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'-';v: : :: ' routs _______ The Watauga Democrat! " ESTABLISHED iSSS j Issued Every Thursday by The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY 5Ta RIVERS : O P>. 5 LV ERS Publishers: SUBSORlFriON RATES. One Year $1-50 Six Mouths T5 Three Months ? .40 Payable in Advance Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Reelect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the PostofGce at Boone, N. C., as Second Class rnuil matter. THURSDAY, At1 ;UST 31. Iv33 "Should the 18th amendment ho repealed there is nothing to prevent a barroom at every filling station," ' quoth prominent Carohna. prohibitionist. Which may or may not be oy way [ of discrediting the statutory name- * sake, of Zeb Vance Turlington. ?o- v TO T1G5JT THE SALES TAX J With I he organization of a Fait Tax * Association for Watauga County last . Friday evening, the campaign to get rid of the three per cent, retail sales I tax is aeimitciy unuer way in tins ; section. The purpose of the. orgamsation i3 to use its influence in secur- ^ ing nominees for the Legislature next year who are emphatically opposed to v the tax. and from comment one hears ? over the country, it would he indeed ~ hard to find a man seeking legisla- } live honors who would express him- f self for the levy. The folks hack home don't want sales taxes, and the thing j to do is to present a clear-cut fiscal . program which would make its re- < peal possible. Then the way will be f made manifestly clearer for its abol- ^ ishment. A HOW IT STANDS The possibility that the Eighteenth Amendment will go out of the Constitution with the November elections grew strongly Saturday as Texas joined in the repeal parade registering a majority therefor of more than 110,000. Tuesday the State of Washington became the twenty-fourth State to approve the 21st. or repeal- t ing amendment and rounded out twothirds of the necessary 36 states. The repeal movement has propressed with such rapidity that many who ore interested in keeping touch 1 with the elections as they occur, have become confused. For the benefit of 1 these it is of value to publish a schedule of the elections which have been Next Tuesday Vermont registers its will toward the noble experiment. (J::. -:'rSL--X^. - ^V- ?/.-.rc%. . ?... i? i! ?.rr^T---- IWOHIf JjWO lU U1C jjuao wv-,.vt,.n : Colorado, September 12; Maryland ' September 12; Minnesota, September, 12; Idaho, September 19; New Mox-i ice, September 19; Virginia. October 1 3. Florida, October 10; North Caro-i lina, November 7; Ohio. November 7; J Pennsylvania, November 7; South j Carolina, November 7; Utah. Novein-? ber 7; Kentucky (tentatively); November 7. Thus 39 states shall have acted when the results of the voting on November 7th are announced, or three more than necessary should repeal keep up its 100 per cent, stride. Little doubt is expressed ihat this will happen. The Eighteenth Amendment, ' however, does not go out when thirty- ; aix have voted against it, but must 1 wait a brief period for formal e.onven- 1 ilori ratification. When the conven-, J tions, three doz?n of them, shall have j ' acted the Federal prohibition statute j? is dead, it not being necessary to J{ await the formal proclamation of the j I Secretary of State. Then the prohibi- jx tion problem will have been shifted c to the states, which will be to pro- ? hibit or not prohibit, according to the * wishes of the people. 1 h j The Family Doctor By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES J WORRIES 1 We all know that worry shortens ( life. It is said to encourage the heart ( disease---man's chief enemy today. ^ Worry don't get one anywhere; it j never pays dividends. It is the con- , tented mind that yields the golden ( profits. , \ I knew a man who was constipat- ( ed?I should put the word in capital , letter; he declared thai "dynamite" ( would not set bis elimintaor in mo- , tion: He took everything he could hear of with only meager results? the condition grew steadily worse. , Finally he felt that he could work ( no longer; he went, to a ju3tly fa- c roous western clinic?submitted to Toe i most searching examination. X-ray 1 and most critical blood-tests. . $?<$ ' There was NOTHING physically j wrong with this man; the doctors told him 30. < "What," he almost yelled; "do you | tell me there's nothing wrong with < me? I who haven't had a decent bow- 5 el movement in years of time? Here I've come hundreds of miles, to be | told this; I KNOW BETTER. , Tiln nmirolnffiai fAT.ir hirYi in hVidrcrc* 3 Pi tiV UVUIVlUfjk.IV ?vwn U^.11 ?* J "How many times to you get angry c in a day'" the doctor asked. < "How many? I'm angry right now. < Who wouldn't be?" K "Look here," said the specialist, c ii "There's nothing organically wrong r with you; your organs are absolutely ? normal. You stop all your secretions 1 with your nasty temper! Now you go t home, and stop that system of grouch, t Go to the toilet every morning at 7 i The Master By BRUCE Supplying a wcek-to-weelc inspiration f< every human trial par^llelea in the exp< M'MISING GRIP OF ANCIENT ja CREEDS jV Ask any ten people what Jesus jo reant by his "Father's business," and j it inr; of Uieoi will answer "preach- jh ag." To interpret tlie words in thiyjg tarrov; sense is to lose Lie real sig- p iificance life. It v/as not to ireach that he came into the world; lot to teach; nor to heal These are n J1 departments of his Father's busi- j ic.ss, but the business itself is far s arger, more, inclusive. ti If human life has any significance ,, t is this?that God has set going iere an experiment to which all l-lis c esources are committed. He seeks r o develop human beings, superior v o circumstance, victorious over Fate. ^ single kind of human talent or iffort can be spared if the experiment s to succeed. The race must be fed 11 md clothed and housed and trans- c > or ted. as well as preached to and e augbt and healed. Thus all business is his Father's a justness All work is worship; ail iseful service prayer. And whoever} forks wholeheartedly at any worthy!v ailing is a co-wofker with the Al- a r>J.?"Vifcu ;?> the or**r? rnrico -cchwh ! Ic has initiated but which He can I h icver finish without th-*- help of iuen.jp It is one thing: to talk about sue-1 h :e55; and quite another thing to win | u t. Jesus spoke of crownu and died ? m a ci*03.s. He talked of his king- v I6m and ended his days amid the b eers and taunts of his enemies. "He t vas iii all ponits tempted like as we t "The Voice oi Contributions to this department are rived from short letter* by the pcoj The signed name is acked and 31 I<> THK CITIZENS OF T11K !c STATU-; OP NORTH CAROLINA jt jt On November the rth, 1933, the.ji people Of Nor til Carolina .ire called ; upon to vote on the question of repealing the. ISth Amendment to the 1 Constitution of the United States The i General Assembly of North Carolina i submitted this question to the people 1 br cirr vstaie iii Mmmi iuim v?f "COiiVvii- J lion or No Convention'' to which del-p ;iga les are to be elected upon the ha-!; sis of representation of each county < in the lower House of the General As- : sembly. These delegates to be v ted i for at the same time the question ofli Convention or No Convention is vot-ji cd on. Thus there are two ballots to be : voted in each of_ the counties, and J; escu ueiegsxe so eiecteu must cast j * his vote in Lhe convention in accord-!1 tuic-. witli the vote by which he or ' she was elected. There will be one < hundred and twenty 1120) delegates * in the Convention, each county being * represented as it is represented in * the. House of Representatives; some s counties such as Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Guilford and Wake will have * three (3) delegates each. A number 2 3f counties will have two (2) dele- 1 ^ates and each county will bavlT at 1 east oiie ',!) delegate. These dele- I jatcs will be elected on a ticket ei- 1 her "For Repeal" or "Against Repeal,' in other words if a county t ,*otes against repeal it3 delegate or t lelegates in the Convention will vote, o sustain the 18th Amendment and ^ o keep it. a part of the Constitution, f a county votes for repeal its delerates will vote to take the IStli T Amendment out of the Federal Con- 1 itilutson. | j Any elector holding an official po- i lit ion either State or Federal, can of- { er for delegate, holding office is no sar to being a delegate in the Con- q mention: any person desiring to be a J :andidate for delegate shall file no- I ice thirty (3b) days before the elec- E ion with the County Board of Elec- i .ions, declaring he or she is "For the lepeal of the 18th Amendment," or j 'Against the Repeal of the Amend- I nent"; supported by a written peti- ; ion signed by qualified voters of the j sounty equal in number to two per sent. (2%) of the total vote cast for q Sovcrao': fn said county In Use gutserlatorinl election of 1932. q Those offering for delegates either q 'For Repeal" or "Against Repeal" q shall be selected by the County Board if Election, (when there are more j sffering for delegate than the county I s entitled to in the Convention) the serson having the largest number of c signers on the petition in counties r laving one (l) delegate and the per-j ions who have the greatest uumberi >f signers in counties entitled to more I i :han one (1) delegate shall he the I a ielegate or delegates In either case, X ;o be voted tor in said election. There will be but one (1) registration day, that to be on the 24th day if October, on which day persons who j lave moved Xrom one precinct to an- | ither are entitled to register. No ab- j lentee ballots will be permitted. The j bounty Board of Elections shall clock. Stay there till the bowel noves. Do that every morning. And itop fighting." There was nothing eft to do. The fellow obeyed orders o the letter?was cured. Told me , limself. Mind over matter?worry? loes the harm. WATA'JGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY _ ? |i Executive I ! BARTON ar the heavy.burdened who will1 &n<] criencc* of the Man Nobody ICcoWi re," says the Epistle of the Hebrews.; re have read it often, heard it read j ftener, but we have never believed! of course. . . . The conception of j lis character which Theology has | iven us makes any such idea Thi*j ossible. He was born differently from the J ial of us, Theology insists. He duii ot belong among us at all. but came, own from Heaven, on a brief visit. | pent a few years reproving men for heir mistakes, died and went back j Heaven again. A hollow bit of stage-play. What hance for temptation in such a caeer? How can an actor go wrong rhen his whole part is written and earned in advance? ft is frightfully hard to free the una from the numbing grip of anient creeds. But Jet us make the ffort Let us touch once more the igh spots in this finest, most exited success story, considering now ic perils and crises of success. He was not at all sure where lie ras going when he laid aow-i his tools nd turned his back on the carpen?r shop?unless we can believe this, is struggle ceases to be "in all omts" like our own; for each of us as to venture on Life as on to an ncharted saa. Something inside him arried him forward - the something /hich has whispered to so many small own boys that there is a place for hem in the world which lie3 beyond he hills. f the People" welcomed, and profit may be deale on topic* of general interest. OG words are usually enough. :hoose and select one (1) judge of dection known to f vor "Repeal of .be 1-Sth Amendment" and one (I) udge who is not in favor of the He teal of the 18th Amendment. No markers or assistants arc aJownd in said election. Any voter physically unable to enter a booth or to nark a. ballot may be assisted In entering such booth and iu marking t:n%i t-aliut \iy iii"; Ifv:iii.1 uy jii whom the voter calls for assistance. The elect ion shall be held unlor the general election laws of the SIO f I, .\f M ni'Hi Ooi-nliftfi nvonnf in he provibiona enumerated above. The election wili be secret as is provided mder the laws of North Carolina. The State Board of Elections will supply the ballots for "Convention md no Convention" and each county aoard of elections will supply the bal~ ots for delegates to the voters 01' .Heir several OOUiiliea. If a. majority )f votes cast in said election shall 3C "No Convention" then there shall ic no convention, if the voters are to he contrary th^n the Convention ihall meet. The pay of the delegates shall be. he sum of ten dollars ($10.00) each md the mileage to and from Raeigb. The Convention should not sit nore than one (i) day and cannot >erform any act but to vote upor. the 'Repeal of the 18th Amendment." There will be no new registration, hose electors who are entitled to regster by reason or age can register. -WALTER MURPHY. laleigb, N. C. THE ORGAN GRINDER beneath my window in rht alreet mio -t- > LUV vijjiui g4 U1UC1 OLUUIA. ^.nd by his side on agile feet ^ monkey, worried yet discreet, taught change as best iic could. ttieir racket tortured the still air, ^.nd one recoiled from man and beast. Jut both of them were debonnaire towing so politely there. ^ willing pair at least. ^nd then an old tune caught my car. t carried rne to times long past. Juite suddenly I felt, a tear? ^.nd sensed a loved one's presence near, ?iJ.' music ceased at last. ?he fancy faded, while below, The monkey seemed fatigued and sad. ^he man had paused, and turned to golow much it was I do not know, tossed thein all I had. ?VELMA H. SEELY. )ne Fifth Avenue, Jew York City. Nine trench silos will be completed n Moore county in time for storing lilage corn for winter feed, reports D. H. Garrison, county agent Thof repairing avJLiJI. X JLJLJL V/&X \\JI Cubber Heels, Leather Soles $1.00 Cubber Heels, Rubber Soles $1.00 Cobber Heels 25c, SOc, 4?c gather Soles "5c & 85c Wc use T. T. S. left arid right Rubber Heels and Soles. Guaranteed to give long, level wear, or a new pair free. Appalachian Shoe Shop 20 College Street BOONE. NORTH CAROLINA 1 i 11" in?imrr" ~*ri?rnTrrrfmr THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. ui,~ a ?-?-.rrr... , I The^Per us Clin Ms&fsllr & Wgffgffi 'n i mansuFWtiSt Mr. and Mrs. Leander Norris Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary The following article, taken from a recent edition of the Benton County Record and Democrat, Bentonville, Ark., will be of interest to the many friends and relatives of the prominent couple in Watauga: Mr. and Mrs. Leander Norris very pleasantly celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on July 2tM.li. when about one hundred and fifty of . the friends went to their home with Lwell-filled baskets for the event. The | affair was planned as a surprise for {Mr. and Mrs. Norris. Mr. Norris and Mrs. Norris, who before ner marriage was Miss Maggie Fioyd, a teacher in the North Carolina schools, were wedded July 22nd, 1S83. in Boone, North Carolina. They emigrated to Ber.ton County in December of that year, to make their home. For 37 years they have resided cn their home place, seven miles south of Bentonville. He is well known in the pr.Iit?.a? ir?u agiiCutluiul iifc ci" the COuntv. ssrvine two different j Lies as county judge, and bus been f a successful farmer for many years. ' Mr. Norris is 74 years old, a striking' figure of well-preserved manhood, who carries himself with a dignified bearing. Mrs. Norris is 71 years old. a charming woman who personifies the traditions of Southern wemanj hood. They are both natives of North j Carolina and a re highly respected and i greatly loved by their neighbors and j many friends. They have no children, j but have greatly enriched the lives : of the boys and girls of their community by their interest and example. I "Aunt Norris," as Mrs. Norris is ! known to so many, has endeared herself by ties as strong as blood. | A feature of the dinner was the : beautiful and delicious wedding cake, I baked by Mrs. R. P. Rife, a life-long j friend of the Norris'. It was appro1 priately decorated with wedding bells, | inclosing the dates 1883-1333. Rev. F. : A. Bradshaw. of the Vaughn Presbyj teriah Church, acted as master of ; ceremonies, and in nis clever, c&pa| ble manner., added to the enjoyment j of the occasion. Rev. Ira Bridenthal, | of Gentry, pastor of the M. E. Church ! South at Osage, of which Mr. and j Mrs. Norri3 are members, gave the invocation and benediction. The dinner program included readings by Mrs. Lester Drake, of Bentonville and Miss Mae Floyd Stnex, . Tampa, Iowa; vocal selections by Miss Dorothy Roginson of Ballplain, iowa; group song and a short talk by B. S. Beach, of Rogers, a resident : for years of the Osage community j until he retired from bi3 farm life. Special mention was made of the older tr.lk present Mr. Norris, with real forensic ability, gave a brief address, extending bis and Mrs. Norris' thanks and appreciation for the dinner and honor showed to them. The surprise dinner was planned by Mr. and Mr3. Gene Norris. Gene is a nephew of Judge Norris, and he I ana nis mmiiy movea to tsentonvuie a few years ago from North Carolina also. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Sinex and daughter, May Floyd, of Tama, Iowa, carne for the anniversary. Mr. Sinex is a nephew of Mrs. Norris, and he and his brother Frances, spent a large part of their childhood and early boyhood in the Norris home. Flancis Sinex and family of Indianapolis, were unable to attend the celebration, but Mr. Sinex talked over long-distance telephone Saturday evening, July 22, with his aunt, offering his felicitations. ib Is On? j Geodetic Survey at Work in Watauga (Blowing Rocket) ; TIk- two large poles, striped Mack and white and surmounted by black and white flags, which have nitulc their appearance in May view and no the main road near the Rock during the last few days, arc observation posts sot up by the lT. S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey. The Forest Service of the Government is conducting a survey of several large tracts ol land 011 which the Government holds options. The primary purpose is to obtain the exact bearing of the propCi ticr. Fcl'.cv.'i2j th'.:,- ^?-?? *->--or-fi 1 rato surveys will be made than any heretofore attempted. I uuHcrvaLJon lowers nave qeen erecj ted, besides the two in Blowing* Rock, j on the third peak of Grandfather, i visible from the left of the profile as seen from the village; and Rocky Knob, below the Blowing Reck, and jon Billy's Knob and Sand Mountain, I in the John's River Gorge, end on Hibriten, near Renoir. Signalling by means of rnirrorsfrom i v?ii?: wi" these pohVti? to another, the government men are at work or? triangulation. By means of a series of triangles, cutting across the area in which the tracts of land are located. tney can check the bearings of the country. Two small mirrors are placed In front of each observation pole where the men are working. When 'he sun is shining, the mirrors act as bclitropcs, devices for- locating points not visible on the transit, with the naked eye. They servo, also as heliographs, devices for signalling by j means of the sun. Through a code, I the men on two peaks in commuuiI cation signs! when they are through work, and any other necessary inforjmatioh. j There are seven men in the parly, | which is under the direction of M. A. I Mat toon. of Ashaville, who is in j charge of all forest work in this seci tion, including the C. C. C. T. A. j 1a clk uie: ue?u oi tne party, urni or members are two transit men. McRae and Toieson, who have each a ipair of rodmen, Choate and Van Hoy and Moore and Watt. In addition, two local axmen are allowed the transitmen and their assistants, to aid in locating the observation points through the wilderness. The roughest traveling they have done, they say. is on top of the Grandfather Mountain The Coastal ar.ri Geodetic Survey men have no connection with the. Civilian Conservation Corps, two camps of which are located in the. John's River Gorge, except that both are under the direction of the U. S. Forest Service. Both branches of the service have in common, however, the study of reforestation, soil erosion and flood control. Members of the party expressed surprise at learning that the top of tne uranaiainer Mountain, whose remaining timber is now being cut, does not belong to the Grandfather division of the Pisgah National Forest, which lies on its lower slopes. The two ramps of the C. C. C., at Globe and Mortimer, at the foot of the mountain, are at work on flood control and the checking of soil erosion, and reforestation. The mountain itself, however, contains the headsprings of Johns' River and the other streams in this section and these headsprings are suffering from the destruction of timber. Various local opinions have been expressed in regard to the presence of the black and white polea and the engineers in the village. One theory has been that the men were at work to settle a local boundary dispute. AUCUST 31, 1933 By Albert T. Rvid S- *" Flower Show" at Rock Proves Great Success Blowing Rock - In connection with the Carnival last Friday a very in t<: icsting and beautiful flower show was held. Mrs. II. C. Marfin as chairman directed the display. No prizes were given but ribbons were awarded as follows: 1. Best single specimen dahlia: 1st. Mrs. W. A Merchant.; 2nd, Mrs. H. j C. Martin. 2. Best basket of dahlias, arranged for effect; 1st. Mrs. Paul Gragg: -nil. ; Mrs. H. C. Martin. 3. Best basket of pon-pou or single dahlias, arranged for effect; 1st, yellow and red pon-pon, Mrs. Holshoiixer: 2nd. mixed non-non. Mrs. Hclshouser. 4. Best general display and variety; 1st, Mrs. Merchant: 2nd, Mrs. Hoishouser. 5. Best centerpiece of dahlias; 1st, Red pon-pons. Mrs. Hoishouser; 2nd, white pon-pons, Mrs. Hoishouser. 6. Best vase of dahlias for effect; 1st, Mrs. Me tenant; 2nd, Mrs. Merchant, dark red dahlias. 7. Best basket of mixed flowers, arranged for effect; 1st, tricomas and gladiolus; Doris Cannon; 2nd, calendulas and lagged robins, Lena C. Beeves. 8. Best collection of gladiolus; 1st, Mary Catherine Thompson; 2nd, Mrs. Letcher Benfield. 9. Best three gladiolus; 1st, Mary C. Thompson. 10. Most artistic arrangement ot gladiolus; 1st, Mrs. Kd Underdown. Honorable mention was given to a centerpiece arranged by Mrs. Snyder, a basket of mixed dahlias by Miss Cathcart, specimen dahlia entered by Herbert Stewart, pastel gladiolas entered by Mrs. Riles. Mrs. Milton, Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Stacy served as judges. j Mrs. William A. Merchant showed |a beautiful dahlia that was propagated in her gardens at Kallalahta in 1925. This dahlia was tried out m the gardens of the American Dahlia Association at Storr. Conn., in 1932. It was registered and named Kallalanta and received 86 points for color, shape and size of foliage. The plant is seven feet tall. SQUARE DANCE FRIDAY A square dance will be held Friday in the Green Park Hotel Casino by the Blowing Rock Junior Community Club. All members of the summer colony and hotel guests are cordially I inviteu. There will be mountain music by outstanding local musicians, and doughnuts ar.d cider will be on sale, the former through the courtesy of the Green Park Hotel, the cider the gift of Fiat Top Manor. Proceeds of the square dance will start a fund to build a children'^ i playground in Blowing nock, one ot I the project/! of tlic Junior Community j Club. Renew Your Health By Purification Any physician will tell you that "Perfect Purification of the System is Nature's Foundation of Perfect Health. *' Why not rid j yourself of chronic ailments that I are undermining your vitality? 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