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THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1935
STILL DIVIDED
North Carolina's Senalors,|
whose division of opinion has be- j
come traditional, again part com-J
pany on the President's work re- i
lief bill. This time, however, Mr. j
Railev ic shown voting against;
the President, while Mr. Reyn-:
olds is standing pat for the Ad--'
ministration. In joining the coti-|
servative bloc Bailey would have;
cut the Presidents' S4.880.C00.-1
000 public works request downto
$1,880,000,000.
A few days ago Bob Reynolds
was roundly cussed through the
newspapers for supporting a
wage amendment which run
counter to Administration proposals,
and now we are wondering
if Bailey will fall heir to the
same criticism, when he struck
deeper into the vitals uT mug
white hope of recovery. While
professing a personal fondness
for both our Senators, it seems
eminently fitting that the more
dignified of the two should be
held accountable for his votes
same as Cap'n Bob. especially
since Josiah William first
Strayed from Administration
pastures 'way back, and made
sort of a regular practice out of
his insurgency.
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TIIE PRISON PROBE
The loss of both feet by two negro
eoiTVicis in a Mecklenburg
prison camp, allegedly after the
pedal extremities had frozen,
'died" and all but rotted from
the effects of "hanging up in a
dark cell, has precipitated a legislative
investigation of the
camps throughout the State,
which may or may not get anywhere
The revolting circumstance
has given rise to a flood of evidence
from different quarters
tending' to show that prisoners
have been damaged, perhaps permanently,
by the treatment
which was substituted for the
use of the lash several years ago.
Much of the evidence submitted
to the investigators is certainly
uiilriiSj but the svsrs^? r^ind hss
at the same time recorded as a |
certainty that there has been in J
some instances grave abuse ofj
prison authority and subsequent;
revolting toying with human
misery. Some of the stories toldi
carry the imagination back toj
the despotical practices of an- j
cient history, when distorted
minds of tyrranical rulers were
used chiefly to conjure up new
methods of torturing the flesh
#of enslaved subjects. While,
North Carolina has not drawn i
and quartered or broken any nigger
on the wheel, neither has it]
resorted to the use of the thumb
screw?the thought of hanging
convicts to the bars of a dark
cell to be tortured, frozen and
maimed for life, is scarcely less
revolting. To say the least, it's a
step backward toward the dark
ages of social reform.
Most prison camps in North
Carolina are operated by men of
reputation and integrity, who
carry out their duties to the
State and to its felons in conscientious
^nsliion wcfpm
has developed a beastly disposition
on the part of a minority.
There ought to be some better
way of dealing with convicts
than through the agency of the
antiquated chain-gang, but pending
the day when society can
more efficiently protect itself, it
is to be hoped that the investigation
now in progress will at least
replace some of the rotted timSber
in the penal structure. No
governing group should expect
to strengthen its position by applying
the well-known coating of
political white-wash in this in
Wj
THE BOOK
.... the first line of which reads
"The Holy Bible." and which contains
Four Great Treasures . . . .
By BRUCE BARTON
TRUE, TO THE END
The kine of the country was Jc
siah, who meant well arid tried t
?brititr about a revival of religion. Ap
?paren.fl;-* Jeremiah orrectlv estimal
ed the ineffectiv- ness of Josiah'
character and z~?iized that the itt
provement was merely superficial. A
any rate, he did not ally himself wit
the reform movement, which quiet
ly died after the king's death.
From this time on. under the driv
eling king Jehoiakim. Jeremiah wa
a stormy voice, denouncing wicked
ners in the nation and folly at courl
and prophesying that Nebuchadner
7.ar would surely conquer Jerusalen
He was imprisoned When he ha<
written out his sermons and proph
ecies and was reading them at court
the king took the roll, slashed it wit]
a pen knife and threw it into the opei
! fire. Finally the prophet was com
jpelled to flee with a little group o
f refugees into Egypt.
There the women of the company
found a new fad in religion. Whcr
Jeremiah spoke to the men. saying
"Stop your wives from worshipping
the moon." they bluntly refused.
Then all the men which knew
that their wives had burnt incense
unto other gods . . . answered JerciTiiah,
sayirig,
As for the word that thou hast
spoken unto us in the name of the
Lord, we will not hearken unto
thee.
tltit w?i will porfninlv Ho \i*V?il
ever thing- goeth forth out of our
mouth, to burn incense unto the
queen of heaven*; and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, as we have
done. . . . for then had we plenty
of victuals, and were well, and saw
r:o evil..
But since we left off to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and
to pour cut drink offerings unto
her, we have wanted all things, and
have, beeii consumed by the swerd
and *" >' the famine.
otner words ' iiit wlu uvvo..'!
look afler us and the Moon does: whj
should wc stick to the Lord?'* Tt waf
the question that Jeremiah himaeU
[had to face on almost every day 01
his Icv,ely. persecuted life. His Goth
Isernane is in chapter twenty, verse:
(seven to nine; "O. God! T did as yoi
I toid me and you didn't stand by me''
j He would have liked to abandon it
j out the word of the Lord was "i*
i mine heart as a burning fire shut uj
i in my bones." He could not escap
his destiny, even though it led hin
jover a pathway of thorn3 and cause*
j him at last to be stoned to death.
The book is badly jumbled up. an*
I only by following the lead of schcl
1 ars can one know how to read it ii
i order to get a clear picture. Yet evei
(the most desultory reading reveal
-[ the majesty of the figure th?r sialic,
* through its pages. No man ever spok*
Lin* truth at greater personal sacri
fice. Jeremiah stood firm against thi
threat of the court and the anger o
the crowd: noblest of ail he stoo*
firm when God himself seemed t<
have broken His promises and aban
doried His messenger.
Next Week: Judas Maceuhaeus
! Record of Deaths
JOSEPH P. CALLOWAY
Joseph F. Calloway, 7S years old
died at his home at Todd last Satur
day.
i Funeral services were conducted 01
| Monday, an*l interment was in th
family cemetery. Rev. W. L. Stout o
| Elk Park. Rev. T. M. Hayes, Maitli
! ews Creek, N. C.. and Rev. Connelb
j Greer of Mountain City, Tcirn., tool
I part in the obsequies.
\ Mr. Calloway was a son of Marsha
j Calloway of Ashe County and Salli<
Cook Callnwav n
He was a farmer by occupation anc
| a consistent member of the Christiai
| Church for more than forty years. H<
was known as an upright and usefu
citizen.
Surviving is the widow and foui
children: Mrs. Beulah Bled3oe, William,
Gladys and Hazel, of Todd.
CHARLES MILLER
Charles Miller, for many years ai
engineer on the Linville River Rail
way, died at his home in Pineola 01
Sunday morning, March 10th, at 1<
a. m. following an illness of severa
months.
Funeral services were conducted 01
i Monday morning at 10:30 o'clocl
from Pineola Baptist Church, wit]
Rev. F. Camp of Newland in charge
Interment took place in the churcl
cemetery'.
Surviving are the widow; thre
sons, Edward, Earnest and Rober
Miller; three sisters and two brothers
one of whom is Mr. James Miller o
East Boone.
Mr. Miller had spent much time o
this end of the "narrow-gauge" dui
ing his years of active work, and en
joyed a large circle of local friends.
Mr1 and Mrs. C. B. Angel, so
Bruce, and Mrs Mack Luttrell at
tenueu tin; funeral serviced. Mr. Mil
ler was a brother-in-law of Mr. Ar
gel.
Extension Circular 122, "Farm an
TToiVic Garden Manual,:: is avaiiabi
free of charge to North Carolina cit:
zens on application to the agriculture
editor at State College.
BOYS AND GIRLS:
A chance for boys and girls to stud
avaition and become members of th
Junior Birdmen of America, the larg
est organization of its kind in th
country, is offered through the co
umns of the BALTIMORE SUNDA'
AMERICANS Get your copy of th
Baltimore American from your favoi
ite newsdealer or newsboy and fin
out about this club for air-mindc
youngsters.
\TAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY TH
Temperance Is Plea
Of Dr. J. C. Owens;?
\ ^
1 Continued from Page I) [
tauga Citizens Association adopted'
the following resolutions.
Whereas, ali human history shows
- beyond uoubt that strong drink is
man's oldest and most deadly ene>
my. and
? "Whereas, it has been acknowl- [
edged "oy the thoughtful observer in.5
L- ili > c fll.i oivh fcw-c.r- i?/l I ?
s j despoller of the home, the school and (
l" the Church, ar.d q
^ j "Whereas, through its insidious C
work by bribery and otherwise gov- A
ernrnents have been corrupted even tqjv
the point where strong drink has en- ;
tered the halls of justice and hasiF
P there left its slimy trail, arid jb
t "Whereas, the accumulated wis-j^
dom of the ages through which the1^
\ human race has struggled onward andj^.
j upward, brands strong drink as anj**
. I outlaw that has refused to obey any E
\ law at any timq and that the only ?
? I way to best meet the challenge is by ^
r, |fighting it without compromise, and r
"Whereas, the people of North Car- p
i olina made it an outlaw in 190S by a ^
11 large majority and in 1933. after a ^
quarter of a century of the greatest
progress the State has ever made in
education, industry, agriculture and!
r otherwise, they again voted by a ma-j
jority of almost 1S5.000 that it is j tl
still an outlaw and should be treated fc
3s such, and, ' c<
"Whereas, a few members of the.w
present General Assembly of Northjei
Carolina for reasons best known to| p;
j themselves, want our State to go in-:n
j to the liquor business, and thereby, j n<
i they say. make the outlaw a respec- ie
table business through which to col-j si
iect revenue for the State, and I e:
"Whereas, in keeping with the ex- j tl
pressed wishes of the people of N. C.. g
j there is another bill before the eGn-jd<
[oral Asembly of North Carolina which | ir
i provided for the better enforcement j ti
! of the present dry laws of the State, j pi
land, [sj
"Whereas, there is no case on rec-jhi
ord where the revenue derived from.a;
the sale of liquor has shown a net T
profit to the government although in n
every case an increased consumption j p
of liquor has resulted, and j ri
"Whereas, our splendid system of c;
:i-w4?iiwcya and the wide USC of the' I<
r I automobile has increased the destruc- \ ??
; j tiveness of liquor to both life and j bi
f | property, now, therefore,
f' "Ee It Resolved, that the Watauga, k
. County Citizens Association reaffirm si
$ its belief that the Turlington Act is: P
i the best means yet devised for the ] b
control of the liquor traffic in North.a
Carolina, and that we favor enacting,01
i! legislation to strengthen it; and be ei
^ J it further resolved that we urge our b
s Representative, Hon. Dean Swift, and tl
; our Senator, Hon. Daltoh Warren, to
1 use their influence to defeat the so- 13
called Hill Bill or any other legisla1
tion thut has for its purpose the le.
galization of liquor in North Caro1
lina." o
a tj
3 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES n
j AT BETHEL IIIGII SCHOOL u
2 The last game of boy's intra-mural
f basketball was played last week. A h
1 great deal of interest was shown to d
d the very last in this feature of our S
- athletic program. In the large boys'
division the team of Buster Wilson G
lead. The names of the players and ^
the points made in the last two weeks |
. follow; k
Buster Wilson 30, Hynum Daw- o
rence 48. Dallas Bun ran 2. Doughton
Tester 3, Joe Wilson 25. &
Narvie Rommger, as captain of one S
- of thf> to?ms of smaller bovs. led his
l players in a close hard race to a win
I, in that division. He was ably assisted v
- by Ivan Dishman, Dean Johnson, I.ee ?
Ward and T. C. May.
n Attention is now being turned to r
e crazy ball and volley ball. All pupils ?
f will be urged to take a part in these
- games as soon as the courts can be s
/ made ready. We arc gratified already |
v willi liie success of cur "Share the a
Athletic Equipment?Every Pupil A I
.1 Plaver" program.?A. iT. Eggers, I
2 I>rincipal.
i BATTIST rHTTflCn
l Sunday, March 24, 1935
i Sunday School at 9:45, W. D. FarI
thing, superintendent; 11 o'clock worship
and sermon, subject, "Paul's De"
sire and Prayer for Israel"; 6:30 Bap
tist Training Union, Miss Delia Ayers,
general director; 7:30, evening
worship. This will be a musical program
under the direction of Mrs. Pori
ter, our choir director. It will be the
- story of the Prodigal Son in song.
i The pastor and family dined last
) Sunday in the charming home of Dr.
I and Mrs. J. C. Farthing.
The Young People's Department of
? our Sunday School is our most thrivc
ing department. Prof. H. R. Eggers is
i the superintendent of this departi.
rnent. His splendid corps of teachers
a and fine group of young people of
the town and college made up the dee
partment.
t R. F. Coffey and J. A. Williams are
J, recovering from flu. Miss Fannie
f Dougherty is better. Brother Jim
McGhee was carried to Duke Hospital
n Tuesday. Mrs. W. C. Greer hss been
- shut in for a week,
i- ?J. C. CANIPE. Pastor.
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j SERVICE
THAT COUNTS! II
,e Expert radio repairing, a
'j complete line of tubes, I
batteries and replacement I
parts at all times. I
y K. I. DACUS I
NEW RIVER EIGHT AND
e POWER COMPANY
jr Main Street Boone, N. C. 9
,e PHONE CO 9
"-} There is no Substitute for fl|
jj 14 Years of Experience I
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[URSDAY?3QONE. N. C.
ATTEND FTNEliAL
Among the out-of-town people who
ttended funeral services for M. P.
.'ritcher Sunday were the following:
Hugh Cartwright and son and P.J
1 Elliott. Bristol. Tenn.; Rev Eugene!
)live. North Wilkesboro: Mr. and,
tl CnM'.Av I i>nnir- T <5 Cr>f- :
ey and son. T. S. Coffey Jr.. States-j
ille: Mrs. W. B Council. Miss Eliza-1
ietii Council!. Weston Taylor, Dr. and
irs. Tom Blackburn. Hickory; Mrs.
. A. Sproles. Mountain City. Tenn.;
ohn Matheson. Mr. ami Mrs. E. L. j
Itcele. Charlie Steele. Mr. and Mrs ;
Jordon Ballew, Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. j
lharlie Coffey, Mr and Mrs. Donj
"offey. Mr. and Mrs C. E. Jenkins,
rhaiiio Jenkins. J. C Grayson and
liss Grace Dean Forester. North
I'ilkeshoro; Mr. and Mrs. A B. Cole.
LSheville; G. G. Page. Mrs. G. G.
kage and Miss Frances Page, Greensore;
Harold Burke. Taylorsvillc;
liss Bebe Knight and L. E. Knight.
Ireensboro; Miss Margaret Washurn.
Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Chare
Haganian, Hickory: Mr. and Mrs. j
takter Liitney. Lenoir; J. Roby Ha-j
aman, Mrs. Epsie Moretz, Rudolph
loretz. and Mrs. J. R. Hagaman of
'aiterson; Miss Mary Finiey, Mrs.
!oyd Finiey and Charlie Finiey,
rorth Wilkes bo ro; Miss Sadie Lou
outherland. Banner Elk, and Mr. and
[rs. Roscoe Grayson, of Trade, Tenn.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Laws appear everywhere We find
iem in the domain of beauty. They
>rbid the architect to put a small j
;>lumri under a mighty dome, and;
ill not permit him to sacrifice pow-!
- to beauty. They command the!
ainter to care fo? Nature, and not to|
sake wheat ripen Ir? the snow and;
ot to inaKc tnc romns sing m tne:
aflcss trees of Christmas. They is-!
ic orders to literature, and tell it to j
jtcludc debasing ideas and to admit <
le truths of most value and of the t
rcatest application They issue or- j
brs. to religion, and tell it to create j
i humanity the most possible of vir-!
ie and hope. Appearing at all other
nints of thought and action, laws
pring up in the nation and state to
pip the public to hold what justice
ad progress it may have found, j
hese laws our marching citizens j
iiist respect. All damage done to j
ropcrty. all disregard of American!
ghts must he. instantly checked, be- i
wise tnc law of the land is the progress
that we have made up to this i
With that mv.iy we fall!
tick into tile abyss of barbarism. We]
fust hold what law has gained. It
the fear of punishment that retrains
the lawless that is society's
roteetion, and these laws must not
e set at naught by bands of it.inornis
acting in their had hours, for]
nr laws in protection of our prop-1
rty and the rights of society have
een passed by the millions acting in j
leir best hours.
RDW. X. HAHN.
oonej X. C.
BOONE ROUTE 2 NEWS
Mrs. Ann Hayes, near 102 years
Id, has underwent a very serious atick
of influenza. Her condition relains
unimproved.
Mrs. Mary E. Norris is able to be
p again after being confined to her
xmi with influenza.
Mrs. R. L. Summit has returned to
er home in Salisbury after a few
ays' visit with her son, Mr. Hoke
ummit.
Misses Mary Cooke and Estelle
reene were visitors at the home of
Tr. Grady Brown bunday afternoon.
Rev. E. C. Hodges filled his reguir
appointment at Howards Creek
n last Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Jack Norris, Max Norris
nd Judd Barnes returned home last
aturday night from an extended trip
i the coal fields of Virginia.
Mr. Jack ixorris- vreitca bis abuf
fade Norris, of Clinchco. Va., while
n the trip.
Mr. B. R. Brown, who has been
ight ill for some time, is able to be
ut again.
BANANAS
5 Pounds
25c
ORANGES
Per Dozen
15c
GRAPE FRUIT
Three for
1 Hp
LtMGNS
Per Dozen
25c
PEAR
BC
Misses Virginia Brown, Glee Nor-1
ris and Jennie Brown were week-end j
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartley in
Boone. j ?.
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BCK)NE METHODIST CHURCH
The Sunday School will meet at
9:45. Dr. J. D Rankin is the super- j <
intendent. The morning worship will j*
DC at li o CIOCK. vr. earnest sj. w ia- \ cnhousc.
pastor, will preach on "The J
Divine at the Door." Epworth League!
will meet at 6 30: evening services ;
will be at 7:30. Boys of the Wesley
Club will have charge of the service
and there will be special music by the <
young people's choir. The Wednesday j
evening .service will be at seven o'clock.
"Missions" will be the subject.
MEAT CAMP NEWS
The children and grandchildren of ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Proffit of Meat i
Camp surprised them with a golden
wedding anniversary meeting on Sun.
day, March 17th, and spread a bountiful
dinner on a table in the yard. Mr.
and Mrs. Froffit were married March
19th. 1S85. and reared six children,
all of whom were present at I he celc
(Mtxuim. ahcy nave uvea 10 see
grandchildren and 25 great-grandchil- |
drcn. Mr. Proffit is 74 and Mrs. Prof- |
fit is 72. They have spent their lives .
in the Meat Camp section.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Andrew S|gmund
of Newton were visitors of Herbert j
Moretz on Meat Camp Sunday.
Mrs. Ada Moretz of Newton was a '
week-end visitor with Mr. and Mrs.
Roby Winebarger and other friends.
Rev. L. A Wilson is reported tc be
a very sick man.
There is quite a lot of French mca- j
slcs on Meat Camp at the present.
I A. A. Qt
FERTII
Just as the strength
Ma upon its fc::r.Hr.t:on . .
dttcing quality of a fort
organization ami tcchni
"A. A. QUALITY" FEB!
standard by which all
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FERTILIZER FOR
WILL GIVE YOU
BUY EXPERIENCE am
A. A. QUALIT
nSBBEH
FOR SA
S. A. N
^ Boone, Nor
\mssmmmmmmmsmam
IniPECI
8 Pounds Jewel Lard
4 Pounds Jewel Lard .
25 Pounds Granulated
10 Pounds Granulated
98 Pounds Golden Hai
48 Pounds Golden Hai
24 Pounds Golden Ha
100 Pounds of Good {
100 Pounds Chilhowii
100 Pounds Cotton M<
100 Pounds Cotton Hd
Good Fat Meat, per po
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Fertilizer. Remembs
ARMOUR'S
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ONE, NORTH CAROL1I
1
MARCH 21, 1935
CIRCLES TO ENTEKTAIN
The three circles of the Methodist
Missionary Society of the Boone
:hurch are preparing an evening's entertainment
for April 4th.
Mrs. Charles Younce and children
>f Boone spent the week-end with relitivcs
and friends in Wilkes County.
$2.98
x\ $6"00
WHITE
SHOES!
Tlint' n r-n ri ell f nf f Hip tnolrnr'c
bench . . styled to the minute,
and in the new kid leathers thai
insure their being smart and
trim. You will like the soft
white kids with patterned trims
that begets a sport-shoe complex
but with all is dressy bevond
comoare. All sizes, too.
Widths A AAA to I>
KEPLAR'S
C'OKKECT STYLES"
JALITY!
LIZER I
if a building depends E
SO til" ornn.nrn. R |
ilizrr depend upon (he
cal facilities behind it.
flUZERS" arc the true
others are measured.
RA PLANT FOOD 1
ypUR POTATOES
A GREAT YIELD! I
t NOT EXPERIMENTS \
y and AGRICO i
lL,E BY
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th Carolina ^
En
ALS
$1.10
55c
[ Sugar $1.15
Sugar 46c
rvest Flour.... $3.40
rvest Flour. . . .$1.75
rvest Flour 90c
^hop $1.75
i Chop $1.90
$1.85
ills 85c
und 15c
lefore You Buy Your
;r. We Are Selling
BIG CROP!
r?RE I