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MOSQUITOES . . . under knife
The first real use ever found for
mosquitoes was when it was discovered,
a few years ago at the government
hospital for the insane at Washington,
that certain common forms
of insanity could be cured if the patient
had malaria. Malaria, germs are
carried only by certain mosquitoes,
a?td Insane asylums all over the country
began to demand mosquitoes
which had been infected by biting
malaria patients.
Now the government scientists have
found a way to operate on the mosquito.
under a microscope, and extract
the malaria virus, so they don't
have to ship live mosquitoes, which,
sometime got away and spread malarial
fever.
The marvelous thing about all that,
* as I see it, is not that malaria cures
paresis, tout that anybody ever found
it out and that the human mind has
been ingenious enough to find a way
USHER .... at White House
My congratulations to "Ike" Hoover,
chief usher of the White House,
who has just finishes his forty-second
year of service there. His real name
13 living H. Hoover, and when Benjamin
Harrison was President he was
m young electrician. Mr. Harrison had
the first electric push-but.tons installed
in the White House. Young
Hoover did the job. They got out of
order so often that the President
thought there ought to be- an electrician
on the job all the time. He
picked "Ike" and Hoover has been
there since.
"Ike" is responsible for all the historic
relics in the Presidential mansion,
for the management of the domestic
staff and the supervision of ah
formal social functions. He receives
ail distinguished visitors and escorts
them to the President. And he is
pretty nearly the most popular man
in Washington.
SAFET Y ... a gloss law
Nearly twenty years ago I wrote
the first news item 111 America about
a kind of glass for automobile windshields
which would not shatter in
case of collision. Since then many
manufacturers of cars have adopted
safety glass, but only within a very
few years.
!l has just been enacted into law
? Y?**k in,-,;, after this year bv
erv bus licensed in the State must be
equipped with safety gIaS8~and~axcar
nextyeuu^aH Cftra must be so equipped.
A siirprtetng-ly high proportion
of injuries and deaths in motor accidents
come from broken glass. The
time will come when no car may bo
operated unless it has non-shatterable
glass all through:
TAXES . . . many unfair
The State of New York has abolished
all personal property taxes.
That is a step in the right direction.
Rhode Island was the first to do
away with this unfair rax.
I call it unfair because it presses
on the poor man more than on the
' rich. The tax assessor cau count the
farmers' cattle and hogs, his horses
and his machinery, but what the rich
man has in his safe-deposit box in
stocks and bonds is out of sight and
he can?and does?lie about it.
Revision of all our old tax methods
is in the air. I think it is a mistake
for a state to impose a retail sales
tax, as so many have done lately, j.
believe in the saiC3 tax, because it
bears equally on everyone according
to how much he spends; but I think
it ought to be a federal and not a
state tax.
INFLATION' . . . how it will help
An inquiring friend writes to ask
, - - T me bow it will benefit the country
to have the Federal Reserve banks issue
three billion dollars of new money
to take up Government bonds. The
ansper is that these bonds are now
held by banks which are handicapped
by having so much of their deposits
tied up in these "frozen assets." If
the banks can turn them over for
new cash, they can use the new money
to lend for productive enterprises.
And there is just as much behind the
new currency as behind the bonds that
is, the Government's credit.
FAINTING . . . largest in world
Trie largest picture ever painted on
call.'as will be one of the star attractions
on the Midway at the Chicago
Century of Progress exposition. It is
402 feet long and 45 feet high and
depicts, against a background that
shown all the fomous battlefields of
France, six thousand individual heroes
of the World War. Every one is
a perfect portrait.
Great French artists who were too
old to fight started work on this huge
painting while the war was still going
on. It was shown to millions in a
special building: in rans iur
after the Armistice, and has been
brought to Chicago for more millions
to see.
I hope that everybody who goes to
the Chicago Fair will make it a point
to see this magnificent picture. AnG I
hope everybody who reads this will
go to Chicago this summer. X know
of no way of spending a vacation
more interestingly and more usefully.
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WA1
A Non
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 47
j ^ ^^ ^
Miss Jane Hoeh, of Washington 1
and Kansas, daughter of former {
Congressman Homer Koeh, was voir 1
ed Northwestern University queen 1
of the May by popular vote of the *
student body.
WOOL GROWERS TO i
Hirrvr nv uiur nmu 1
lYlbbi UHI JUl>b51tl '
\
Committee Asks Watauga Farmers lo {
Hold Product Until that Date in j
an Attempt to Get the Best j
Possible Prices. i
Wool prices have been advancing j
for the past several days, and farm- |
er3 of Watauga are confident that \
they will be better yet. The Watauga \
I County Wool Committee, composed (
of W. W. Mast. Smith Hagaman, j
Charlie Hodges. Howard Walker and \
others, recently met with Mr. L. C.
Salter of the North Carolina Depart 1
ment of Agriculture, and a decision
was reached that the farmers of the
county be urged to hold the wool until
June 8th, at which Lime a meeting
of the stockmen, merchants and buyers
will be held in Boone for the purpose
of selling the product at the
highest possible price.
[ The committee points cut that if
HCa price [S satisfactory u> Uic farii;-j
er he may take advantage of una j
pooUhg-Wld deliver, ius wuvi . 00 the
date announced nt the meeting; otherwise
he may sell to whom he wishes.
All those willing to hold their
wool until this date are asked to report
to the committee the number of
pounds being held In order that they
j may ascertain tr.c total poundage
: available. This ?? expected to attract
buyers am! stimulate prices.
Farmers May Borrow
To Refinance Loans
Mr. S. C. Eggers, secretary to the
Federal Land Bank, states that he
now has the necessary application ,
blanks to be used by farmers to se- .
cure new farm loans or to arrange
refinancing of former loans. Interest
rates will be charged at 4 1-2 and .5
per cent. Mr. Eggers asks those in- ,
terested to call at his office in the <|
Watauga County Bank building and
secure full information. He will, at (
the same time, be glad to assist in ^
filling out the applications.
THOMAS J. JONES
RIFLE CHAMPION
OF MARINE CORPS
Adding to the scores of medals
and trophies he has won in shooting
competitions in the Marine I
Corps, Gunnery Sergeant Thomas
J. Jones, a native of Alleghany and
brother of the late Dr. J. \V. Jones
of Boone, bus won fresh laurels as
a marksman in China, according to \
information received at Marine J
Corps headquarters in Washington, i
Sergeant. Jones recently won the i
Marine Corps Cup for the third con- i
secutive year in a rifle competition
held r.t Hongkew, near Shanghai, i
Famous as a rifle expert in the Marine
Corps for many years, Sergeant
Jones is now attached to the
Fourth Regiment of Marines at
Shanghai, but he will probably return
to he United States in the
near future.
The Alleghany Marine began his
career as marksman- in 1916, and
since that time has served at many
posts and stations of the Corps, and
has taken part in scores of rifle
matches. His most important feat
t was in 1921, when he. established a
i new world record while shooting in
i the Campbell Match at Wakefield,
Mass., scoring 133 consecutive bulls
? eyes a 300 yards.
Prior to entering the Marine
Corns. Serceant Jones made his
I home with his mother, Mrs. M. E.
Jones, at Soottsville, and attended
i the Appalachian Training School in
Boone for some time, lie has many
extends in Watauga County.
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-Partisan Newspaper, De\
BOONE, WATAUGA COUN'
>1 STUDENTS WILL
BEGRADUATED AT
LEES-M'RAE SOON
^irgest Class in History of Presbyterian
College to Receive Diplomas.
Commencement Was to Have Been
Held This Week. Courses Finished
by Correspondence. Departments to
Be Consolidated.
Banner Elk. Fifty-one boys and
?irls wih be graduated from the two
lepartmer.ts of Lees-McRae College,
t was announced Monday by Edgar
H. Tufts, president of the college.
This is the largest graduating class
in the history of Lees-McRae.
Commencement exercises, scheduled
to have been held this week,
,vere called off because of the scat.ering
of students due to the early
lisbandment of classes in April. All
courses have been carried out in full
jy correspondence with the faculty,
ind full credit will be given both by
^.ees-McRae and other institutions.
I'dii"ty-onc 01 tne graduating class I
ire in the College department, and j
iwenty in the high school section,
vhich next year will be combined
vith the two years of college work
o form a four-year junior college.
^ majority of the graduating class =
vill receive their diplomas this month,
he remainder will be allowed to complete
their work during this summer d
inri will be given diplomas before
September.
Among those expected to graduate
"rum the college arc two Watauga
jirls, Susan Kathryn Glenn of Sliervood,
and Cleo Walker of Vilas. Two
ligh school students from Watauga, a
pjie Farthing of Sugar Grove and a
fohn Preston Greene of Sugar Grove,
vill receive diplomas. f
Democrat Dresses Up i]
In New Spring Attire
r
The Democrat blossoms forth to- c
clay with a brand-new type face in
its news columns, and is the first i
country newspaper in the State to c
offer its readers an improved type t
c3pcc;::liy fc2,i?fcd Hgg
mil casj itta^iug" wu y-tcrCTn,' c
eye-strain. The new type ia
. iO WH5-dcveIwpcu fjj
by the iritertype Corporation for c
metropolitan dailies to meet the f
growing demand for something t
more legible and at the same time, t
Kinuer u> ine optics. upcometrists
have agreed that the purpose has
been accomplished, and the publIshers-he!iove_thnt
Democrat readers
will find new pleasure in their
latest forward step.
Those who do not readily note
the difference should turn to some
of the standing announcements and
ads which have not been reset and
which still appear in the antiquated
style of lettering.
Bank Officials Return
From State Capital
Officials of the Watauga County
Bank returned Saturday from Raleigh
where they had been in conference
with the Banking Commission, and
they report progress in arrangements
[or opening Watauga's closer! banks.
Commissioner Hood is urging the
bank to have all notes renewed as
rapidly as possible. The slowness of
me people 10 pay interest ana renew
paper is said to be the greatest cause
of delay in opening. The bank, therefore,
insists that all of its debtors
make arrangements to renew imme- ,
iiately, and state that this will great .
ly facilitate reorganization work.
County Court Disposes i
Of Only Two Cases 1
Only two cases were disposed of in j
Recorders Court Tuesday. The case ,
against Arlie W. Brown for giving
i worthless check was dismissed when
it was brought out that he had made!
the payee to understand the check
was not valid when given. Calvin
Ftagan, for violation of the prohibition
law, was sentenced to a term in
the Eastern Carolina Reform School.
The sentence was suspended, however,
during good behavior.
Much Rubbish Removed i
During Clean-up Period
Last week was observed in Boone
as a clean-up period in which citizens
were asked to take the rubbish
from their premises and place in convenient
spots where it might be removed
by the city. Two trucks were
on duty a part of the time and a good
deal was done to beautify the town.
Those who have not co-operated, however,
should go ahead and make their
premises presentable, as a matter of
civic pride.
Attorney W. B. Austin of Jefferson
transacted business in Boone on
Wednesday.
\ DE
roted to the Best Interests
i'X, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDA
A Nation Pays Tribui
MEMORIAL^!
DAY . . . 1933
4ged Confedc
Answers Fin;
Klijah Norris, Confederate veteranTr
nd esteemed gentleman of the How- j j
r<ls Creek section, died at his home j j
ast Thursday evening from the in-j"
irmities of advanced age, having
.ever fully recovered from a case of
nfiuenza a year ago. Deceased was
9 years old.
Funeral services were conducted I
rom the home Saturday at 10 o'loclc.
The impressive services were!
n charge of the pastor, Rev. W. C. j
3aync, and were attended by a large 1
toncourse of friends from a wide secion.
Former pastors of the church:
vere present ?pd the obituary was|
ax ere u by uui. I3wb Shores^ prpv_?**_j
uiu ic-mrv. rvc w. ?_rr:iy, :Sl"?I:
m the life of deceased. Attorney W.
t. Lovill of Boone, a close friend oi
he family, paid eloquent tribute to
he life and works of Mr. Norris. A
:hoir composed of local people was
n charge of the music, and old ta'orite
hymns, such as "How Firm a
foundation. ' "What, a Friend We j
lave in Jesus"Jesus Paid If All." [
.ml "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" were
endered. A color escort was furtished
by Watauga Post of the Aracr- {
can Legion, and the body was in- |
erred at the Jont Blown Graveyard l
teartoy. i
A Native Wataugan :
Elijah Norris was born 111 the '
lands community of Watauga Coun- l
y, and was a son of Ephriam and *
dargaret Norris. Sixty-six years ago <
le was married to Mary Norris, a 1
laughter of Jonathan and Racliael
Morris, and five children were born, <
our of whom, with the aged widow, :
survive: Mrs. Bart Norris, J. E Nor is,
Mrs. Roby Greene, of Watauga
Uounty, and Mrs. D. N. Trivett ol
Beaver Dam. Va. A brother, Silas
SI orris of Mabel, also survives. There
Lre 24 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren
and 5 great-great-grandchilIren.
Joins Confederate Army
When, the clouds of the great Civil i
War gathered, Mr. Norris enli3ted i
n the South 3 cause in the SSth North
J.irolina Infantry and was a gallant 1
ioldier. He ranked as a lieutenant and
vas five times wounded. He was at
some recovering from one of these ;
wounds when General Lee's army :
jurrendered to the hordes of Grant,
-lis father was killed in the raid of 1
Stoneman's marauders through Wa- i
Lenore Ulric to
Blackmer; prNo E
Lenore ITlric, famed for her gorgeous
eyes and raven locks, lauded
for her marvellous work on stage
and scree!*; protegee of the late lamented
Itavia neiascu, mnm w?Veler
and ardent booster of the Blowing
Rock section . . . has decided to
divorce ner acior-nusi?anci, Money
Blac k me r.
"Through with marriage?and no
encore/' said "Americas' Sarah
Bernhardt/' as she stepped from a
train in Cleveland, Ohio, a few days
ago, and thus she verified persistent
rumors that she would seek
absolute divorce from Blackmer.
Miss ITlric and Mr. Blackmer own
cottages at Blowing Bock, and for
the past three seasons have spent
much time in the neighboring resort.
They mingled cordially with
other cottagers and were extremely
MOC]
! of Northwest North Caro
.Y, MAY 25. l'^33
;rate Veteran:
al Roll Call ;
Claimed by Death l
j
V
ELIJAH NORRIS |
auga County, the fatal shot having ^
seen fired somewhere in the immediate
vicinity of where the Daniel
Boone Hotel now stands. Young Lige
iccompanied his father ac the time.
Three of General Stoncinan's men are
juried in the section of the city ccm- r
itery allocated to the colored residents.
but by whom they were slain
las not been established.
Mr. Norris was always greatly concerned
as to the welfare of the ragged A
remains of Lee's army and attended
many national reunions. He also invariably
called the Watauga.Confederate
reunion and presided such
occasions, having been Captain ot
Camp Nimrod Triplett for abgut 25
years.
Following the war Mr. Norris did
a. full share toward revamping the
wasted estates of a conquered people,
and was quite as worthy a soldier
m the days of reconstruction as on
the field of battle. He helped to 1
found Howards Creek Baptist Church
in 1882, and was a consistent member
throughout the intervening years. A 1
farmer arid smith by occupation, Mr. 1
Norris lived out a useful life, and no
man contributed more to the welfare ]
of his community, church and state
than did this fallen soldier.
Divorce Sidney
neore" She Says
itnniilnr ii'ith t)m i-Sllao-avc "Intnr.
,.U|rU.?. ",V ????fev?0. **"V'
mission," Miss XJlric's cottage, is located
near the Blowing Bock Hotel,
and visitors in the home viewed
nith pleasure the connubial bliss
which apparently existed between
these two celebrities.
What Miss Ulric's objections are
to Mr. Blackmer, reports fail to reveal,
bnt residents of this section
will be anxious to learn just what
happened to these romancers who
last summer hilled and cooed like
a couple of love-birds in a rhododendron
bower up at Blowing Rock.
For clear profit, pines, poplars, locusts
and sweet gums offer a challenge
to farmers of North Carolina
for use on lands not needed for the
usual cash crops, says R. W. Graeber.
extension forester.
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JffcK TEAK
1EXT SATURDAY
IS DESIGNATED
AS POPPY DAY
. egion Auxiliary Members Will Offer
Poppies for Sale 111 Boone on
27th. Secretary Cites Need of Veterans
at This Time and Reports
Show Suffering Is Alleviated from
Proceeds of Sales. Needs Increase.
Next Saturday the ladies of the
American iLegion Auxiliary will conluct
their annual campaign, for the
tale of miniature red poppies, paper
cplicas of the f!ow*?rs which dotted
Glanders' fields, and officials call on
:he people to wear poppies bolli in
nemory of the dead and for the benTit
of the living. Mrs. Fred Winkler.
Secretary of the Auxiliary, cites the
?rave needs of the organization this
fear, and at the same time submits
l report showing the disposition of
unds previously secured from the
U1 U'C puppKTJj.
"Our organization, the American
xigion Auxiliary, is making arrangenents
for the annual distribution of
>oppies on Saturday, May 27th. This
ale is conducted each year the week
>r Saturday preceding Memorial Day.
destitute veterans and families in
leed must now look to their local
:omniunities for assistance, owing to
economic conditions and the veteran
:ut will affect families that have
lcretofore been independent. This new
egulation on veterans pensions will
iffect at least 500,000 men plus their
families and dependents. This alone
:reates a need in oih county, state
ind nation that we cannot ignore.
"Those who read 'Charity Be Preiared,"
in The National Tribune of
-fay 4Ui, will see as never before
shy they should assist U3. For the
enefit of a people who have been
o generous and faithful in our every
all. we want to submit the following
eport, showing some of the things
/e have been able to do. Last year
L was probably more, but this is for
lily a part of the present year.
"I^et us each wear a red poppy fhis
ear in memory of those who paid
he supreme sacrifice for us and at .'f./Mg:
he same time enable our organizaion
to Scarry ..on' ilk the future
i|| Hm
(Year beginning- Sept. J, 1S32J
,'Iotbing for ex -service man and
wife ...$ 6.91
ilankets tor aged mother 4.S5
?oal for family in need 2.50
3aid on hospital bill for ex-service
man and wife 20.00
%id on hospital hill for child.... 20.00
Sweater for patient in_Iiospital 2.49
riowers . 8.00
Sift to sick comrade : 1.00
stationery, stamps, postals and
light bulbs for use in our unit 2.35
Idatcrial for quilts which Auxiliary
members made for needy
families 2.75
rotal spent in county since last
September $70.85
Balance in bank 56.69
Ashe County Youth.
Dies at Local Hospital
Howard B. Harnm, 16, of Lansing,
A. she County, died at the Ha gam anLinney
Clinic Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock from the effects of an accidental
gunshot wound in the intestinpo
ndr.iinictprp.l hxr a fripnrt
Sunday. Meager reports are to the effect
that the wound was purely accidental,
and that no charges will be
preferred.
The deceased youth war. the son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Hamm, and was
born and reared in the Lansing community.
The remains were taken to
Ashe county Monday afternoon by the
Moretz FMneral Home, and interment
was expected to have taken place
Tuesday.
Hum of Whirling Motor
No Hindrance to Bird
Mr. Lave Kay, who lives in
Perkinsville section, tells of a pcewee
which doesn't at aii mind the fuss
and hurry incidental to the machinery
age. Mr. Ray was operating a saw
mill with a gasoline tractor when
this tiny mother bird decided to build
a nest underneath a fender on the |S.;d
'? ' i rn el or. Linu ji'.oi- .
started her work when it was found
necessary to move the saw mill to
another yard. Undaunted, the pee-wee
followed the machinery and this time
built a nest on the wheel of the trac-.
tor, and laid her eggs, which oftentimes
would dance like peas in a skillet
from the vibration of the big moBut
pee-wees don't care, at least
this one didn't, and she makes herself
at home, apparently likes the noise
of the machinery, the baby birds have
been hatched and she is bringing
them up, as most mothers do, close t
to the throb of modern engines of
locomotion.