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THURSDAY. MAY 2. 1935
EXEMPTION!. ESS
The amended revenue bill, as
it passed three readings in the
House, and Tuesday one in the
Senate, included a three pel cent
sales tax which is exemptionless.
tiiat is. that the levy would
be collected on the basic food
ifome tlrtiiv cii.'inr wrvlnccoc r,rir]
i-i i. , jugcu. lnvia^ov..! u?ia
sow bosom?and although the
measure in its present form is estimated
to yield enough to come
within one per cent of balancing
the appropriations bill, the taking
of a retail excise on the elements
of the most frugal existence
carries with it a sort of economic
nausea.
Most of us have more or less
become reconciled to the sales
tax. and of course expected its
re-enactment, but we can't be
brought to believe in this new
angle of the situation whereby
the bare elements which would
keep a beggar's tortured soul and
famished bodv together, should
be fallen upon as a source of revenue
for the replenishment of
""We coffers of a fiscally embarassed
commonwealth.
While not altogether unmindful
of the State's pressing needs
for money, there are altogether
too many tilings which bring to
its populace misery, want and
damaged health, and no actual
benefit at all?upon all of which
the tax-gatherer could be made
to lay a heavy finger, without
stooping to break the pauper's
crust.
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DOUGHTON DECLINES
Robert L. Doughtdri, veteran
Congressional leader, and a kingpin
in the recovery structure of
President Roosevelt's New Deal,
ic cfrtinrt
iu unci. luuidCii. eia
a candidate for Governor of
North Carolina in 1936, as had
been his supposed intention. The
announcement came after an interview
with the President in
which it is deduced the Chief
Executive expressed a great de
Jore to have the Doughton leadership
remain behind him in the
National Congress.
Besieged by thousands of
North Carolinians to enter the
Gubernatorial primaries and at
the same time urged by his colleagues
in the Congress and the
President himself to remain with
them at the helm of the national
ship of state, Mr. Doughton hesitated
long and thoughtfully, then
with characteristic Doughton
frankness issued a concise statement
to the press and continued
working?working as he has
always worked, for what he believes
to be the best interests of
the nation and all its peoples.
And while not gainsaying the
fact that Mr. Doughton would
make a great Governor, that his
long training in governmental affairs
would stand him in good
stead as Chief magistrate of his
native State, yet we can't
help rejoicing a bit with the candidates
in his decision to stav in
Washington, where he has become
one of the most constructive
of our great national leaHers.
To leave the right hand of
the President for a ninety-day
Legislature would be a step in
the wrong direction in the opinion
of many of the strongest
Doughton adherents. And the
people of the Ninth District,
neighbors to Congressman
Doughton, geographically and
actually, would feel bereft if
they could no longer approach
Doughton as thpir Congressman,
after enjoying 25 years of superbly
unselfish service from his
Washington office. We believe
that Mr. Doughtons' record of
doing the right thing has not
been altered by this latest action.
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF IT
Wallace Davis, convicted Asheville
banker, Is free after serving about
two years and six months of sentences
totaling nine to thirteen years. He
was serving one sentence of five to
seven years, and there was another
: sentence of four to six years, but it j
was only a matter of form, since it (j
ran along with the first: concurrent, j 1
the court calls it. He was serving j?
two sentences at the same time. We | <
1 j suppose he was due to be paroled. | \
; Nearly all the "big: shots" who have 11
to go to prison get a parole after :
serving part of their sentence: that is. i
i those who have friends and influence :
i and money with which to hire smart '
) lawyers to follow up their cases and i
keep them before '.he parole board.
Luke Lea is another one who will J
soon be out.
But, what about the "forgotten;
" men" in our prisons? Who is looking 11
out for those unsung and unknown I \
prisoners, who have no money or in- ,
fluehtsal friends to engineer pardons ,
1 and paroles for them? Are they get- <
ting fair and just treatment, at the
hands of the State? ,
This is exactly what has helped to |
bring our court system into disre- j
pute.?Gastonia Gazette.
THE BOOK;
the first line of which reads
The Holy Bible," and which con- i
tains Four Great Treasures .... *
By BRUCE BARTON <
TEN FAMOUS WOMEN
<
The same letter which invited ten ,
thousand preachers to name the ten ,
greatest men in the Bible asked also
i for a list of ten famous women. Sev- ,
enty-four names received votes, and ,
. the following ten arc selected from t
among the highest, and are arranged (
not in the order of their popularity, <
but in their chronological sequence, j
1 Eve. the molher ot' all living."
2. Ruth i who had the highest vote ,
next to Mary, the mother of Jesus), j
3. Hannah, the devoted mother. j
4. The one woman whom the Bible j
cads great
5. Esther, the beautiful queen. c
b. Mary .the mother of Jesus (for c
whom practically every vote was s
cast). c
7 Mmy of Magdala
8 The liethanv sisters. a
I . .JV Tiit> woman rsf SninAiin t
i 10. The widow who gave the mite. 3
j Eve: Every ancient people has its ?
j own legend of the. creation of the first. ^
; man and woman, and in almost every r
story the woman gets the worst of it.
It is only fair to Eve to remember
this. Some man i Moses or another)
is her biographer.
When the woman saw that the
tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a
tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and
did eat. and gave also to her husband.
So much for the Eve whom everybody
knows, the Eve of the Garden J
, and the transgression. We shall not
linger with lier. It is with Eve the \
girl with an unhappy memory and *
the swift disillusionment going forth t
with the young man she loved and
making a home "east of Eden," whom *
we should like to know better.
There in the backwoods is heard t
the lullaby of this primitive Madon- i
na, singing the song that all mothers i
have sung: j
T Un ~ Jl
I 1 nave siULLcu it man il
From the. Lord."
She knows very well that the child
is Adam's son, this miracle or little
pink toes and tiny hands that have
such a terrible clutch at one's hair
and heartstrings.
This is the theme of all cradle
songs. Eve set the mothers of the
world singing. She did wrong, in that
apple affair. But as a result of it she
and Adam were no longer pensioners;
they were working to pay off the
mortgage. And weren't they happier,
isn't the whole race happier, in this
hustling and chaotic world than if
they had stayed in Eden ?
I sometimes wonder how much Eve
really regretted!
Next Week: Ruth
The Family Doctor
By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES
GETTING "FRESH" AIR
The modern automobile may be
called the universal convenience for
out-door travel. It is rare to find an
American householder that does not
possess some sort of a family car.
T rode in my sedan about thirtyj
five miles yesterdaj' afternoon. It was
j sunny aiiu warm?a perfect day; I
I wanted?needed?aix- end qunoviino- t i.
like multiplied thousands, had been i
housed the week before. The question s
is, how much air and sunshine did I i
obtain ? t
In a very "sketchy" ride over the c
hills and through country lanes, I was
not actually in the glorious sunshine 1
over ten minutes! Seated on the cush- ^
ions, I did not g?t ten whole minutes U
of physical exercise?a solemn fact. \z
I am forced to confess?the closed | c
j automobile is worth precious iiitie.as s
I an instrument for gathering sunshine
(and exercise for the man who needs 1
both. . . . Thrice more benefit come3
to the health-tourist who is compelled
to get out by the side of the highway I
and patch up a punctured tire or a
"blow-out." He gets the sunshine and ?
exercise. I
An auto trip over mountain roads, c
with camping out at nights, eating t
lunches broiled over a chunk-fire in j
the great out-doors,?a trip lasting t
a week or two, is of immense benefit I
for recuperation; but now very few r
are so situated that the}' may go to t
that extent? c
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY
Let me word this exactly: I got ;
nore sunshine and exercise in my:
lack yard one afternoon with my
garden hoc?than I would get in an
entire Sunday afternoon's auto tourng.
and did it ir. twenty minutes. I
mention this to show how easy, effectual
and cheap one can obtain such
absolute essentials to life and health,
is sunshine, air and good exercise,
me humblest may reach forth and
take without cost, while the idler
'gets by" in his self-deception.
DIRT
We family doctors, who find our
living "out among the sticks." somelow
form a very close acquaintance
ivith the dust to which we all some
Jay must return. This letter may be
if more, than tiassinsr interest. i
Dirt is regarded as the chief enemy
of cur great hospitals: every effort
is directed here to the extermination
of every atom of, possibly,
germ-infested dirt. But we country
Joctors find means of getting along
.vith it:
I remember once taking care of a
.-cry malignant case of small-pox; it
.vas in the squalid quarter, and, I do
iot remember of having encountered
i filthier case! The old, ragged quilts
ind greasy blankets were not changed
>r aired for six weeks: the room was
i north-east exposure where the sunight
was practically an unknown'
quantity. The patient was filled with i
:he venom of the hideous disease: he j
licl not look like a human being.
My visits here were very circumspect
indeed: I did not remove my
jvercoat nor did I trust myself in
me of the ricketty chairs?I delivered
my messages and medicines
standing. 1 sprayed myself with formaldehyde
before leaving the room.
This man made a most marvelous j
ecovery: he simply had the constitu t
:ion to "best" all the infection. He I
las lived at least 25 years and is in
jerfect health today.
This would tend to convince us that
lirt does not always kill. T have seen
lozens of patients that lived like
wine make the most astonishing rc- '
overics from serious disease.
But this is not by any means an
Lrgument for carelessness in treat-j
uvJit; we shaii go on guarding against
til chance of infection with all our ^
fouls an<l bodies. That the dirty patent
gets well sometimes is more a $
natter of luck than intelligence. J r.uc
! a bo
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~ Br - - p WHITES
TO TOBACCO GROWERS
of l
Editor Watauga Democrat: ber
]f tills sketch does not find the nlel
caste uasket and you thought it wouid Tht
ye of any benefit, I would say a few
hings in regard to tobacco growing j_
?things I have learned by experience Wb
md observation. is t
While this section has been growing is j
obacco for IS or 20 years, Watauga arc
ai mers have, I believe, been growing
t for the last 3 or 4 years, and I hear in ,
ionic of the Watauga growers have ar(C
lecided to fall out nf tho business this ?uet.
?eason. A preacher asked an old lady qg
i auc was a enrisiian ana sne said: lllir
Tes. See. I've been a Christian off ^on
iha on 1 guess for 40 years or more!" for)
[ would say to the growers if you ten
lave a place to cure It grow some to- the
jacco every year, for a tobacco grow- er9
?r off and on will make about as bad
i failure as the off and on Chris- Qf
:ian?and if there be any sweet we are
ire sure to get it if we are on the the
job in season and out. However, if we the
ire the ones who are off and on we rJ
ire very likely to gel aii the bitter
tnd no sweet. dori
So I would say to the Watauga to- har
)acco growers, if you are prepared ^ee
jrow some every year so it will not hlQ(
ake so long to get rich. When to- ^^
>acco looks like it is ready to cut
hen let it stand & week or ten days T^
onger. Tobacco cures a dark red by nQt
jeing cut before it is ripe. Cut Co- for
jacco and hang in barn. Why put it d-e
>n a scaffold when it has to go in
i moi
the barn ? It takes lots of work and j j-v
timber to scaffold and it does not cure
jp as bright being in the hot sun and T
-ain. The water should not be forced the
too rapidly from the leaves. When it not
lures slowly it will be a brighter col- low
>r and not so red. Cut and fill up the Let
aottom runs in the bam first (to- me
aacco will wilt in five mimjtes.) Put u'
this up in top of barn next morning *0\
vhile the dew is drying off tobacco low
n the field and reoeat thin ctiMra His
ihould be spaced at least 10 or 12 wri
nches apart in the barn and let's not be
:ry to grow enough in one year to enJ'
lo the world 10 years. C
A Watauga potato truck recently mu'
lauled a load of potatoes back in Vir- wa|
:;ina for 35 cents a bushel. We should
prow a little of many things for they In
ire growing potatoes and tobacco 'ct
>utside of North Carolina and Tenne- me:
isee. and
JOE CULVER.
Sutler, Tenn. a"
shij
NOT GUILTY! we
Sditor Democrat: f I
Will you put this in the paper? I 1116
im sorry that I got in trouble like &no
have got in, but I hope it will come His
iut some day that I was not the one
hat did the charge. I hope the peo- to r
>le in the county don't think I did we
he charge they had me charged with. fit :
hope some time in the future I can God
nake a man, that everybody will not 'ror
ry and hold me down. If it don't are
ome out in this world it will come c
THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
I
i Loafing at the
?7^37 .
1 M c 1||
in the next world. God in Heaven {u;
\vs I am not guilty. Mr. and Mrs. j w
veil have been so nice to me since ' pi
ave been in jail. 1 sure do thank i w
r. for their kindness. i \r
GRADY HARTLEY. n
RALPH GILLEY. ' ?<
if?,
ILL GOD DWELL IN A SINFUL ! g
Tr\?p? v ?> I ni
ome time ago this momentous
stion was asked. I have thought j a
ut it a whole lot, and have taken '< 2
trouble anci pains to look into the J h
tter. From this study of God's Holy j n
rd, I am forced to say that He a
LL NOT dwell in a sinful temple. J a
the first place. He will not dwell \ B
a sinful temple because the body J v
the temple of the Lord when B
shed and justified. Then we are I
led to Christ. Shall we take the h
tubers of Christ and join them to v
? God forbid. Let us readi I Col. tl
5. Know ye not that your bodies ii
Christ? Shall T then take the mem- lc
h of Christ and make them the a
tubers of an harlot? God forbid! ! h
i body is t he temple and must be j b
it clean. j h
,et us look now at I Cor. 6:19. jei
at, know ye not that your body h
he temple of the Holy Ghost which
n you, which ye have of God. Ye fi
not your own. for ye are bought h
h a price, therefore glorify God o
/our body and in your spirit which it
God's. The body is free from sin &
ause it is washed "and justified. Xi
6:9-11. ' Know ye not that thej&
ighteous shall not inherit the king- ! i
of God. Be not deceived, neither ^
licators nor idolators, nor adul- j
irs, nor effeminate, nor abusers of j
mselves, nor drunkers, nor revil-'
nor extortioners, shall inherit the j
gdom of God. And such were some !
VOU. hilt VA are
sanctified, but ye arc justified in;
name of the Tx>rd Jesus and by , ~
Spirit of God."
Tie Conflict of the Spirit With the ;
sh. Watch and pray that the devil |
,'t get you to commit some "no j
m" sin and be lost! If you have j
n regenr ated and washed in the
>d of Jesus, there is no sin in your
y until the devil leads you off.
til we not read Romans 8:12?
jrefore, brethren, we arc debtors
to the flesh to live after the flesh,
if ye live after the flesh yc shall
But if ye through the spirit do
rtify the deeds of the body ye shall
he Fellowship that We Have with
Father and With the Son. It canbe
denied that we enjoy the felship
of the Father and the Son.
us look at I John 1:3. "That which
have seen and heard declare we
o vou that ye also may have felJiip
with us; and truly our felship
is with the Father and with
Son Jesus Christ. These things
te we unto you that your joy may
full." Does not this prove that we
>y this matchless fellowship?
londitions of the Fellowship. We
at walk in the light. What is it to
k in the light, to have fellowship
h the Father and with the Son?
order to get an adequate answer
us read I John 1:5. This is the
isage which we have heard of Him
declare unto you, that God is
it and in Him is no darkness at
ii we say tnat we have fellow>
with Him and walk in darkness
lie and do not tell *he truth. But
ve walk in the light as He is in
light we have fellowship one with
ther and the blood of Jesus Christ j
son cleanseth us from all sin." !
v, dear reader, this appears plain ;
ne. If we are cleansed from all sin \
are fit to walk with Him. We are
for the indrawing of the Spirit of
!. He forgives all sin; He cleanses
n all Sin; He does His part. These
the conditions of the fellowship,
hristians, test your fellowship. Let
Log Jam- ?
^ s>^? j^\. ^>^X('a!5
3 sec if wo can measure up to God's j?
'AS'il Thnr.> :tro en mnnu nnrntln whn
iofes.s to know G.?l and in their
ork deny itim Tiu\v are being abomlable
and disobedient and unto ov:v
good work reprobate God's word
:aches us not to sin. Bui If we do;,
h He is r-?dy and willing to for-jj
ivo us. He (iocs forgive, if we aniy j
Sk: i:
Tin- Test of Fellowship?Obedience,
mi l?ove. Let us now read I John '
-11. "Hereby we do know that we 1
now Him, if we keep His command- 1
tents. He that sayeth 1 know Him
r.d keep not His Commandments is
iiar and the truth is not in Him.
iut whoso keepeth His word in him .
crily is the love of God perfected,
[ereby know we that we are in Him.
fe that sayeth he abideth in aught
imself also so to walk, even as He
-ilked. . . . He that sayeth he is in
lie light, and hateth his brother, is
i darkness even until now. He that
>vetli his brother abideth in the light,
nd there is none occasion of stumting
in him. But he that hateth his
rother is in darkness, and walketh
i darkness, and knoweth not whithr
he goeth, because that darkness
a til blinded his eyes."
Now, dear people, do you think
roni this study that God will dwell
i a sinful temple ? How can men so
onstrue the Holy Word as to r ake
look as if we must sin more or less
ach day?
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THE REINS-5TUR
ASSOCIA1
"PROTECTION FO
Boone, Nort
The Reins-Sturdivant Burial Asso
pose of giving every man, woman,
and the adjoining communities an
would be taken care of and placed a
j have finished their work here and
we were advised and criticized for \
in this direction, but after thdrou]
statistics we felt that it could be 01
experience and the information we <
there was a great need for such a
therefore we were determined to tyij
] icc to the people we serve in this \v?
Our people were a little ...ov/ at f
fess. it looked a little hopeless, bu
forced US to work hnrrlor for fear '
shown by giving us their membershi]
while institution and that the thing
Today we are proud to say to you
7,000 (seven thousand) strong, and
sociation that it is doing a great g
to the families of members of our s
Our goal for 1935 is to increase t
and the object of this letter is to gii
fine association, and to say to you t
ing us to make this a more worth
well as to give protection to you anc
rate.
The iiieiiibership fee is 25 cents fo:
this pays your dues up to the next ?
THE DUES THEREAFTE
Per 1
1 to 10 Years
10 to 29 Years
30 to 50 Years
50 to 65 Years
It would be a real pleasure to ha^
Why not call by our office and let
I Only 25 cents to join.
You
MADGE L.
1
MAY 2, 1935
mi ,v
? by A. B. Chapin
Pi* 9
. \ i . y'( )f-i ,y: -*
aijL i?? JPi
Wataugans May Secure ,
Jobs in TVA Projects
Watauga County is included in the
j t in which the following
lions in connection with the work of
hainago and erosion prevention for
flood control in the Tennessee and
Cumberland valleys, according to R.
L. Woolen, district re-employment
manager at North Wilkesboro:
"Laborer Foreman, ?1,500 per year;
Levee Construction Foreman, $1,860
per year; Levco Construction Overseer.
$2,000 per year; Concrete Foreman.
$1,860 per year; construction
supervisor, $2,300 per year; General
Construction Overseer, $2,000 per
year. General Construction Foreman,
$1,S60 per year.
"Anyone in Watauga County interpaf^d
ohnnM annlv t r? tVi<* Rpprutan*
. "rrv w *-,v- *-*v-v" " ~ '
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
U. S. Engineers Office, Nashville,
Tonn. Forms for these applications
may be secured from Uie local postoffiee
and if not available there may
be had by addressing the National Reemployment
Office. North Wilkeaboro,
N C.
"Calls are continually coming for
skilled highway workers. Any person
who is skilled in the operation of any
kind of road machinery, such as power
shovels, motor graders, and bulldozers
should register with the National
Rc-employment Service at
North Wilkesboro, but bear in mind
that these men must be highly skilled
in the operation of these machines
before they apply.
"Any applicant who has previously
registered in the Employment Office
at Boone and requests a renewal may
do so by mail."
'JftR
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DiVANT BURIAL
ION, INC.
>R THE FAMILY"
h Carolina.
ciation was organized for the purboy
and girl in Wilkes, Watauga
opportunity to know that they
way in a decent manner when they
passed unto their reward. At first fc?? ,
aic avkcm^i we were putting" lortn
gh consideration and checking of
ganized, and we knew by our own
could gather from our friends that
n organization in our community,
xke an honest effort to be of serv- +
?y
irst, and sometimes we might cont
their lack of faith and interest
that we might fail those who had
^ that they, too, believed it a -worth
could be accomplished.
i that our association is more than
we know by the records of the as;oo<i
in giving financial assistance
association.
he membership to 15,000 members
se you some information abouL our
fiat we need your support in helpwhile
community organization as
i your family at a most reasonable
S
r m^mbpr of vonr fsiniHy <
issessment which now is July 1st. SI
,R ARE AS FOLLOWS:
tiuart-r Whole Year Benefit
. .10 .40 $ 50.00
. .20 .80 100.00
.40 1.60 100.00
60 2.40 100.00 g)
re you make this your association,
us fill out your application now.
rs to serve, .
STURDIVANT, Secretary.