women, just for cosmetics, ::skin foods," and blemish removers. Let me give you my remery?rather rule?for keeping a good complexion. When you leave your bed in the morning, visit the lavatory the first act before you dress. Wash the face, neck and even the upper chest with warm water and mild toilet soap. There are many good brands of the latter,?1 emphasize a mild?not o strong?soap. Use a soft, smooth towel for this part, wet with the warm, soapy agent* After completing Una act, turn on the cold water faucet, and seize your rough towel. Go over the parts you have cleansed, with brisk rubbing? the glow will surpiise you, after f: few treatments. Don't prolong the cool friction?rather hurry; work | foftt in an In time this will give you the line j complexion you like to have. If you are generally run-down?but that is another matter?see your doctor. You don't need to BUY your color; get it the right way. Men, quit using those hot towels at your barber shop. Try the above plan. Nuts and Kernels By TROY ISAIAH JONES Roosevelt has got the jackass harnessed at last. He did all but buckle the crupper. This he reserved for Al Smith. A political iconoclast i3 not ex- 1 aotly a sore-head. But he would be if anybody dared to op on I would not like to be President ( just at this time. Something might happen and I would be to blame for it. In illustrating the size vf a piAucv newly discovered, the scientist said it was about the size of England if England were rolled ud like a hall. If he wanted such an illustration why did he not use the United States, which is already balled up. A man at Kinston drove in hi3 car i two miles while asleep. We wonder J if that is a hobby or a night mare. . A decided brunette is a girl who J has made np her mind to become a , blond. j 1 upon which it is educating students ^ in the higher institutions of learning ' comes more nearly together at some 1 jivcn point. I WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER Executive BARTON for the hwy-hnrdened who will Sb<1 pericocei of the Mao Nebodj K>*in gostion that it could ever have been new. But remember the pods tha'were current in Ames's day if yon would have a true n>easure of the importance of /his contribution. It was the high privilege of Amos to proclaim a God who could not be bought, whoa: tVrs were deaf to pleadings in judgment between the strong and the weak, the rich and ruwvr. Years passed and Hosea spoke. His hucl not been a happy life. His wife de.-erted him; heartbroken and vengeful he was determined to cast her off forever. Yet his love would not let him do it. He went, to her. forgave her. and took her back. Then in his hours of lonely brooding a great thought came to him! If he. a mere itmn. couiu iuve 50 unseixusniy one who had broken faith with him, must not God be capable of as great, or greater forgiveness, toward erring human beings: ? a God so strosg that he could destroy, yet so trader that he would not! One God. A just God. A good God. These were the three steps in the development of the greatest of all ideas. Hundreds of generations have died since the days of Moses, of Amos and Hosea. The thought of the world on almost every other subject has changed; but the conception of God which these three achieved has remained in control of men's thinking down to this very hour. Next Week: All Men Created Equal. ON THE KING'S HIGHWAY (Kdited by The i&nuit) 117 "If thou canst believe; all thinps are possible to him that belitvclh."? St. Mark ix, 23. If I had the nerve to believe, . lust simply believe That one could achieve The things under the sun That .lost]'- wants done; If I had but the nerve to believe. jc nSuBSx^BtBCT ?- *sui*.?ti?2?iS m j. >>au iiui e.iv nt-i rc j uov Prttxrivlv Ifyy What the power from on high Could ilo with just me, From ray poor self set free; ir-Tri&d"put"w*e Tlvi vc juslr w-iacTri-^T^ Then mv eyes would no longer be him For 1 should see Him With cup filled to the brim. And each set of sun Would see golden deeds done, Fov i should see, I should sec Him. The greatest, things in human history have been wrought by faith. The World is waiting now for men and women of faith to lead the way to new heights of spiritual adventure. ?Frederick W. Neve. SEEKING AND SHARING Whe.n we become wide awake inside, alert and alive and keen to the fact that Christ the infinite Seeker has sought us and threads his way through every experience, the vision drives us like an obsessing urge out apon the trail of some like with whom we musjti shave what we have found, and share it we must. That Life, lived long ago, and today more alive than then, was unique. Tr. was not an organization into which He bade men enter, not a new doctrine they were to accept. It was a way ot living with which He clothed them. A way of doing everything. A way to think and love and believe and speak and pray, and a way to traue and to work. Spirit and quality and motive were paramount. It was because behind them and within was a Presence that meant so much that all human contacts about them caught the color of the fiery thing they felt. ?Selected. A GRAVE QUESTION (Williamston Enterprise) It is a very sad scene to see a long line of folks marching up to draw Red Cross flour and clothing. The number shows that there is much poverty, some lame, others blind, most of them worthy, some unworthy. Yet the scene is no sadder than the thought that it is going to be worse with them. The government can only go so far; then it will not be able to carry the non-producer I forever. In fact, it is borrowing the money it is now giving out. What will become of that elementl of people that nobody will hire and] nobody will house is a grave ques tion. Yet there are thousands who I have dropped so low that no man will furnish them houses to live in or land to tend. Would it not 6e cheaper for our government to rent land and take ill the people who do not know how, and those who are unwilling to work, and colonize them on farms, with competent superintendents to work, -hem in the production of food crops For themselves rather than to let them die around, make nothing, and have o be fed and clothed by charity? There are not enough people at work to feed those who do not work. Ihe government can easily take a lundred-acre farm and feed i 1)0 peojlc the year around, which would be Y THURSDAY?BOON'K. N. C. r | Can't Somebody I ====^^ i i good for both the poor and the gov- j ernment. Congress Pays Tribute | to Memory of Coolidge With impressive ceremonies Congress Monday honored the memory of Calvin Coolidge. Senate and house met in joint session, with President Hoover, high officials of the government and the diplomatic corps present to pay homage to the late President. <V hush in vivid contrast with the] iurnuient seehes the house chamber { has i-( recent weeks ten upon: ith;: thron? h.'stir? ^Tth"r' P. Rugg of the Massachusetts supreme court delivered an eulogy to his late life-long friend. . u.-> i : iJ? ? _ .?? ? 333 " v.- or : -r . . _ , rt? fc.V . iif? on the fifth of last month,Justice Rugg- said. "No warning foreshadowed his truing. The nation was stunned hy this sudden nnd unexpected event. The people of the country realized at once what a calamity had liavo'tio? *>'* " " Prcsider.1 Hoover sat in front of the rostrum, his arms folded and his head bowed Before him was VicePresident Curtis, the presiding officer and speaker .Tohn N. Garner who ant to the Kansan's loft on the Speaker's dais. On Mr. Hoover's right were the members of his cabinet and to his left were Chief Justice Hughes and the associate justices of the Supreme Court. Speaker Garner assembled the house immediately at r.oon, and Vice President Curtis and the senate entered. Garner surrendered his gavel to Mr. Curtis, who rapped and said: I Poor Ingi The homemaker who buys an Jni ferlor grade of flour for home use, with the thought of effecting a small economy in her household budget, is Ruling thai she is not only in the long run not mailing a saving, but creates a dissatisfaction with her bakng that is difficult to overcome. It is Impossible to make a good prodact unless good materials are used, and heavy bread, soggy biscuits and coarse :akes are the fate of the woman who I Soes not use first class ingredients iu I hnr liAnin hol-I?? mi. - -- * " "" i uk> mvSS i/uAiug. xnt* pity or it is | i Mint when cheap flour Is used, the j total cost of the product Is actually higher than with a high grade flour. Ill-Advised Economy. For every pound of plain flour used :osting, let us sa.v, 2 cents, the linking powder added to It will cost another 3 tents. On a barrel of self-rising flour costing perhaps $4.35, there will be a saving of $2.61 or 3S% of the cost of the same flonr, for which baking powder must be bought. Of course, if the cheapest possible baking powder is used, it will cost less, but that Is lll-ndvlsed economy because mere c? !t will be needed and because inferior aakiog powder docs not contain the valuable calcium and phosphorus round In the pure monocalciuni phosphate put Into self-rising flour. Many tests have been made to com pare the total cost of all Ingredients In baking pound cake, cup cakes, rponge, layer and angel food cakes, is well as pie crust, using first a 1 kigh grade of soft wbeat flour and then a low grade. In every Instance, ' the cost of the baking was appreciably ' eas when the high grade flour was i used. i Still farther savings may be made In 1 tome baking by the use of self-rising Sour, a high grade soft wheat .flour Kith the baking powder and =?? ?t I ready added In scientifically correct 1 Head 'Em Off ?' ? "V" w. "The two houses of Congress and their invited guests are assembled to pay tribute to a great man and a popular President?a man who was loved and is mourned by all the people?Calvin Coolidge." COMMISSIONER A. L. FLETCHER SUPPORTS COMPENSATION ACT Raleigh.?Major -A. L. Fietehor, new Commissioner of Labor, has come out in a strong' statement in support of the Workmen's Compensation Act an.I the o.rr-u?nt mimJwisi i of the X. C. Industrial Commission, J aci nuiicfiiiTiiij; h, r.'ycCa?nc he itiitl r-1 ileaiu ^vrial iriisire"-was a rupori cur-j I' i-li t; l-Ktr kii u u iJ? >> fit! JIih -ncl . iin ci w il 5 t at work against the commission. Commissioner Fletcher said he was for the measure long before it was enunlod - auA.. /l/.ij-.-nnl ? .ofxutt. -frt . -Ki? tt . member, but favors the New York State plan, ir. which the Commissioner of Labor supervisee the work, but leaves the commissioners free to perform it. However, he expresses willingness to perform any duties Hie .Gjeiicrai Assembly sees tit ;to impose upon him. Expects Vote on Silver Measure Early competition of one more essential step oward remonetizatjion of silver?committee indorsement?was i predicted Friday night by Chairman Somers of the house coinage commit- i tee. The New York Democrat said he was certain there were enough votes in his committee to annrove a hill to make- silver a monetary reserve for j. client No Savin, in . . . "Heaty Bread, So amounts and so thoroughly mixed 1 with the flour that fewer eggs are 1 necessa.-y in order to obtain the same fine results. A standard recipe calling 1 for four eggs can be used with only ) two eggs If self-rising flour is util- i red. 1 Joy of Achievement. 1 But probably the greatest advantage i n lining a high frail* mlf-riMnr flour ! s the satisfaction that comes to the i FEBRUARY 9, J*33. By Albert T.Rjd | " = legal tender and to permit currency expansion of $1,500,000,000. "We're going" to vote out a bill," Soniors said, <1and I feel fairly certain as to what it will contain." It will provide, Somers- forecast, that the secretary of the treasury may purchase silver offered to him and pay for it with silver certificates. Under the plan Somers contemplates, the silver the first three months will corxi-iTfimi 40 cents an ounce against the present market price of 24 and a fraction. The next three months, he believes it would he 50 tents, the next three GO ceius, and from thai time on the """ prrcc Would increase one halfof one cent :i month until it reached SI 223 212. 'There are only about 12,000,000,000 ounces of silver in the world available for monetary use," Somers 'tWr -an. more than two-thirds of that beingoffered to cur treasury. "That would give us, roughly and over n spare of eleven and a half years, a possible currency -expansion of $1,500,000,000?and remember that is provided that we, the United States, get two-thirds of the monetary silver in the world." FORD ASSEMBLY PLANTS OPEN The Ford Motor Company advanced another step toward resumption of normal production Monday with re-opening of some of its branch assembly plants, closed for about ten days because of a Briggs Manufacturing Company strike that shut off the supply of automobile bodies. A Ford company official said all HSscmbly plants that had been in production before the shut-down were ordered to resume. r Baking ys i f's r# \ " Wmmm \a&t(T Biftcuiti and Coarse Cakes." homcmaker who uses It. No high quality baked product can come from the use of an Inferior Sour. One must have a flour In cake baklDg that will produce delicate texture and tenderness. The only kind of flour that will produce these qualities Is that made from the finest, whitest particles of Boft winter wheat from which the highest grade of self-rlslcg flour !s nade. TyV"'?" ? 7'*" * . .vg&jvSJjfi