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THURSDAY. JULY 25, 1935
DEAN SWIFT
In the death of its member of
the lower house of the Legislature
Watauga County may be
said, to have sustained a severe
and unusual kind of loss. Unusual
because young men of Dean
Swift's characteristics and capabilities
are within themselves
unusual, and more poignant because
of the fact that the span
of life was snapped short in the
ririnio nP i /-?t? .? l 3 J
jk/Aunp ut yuuug IlidilllUUCl cinQ. 31
a time when he was in a position
to be of the greatest degree
of usefulness in the religious, educational
and economic advancement
of his community, county
and State.
Mr. Swift was a man possessed
of an admirable set of values,
and a courage that stood in
strong support of his convictions.
He was consistent in his religious
affiliation, valiant as a soldier
on the fields of battle, capable
and efficient as an educa-1
tor. sincere, able and conscien-;
ticus 2 pnVilie servant, and a I
citizen who stood behind all
those movements which he be-i
lieved to be in behalf of the pub-j
lie good. The Democrat sharesj
the general grief occasioned by j
his passing.
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WATER WASTAGE
Despite the unusual amount of
rain which has fallen this summer.
and the further fact that
city water storage facilities are
greatly enlarged, officials are
worried over the amount of water
being consumed by the public.
No shortage has developed,
it is slated, but present practices
would produce a serious
shortage in dry weather. Reports
corning to the city hall indicate
that faulty faucets are in use in
a large number of the houses of
the town, milk and other perishables
are said to have been
placed in bath tubs and the cold
water spigots allowed to run
continuously, and other practices
indulged in which throw
an almost unbearable burden on
the water snrmtir
ft-"J
The mains are being thoroughly
checked, a few leaky joints
have been dug out and repaired,
and officials know that the water
supply is sufficient for all
reasonable needs of the town for
years to come. If wanton waste
persists, it is purposed to place
meters in operation at each
household?a sure means of cuti.'tig
down vuiisumpticn to nor
mal. A bit of co-operation on
the part of the consumers might
preclude the purchase of meters,
and allow the flat rate to remain I
in force.
PRISON HEADS FREED
Three officials of the Mecklenburg
prison camp, tried last week
on charges growing out of alleged
inhuman treatment of two
negro convicts whose feet were
amputated following their inhabitation
of a dark cell, won an
acquittal from the jury following
a mild-mannered prosecution
from the State, and considerable
dissatisfaction has developed
over the Commonwealth. Typi(*^1
of tho nnfof/wnkl^
- wav, umuvwauic ICClUtlUli
to the verdict is an editorial in
the Greensboro News, in which
it is stated "the jury's verdict
does not explain or answer these
items":
"1. Shropshire and Barnes,
convicted of petty crimes, walked
into the States' custody upon
their own feet. While under the
guardianship of the magnanimous
Commonwealth they lost
them.
"2. Granting that the negroes
may have bound their ankles
with strips of cloth, as the defendants
contended, is there any
assurance that cold or an effort
to protect themselves against
the shackles which encased their
legs might not have been responsible
for this action?
"3. If the prisoners were ex
v?
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larnined thoroughly and regular- ?
; lv. as contended by the defense. d
!how does it happen that the con- r
jdition of their feet was not dis ?
i; covered or treated before it J!
reached the point where ampu- E
tation was necessary to save v
their lives? b
i' "4. Cap'n Little, who swore t
Ihis detestation of such inhuman e
treatment, was. according to his ''
Atirn i AefimAnr* * '
ia v\_?jva.iawnj , wui vtux vuig wwv
orders from higher-ups. going ;t
. ahead with the system. But. the
self-same system has discharged t
i him "because of failure to fol- r
low departmental instruction ?
designed to protect the live* and
i health of men under discipline." v
"5. If superinducement of 1
gangrene and subsequent ampu- 1
itation of both feet do not con- t
l.stitute torture, what, citizens of t
the State as well as outsiders h
crave to know, would in North s
Carolina?" s
This excerpt concludes the ?
commentary of the News:
"A Mecklenburg County jury v
has ruled that no crime, no law p
violation, no neglect of duty, despite
the thousands of laws that
clutter up the statute books, was
committed by the prison camp {
defendants. Legally that is the (
entry. But the moral disgrace
wiil continue to weigh heavily
upon decent North Carolinians v
in whose collective name the C
patent, atrocities, as witness four S
indisputable black nubs, not
only occurred but have been for- "
i mallv condoned.
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The Family Doctor
By DR JOHN JOSEPH GAINES I ?
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MANAGEMENT OF FEVEKS g
Probably four-fifths of our human
I ailments exnibit at one time or an- ti
cthi r a rising temperature above the hi
i normal. It is called "fever." The ele- si
ation may vary from a oareiy i- tteotable
increase to a raging flame ol
that menaces life itself. There are cer- p.
' tain principles here that most of us lo
should know. ir
To attempt to demolish every fever e'
the moment we encounter it must ti
never lie attempted. We have reme- u
dies for reducing temperature, but n
they must be used with the utmost w
care and watchfulness. The fever may
be kept within safe limits, but just si
that, while the CAUSE of the dis- p
turbance is hcing eradicated. w
Take the disease of measles, scar- w
let fever, small pox, or any other self- tl
limited disease. To rush the temper- tl
ature to normal at my first visit. t<
would be utterly stupid and maybe fc
cost a life' Those eruptive diseases F
jare 'self-limited" diseases that run D
a definite course. They must he man- w
age.i anil nursed to recovery. pi
The protracted tevers, pneumonia,
typhoid and the like, have a temper- m
ature which is an index to the amount D
of infection. To attempt to maintain ti
anything like a normal temperature F
from drugs may bring about a weak- s;
ened heart-muscle from which the w
victim cannot rally. To keep the tern- "i
perature within SAFE limits is the tl
art of the good physician and nurse, tl
Too many drugs lower temperature si
at the expense of the heart. How I it
careful we must be! To lay low on c!
the acetanelide or the aconite the a
heart must be saved at all hazards, a
Bathing reduces temperature without "i
harm to the vital organs in the pro- ri
traded struggle. A good "fever-doc- B
tor" is worth his weight in gold.
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THE BOOK |
.... the first line of which reads
"The Holy Bible." and which con- g
tains Four Great Treasures .... w
By BRUCE BARTON cs
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THE NEW TESTAMENT tl
The first books of the New Testa- tl
ment "read in churches" with the Old si
Testament selections, were apostolic V
letters, notably those of Paul and in- ti
eluding generally, though not invar- tl
iably, the longer epistles of John, T
Peter and James. When the Gospels b
appeared they were immediately used t<
in like fashion, and at once assumed n
a place of priority, not because any h
one in authority said it must be so a
but because they were so important w
and so interesting. For a good while ti
| there was no attempt to make com
plete collections. Few churches had
all the New Testament books and
many had other bookn^ as the Epistle
of Clement and the Shepherd of Her- ?
mas. which were loved.
When discussion began as to which
books ought to lie read regularly,
there was immediate agreement on
the most important ones, the four
Gospels and the lai-ger epistles. There
was a good deal of doubt about Revelation
and Second Peter and the
two short epistles of John, which
were relatively unimportant, as was
then acknowledged and is still evi- _
dent. But gradually there came to be p
agreement, not by authority but by
the test of general usage, and the
translation, and later the printing of
the Bible, finally fixed the list. j If
any one asks whether we know
absolutely that every book in the Old K
and New Testaments is holy above b
all other books, the ansrwer is. We do o
not. No one can say that Esther, d
which is in the Bible, is nobler than t!
rATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE
Icclesiasticus. which has beei
ropped out: certainly it is not s
eligious or so sweet in its spirit. N'
ne can say that the Epistle of Jud
i r..Ore inspired than, th? Epistle o
llement. The mountain range of th
Sible shades off into foot-hills, an
re do not know just where the rang
egins or ends. But. the range is then
owering magnificently above all oth
r litfiratinv Ri'hnlnrs mav (lispn.<yi if
ueasurements and limits; the the
logically mimed nay battle over it
inspiration." Let them argue. Wha
he world needs is more folk to read.
We come now to the 3econd ques
ion. How were these chosen book
reserved through the ages and pass
d down to us?
Until the invention of printing
chick was desired mainly that th
Jible might be published, copies wer
nade by hand, and errors inevitabl;
rcpt in, no matter how scrupulou
he copyists' care. Hence in makinj
ranslations it became desirable t
lave as many of them for compari
on as possible. The earliest manu
cript copies that have survived
ur time date from the fourth cen
ury A. D., an<i the story of one
item, the Sinaitic, will illustrate th
icissitudes through which, they hav
assed.
Next Week: An Important
Translation.
Story of the Constitution
When we start to study anything
,'e must begin at the beginning Th
^institution of the United States he
ins with a Preamble. A Preamble i
itended to explain tlie purpose o
hat follows The Preamble to ou:
institution does that in 52 words:
"We, the people of the Unite*
Hates, in order to form a more per
eet Union, establish justice, insun
omcslic tranquility, provide for thi
ommon defense, promote the gen
ral welfare, and secure the blessing!
f liberty, do ordain and establisi
us COXST1TUTION for the Unitec
tates of America."
That explains what the Constilu
or. was expected to do. It does not
3wever, explain why it was necestry
to draw up a Constitution, el
Veil jcoia tuici utu XiiijpiSu vuiuuita
t America had declared their inde
eilbehce of Great Britain. The Dee
.ration of Independence was signet
i 1TTS. The Constitution was adopt
1 in 1787. Before we can understand
le why of the Constitution, we must
riderstaml what kind of a govern
tent wo had in America before there
as any Constitution.
The very first phrase of the Con
Lilulion raises questions. "We, the
sople of the United States." Hov.
ere the States united before therr
as any Constitution ? What had kepi
rem together throughout the War oi
le Revolution? What had held then
igether after the Revolution ar.d be>re
they adopted the Constitution?
or, as they expressly stated in the
eciaralion of Independence, the>
ere not only free states, but indeundent
states.
For that matter, what did the>
lean by the word "states," in the
eclaration of Independence and ir
le Constitution itself? When the
bunding Fathers of the Republic
lid " state" they meant exactli
hat we mean today when we saj
nation." In the eighteenth ceniurj
le word "nation" was seldom used
le word "state" was always under
Lood as ineining a nation. The Dec
iration of Independence, after de
laring that "these United Colonic:
re, and of right ought to be, fre<
nd independent States:" continues
tnd that all political connection be veen
them and the STATU of Great
ritain is, and ought to be, dissolved.'
United States." then, meant "Unit
1 Nations."
Thirteen independent nations, sec!:
ig to free themselves from the domtation
of another nation, fought th<
'ar of the Revolution. They caller
leir union a "Confederation ol
tates." Exactly the same meaning
ould have Deen conveyed if they hac
tiled it a "League of Nations."
In the beginning, this union of in;pendent
states was nothing mort
mn a mutual alliance to cany or
te war. It was almost exactly th<
ime sort of a "union" as that be.veen
the allied but independent na
ions of Europe, for the conduct ci
te World War from 1914 to 1919
he American states had the commor
ackground of having all been subjeci
> the same domination by anothei
ation. But the utmost their leader:
ad in mind in the way of a union
t the beginning of the Revolution
rns an alliance of independent na
ons in what they explicitly termed i
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'* League of Friendraip."
The only central government that
3 existed in America for the first live
i years of the war with Great Britain j
i was the Continental Congress, composed
of delegates from the thirteen
- states. It had so little power or au-;
, thoritv that it could hardly be called j
a government at all. The Continen
tal Congress could borrow money, if
? ttfijonc-wuuiu lend it, but t-vulu itv?.
- levy taxes to pay such loans. It couid
- issue requisitions to the -separate I
1 states for supplies and troops, but it j
- could not make its acts effective.
I Next Week: The Seed From Which j
L Grew the Constitution.
: Catawba County sweet potato gro J
wers are selling their cured sweets j
- at the storage houses for a dollar I
REPORT OF TUI
THE PEOPLES IN
' At Boone, North Carolina, to the Co
Business on the 29tl
ASSETS
Loans and discounts
Other bonds, stocks and securities
Total Loans and Investments
Furniture and Fixtures
Real estate owned other than bankinj
I Cash in vaiut, exchanges, cash items, a
1 Other assets Sjs.
: I
; TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES
. Bills Payable
' Other liabilities
Capital Account:
Cuiuiiion stock, 2500 shares, par $10.01
, Reserves for contingencies
] Retirem't fund for preferred stock or
TOTAL, including capital account .
t
. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
. County of Watauga, ss.
Wade E. Brown, President, Char]
McNe.il, BirecLcr of the Peoples Inuu
before me this day. and, being duly i
> foregoing report is true to the best ol
! Wjfl
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Sworn to and subscribed before me th
[ My commission expires June 1, 1936.
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Avidrnud wer<? deposited durir><? "
t-h? iviii-ndatic^ Mrs.
Council! Hostess to
Friday Afternoon Club.
Mrs Tracy Councill was gracious
' hostess to the Friday Afternoon Club
and friends at her home on last Wed- ]
ncsday afternoon, the 10th. The large !
living room was beautifully decorated j
with garden flowers An enjoyable
musical program was given by Miss
^ lrgima wary. Miss vjia?;c Cuuiii>u' |~
also rendered two selections.
Mrs. Counci?! was assisted in serv
i:.g by Mrs. Jim Councill and Mrs.:
Ben Councill. Special guests were:
Xfrs f: C > ? T? f . 1
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Miss Virginia Wary. Miss Catherine
Cathcart, Mrs. Gene Garbee, Mrs.
Daniels and Mrs. Anita Beale of Atlanta,
Cla.
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DUSTRIAL BANK
mrrilssiuner of Banks, at the Close of
!j day ot June, 3935:
AMOl'NT
S60.4S5.0-t!
26S.00
? $60,753.04
- 250.00 250.00
< house.... 500.00 |
nd balances with other banlts 167.20
210.C0 ,
$61,880.24
$ 7.0-19.32
- 5,000.00
) per share $25,000.00
24,830.42
capital notes and debentures 49,830.42
..$61,880.24
les T. Zimmerman, Director, and C. D.
strial Bank, each personally appeared
sworn, each tor himselr, says that tne
C his knowledge and belief.
iDK E. BROWN, President
ARISES T. ZIMMERMAN, Director
D. McNEIL, Director,
is the 24th day of July, 1935.
GILMA BATTY, Notary Public.
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