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PAGE FOUR The Watauga Democrat The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY Established in 1888 and Published for: 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Month .75; Four Months .50 (Payable in Advance) R. C. RIVERS Jr., - Publisher j Cards of Tnanks, Resolutions of lespect. Obituaries, etc., are chained for at the regular advertising rates. j Entered at the M R A As Second' Fostoffice at Class Mai! lioone, N. C. Matter. j' THURSDAY". FEBRUARY 6. 1930 | i ! \ "Blessed are the little chil- i dren," quoth a political speaker, t "for they shall inherit the r.a- ' tionai debt." I < Alfred E. Smith generates a j mighty love foi the Constitution ' after that part which was per- , sonally obnoxious to him had , been pruned from the ancient ! document. Senator Borah is definitely in s the race for the Republican Pres- J idential nomination, and his fre-!1 quent reference to "indepen- , dent" and "liberal" support which he particularly desires | leaves the inference that the | r Idahoan is quite as much out of > i tune with the conservative Re- |! publican leadership as is A1 f Smith with the whiphand ofI jj Democracy as expressed in the ' New Deal. n David Lawrence, political pro- i s phot describes the new Wheeler- j e Rayburn bill as giving the Fed-jo es! Trade Commission "more ' power than the NRA. than the ' securities act, than the Copoland food and drug bill, more power j than any federal trade cornmis- i sion act or anti-irust law of the > past, and more inquisitional e rights over the private affairs of the citizen than anything now f on the ststuts books." Which oil;1 would agree would constitute I' consider able of power and au- | ] thority. CUT OFF TIIE WATER During the oft-mentioned frigidity, residenlers in untold numbers are reported as letting, their water faucets run throughout the day and night so that, there may be no burst water pipes, and the resulting situation , is beginning to almost compel t the use of meters in some cases, i While the desire to shun plumb-; i ing bills is inherent in a thrifty j1 nousenoidcr. those who persist11 in thus draining the city's stor- j1 age tanks, are thoughtlessly j t courting the destruction of their i t own home or that of a neighbor, j q Many times previously consider- t able portions of the town have j t been saved from fire by the vol-: r unteer department, but with un- d abated wastage of the water " suooly, a zero night blaze would c have supreme command of the ,, situation. Overheated stoves and c furnaces during this extremely f severe winter, compel an increas- d ed fire hazard. Will YOU help v conserve a little water for the 1 firemen to use in case they are a called to quench the flames that a are eating away YOUR home? (] If you are willing to co-operate, t you might try turning off the 0 water. " " ti a Druce Barton J Says ... a ' o Liberals, pain in neck ^ All my life I have been hoping1 to T lucci. isuiiit; one wno would give & ^ satisfactory defintion of a 'liberal." I read regularly the two most influential "liberal" magazines in this county, and in every issue they tell j me everything that has been done wrong that week, both at home and abroad. 1 Far from "liberal" in their char- I acterization of those of whom they 1 happen to disapprove, they make 1 very clear all the things they are ? against, but I have been trying for ' years to find out what they are for, ; What sort of social set-up do they ' think would work? Aside from vent- " tiacii jealousy axiu wrath on aii ] who have happened to get along in j the world, 'what other program do they have? By what rule or circum- .) stance do people happen to get themselves classifed as ''liberal" or "reac- i tionary" ? 1 A. certain famous Senator, whose 1 gymnastics X have watched for tliir- ' ty years, has been on all aides of most questions except those which involve votes in his home state On those questions--silver juggling;, potato control, Townsond Plan, or whatever. you always know where to find him. Yet he is a "statesman" and a great "liberal." I sometimes wonder if professional1 liberalism is so much a matter of! thought as of torpid livers and unfortunate financial experience. People whose livers are active, ar.d whose affairs progress, believe in the coun- 1 try and want to see it go ahead. This is an exaggeration, of course: net a fair statement. But the mental v snootines3 of professional "liberals" 3 has long given me a pain. I wish I ? knew why they are, what they want, and what evidence they have that things would be better if they were f fiven what they want. ______ n Pity often not wanted A cultivated young woman who tolds a responsible business position in New York is a member of one o? the old famiiles. Her two sisters ire Social Regis'.evitos. in a couscrva- ^ live Eastern city, and spend mucn ? irne shaking their heads and pitying ' heir younger sister. Poor child," ' hey murmur. "She must be at the . >ft\ce every morning at nine. Somehues the company sends her out on ong trips. She travels aior.e ill trains 7 ?she even flics. We urge her to come lack and live with us. but she is so stubborn that she can't bear to ad- j_ nit she had made a mistake " On her side, the young lady says: ^ 'I have a thrilling time, but my poor . isiers. what a dull life they lead? * iridge and luncheons and more iridge and dinners and symphony or. hestra concerts. It would drive me ranv. I pity them." This land of ours is full of city / leople pitying country dwellers: ountry people pitying the hemmed- ' 11 residents of the city; bachelors piying the fathers of big families, and athers wondering how bachelors can ^ hink that they get anvtliing out oi *" ife at all. " . A rich old manufacturer went to ''' ay a last call on the nightwatclilan of his factory. Tlie two had "j tartcd as boys on the bench togeth- " r but white the one grew rich the A thev loved liquor and trresponslbiU- s' y tern we'd. The rich .nan cleared his " hroat to utter a few words of conolence. Tlie dying man raised a earning hand; "None of your symlathy," he ericd. "You mean all right ? lut I don't need it. I've had a whole ot more fun out of living than you ver will have." Pity that expresses itself in help- t' u; action is a noble thing. But. too ~ nuch so-called pity is nothing hut an emotional cocktail wherewith a some.vhat. complacent Individual drinks a ;oast to what he fancies is his own Superior judgment or taste! n tl The Family Doctor u k By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES h THE WAH ON OAS n They're trying' to outlaw gas as a w vcapon of warfare. And. I've been p ighting "gas" in my patients all my a irofesstona! life. Yes. gas is always d in enemy unless it comes through a fi neter for the range, and you runcer- ti ain risks of being blown up there, vi f you don't watch your step. e I have learned a few tilings about he "pas-patient." The first, he has l; icen overloading. That's the first w [ue3tion I ask myself, when I begin s o show symptoms of inflation. I find . l( he cause of discomfort right there, a line times out of ten,?just over-ir.uigence in eating. You, dear reader, lay find the same thing in your own " ase. Attend to volume in diet. Next, I learn that gases will accu- ^ lulate if the sewer is clogged. To 1 ombat this, I use a simple, but efactive laxative to relieve immediate istress. This MUST be done. Always uui a M1JJJ but CERTAIN laxative. Tien shut off the excess of eating for j few days. This will cure the aver- w ge patient with "just gas." Third, there may fee fermentation n the digestive tract. I find this in he fellow who is extremely nervous, r the worried, anxious patient. The owels arc not really costive, and here is belching, eructations, sour b .lways. The mild, alkaline laxative T gain, with alkaline powders for a ew days to neutralize excesses of L cid. Mild diet, and rest the nerves. ^ Rarely do I prescribe an artificial A igestive, unless my patient ia conined to bed with disease of other orans than the stomach. I don't like T o hurry a stomach that needs rest, V or do I encourae-e a laxv one Kv ng its work for it. A T FLOWERS FOR THE I-TVTNG 0 ir. Editor: Please print the following verses: C F would rather have one little rose from a garden of a friend; j Phan to have the choicest flowers, ^ Vhen my story on earth must end. E E would rather have a pleasant word, h kindness said lo me, rhan flattery when my heart is stilled c tnd this life has ceased to be. ' would rather have a loving smile, v from friends I know are true, V rhan tears shed 'round my casket, i iVhen this world 1 bid adieu. 3ring me all the flowere today, Td rather have one blossom now, Whether pink, or white, or red, than a truckload when I am dead. A READER. .... ' WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E OPENJFORUM Readers are invited to contribute to this department. Profit may be j derived from vfcese totters. Name j of writer must accompany all man- j uscript and brevity is urged. I MOKE CORN >ear Mr. Editor: I read with much interest Mr. D. Welbom's yield of corn m last reek's issue of the Democrat. It was i fine yield. Now may I humbly give i little a count of iny stewardship ilong agricultural lines last year. I raised on one-half acre of clover urf land -12 bushels of corn. 1 used en medium Wagonloads of stable iianure. one 200-pound bag of SmithH'Uglas 4-70- fertilizer: no soda or nything else was used as a side ressing Crop cultivated omy xnree j imes. Now Mr. Wellborn?pet your pen- j ii and come up and we will figure ut the difference per acre. And we j light find I could join your free-1 roiu-debt ciub. Your for a better system of farm- j ig and a higher standard of Chris- j an-living" in our good old county. i D L. GREENE. ior.ville. N. C. WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM >ear Editor: Your last issue of the Democrat | olds a letter from a correspondent | i Mississippi, in which she describes i 1 praise the delighlful climate of :ior . ssident Mate. That is quite alright ! rora her point of view, of course. ! lit as a Washingtonian, I cannot >t it pass without some sort of chalJhge. We are not many miles from northern limit, of ihe United tales, and certainly much farther i>rth than Mississippi, yet we arc ijoying niOd weather, to the extent lat flowers are blooming right along i the open. I am inclosing a sprig of smlne to verify my statement. It ould take a large package to hold 1 the varieties blooming. We are iving plenty of rain but no cold eatiier. We urgently invite you to : >end a winter in our Puget Sound | mr.try With givatost respect to the | [ississSppi !a<ly, I am Sincerely, MRS W. E. BEACH. 23.1 Thackeray Place cattle. Wash. P. S. As an after thought I am iclosing also some sprigs of myrc, the roots of which I gathered six- I ien years ago at the residence of 1 .. W. Beach, the old log house at the j igo or the college property, (An enclosure) Mrs. Beach encloses a newspaper lipping from one of the Seattle i ewspapers, giving more details as to i te remarkable blooming of flowers i that usually culu climate. It foi>\vs: '-Blooming of many flowers in the ome gardens of the city has been tuch in evidence in recent weeks, ith a variety that is somewhat aurrising. True, in many instances they re not as luxuriant as may be seen uring lire height of the summer lowering season, but they are none ic less worthy of note especially hen one considers the cold weather xp?rienced here in October. "At the home of James T. Fullersn may be seen while camelias, Dar'inian barberry, primroses, violets, nowdrops, laurustinus, rosebuds, yel>w jasmine, and a number of others, 11 in bloom. "Mrs. Charles G. Campbell has i oted japonicas, primroses and crosses which are showing their buds ut are not yet in full bloom. Saxirage, a luxuriant winter plant is lau lu oe seen in several gardens f the city, as are marigolds, wallowers, anemone, daisies and others. ''Others in the county who report1 early appearance of flowers in:ude Mrs. C. K. West of Brinnon, ho stepped across the road from er home just before Christmas to ick colorful Rhododendron buds for er dinner table." BAN LIQUOR an liquor from our land, ake true and faithful stand For truth and right! et Prohibition reign, bus banish vital pain, nd every drunken stain By noble fight! he prohibition ways *ere better than these days, A3 all may see! s liquor sales prevail, hey raise a mournful wail 71 mountain, bill and #u?i*? A direful plea! bndemned for a91 the years, 'or bringing the saddest tears, Has liquor been! t never saved a soul, .s on the ages roll, Sit bore a ruined toll Tn deepest sin! I God our Savior Great, iTnat fates before us wait, These tragic days! te lift our hearts to Thee, ifith true and earnest piea, n deep sincerity. For better ways! ?J. M. DOWNUM, Boone-Lenoir, N. C. Democrat Ads Pay 1; :VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. K Battle of the ( FUSES IDE PHILOSOPHY (By C. M. Dickson) Many people, like- Nero, will actually fiddle while their country is going up ir. smoke. Hypocrisy- 'one form, at least,) to shake hands with and congratulate him after he hits ,4belo\v the belt." A sled slides slowly. All ghosts arc not holy. An appreciative character?a husband who will sit by a fire built by bis wife! A person who locks well in an old suit would .surely look 1:0 worse in a new one. When a woman says that she is dressing. she sometimes means the opposite. V subjective husbnr.d is one *vho has no other object in view than to serve. There is a vasy difference between a "mammy" and a mother. Piety outshines brilliancy. ON12 frog can muddy the whdle puddle A greal-big fellow?"I." A person had better be slue.k on anything than on himself. A band-wagon is a popular way of transportation. Axiomatic -a fool wlio has no sense. A hard customer to deal with?ones own self. If the "solar" is taken out of a system, we will have no system. If the sky needs scraping, it should be done by a mail who is tall enough to do it. Even a Lion's skin cannot hide ar ass's ear. The "what" part of a person means more than the ''who" part. All persons who belong to th< 'meetin' house" may not be the best church members. OUR DEBT TO THE FARMER (History Theme, Job Kistler) We, as a nation, or as citizens ol any nation, owe a great debt to the farmers. We hardly realize the great debt that we really owe to the farmers because we all have to have food which the farmer raises ar.d markets Whether we "eat to live" or "live to eat," we could do neither if there were no farmers. It is necessary that we have clothing in order to .protect our bodies and health. Our shoes are made of leather which the farmer produces from the cattle he raises. Our different kinds of clothing are made from products of the farmer. From ootton is manufactured cotton dloth; from the shec.p'3 wool is manufactured wool cloth, and most all varieties of cloth come from products of the farm. Because the farmer raises so man\ uiniga, nc nas many difficulties and hardships. He has to keep his stock and machinery in good condition ir order to attend his crops successfully. He has to buy fertilizer to keep his land fertile and he must have buildings to keep his things in, in order to protect them. All this, and many other of his problems cause a great expense to him. So wo, as civilized people of thii immense world, should realize th< debt we owe to the farmer, am should be willing to co-operate wttl him and help him, because he greatly helps us. A 4-H calf club has been organizer at the Mills Home near ThomasvilU in Davidson county with the mem bers owning 10 beautiful Holstelns. Eastern Carolina is returning tc the holding of swine feeding demonstrations to determine best methods of 'turning hogs for market. . ; c_ _ _ jiants ???? Daily Farm Broadcasts Attract Larger Audience Extension otficiais at State College now h;lieve that four months uflei its beginning, the daily Carolina Farm Features radio program is buildiftg up a larger audience each | day i ns service was started during the latter part of September, 193S and has progressed steadily since that time. While most inquiries as a result of these broadcasts come from North Carolina, many are received at State College from listeners in other states, both nearby and distant. One of the programs which lias proved io ne consistently popuiar is the home; demonstration broadcast. Extension workers report that these Thursday programs always create a great deal of comment among rural women. Anothe popular broadcast in the week's serins is the poultry department period Poultrymen at the college are more than pieased with the response which they have received as a result of sending out information over their air lines. The schedule for the week of February 3-8 follows: llondav. Dr a r> Girinells. "Hints for Dairymen"; Tuesday, Dr. S. G. Lehman. "The Tobacco Mosaic Disease"; Wednesday, Zoology department; Thursday, Miss 1 Pauline Gordon. "Home Manage1 ment"; Friday, Roy S. Dearstyne, ''Questions and Answers on Poultry i Problems"; Saturday, S. A. Redfeam, "The Tennessee Valley Authority." ABOUT RESETTLEMENT ' "Many .persons have the wrong mea about the Resettlement Administration," says Homer K. B. Mask, Regional Director, Region IV. "It is not a back-to-the-land movement lor j city folk. It is not even a guarantee to move every distressed rural family onto a new farm. : "It is, however, a practical, noni sentimental, yet humanitarian and scientific plan to get farm families off relief rolls and on a self-supporting basis. "It is also a beginning, in the public interest, to put lands valuable for forests, recreation, wild life, but not for agriculture, back into these natural uses." "Attempts to use land for purposes to which it is not suited costs the taxpayer large sums of money," says 1 L. C. Gray, assistant administrator, Resettlement Administration. 'Tf a farmer cannot make enough | off his land to provide sufficient food and clothing for his family, there in bound to be very little money for taxes. This is evidenced by the fact that large areas of land aw tax delinquent in regions where land is be1 ing misused. Idle, cut-over forest lands whfM-p. ? ?* ?* ( ? i?cvciutxi reforestatton, also produce little, if any | revenue that will pay taxes. "Yet roads and schools must be kept up wherever there are people 1 living-. Roads and schools form the ( major part of the public expenses in , many rural communities. People on j good land are forced to make up the ( deficit from tax delinquent lands." BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS IN CuiXtn i Pictures reproduced In their ori, ginal colors are now a feature of the BIG BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. You'll enjoy these color piclures, as they are bright, vivid and , printed in varied and brilliant hues. . Remember to ask for the BALTIl MORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. Your favorite newsdealer has your copy. FEBRUARY 6, 1936 - ?i ? by A. B. Chapin A g ^ J ^LOCAL CHURCH H SERVICES BAPTIST CHURCH 9:40 Sunday School. 11 a. m,, worship and sermon. Subject "Tlie Youth itf Tniinu "fin m PunHc-t Ti-olnino' ... j. - .e. Union. 7 p. in., worship and sermon. Subject "Why Some Marriages Fail j? and Others Succeed." This is the second of a series on Home Building. Beginning Monday night a study course, 'Outlines of Bible History." H will be given at the church. Ail who arc interested in Bible knowledge are invited to come. Tuesday night, February 11, 7 to 9 o'clock there wiii be a House Warming at the new parsonage for members and friends of our church, and Sunday School. We Invite all 16 years old and above to call by. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Dr. K. r.. iVurnmn, rwior There will be no night services In the church untfl the weather is bettor. The Sunday morning services will be held as usual. 10 a. m., Sunday School, Prof. Hodges, Supt. 11 a. m., sermon, "The Church and the Community." All are welcome. CALENDAR OF LUTHERAN SERVICES 8 St. Maries, Blowing Rock: Preaching service on the first Sunday of i each month at 2:30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.T Miss Marie Bradshaw, Superintendent; Prayer meeting Wednesday night of each week at 7:30. Luther g League every Sunday, 2:30 p. m. Grace, Boone: Preaching service | every Sunday at 11 a. m.; Vespcra at 7 p. m. on 2nd and 4th Sundays; Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.. Prof. George L. Sawyer, Superintendent; Luther League each Sunday night at 6 p. m. Holy Communion Banner Elk; Preaching service on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 2:30 p. m.; Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.; Luther League at 3 p. m. on first, second and fourth Sundays. We most heartily welcome the public to all these services. On the fourth Sunday of each month we hold services at Hanging Rock Chapel at 2:30 p. m. The public invited. REV. J. A. TOUNT, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH The Sunday School will meet at the Boone Methodist Church Sunday morning at 9:45. Dr. J. D. Rankin, uis general superintendent, win be in charge The morning preaching service will be at 11 o'clock, lb ere will be special music by the choir led by Miss Virginia Wary. The pastor, Dr. Ernest C. Widenhouse, will speak on "The Power of Visions." The Epworth League will meet at 6 o'clck. The evening preaching service will foe at 7 'clck. The Yung People's choir will lead in the music for this service. J. L. Hartley of Avery county re-13 cently dug a ditch 400 yards long leading from a free-flowing spring and will irrigate his truck crops this summer. SOSSEIHENG NEW W COLOR With its blight, vivid full-color pages the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN brings you pictures of in their original hues. Don't miss thii great color feature. It con.? every Sunday with the BIG BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. Order your * copy from your favorite newsdealer or newsboy.
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