PAGE FOUR "-"3? The Watauga Democrat Th? RIVPRS PRINTING- COMPANY Established in 1.SS8 and Published for 45 pars by the late Robert C. Risers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: e*ue iear si.ou Six Month _ 75 Four Months 50 (Payable in Advance) R. C. RIVERS Jr., - Publisher Cards of Thanks; Resolutions of Respect. Obituaries, etc.. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the As .Second; Post office a* Class Mai) Boone. N. C. flrSSP Matter. THURSDAY. DECEMBER ~t2. lt>35 I THE CURRENT EDITION The Democrat today has departed somewhat from its ususuai makeup, and is devoted practically exclusively to the inauguration of the Christmas I shopping season in this community. The merchants of the town IlOV.t mnrln .\f if o Jtu t v. Iii'.iuc V'l II. Ct ; sive and accurate directory tor the giftshopper, and through. the perusal of the business messages, one's gift list may be completely worked out in ine comfort of the arm chair by the family lireside. The publishers have carried : out the holiday scheme in the publication by supplying numerous copyrighted Christmas features, such as are handled ! more exclusively by the metro- i politar. newspapers, and the; spirit of Christmas glows forth 1 from each fresh page. !' The edition is intended strict-!, ly as a Christmas number, and j a thorough reading of its con- , tents will come in the nature of! a revelation to many local citi-1 zens. who have not recently been presented with such a clear-cut and comprehensive picture of the business establishments of the city, and the service thev! are prepared to offer to the gift shopper. No town, in our know- i ledge, containing a similar number 01 inhabitants prides itself with such an impressive list of ultra-modern retail establish- ; merits, and they have gone their j bull length in providing extra inducements for the patronage of j the people of this section. The Democrat would natural-! ly approve the judgment of Boone merchants in going after business this sonsort in such an aggressive manner. At the same ' time, the manifold advantages of patronizing home institutions j cannot be too forcibly impressed! on the public mind. The prosper- j ity of our town and county depends upon the degree of sue-: cess our citizens attain. Let's do i business with the merchants of i Boone, and share in the improv-! ed business condition that is cer-1 tain to result from the success || of those who have brought big | town merchandising service to ! our doors. The Democrat con-; ] gratulates every merchant in j i town upon his enterprise m con- . j stantly expanding his sphere ofj: service to the community and ' county, ana bespeaks a liberal ' patronage from an appreciative ] populace. The Family Doctor Bv DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES * ? ,1 SEASONABLE TALK Well, the "summer colds" have had their day for 1935. We all agree that a old at any time is hard to get; v.* with?winter or summer. The family doctor gets all fussed ujj ?. iiines. tie must decide whether it is Sta," or "intestinal flue," or : just a common cold. He hazards; many guesses from his exhaustive | study of such things. Just what kind i of germ it is and which is the best' way to slaughter that particular, germ. It does not matter, so the patient recovers nicely. | I do not believe anybody can teil! the difference between an ordinary attack of influenza ar.d the common cold. It makes no difference anyhow ?the treatment is the same. There is no danger in cither case, provided the conditions are not complicated with other, more dangerous things. Either one may be followed by pneumonia, an exceedingly dangerous disease. The proper treatment at the very beginning of a cold?or "flu,"?is to ward off complications. Just going to bed is the most important step to be taken at the onset of a cold or influenza. Go to bed, and stay there. Call I your physician. He may be able to advise you over the telephone?but get in touch with him. Eor.'t wait until the thing has run into something serious! Be safe. Use common sense Better lie in bed two or three OPEN FORUM j Readers arc invited to contribute to this department. Profit may be derived from these letters. Name of writer must accompany ail manuscript and brevity is urged. ? 5 AKOl'T POTATO CONTKOL j To the Editor: I For tl;o benefit of my many friends who read your paper I trust you will ! publish this statement relative to the ! Potato Control Act. For some time ; arte: the passage of this act the AAA officials intimated that it would not be enforced. An Associated Fr'-ss dispatch. November 50. from Washington states that the law is going to be enforced. In view of this fact I brieve my fries vis would appreciate a statement from me as to the provisions and penalties of this act. Xo better description could be obtain' ' than a statement appearing in the Xovenioer 16, 1935 issue of the Saturday Evermg Post, which is as ' foTows: The law says: "There is her coy le- j vied and assessed upon each first sale ^ of potatoes harvested on or aft* r Do- T cember 1, 1935. in the coil mental ( United States, a tax. to be paid by r the seller, at the rate of three- . fourths of one cent a pound." J That is a tax, amounting to for- ^ ty-five cents a btisbc! laid upon the first r-ale of potatoes, a!! alike and j * everywhere. It is a tax. and yet not | ^ one penny of revenue is expect eel j from it. The idea is not to raise rev-} > cnue but to raise the price of pota-?; toes. | .* The law then goes on to say that j the Secretary of Agriculture shall ^ guess how many potatoes the total population can afford to buy in one year at a fair and reasonable price; and when he has guessed and proclaimed the quantity, he shall apportion it among potato-growing farmers who apply, and say to each one o jl them this: "Your share in the toal crop, ddtermined according to Sections 204. 206 and 207 of the law is so many bushels. For that number r jf bushels, and no more, you may receive tax-exemption stamps, which, t when they are affixed to a standard Federal package, as provided for in! Section 211 and thrillino* yivi-ui c.> ui Va05pei scenes and martyrs, which it is 3aid t are still seen in Italy today. And ^ before which men stand, and even 1 kneel, it is told, with tears in their ( eyes. And when his brother asked j him to write his name at the foot c of each picture, he said, ?'no, I have i not done it for my own glory. But 1 to show forth Christ to men." And he just scratched on each work. Play 1 for the painter, and pray for the J i days than as many weeks or months! 1 Your physician may tell you vaccines are of no use in either the cure * or the prevention of colds. I grant * him that right. But T certainly use * them, both for immunization and treatment. Ample try-outs confirm < my belief and practice. ? W AT AUG A DEMOCRAT?? picture, for the painter that, he may! ivrtrL- ii> o hAffoi* urov. .fnrtliai UV, M?o -V ?" ?? > w.v picture that it may more clearly; show the Lord And as to my hame.j let it be forgotten We read about' another Italian Mu&solin -by name, and wonder and wonder at those wo Italians. Wonder if. Mussolini goes and stands before those pictures. I wonder how he feels if he does. Wonder if tears come in his eyes' when he heard of those women and little children in Ethiopia, were blown to bits? Wonder if he wants his name to be forgotten? Wonder if he does want his name written at the [ foot of al! his work ? Maybe it is I good for all to auk ourselves ? If all j people were just like me, what kind shout from the housetops the work of a world would this be? Will I I do ? And then tag it with my name in big letters / or will I not let one hand know what the other hand iloeth ? 1 care nothing ior that name 1 as it appears in the taxbook. Wei know no ore by the name written in} the Family Record. We are only! known by that name which is to be j L-hcsen rather than great riches?? ( CHARACTER). Ar.d those who put, pig 'i oi; his work. Being obedient, ,vc have no name. We arc used as he Canvas. The name belongs to the Ureal. Artist. St. Paul tells us lie was nothing and could do nothing. But van Christ which UweJleth in him. partolomes, the artist, would not vrite his name on the canvas. This rreat artist is anxious to write his iauie m the heart and lives ot alii vho are willing. We wonder? hipej and trust that the canvas stays | iriL-ht and olean tmfii m*.-, i I :h:s the picture, which now is be- ! ng seen by the world. We winder f the world can see the Great Arist's name being" written on *>oirs ' rid my canvas. JOE CULVER. ( FIRESIDE PHILOSOPHY By C. M Dickins) Light weight?a dog that, is waged L?y his own taii. Ail people who are "tongigey" are * ot necessarily brainy. What a monstrosity a long-nar- , ow person! . It's no disgrace for a dish-washer o play the piano. Horrible feeling- to get up, wash t ,nd eat breakfast on time. 1, To skin a person means to take his |' ide . j.j It's easier to give a sorry excuse! ha.i to give a good reason. It is possible for a person to have . privilege to perform an act, but ! t the same time have no right to do . t. : A person who runs a successful J usincss should also keep a diary. i ^ A mere "put-on" is worse than not L icing on at ail. ! Age is not always reckoned in . erms of years. {Many a man who owns one car has | no too many. Well equipped for life?to have a J tall, a bat, a gun, and a dog. A foundered horse is worse than! t ne half-starved. t A lie needs no prosecutor. It will ; io within itself. As a rule, conservatism is a. safe ( uide to go by, but occasionally it is ^ tcessary to stimulate it. Courtesy costs but little, but it ^ ields large dividends. One should never side-step a duty. A little discretion is better than one. Knowledge improperly applied is, t lerhaps, a worse failure than not to r btain it. a Sin is a habit?leave it off. i The greatest tyrant is the man who j hackles his own self. No person is wise who will take t he advice of his enemies instead of c is friends. A goat will not go to sleep. Why? ust because "ne's a goat. He who is a stranger to himself t jghVlrl hasten, to make the acquair.- t an.ee. A noisy wagon is usually empty. ; Some people are to be trusted, c oir.e to be honored, and some few c o be confided ill. j \merican Boy Magazine : ^oaded With Adventure!) "We try to make a subscription to j THE AMERICAN BOY." states Grif-H ith Ogden Eiii3, editor, "a round-1. rip ticket to a world-wide adventure 1 ruise. I "Most boys cannot afford the lux- i irv of travel but they can afford to :ettle down under a reading lamp and ake an imaginative trip to foreign amis in American Boy stories." ' American Boy stories, during the ' onriing year, will take readers to i he atolls of the South Seas in a i rading schooner, to the polar wastes i >ehinU a dog team, into the Canadian : vilderness with the Mounted Pciicc, | hrough the Caribbean with the U.S. favy, even to the far-away planet of Jars in a space ship! There'll be true adventures among he lions and chimpanzees of Africa with Captain Carl von Hoffman, fanous explorer and ethnologist. In adlition. there'll be stories about the favorite characters of a million boys? 3onehead Jim Tiemey, detective; Square Jaw Davis, engineer; Hidc ack, the red-and-gold collie; Connie Morgan, and Douglas Renfrew. There'll be vocational stories that 1 vill help the reader select his life : work, advice on hobbies, sports tip3 ; 'rom famous coaches and players, noney-earr.ing suggestions, vacation lints, and worthwhile contests. * ncj .runravluAIS BO* cost a only I >1 a year, ur S2 for three years, fortiern subscriptions 50 cents a year txtra. Send your name, address, and omittance to THE AMERICAN BOY 430 Second Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Service will start with the issue you ipecify. On newsstands, 10c a copy. VERY THURSDAY- BOONE. : Tl^Week in Wast i A KKSl ilK OF .GOVERNMENMKMM, HAPPENINGS IN IHL N ATIONAI. CAPITA!, Washington, Dec. 9.?The resigna hon of George N. Peck, because o his dissatisfaction with the nev Canadian tariff agreement, is nibr serious than appears on the surf act Mr. Peek, who was shifted from th AAA to the State Department, be cause of friction between him an Secretary Wallace, has been one o the storm, centers of the ad minis tra lion over since the Spring' of 193d. Mr. Peek is recognized as an uu Uiority on agricultural questions, ani while his point of view on man; phases of the administration's agri cultural policy is quite different fron Liic attitude, he is regards v? having a large following amonj th- frTuers of the Mid lie West, witl whom he has long been influential In his efforts in the State Depart mcr;t to promote the export niarkc fo: American agricultural product* Mr Peek frequently found himsel at vj.is with Secretary Hull's poin - view. Only President Koosevell* f>ei-st>nal appeals kept him from rc egi.mg some time ago. ** * ? -? ... HTK uius ajnntsjm "Hie real reason why the (president' friends and supporters regret Mi Peeks resignation is that they fra lie will "do a General Johnson" o hem. George Peek and Hugh John son, former head of the NRA, ar buddies of long standing. Both wer Associated in the agricultural imple nent. business in Illnois, and botl same; into the administration witl rcrv definite ideas of what ought t< >e done and that they were the one ,vho ought to do it. Gen. Johnson is out, and is travel ng around the country making: speeches and writing articles attack ng the New Deal, although he pro c.sscs great personal loyalty to tin 'resident himself. Mr. Peek has no ntimated that he intends to do any hing of the same sort, hut the feu hat he will use his influence witl did-Wcstcrn farmers against the ad ninistration is widespread among tin ^resident's loyal supporters. the National D?l>t Secretary of the Treasury Morgan hau's announcement the other da; hat the national debt of the Unite* States will rise above 30 billion dol ars by the middle of this month i lot regarded here as so alarming a .he opposition spokesmen profess t? jelieve. While there seems to be ; nystcry as to the "eminent bankers ,vho, the President said a few day igo, fold him that fh# united state ould easily carry a Government deb >f 55 billion dollars, there is a defi lite feeling among the financial an economic advisers of the adnunistra ion that a 30 billion dollar debt, o wen one considerably higher, is noth ng- to worry about. Sooner or later most of the Gov rnment debt will be refunded a rom 2 to 2*- per cent., so that th ax burden of interest would anionn o less than ;5i of a billion a yeai mil that is not an alarming expenst TIlP Tnn-iuanJ One of the big fighting issues tha s expected to occupy a good deal o ime in Congress when it meets nes nonth is the Townsend plan for ot ige pensions for everybody over 01 is advocated by the Townsendites t probably has no chance, but it wil lave such a show of voting st rengtl ichind it that there is an excelled :hance that Congress will be influ need to increase materially the of ige allowances under the Social Sc lurity Act, and to make them up ilicable immediately instead of i; he more or less distant future. tn the field of Presidential politic jreat intrest is being shown her >vcr the rise of Governor Alf Lando if Kansas to first place among Rc >ublicans Presidential choices. Th >elief gains ground that Senator Bor in, this time, is in dead earnest abou vanting to be the Presidential nomi lee of his party The strongest oppo litiou he will have to overcome wil ie that of ex-President Hoover, wh s neutral, so far, on all the othe irospective candidates, but ver nuch against Mr. Borah. The Hoover Situation Washington is slowly becomir. :onvinced that Mr. Hoover has no ir .ention of offering himself as a Pre: dential candidate again, but that h intends to sec to it that nobody wh ioes not conform to his ideas gets th nomination, if he can possibly coi troi the situation. The Republican National Commit tee is to meet here on December It Ft. B. Creager, National Committei man from Texas, has proposed thf Lhe committee attempt to write platform which will satisfy everytx dy, including the beneficiaries of ti AAA. There is not much chance the the committee will do anything < that kind, but the fact that the suj gestion has beer, put forward ind cates the tendency among the opp< sition leadership to grasp at straw and demonstrates that there is as y< no clear agreement on Republica Party policies. Bards' Nests for Soup Birds' nests used by the Chinese fci conking Into soup are about the slz< of an oyster-shell, and It hikes 32 t< weigh a pound. The soap costs about ten shillings a bowl. ..... e.1 .sUsiutsaflas - - N. C. ! Urces Ads Be Used In i *~ Fight For Business Now York Picturing business and IuoUtica riyiis for the 'eaderohip of the A m erica n people, Bruce Bar ! ton. naCion.Hliiy Known saw? tunaujiJ ant, urged industry today to choose j advertising- as its weapon for the conflict. In ar. address prepared for dclivf ery before the congress of Anieriv. can industry, in conjunction with a e convention ol the National Associa. tioh of Manufacturers. Barton said: J "Fundamentally, the people of the United States think they should have j a better life, more comfort, more j- security, more opportunity, more . hope. "What thev are likely to do is to make h choice between industry and I politics as to the easiest method of v achieving all these benefits. "Industry and politics, at the mo(l meat. are competitors for the conf>j dence and favor of the same patron, , rlie public." ? Pointing to the accomplishments of i the automobile, farm implements, electrical, and steel industries as exl amples of the benefits of business . leadership. Barton said. "We have a j- story to tell. but. we do not tell it." ^ "We have great benefits to confer s upon the people if they will give us the opportunity, but wc must per " I suarte them that we arc more relia) bl5 than the politicians: liiat wc will : work for them more cheaply ar.it with | more satisfaction." Earlon then asserted. "This story r should he told with ail the imgaina15 tion anil art of which modern advertising is capable." L Politics, he said, "has no such con1 vineing and persuasive story as this: tile teliing of it genuinely, consistently, continuously, is your surest path ' to victory in the competition. Politis cians for the favor of the owners of America." He warned, however, that "mere r opposition and criticism are not . much good. Attacks on the motives . of our political competitors will not ; avail." I He advised industry for 1936 to - "spend half as much time with our r lawyers trying to circumvent the l politicians, and twice as much time . I with our sales managers, ar.d our L. advertising- agents seeking to make ourselves popular with the boss of tlie politicians the public." Tn another prepared address, James y A. Emery, general counsel of the asJ socialiou, called the meeting "a call - to arms, not against physical assault s but against the march of ideas and s theories that steal into the minds n of men like a thief in the night." k | Emery mentioned the numerous i suits challenging the constitutional!s | ty of severs i New Deal laws, and np-s, pealed to thr government to "stop 1 multiplying the burdens of industry - unfasten its shackles, ami iet it move 'I forward in ordered liberty." r There arc 365 American students at Herman universities. Medicine - draws most foreign students to Gcrt many, philosophy fewest. Your Credit Is Good at Hl&h I anrl L j o-- ???? %* A ttt llliUI c f j Company \ "Everything for the Home" Depot St. Boone, N. C. | Quails fain - i jqs has a few Wood ana eoai ri n jffj very low prices. Also bars and Cook Stoves. e M Just received a big lot of usi r. gS Used Singer Sewing Machir fnl We are selling Pianos at a e jja 1,. 1936. These Pianos are r t ife but bought in ood conditio - jfe We are closing out Radios, a |i ??5 Bargains in Organs, Victroli o m Bari y g QUALLS FURT "I : CHRI With amomaUa Built-in Atrial -twiner System ? amaxing novr invention ihat doubles tho foreign stations you can yof and enjoy/ ) ? _ JEt*_ IBLiT?Mgri _ DECEMBER 12, 1935 SPECIAL NOTiCiir 1 L?r. C. B. Boughman, Eye. Ear> Noae end Throat Specialiat, F.lite. beUaton, Tenn., will be in the office of Dr. J. B. Hagaman in Boone, on the firat Monday in each month for the practice of his profeaaion. Complete Courses In Beauty Culture for only $50.00. State approved. Employment aid. Mae's School of Beauty Culture. North Wilkesboro, N. C. ll-2)-fp HINSHAW SCflOOI- OF BEAUTY CChTBRE?A modern up-to-date school offering- a complete course for $50.00. Approved and accredit- 3 cd by N. C. State Board. Write for particulars. Box 46. North Wilkesboro. N. C. U-2S-3e USED FURNITURE?1. full-size iron bed and spring $4 5"; 1 size iron bed and spring $-1.50: 1 *t sire iron bed and flat spring: S7.00: 1 3-piece overstuffed livng room suit S20.00. practically new Elcc! trie Stove, Oven and 2 plate1. High Land Furniture Co., L>epot Street. Boone, N. C. FOR SALE House and lot r."ar college. WAXTED, second -hand I j show case. L. L. Yitchor, Boone, ! OTRI?S WANTED?To learn R<"-mty Culture. Opportunity awaits you in this highly paid profession. P it ions: secured. Earn while learning. Write today for free Information and catalogue. CONTINENTAL COLLEGE, High Point. N. C Up. ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY ACRES Mica Land on Rich Mountain. Two houses. Bargain for cash or terms Write E. J. Harbison, Mocksville, N. C. 12-12-lc I WANTED IRISH POTATOES* T ip price Ree M. C Holler, Boone. N. C. lp. I FOR SALE. GOOD TWO-YEAR OLD ! HORSE. Weight 1200 pounds Luther Brown, near State Fish Hatchery, Boone, N. C. 12-12-2p. ; IF YOU ARE SICK?SEE A CHIROPRACTOR. Chiropractic Adjustments will restore you baelc to health and happiness. No charge for consultation. Prices rvasoimtiSuBs Dr. A. L. Bell, Palmer Graduate, Chiropractor. Hours: 3-12 and 2-fi. Over the upper hardware store. Boone, N. C. Hp. i AV.W.V.'.V.W.V MywVAW I siy J J] ?lWM II WATAUGA DRUG STORE BOONE, N. 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