PAGE SIX The Watauga Democrat The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY Established in 1S3S and Published for 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .... .51.50 Six Month ?5 Four Months 50 Payable in Advance) R. C. RIVERS Jr . - Publisher Cards of Thanks, Resolutions o'" Respect. Obituaries, etc.. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the RRA/ As Second; Postoffice at Class Mai! Boone, X. C. (rf&e* Matter. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1935 He who is not contented with what he has would not oe contented with what he would ike to ha\e.?Socrates. We are apt to think that best in general for which we find ourselves best fitted in particular.?Pope. He who lives in a hurry is out of step with the purpose of God.?Anonymous. He that would eat the kernel should crack the nut - Anonymous. KNOWS HIS SUBJECT Those who had become alarmed over the local crime wave, especially as regarded an apparent increase in public drunkenness. with simultaneous loss ol sleep on the part of the lawabiders. have relaxed a bit for the past few days, and taken a deep draught of enJoyment from the fact that the hoys are learning how to behave and are trekking along a course leaning mightily to the "straight ar.d narrow." the collective ti-irci quenched by soda water, tomato juice and an occasional mug ol beer. For over the week-end "the boys'' took a preliminary educational course on the consequences of the use of ardent spirits, and a new professor tapped the bell in the person of S. D. Ollis,' a former police officer in Morgan ton. widely recognized as an authority on the subject of public intoxication and how i t should be handled. The jovial 240-pound "teacher." towering six feet one and one-half inches, and incidentally the proud father of 10 husky children, started "classes'' immediately upon his arrivai in town, and appearances indicate that so thorough in hisi course of training, that a number of his scholars have already j entitled themselves to diplomas; from his institution of public! sobriety and gentlemanly be-1 havior. Mr. Ollis is a kindly gentle- i man. but with business-like attitude which defies hostility. His methods are getting results and the people are grateful for a per - 1? ' <' iuu ui iiceuuMi 1:0m tne annoy-' fances and dangers resulting from a recent noticeable increase in j public inebriation. i sj YOU DON'T NEED WISDOM It doesn't take brains to push! tlie throttle of your car to the i floorboard. It doesn't rake cleverness to. weave in and out of traffic at j sixty miles an hour, and no intellectual capacity is required to hang onto the steering wheel,: give her the gun and attempt to make the speedometer touch' ninety-some. In other words you don't have: to know anything to drive fast. Drivers who regard streets j and highways as the Indir.aapolis racing bowl, might bo divided into two classes: Those who are weary of living and don't mind if they take innocent per- j sons along with them into eter- 1 nity, and second, those whose j ;J? stupidity blinds them to the fact that several thousand pounds of j metal whirling at a terrific j , speed is as lethal a weapon as a I Tommy gun?both for the dri-! vei ana lor anyone else in me. |;i locality. Speed is responsible for the, great majority of motor accidents?all other causes paling! into insignificance as compared. As even the most mentally defi- j cient driver should be able to j realize, an accident occurring at sixty miles an hour is almost inyvariably a great deal more serious than one occurring where " speed involved is 20. he roads of America are litd with broken and bleeding ies because an increasingly i ;e number of drivers persist j m utter disregard for their J 1 well-being and that of their : iwmen. I w SUCCESS TALK "A success talk" directed par-! ticularly to farm boys by Presi- i d e n t Roosevelt is carried in i the current issue of the Progres-! p ;ive Farmer. Mr. Roosevelt f u SaVSI :o "There was a, time when the for- j mma. for success was the simple ad-jh monition to have a stout heart aid) willing hands. A great, new country j -j lay open. Wheii life became hard in. ] brie place it was necessary only to move on to another. Today we eaii no longer escape into virgin territory: r we must master our environment. sd The very objectives of young* people have changed. In the older days a great financial fortune was too often the goal. To rule through wealth. ** through the pewe** of wealth, fired our imagination. This r was the dream of the golcer. ladder ?each Individual for himself. * "It is my firm belief that the new- J er generation of America has a dif-11 fere it t dream. You place emphasis onH sufficiency of life, rather on a pie* J thora of riches. You think of the se-j* curity for yourself ard your family j that will give you good health, good. s food. good education, good working} conditions, and the opportunity for J i normal recreation and occasional fra-i vel. |1 "I, for one. am willing to place my 1 trust in the youth of America. Ifj they demand action as well as preaciv ' ments. I should be ashamed to chill! their enthusiasm with the dire pro-; I phecy that to change is to destroy. J i am unwilling to sneer at the vision j of youth merely because vl ion isi sometimes mistaken. "Let us carry on the goou that the j1 past gave us The best o< tha* good! is the spirit of America. And the. |1 spirit of America is the spirit of in- < quire, of readjustment of improve-11 ment. above ail a spirit in which j youth can find the fulfillment of its 1 idea's It is for the new generation ( to participate in the decisions and to give strength and spirit ar.d con tin- * uitv to our Government ar.d to our national life.'' i WORTHY OF A P:ACE i Henry Van Dyke) v Are you willing to si nop down and consider the needs and the desires of f little children; to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you. but rather to ask yourself whether t you love them enough; to bear in y mind the tilings that other people have to bear on Their hearts; to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it ; r. front so that your shadow will fall behind you; to make a grave for . your ugly thoughts, and a garden for v your kindly feelings, with the gate wide open?these even for a day?) i iien .vou are worthy of a place in' t this world. j t. ALMOST I'N'AMMOl S i Billy Arthur In The New Bern Tribune Mr. llurpliy was taking his first flight in an aeroplane. The pilot was taking him over Asheville and when t they were about 3.COO feet up. the 'plane suddenly went into a nose-dive. c "Ha, ha," laughed the pilot as he < righted the 'plane. 'Half of the peo- j pie down there thought we were t failing." ( ' Sure," said Murphy, "and 50 per cent of the people up here thought ^ so, too." 1 The Family Doctor By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GATNES "GUIAJBIUTV" c It occurs to me more and more frequently a3 the years go by, that J "gullibility" is one of the greatest ' misfortunes that afflicts our people. 1 Sometimes I think it costs our coun- a try more in the total than the most 1 devastating- epidemic of disease. ^ I -et's get the meaning of the word clear. Gullibiltyi is the ease with * which you can mis-led by fake prop- J ositions, ' At heart you really abhor all swindles. It's the deal tht you THINK . is honest, that you bite at with avidi- : ty and do not learn that-you have!5 been stung until you have parted with all the good, honest money that j' could be extracted from you. Your f gullibility leads you through sucker- [ doni. 1 mere are ali sorts of fake sani-1" ton;: in Ike country, with a so-called j "religious" complexion added and a freak dietary system, all designed to catch the American sucker. Such things have no legitimate place in the honest care of the ailing?nor are they true component parts of any worthy church enterprise. The "preacher-doctor" has long been noted as an American hoax, in- 1 sinuating himself into the coniidence of gullible people by prostituting the ' sacred tenets of religion to his un- ' holy ecus. There is no more humanitarian work than that of the true physician. ' If an individual must summon reli- 1 gion to commend him in a money- 1 getting scheme or calling the chances 1 are that he is sadly defective in the < most important qualification, the ' ability to honestly deliver the goods. 1 I wish 1 were able to write a hook 1 about humbuggery. But, I think I < would run myslef ragged, oniy to fail < in finding a publisher. > A good conscience is a continual ' Christmas.?Franklin. 1 ATAUGA DEMOCRAT-EYr.R FIKtSIDF PHILOSOPHY (By C. M. Dickson) Extreme evolutionists take great ride in worshiping their ancestors. Both iiefeciity and environment fig. re very Targelyr in the development f a humari being. No wonder static" asserts itself i many radio prodactions. T r"3 ho snore foolish to die at his master's' crib than tor a perso n to jc ignorant in the midst of know No mock-.rg: birJ would attempt to r.iniicU n' t'taf# ' tro?.:V:iSt r.o-.v-aiavs. Vr 3. a parrot car talk. In the future. I suspect that traveling car-is wi;l contain the Slogan. 'Turn off the radio." A "lzranl ioes no! enjoy the aroi:a of flowers. Some quadrupeds walk upon onij wo legs. Rip Van Winkle left the world beter than he found it. He left some de ,'oted discipies. Esau is net the only man who has sold his birthright. A nudist and a naturalist hav< some ideas Jn common Tin eagle lowers his dignity whei le lights on a carcass. The strength of some people i 'our. 1 the lips up, while in other; from the ankles down The most efficient mechanic can act do good work without tools. Which is the mother, the her. tha lays th. egg. or the one that hatche; and raises the chick? Would a crow be less a crow wcr< its feu the 2 s white ? A finished product has no defect !h it. Many people se? m rpintuaily in ?lmed these days. Maiyy homes have been made hap py by the presence of Poodle clops. Blessed are the childless wives ,vho administer to the needs of oth ;r peoples* children. To knew when to stop is as essen ial as to know when to begin. A butterfly should not forget thai t was once a caterpillar. A nudist and a naturalist have ome things in common. The eagle lowers his dignity wher, ic lights on a carcass. The strength of some people is ound from the lips up. while in othrs from the ankle down. The most proficient mechanic con* iot- do good work without good tools Which is the mother hen, the one hat lays the egg, or the one that latcnes and raises the chick? Would a crow he less a crow were Is feathers white? A finished product has no defect n it. Many people seem spiritually" indined these days. Many homes have been made hap>y by the presence of Poodle-dogs. Bicssed are the childless wives ...... aan.iiun.ct %.\j uir wttiaa ui ouir people's children. A butterfly should not forget uial t was once a caterpillar. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Dr. F. K. Warman, Pastor Mrs. Warm as will he with us in he services next Sunday. We urge every member of th< :hurch to do his best in the Sunday School contest. Let U3 make the at endanee next Sunday the largest ol my up to this time. 10:00 a. m.. Sunlay School, Prof. Hodges, Supt. 11 l. rii., Sermon: "Do We Need a Redval ?" 6 p. m., Loyal Workers meetng. 7 p. m.. Sermon: 4ff the dead grass on my lawn? Answer: If the lawn has gone tc veeds and you plan to plow it up an<3 >egm a new lawn then it is safe tc mm it oft*. Burning, however, i3 not idvisable if the old lawn and shrub>ery is to continue as the foundation Vood ashes arc beneficial when sprinkled on the lawn and shrub beds, but urning will only kill the grass ami n some cases the heat will start new op growth at the m-ong season. Question: Would you advise feed ng a moist rnash to pullets at this ieasoji of the year? Answer: If your pullets are in nornal production, or about 50 per cent or leghorns hatched in April, the noist mash should not be fed This s a stimulating feed and may be us d to advantage for bringing late latched pullets into production, tc lelp war off neck moult in early latched pullets, and to prolong the aying period of adult birds at the :nd of the iaying year. Too mud orcing may ormg on a neck moult ir he normal laying pullet. Question: How can I rid my tobacco fields of the mosaic disease? Answer: A rotation of crops thai tllows a collapse of one year before tobacco is replanted on the land will :ontrol any infection from the soil if it is not possible to rotate the irops, the disease may be effectually :ontrol!ed by disking. In this way the liants are cut up and decay more readily during the winter. Do nol :ut and plow under the stalks. Care n selecting the plant beds and the lse of clean seed will also tend toware: jetter control. Causes of this disease togcthar with recommendations foi :ontrol methods are given in Experinent Station Bulletin No. 297, copies >f which may be secured free upor ippilcation to the Agricultural Edijot, State College. ;Y THURSDAY - BOONE. N. C; Another Forgot i ? Hog Killing Tin '.By P.. E. Nance 1 rth I October and November suggest to' the average North Carolina farmer 1 sjj 1 ?uk nog Killing* uays are amicst, lion. Generally speaking:, December,! . Ja .ur.r;- and February are thej ' months in which most farmers like; *. k.i! aiai cure their pork. Natur-jcf aiiy, weather conditions are morel favorable at this season and too.! scj | meat insects are less troublesome, j It has loner been a common prac-jwi with many farmers to try to be . -elect the coldest day in mid- winter | for hog-killing day. Then knowing or. how disagreeable the job will be they' a; a ays plan to complete it the same j ch . day. Many readers car. remember i thit cold December morning when da as a kid you were called out of bed he long before dayiight to help with : the daily chores that had to be finish- to ed before the hogs wore killed. Did "Dad"' ever tell you to hurry j and feed the hogs the first thing; so they could finish eating while you 1 made the fire around the wash pots; \ and, while the water was getting hot.sr you had to sharpen those old worn-1 hi out butcher knives and bury that mo- j w 1 lasses barrel with the turpentine in! it and scatter some pine straw around! ai ! the barrel ? Can von mmcmlwr how I sc miserably cold it was ttiat morning P1 and how many pairs of pants and overalis you had to wear to keep warm. k After a hurried breakfast, all hands I met at the hog- pen to witness your j marksmanship with the .22. The first! al shot was perfect but after the hogs -c got excited you missed the next one w and hit another in the shoulder. Finally, "Dad" had to climb over n' the pen with his axe and knife to T finish the execution. The hogs were tc then dragged to the house, either ni : by man power or mule power, and j the scalding began. Was the water 1 ^ i j too hot or too cold that morning ? 'c I i Anyway, the hair didn't slip so well k; II and by the time you finished wor- 'n ! rying over those hot hogs you had m forgotten about the cold weather 01 and shed several pair3 of overalls. ni After the hogs were dressed and j . washed out, you noticed long icicles j ' r I hanging from their noses so "Dad" i ki reckons they had cooled enough to i cut up one or two before dinner, jer By 3 or 4 o'clock all the year's sup-1 ply of meat was buried in salt and f?" ; the men kolks more happy that they a* were through with the hog killing. le Poor Meat (-1 The meat is forgotten, until one? . day in early spring when Mother1 of , decides to try one of the hams and c0 . the first one> she cuts doesn't smell |1,1 . quite right and it also has skippers jfo , in it. She cuts a smaller one and finds I ? it usable but the whole family agrees : a! . that the cure was not so good as it 'y . was last year. Dad can't understand i u[ '-We killed hogs the coldest day ao last winter," he said, "we salted it fr | down the same day and I guess I 'n . I used as much as 20 pounds of salt to 100 pounds of meat. That was . enough, I'm sure. Oh! well, it's too , bad. Maybe we will have better I luck next year." Tou may wonder why I describe . a picture so common to the average stl , North Carolina farmer. Thousands us . will ask the question, "What's wrong 'a . with that method of killing hogs and w _ curing pork? That's the way we al- ar . ways kill hogs and we usually have a . good meat." to I That's the point exactly. "We us- fc . ually have good meat'" or sometimes w "our meat is so much ljetter than . it is at other times," or ''maybe we'll i have better luck next year." What Was Wrong? b5 Let's consider for a moment a ^ dozen things wrong with Dad's me- 111 ten Man le is Near; I Ad vi ods of killing- and curing pork. i: I. He selected the coldest day pos- j v >lc for the job. ' '2. He fed the hogs within 21 hogs;ll fore killing. 3. He shot or knocked hogs instead sticking alive. -n A. The hogs were dragged to the c aiding place and bruised badly. j ? 5. The temperature of the scalding t iter was not known. It should have ! c en 150 degrees F. t 6. He dt haired and scraped hugs' c tlio ground. \ i: 7. He cut the carcass before they. v illed thoroughly. : t S. He salted the meat the same y it was killed before the meat jc a'. escaped. t 0. He used only plain salt for cur- I e ? fi 10. He did not weigh meat and I i leased at the amount of salt. to use. f II. He used SO per cent, more salt c an was necessary. 12. He did not have a fly proof, noke house, neither did he protect; s meat from flies by wrapping it, ilh heavy paper. , Either one or a combination of Uie , jove mistakes could cause meat to ( mr around the bone or spoil com-ji etely. It would be well to remem-! :r these 12 things as "Don'ts" for | illtng and curing pork. I The. Better Way |j Now let's study the problem from . < rother angle and remember the l illowlng procedure as the proper , t ay to kill and cure pork: The coldest day in mid-winter is 1 3t the best weather for hog killing. 1 he job is too disagreeable then, and j t 10, there is a great danger of the ' eat freezing oil the outside before ' 1 le animal heat escapes from around ' i le bone. A good plan to follow, is ;; i select a cool, dry afternoon for i illing. Allow the carcasses to hang : . the smoke house or bain over ! ght and chill out slowly but thor- t ighly before cutting and curing the t eat the following morning. Any me the temperature outside ranges o:ft 28 to 40 degrees, is ideal hog '.ling weather and there Is no dan- t :r of meat spoiling if handled prop- , '.v. \ Hogs should always be kept off ed for 24 hours before killing but s lowed to have plenty of fresh wa- t r. Every pound of feed given hogs c iring this time is a total waste as ] adds nothing to the dressed weight ( the carcass. A hog bleeds more . mpletely when empty as the small ; ood vessels are not gorged with I i od and the more blood you get : j it of meat the better it keeps. Hogs ! t e much easier to dress when empGood Tools Good tools are very necessary to ? thA SAOA __ . jvu (juh.mv ana correctly. Ev- , y farmer should have the followg tools for butchering: ( Two six-to eight-inch knives. . One steel to sharpen knives. ( One hog hook. Two bell-shaped hog scrapers. One meat saw. , The number of hogs to be killed . lould determine whether one should 1 le a barrel or vat for scalding. The tter is much more satisfactory here more than two or three hogs e to be scalded, but in either case small platform or table about 12 18 inches high and three to four et wide should be provided on hich to pick and scrape the hogs, lis makes the job much easier and ieps the carcass cleaner. There are three methods of killing: ' stunning with an axe, by shooting rough brain, and by bleeding. Killg by bleeding is by far the most sat IK NOVEMBER 7, 1935 ^ ? by A. B. Chapin hi ice to Farmers sfactory. A hog will not bleed out as kreii 11 sturmeu oeiore it is siuck. ?oo, when killed by shooting the bulet often lodges in the shoulder, auses a blood clot and spoilage. For best results in scalding the g rater should be 150 degrees Fahrenleit. If no thermometer is available me can judge the temperature of he water by dipping his finger into ? he water three times in rapid sucession. If it burns badly the first ime the water 13 too hot. If you an continue after the third time it s too cold. If the temperature of vater is right nothing need be added o get a perfect scale After the hogs arc dressed, the arcass should be split dcwn the cener of backbone, the leaf fat loosenk! from the lower end of ribs and lung in smoke house to chill over light. Be sure the meat does not reeze as freezing causes trouble in ruring. MORE FOLKS' OX THE FARMS (The State) According to statistics given out recently, the number of pecple living 5 mi farms in North Carolina has increased materially during the last five years. It is figured out by the Universiy News Letter that during the above period of time there has been a net ;ain of 523,322 farms in the United States. North Carolina has shared in hat increase, but not to the proporions desired. Numerous plans and schemes have icen suggested from time to time re- i ative to improving economic condiions in this section of the country. Hie most sound and the most sensi)le plan of all, however, is to bring ibout a larger increase in our farm >opulation. When a man is living on a farm ind cultivates that farm int*?ni?v?r?t y depressions and financial reverses throughout the nation have comparaively little effect upon him. METHODIST CHURCH Amistice Day will be observed at he Boone Methodist Church Sunday norning. The pastor, Dr. Ernest C. Videnhousc, will take as his subject, 'Peace?Good Will." There will be ipecial music by the choir, directed >y Miss Virginia Wary. The Sunday school will meet at 9:45 with Dr. J. 3. Rankin, the general superintenlent in charge. The Epworth League, ^resided over by Ray Stike, will meet it 6:30. The evening preaching servce will be at 7:30. Special music will >e by the young people's choir, dlected by Professor Hcnson. Card of Thanks We wish to express thanks to the nany friends and neighbors for the lets of kindness and expressions of lympathy during the Illness and leath of our mother, Mrs. J. W. Farhing. May rich blessings follow each )f you. The Children. Cast all you care on God, that an:hor holds.?-Tennyson. iM BOONE DRUG CO. The BEXALL Store