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to ins _ The Watauga Democrat! Established isss j Issued Every Thursday by The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY, ETc. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year J1.5Q Six Months .75 Three Months .45 Payable in Advance Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Re- t spcot. Obituaries, etc.. are charged i for at the regular advertising rater- j Entered at the Postofnce at Boone, N. U., as Second Class maii matter, t v THURSDAY. MARCH 2;<, 1S38 . c North Carolina's idea of the mil- s lenium right now vvouid likely have c to do with a State in which there is 0 no Legislature in session. o ? r Wise-cracker insists that since the North Carolina Legislature will not <" legalize beer, "we will have to get n along with liquor for a while longer." p If tbne are any of the opinion v that the hanking system in the Unit- b ed States Joes not need a revamping, h comparative figures might prove en- i lightening. Bank filures in the Unit- t ed States, 1920 ?o 1933, number. 10,- a 48 4. Bank failures in Great Britain since 1890?None1 c o With the signature of President c Roosevelt the bill legalizing beer be- ^ comes active Wednesday, permitting a sale of the beverage on April ?th in states where local laws are in accord, y The "suds" is of 3.2 per cent, potency, and is described as quite as good t as domestic brews of pro-prohibuion days. Only fourteen states are ready to servo beer at once, it is revealed. , the number to be increased to 24 within a few weeks. o NAILING DOWN THE PLANKS Those who have been inclined to : visualize ;i political platform as some- I thine: on which and about which to < malt? speeches for the fleeting put- : poses of ger.ting votes, are amazed at the speed with wiiich each plank in the Democratic platform is being 7 taken ear. of nt Washington, f'oi- 1 lowingrtiio 'eitaCt.T.trd of the-cmcr- 1 gency banking bill, Congress imrne- 1 omwiy gave W.E Brc-jttlest it>p octnuj S omy measure for hi.- signature, made! 1 Beer iegni. is no>? -engagr:! in_-*pi-m!; relief measures, and urrurnpi.... r.tift.-. relief is being urged as the next itemjt of business. The time is ijot recalled |i when such a speedy effort, was made)! to make platform promises good. j ANTI-DANCE ACT , Ami now i.osiKS an ordinance for- f bidding the holding of further pub- e lie dances within the- town of Boone. .0 which was ratified at the last meet- s ing of the eity council, and which, v i. Identallv, furnishes one more point ji on which the outside world will focus p its rays of ridicule. While not per- p serially being of a dancing disposi- 0 + tir-u TA -. _, . . uuui i iiu L^inncrai Knows a lot 01 e good foiks who trip the light fantastic s. without becoming inebriated or being f guilty of more serious forms of im- a moralitiss, and these people will like- p ly fuel as if .they have been more or n less branded as criminals. b A friendly suggestion would be si that the town authorities make a * practice of casting the boisteicusly d jubilant into the basti'.e a lew times, ii after the ball is over . . . and further trouble might be prevented, if there has been much. Instead, a growing disposition is manifest locally to pass laws to reform the people instead u of reforming them by the age-old b law against public drunkenness. That f is on the assumption that drinking b is the objection to dancing- I h A year or so ago Boone gained \\ State-wide notice by raking up from k the ruins of the dusty past, a curfew tl law . . . and personally we don't like to have our town ridiculed the way h it was then Whether the law was w enforced or not may be determined ]c for one's self just any evening. This >c law was passed on account of felo- t, nies being committed, alleged by the youngsters, when they could have beer, tried before the juvenile judge antt sent to a reform institution. We have an abundance of laws, and there is a growing disposition ? everywhere, except in thi# section, to ? get away from legislating morals into!. folks. It hasn't been done and can't J11 be da*"-, and there will be now fewer I inebriates or no less other immoral I -tncTidnct with the enactment, of the I anti-dance act, and folks will cer-1 tainly get another good laugh a; our 11 expense. Those who want to dance 8 will dance sorneyhere, and if at a B public dance one is drunk, he is pub- 8 licly drunk . . . and all a police offi- v' cer has to do is lock him up. ' 0 d BLUE RIDGE ECHOES 11 Like all journals of its class, The a Watauga Democrat has an especial fondness for good country corre- . spondence. and has eagerly pounced " upon all copy sent in when accom- a panied by the name of the Writer. Most of the manuscript is good, real- ? ly worth-while events of the particu'ii Election-concerned. There has been _ one notable exception in the case of hemteniags reported from the Blue Ridge section. Invariably, when the 2 paper is off the press, the folks 1A The Master By BRUCE Supplying a werk-to-we?k inspiration f every human trial paralleled in the escp A QUESTION WILL DO jc On many ticc&siora woo hisjr :asi with a single question?enc of i d he best weapons in the whole r.r-je nory of persuasion and all too in-jn requently employed. How often ah ?Iundeving advocate allows himself t< ho dragged into futile argument. Id vhen by throwing the burden back, tl n to his opponent'* shoulders he c ouid attain ur easy mastery. Jes*;i> T eldom argued. The record of hi? b luestiens is a fruitful study for all C us who. in our everyday affairs d nasi denl with other minds. Let us c ecall two of these questions. v The Pharisees set a trap for him. v )ne Sabbath day they hunted up a f nan with a withered hand and de- 'I Krsited him in the Temple where Jc- g us would be sure t*? pass. Then they si raited. If Jesus healed him, it would h e a breach of the Code, which for- a ado any activity on *he Sabbath, w "ney would have that to recall when he crisis came. JesUa- sensed the test q nd met it without hesitation. "Stand forth." he said to the poor e hap. j h The bigoted formalists pushed in t lose. This was their moment. They t lug the pit cleverly and now he was d bout to fail in. The sott light went s tut of Jesus' eyes, the muscles ol* t lis jaw grew tense, he looked "round \ m them with anger,'* as he de- V nanded: "Is it unlawful on tlu Sabbath davit o do good 01 to do harm? To save ? ife or to kill?" He waited for ar. answer but none i vhose names appear in the iocal dispatches descend upon The Democrat, illeging that printed reports concerning them are false, and raising ^ air. in general with the unsuspect- ^ ng publisher. I.as: woeic Uvo gr tips of these v terns iveve published, along with the tames <?f the writers, and 16 and beiolt!. here comes ait innocent looking :\d >-f free school years who says his lame was signed by a man wh ! sorted, the Pf-called news. K young ( nan whose n7uw- \va> thus1t vio-ht.lv indignant, and from an- . ..... ? 1 1 #\ iivTk yox??.; hat we refrain from publishing their j~ lames?that reports heretofore have . jeen false. Thus the Watauga Democrat very nuQCently has been used in one com- ^ miriiiy for the purpose of breeding ^ rietion between neighbors, and for $ trying slurs between folks who ^ light to he friends. If we could get onie news from that community-on ^ vhich We could depend, we would he :lad, hut in the light of recent hap- p ??nihgs, we must desist from further 'indication of these articles, both for ^ ur own protection and in the interst of the public welfare. At the ante, time we would pay our respects or that character of humanity who ^ rould use another's name for the j urpose of propagating false state- j, ients against his neighbors. The ackbone of an oyster is tempered j teel compared to that of such a peror., and the publisher respectfully p esists from playing any future part ^ 1 such a shameful performance. o BANKS AND FOLKS (Willi a mate n Enterprise) * We are for any money reform; yet, Jt it ill V v; \.u?uw u:iucisuinu WliKlIltr IU Will i ^ c better for the banks to help the | c oiks or for the folks to help the! j anks. If the people have money they j ^ elp the hanks, but sometimes not so ^ 'ith the banks. They are twtvil to ^ eep too much reserve to fortify tiemselves aga-nst runs. pj If money can just get into the amis of labor on Saturday the banks ill feel prosperity on Monday foliwing. It always takes the people c tiger to feel the banks' prosperity (, lan it does for the banks to feel te people's prosperity. p fi DEPRESSION CURE ti Following is the depression cure ai E "Farmer Jim" Ferguson, husband ei t "Ma," the Texas Governor: "Put your trust in God, your Ford S l the garage and your wife at work." And as for things in general, "Pa" >ld a farmers' convention at Dalls:_ p rake the oil business. They've get g trus . Take the lawyers. They've P ot a trust. You farmers have to or anize a trust?bind yourselves to- 11 ether with hoops of steel because w :e are ruined if we don't do it. I pnt you to get this: If the farmers P o no: organize like everybody else, lien this country is going to bell in ? handbag." ^ "We sit idly by and pass resolu- ^ ons and feebly protest against tii: n lefficieney of marketing facilities a nd the r?3ult of it is we are in a 0! osiness that is the greatest failure ? f all vocations of man. It ought to ? c the most profitable and the most onorablc." SMI THEY'S ? pound out PetutUs Butter, 17c; ? pound jar Peanut Butter for 8)4c. gj -r .... WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER' Executive! i BARTON or the heavy-burdened who will find j eriences of the Man Nobody KnoW? a me. What could they ray? If they epiied that the law forbade a good !eed. their answer would be icfws&io all over town. The crowd of comion folks who followed him were is friends, rot theirs?only too glad o spread a story which would cast iscrcdit on the proud defenders of he law. The Pharisees had sense enugh <?> recognize rhat fact, at least, 'hvy *?held their peace," and tulle 11r slipped away. On another day it was his own isciples who learned how he could ompress a whole philosophy into a rell-directed interrogation. They rere by no means free from the railties of ordinary human nature, 'hey fussed about little things?aruing among themselves as to who nould have pre-eminence; wonderig how their hills were to be met. od just where the whole enterprise as coming out. He brought them up short with a uestion. Which of you by being anxious an add a single day to his life?'* e demanded. "And if you can't do his simple thing, why worry about he rest? Consider the ravens; they lon't sow or reap; they have no tore-nouses or earns, ana yet uoa akes care of them. Don't you suplose that you are of more value in lis sight than a flock of birds?" How trivial seemed their concern ind controversy after a question like .hat! j Next Week: Master cf Situations THE LEGION'S FINE STAND ! (Charlotte Observer) The American Legion is constitut' i with the same high-minded, devo-j et, patriotic men of those bloody' lays back yonder a few years ago vho. forsaking home and friends and ilb:-v.-rapped themselves in the flag f their country, and went to a dis-j art war to fight for those princtlies of justice and humanity onun intcu*~by President-Wilson. It is notably inspiring to find this Region coiiipGSC-d cfr. their mea^.tttky | ng it- stand definitely a.?d unequlv-! xy Ln iin^, :^ihh President A',ooserelt's economy move- a move that vilUeut severely into the pveser.t veterans' allocation of pubiic monies.. ' Through its accredited officials, he Legion has announced its wiliiigur.tss to-sKai*e in *hp economy prorram of the President by the accept ncc of a cut. uf 25 per cent, in its inyernmentai allowances. It is a step that will bring the Le;ion more solidly into the entrench rents of public favor. IENVER BARBER HANDED 1866 NOTE FOR HAIRCUT Denver, Colo.?"AH the cash Ij ave," said the customer who handed I. C. Reeves, a barber, a tattered ill in payment for a haircut. It was a HO-cent note printed in SG6. ROPERTY IN JOHNSON COUNTY iAMAGED BY LAST WEEK WIND Mountain City, Term.?Much propcty damage was done in Johnson lounty by the wind storm of las: ;-ck. At least two people arc known o have been injured, Stella and Os ar Wa'.den, of Shady Valley, havtg been taken to Bristol hospitals or trea'ment. Th: Walden home was adly damaged. Some livestock was illcd by failing trees. ORTH DAKOTA WOMAN GIVEN FIRST POSTOFFIGFI Minot, N. D.?A local woman retired the first appointment made v Postmaster General James Farley. Miss Nellie Dougherty, new acting ostmiatreso here, received n letter rom Mr. Farley saying her designaon last week was his first off ct of this nature e: Postmaster Genral. OAP COMPANY STARTS HUGE ADVERTISING DRIVE Cincinnati, Ohio.-?-The etttive n.ws aper and magarine advertising pro-j ram of Proctor and Gamble Comany, one of the world's Largest soap i lanufacturing concerns, has been restated, it was revealed here last eek by officials of the concern. The program, involving a huge exenditure, hod been ordered suspened recently. As a result of the new rder, which was believed to be in icativa of itenoWed confidence in usiness conditions, the program ow will be released immediately and ccording to the original schedule, fficial* said. Voman, 87, Never Tired ?Takes Iron Daily "I am 87? go to church and ati*id Ao T?_?t act a Wt , red. I eat and sleep well, thanks to inol Iron tonic."??Mrs. M. Batdorf. tasiect fine! WwtauKa Sxuy tore. ?Adv." t THURSDAY?BOOiVft. M. C. "What do you r j? " it2 I i Duties of Tax Collector Removed from Sheriff (Continued frotn Page 1) ihe collection of all taxes placed in His hands for collection. "Section 2. That A. D. Wilson be and is hereby named mx collector of Watauga County to serve to July l11)33, or at the will of the Board of County Commissioners and on th< first Monday in Mine, 15)33, and biennially thereafter, Iho said board hall appoint some competent person as tax collector whose term of office j shall begin on ih'r iifsC usy of .laly | following appointment and shall hold I office at the wiii df tliO salcl heard. nrl i _ Z55EHon 1 Thai if fur mm * | the tax collector shuii. l,; rcr.'.:v;d | from office, full and complete actI tlement shall he made of the taxe3 he has collected at the time of such removal and '.lie tux books shall be turned over to his successor in office. "Section 4. That the lax collector shall furnish bond conditioned for the eollecion and settlement according to law for all taxes charged to hire which shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners for a sum not less than five per centum nor greater than ten per centum of the amount of taxes charged to him or his predecessors in office for the preceding lux year. "Section 5, That it shall be the duty of the tax collector to daily deposit all collections of taxes in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen of Chapter one hundred forty-six, Public Laws of one thousand H.u? uuuuieu (.v*.cii?.y-siivcn; provided, however, instead of depositing such J collections in the name of the fund or funds to which they arc applied, he may deposit the same m the name of the county and report to the county accountant not lc3s than twice each month the fund to which such deposits should he ap-j plied. "Section 6. That the tax collector shall "receive three and one half petcentum of the collection of all taxes charged to him for collection as compensation for his services: provided, however, he shall receive two and one-fourth per centum for the collection of all taxes of the one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three levy and or. collections of taxes lovi, X for years subsequent thereto. Section 7. Begir.nig July 1, 1533, i ' : Sheriff of Watauga County shall -tccive a salary of seventy-five dolT: 3 per month payable monthly out cf the general fund of the county. ' Section 8. That all laws and clausv of laws in conflict with the prosi-ions of this act are hereby repealed. "Section 9. That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification." I l/vn pvn * s->my n ? nv/njbOA^IV. DA1N TwLK MN ALLY HEARS OF BANKING HOLIDAY Frankfort, Ky.?A small bank wayback in an isolated community "resumed" normal operations one day last week. After the State Banking Department had notified its elderly president by telegraph that it might "reopen", the banker rode horseback to the nearest telephone to find out what was wrong. He explained: "My bank has been paying every cheek presented." The banker explained he thought the proclamation off the president wet: o?H?i??l- Informed that a 10,year term was the penalty, be remarked: i "I won't live that long." , ' nean,?bank holiday?" MABEL MAN BELIEVES WE shal NEED MORE, EDUCATION hcij inpr Editor Watauga Democrat: dre; Several friends of mine, who are fairly heavy taxpayers, were corn- Mai plaining about the high cos* of know ledge. '"Too many young men and women are going to school," they jam said. 4tlt costs tuo much, takes much time." We may lack money, most ot us I do. in fnel- nn/1 r?Ai oIm-h,-.- ..-..I fM Abundantly endowed with brains. But H one thing is certain: we as a rare have plenty of time. .The eorth on rwhich wc jiye is anywhere from 1,500,000,000 to 5,U00,UU(> uii- > ... "Id The sun that heats nnd lighl? pj thv. ehrth in the. Inst lbU.UUU.UUli|__? y-ttui-K Inst no nioi'e than one per cent j W of its power to-shine." It is ouuiic . 1,000,000,000 ta 1, and that is a tol- ~~ erably scientific guess, that the earthly home of mankind will be well lighted and heated, a good place to live, 500,000,000 years from now. In the life of our planet home, WS are hut an infant race. We may nev C: become an adult race, partly because most of us are in too big a hurry to do tilings; but, more par- i Ai ticularly, because we bear in our hearts the hates end the fears of oar cave-dwelling ancestors. Out of our hate and our fear have sprung an array of weapons that would give the sturdy old cave fighter less ? chance than a schoolboy with a sling. So, in spite of the hospitality of our planet, we may start a war p.v? J day that shall not end till the shattered remains of the last man are 1 buried with the fossil of the prehis-' toric Icthyepside. ! 14>-j It iS Tlfit ft nloocinn TIT~ 1 -- , '* S hope and pray, each one of os, for longer and happier days. If our prayers and hopes are answered we may be well assured of several things. One is that ignorance and fear never save anybody. Another is that .we human beings who populate the earth have thus far hardly taken the first step of a somewhat inauspicious Start, toward greater things. 1 Too much education? Mo! The human race has scarcely begun to he educated. Ask any man who knows rii if human kind lives on, fails to de- " ' stroy itself, finally veaching a maturc age and wisdom, mankind MM j SPEC1 for Thii ONE FREE GREASE J OIL CHA WASHING AND GRi Tires are advancing. Eqi at the lowest pric< H.&N.1 SVCCKKSORS TO CKNTRM, T1 1 MABCg 21 rtM By Albert T. Reid ( . 'u V -: . i 9 II gain spiritual and intellectual ;ht? that to me and my complaiufriends now arc not oven a am. ?L. D. YOUNCE acl, N. C. asiimi: THEATRE "PI ace of Good Shows" rOGRAM FOR THE rrcv _* ** * u?-Li."ii; JtLt.IV or ivmiwii aiu> IURSD AY-FRIDAY, MAR. 24 2S Added Attraction NEWS REEL OF INAUGURATION . MONDAY ISD TUpBAT lita Page and Charles Starrett ?IN? "JUNGLE BRIDE" WEDNESDAY Frederich March and Claudette Colbert IN PONIGHT IS OURS" THURSDAY AN1> FRIDAY Constance Bennett IN "ROCK-A-BYE" SATURDAY BETTY COMPSON EST of SINGAPORE BfiHKaaiSliHMNMMMMnanHU EAL ? Week mmm IOB WITH EACH i NGE. ASE JOB, $2.00 uip your car NOW is in history. A ? 'ire Co. RE CO.?BOONE, N. C. ^ , , t
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