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THURSDAY AUGUST 20. 193f
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
The information that there i
a strong possibility of Wataug;
county receiving the manifoit
benefits of rural electrification
?witb the Federal government
furnishing the fiscal impetus
constitutes news of outstaisdin;
importance. If understanding i;
correct the REA is now read;
to take definite action on pro
jects. where sufficient public in
terest warrants.
Congressman Doughton is in
tensely interested in Wataug;
county sharing in the benefit;
of the valuable program, anc
largely through his auspices ;
meeting lias been arranged
which will be held in Boone or
September 1. for the purpose o:
disseminating information a:
regaras RE:\ and lor the guag
ing of local sentiment in regarc
to the proposed activity. The
Democrat would urge genera!
attendance at this meeting, particularly
of rural residents, ir
order that Ihe program may bt
formulated and definite actior
Secured at the earliest possible
moment.
Other counties and section:
are making notable headway ir
this endeavor, and if Wataugan:
fail to share in this highly valuable
work of the Federal government.
the fault will lie a'
home. Incalculable benefits wil
enure worn a general eiectriii
cation program. The means o!
securing just this has beei
placed in our hands, withou
jeopardizing any portion of ou:
respective persona! fortunes. A1
that is needed is an active ant
coordinated interest in the mat
ter.
FiresidefPhilosoph)
(By C. M. Dickson)
A smai] barrel may have a larg
buncr-hole.
A mai. can gc ahead and still b
a-foo.t
When a nation i
In a g e o rn e tries
progression.
Figuratively speaking, many me;
actually die before the breath leave
their bodies.
Some men in this world drink Iron
g-olden vessels, but in the world ti
come they will need no vessels fror
which to drlr.k.
Zaceheijp, though low in statu<
did erect a high standard.
A -tender-foot" should shoe him
self or not travel where there ar
thorns.
A thought, like a .woman, may h
clothed in several dresses.
It is never wrong to do right.
Hereditaments form the real basi
for esister.while environment i
the vehicie on which it roaches it
destination.
Frequently there is just or.e differ
ence between the man who bucks fo
principle and the one who buck
against it?the former is "crossed
and the latter is crowned.
The really "modern" high schoc
and college does at least one thin
for the girls and boys?it make
them sleep longer of a morning.
I: a man is a leader and is leadin
in the right way, he should go fas
enough to keep out of the way of hi
followers
The spread of democracy cannc
be entrusted t.o those who are oppose
to its principles.
Not every one who wakes up som
morning with a capacity to hollo'
loud is called to preach.
The will power is the vehicle o
which most of the other mental fa<
uities are transported.
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T of writer must accompany all manuscript
and brevity is urged.
" AGREES WITH MR. WARD
H)j Kciitor Watauga Democrat:
! I notice in your paper of Augus
_ 6tfc a letter from Mr. Marshall F
^ War-.i. which I think deserves carefu
^ consideration from the citizens o
m Watauga County, particularly tha
d part of his letter with reference b
e. the school system of our county.
? I don't have any children at th<
d present time to send to school, bu
I have grandchildren who will soo:
i be in school ana 1 am vitally inter
ested in them and the other childrei
- of my community, and of the counitj
at large, and for that reason 1 an
asking that you give me a litth
space in your paper to give cxpres
s i sion to a few thoughts.
As I understand it, our governmeni
i j \i as founded upon the theory that tht
J% j citizens should have some voice in the
( ? ^overmuejiL a<ai ?u;iicu"ii5, wv
, j about the officials wno governed. Uny;
der the school system that prevailed
* i in Watauga County and in the state
. | of North Carolina for a long period
v { of time the only qualification required
of a school teacher was thai
he be a man of good moral charactei
and that he have sufficient educatior
~ to instruct the childr en in his district
& who were of school age. and in the seS
lection & a teacher for a school disi
trict the patrons of the school were
1 always consulted and giver, an op
portunitv to express their preferences
^ with reference to the teacher, anc
c no one was employed who was un,
satisfactory to a majority of the patrons
in the community.
, I have watched with some concern
j the continual encroachment by the
j Board of Education and its appoinl
j tecs upon the rights and privileges
- j of the citizens of the county for the
i past few years, and I feel that it is
; \ time that the citizens were demandi
! inET that thev receive some consider
* a tier, at the hands of the Board ol
Education and the school committee.!
men of Watauga County.
' In my own community the school
| committeemen ore selected by the
5 Board of Education without the
wishes of the patrons of the school
' being considered in the least, and
11 then they select teachers who arc
I j satisfactory to themselves without
-i regard for uic wishes or uie rest ot
C the patrons of the schooi.
^ In my own school district I happer
? to know that all the patrons of tht
^ school, number about 150, except foui
, or five, have signed a petition ask
, j ir.g for the removal of the princlpa
! of our school, and I am reliably in"
. formed Uiat no consideration what
' ever has been given their request.
The thing I would like to know ii
whether or not the citizens of Watauga
County have any rights what
ever in regard to the public school!
of the county, or are wc to be forcec
e to send our children to school to per
sons selected for us without our con
^ sent and without regard for thel:
moral and professional quaiifica
s | tions ? I think with Mr. Ward tha
r | it is time the people of Wataugi
j County were coming to a realizatioi
i j of what is taking place in this coun
! ty and that they take some action tc
.! try to protect their rights.
' TkTv- \\7-,-r-A ,, .V> o T
~ ready stated, I think you can see tha
Laurel Creek Township is not tir
~ only section of Watauga County tha
has cause for complaint against ou
present school system
y Very truly.
E. YV. MORETZ
s i
POLL TAX AND DOG I-AW
j i Dear Mr. Editor: Will you pleas.
1 allow me space to let the folks knov
n ] where I stand ? I am in favor of !
s j $2 poil tax law, and a dog tax lav
; that will make every dog owner pa;
^ j the tax or release the dogs from tax
&: Mr. Hardin has been vaccinatlnf
I dogs down here. The vaccinatioi
was just like tax?lots of the folk:
_ failed to have the work done just lik<
they failed to list and pay. A lav
r.ot inforce is not a law.
I hope to live to see the relief stop
" ] It lias made lots of good folks !i
: anci has made rascals out of mori
" I folks and made lazy people out o
hard-working people. The relief ha
made debts for poor people to pay
3; who did not get relief.
s A law that would force men to pa;
s j 52 poll tax and a dog tax of 50 cent
' collected would be worth more t
" | Watauga county than S3.70 poll an.
r j SI and S2 dog tax, one-half collect
? c-d. I am in favor of every man be
'j mg treated alike in tax. I woul
j like for our tax collector to see if h
j could get some of the poll tax beside
? that on the land. Just as long as th
:S poll tax dodger and dog tax dodge
are let to get by, they will. I kno\
S that we couid have a law that woul
" mane one man tne same as anothei
8 walk up and pay his due to the ia\
and tax collector.
>t Go to the courthouse and look a
d 1933, 1934 and 1935 tax books ar.
you will see what is wrong. I wis
e everybody would get busy ar.d see i
k we could have an equalized !a\
passed that would treat every ma
n ar.d woman alike.
WILL CABROLL.
Triplelt, N. C.
I T>ruce Barton
j Says ... I
| . .Hometowns Qontion Sucrw>
There is a certain little cross-roads
hamlet which in all its history has
produced just one famous man A
visitor parked his car in front of
the general store one day and. having
t made a small purchase, sat down on !
; the steps beside a grizzled old resi- j
1 dent.
"Come from the East' the veter-I
c an asked. "New York?"
^ The visitor nodded.
"Ever hear of a feller named Sam !
e Smith?"
t "I? you mean Dr Samuel, Smith,"
i said the visitor, "why everybody has
- heard of him. lie's one of the fa- !
i xnous surgeons of the world."
I '*So they tel.' me. so they tell me," |
: the old settler ruminated. "They tell
? me he has a private chauffeur and !
- makes thousands of dollars a year s
Can't hardly believe it. myself. Seems
. like there must be some mistake.
. Peot>;< n New York air.'t so sir,at I !
[ as they're supposed to be, I guess.
. Why. I knew Sam Smith when he |
us^SI to run around this here town j
, with his pants held up by one sus- |
k pender."
I An interesting treaties* couid be j
written about the astigmatism of the J
home town. It seldom can see the
1 full stature of its famous son because
| it vision is blurred by memories of
. the insignificant boy The Great
Teacher went back to Nazareth
"where he had been brought up." He
, j had attracted crowds in Jerusalem,
i performed mighty words, but the
. | hometow n met Him with a sneering
j skepticism. In Springfield. Illinois,
there were stubborn folks who contended
up to the very enc that Abra- _
ham Lincoln was over-rated.
The home town answer, in moat c*
[ Instances, has been one of doubt. The vi
home town never can quite forget i,y
Lhat it knew him when he used to
have his pants held up by only one -e
suspender. | ri
Success in "Second" Mile j
A sermon which sticks in my mem- j st
. cry was preached from the text: w
"Whosoever shall compel thee to go i ss
with him one mile, go with him ' m
, twain." r(
This seemingly absurc. injunction, ol
said the preacher, is actually the se- e\
^ cret formula for successful living w
( Who is the man whe gets ahead in ei
business ? It is he who. being com- w
polled by the rules to travel the first d(
mile the ruile from time o'clock to ?gl
five?voluntarily adds a second?the
k mile of over-time, extra thought, and
added effort. Who are the couples
I who enjoy happy marriages? Those
who, having sworn to travel ihf first
. compulsory mile of fidelity and fi
1 n&ncial support, gladly add the second
mile of thoughtfulness tenderness,
and mutual respect. in
A friend had a very sick child, and ^
his own physician, baffied and wor- ^
ried, advised calling in one of the
most famous consultants in New ^
York. The consultant is a quiet, assured
man, well over sixty years of
age. and it took him only a few minutes
to make his diagnosis and pre- 7'
scribe a treatment under which the ^
child began immediately to improve. m
My friend said to the doctor: ''How
in the world does he do it?" To which
the doctor replied: "That man has
had one of the best consulting prac- p
ticcs in New York for twenty-five
years. His annual income must have
been around $100,000. But ail that jj
1 time, and right up to how, he sops g
t pacienis only nair a day. The after- hi
ripens he spends in the hospitals, go- #
r ing through wa* Is front bed to bed.
studying feVery case. The result is m
tliat where one of us sees a dozen R
cases of a certain type in a year, or ii<
even in a life-time, he sees a thousand.
Another man, having reached
" the heights of the profession, might
' have settled back and been content
1 with his big fees. This man studies ~
* harder today than any one of us."
' Traveling the first mile diligently,
a man can make a living; it is the
> second mile that makes success."
3 '
The Family Doctor
, By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES J
J NO REASON TO FEAR WORK
3j Regular, legitimate toil never j 1
harmed any one. We often hear of ,
"overwork" being a. cause of break- !
y down mentally and physically; but. ~
s when we look carefully into the mat0
ter. we find the victim, long prior to I
(I his invalidism, wrecked the machin.
ery of his body by improper feeding,
irregular sleep, and unsympathetic d
exercise. Can you imagine a tubby,
e swivel-chair, club-ridden gormand3
izer, getting exercise from a ride in
e an upholstered automobile, and three
j- hours a week devoted to panting ?
v around a fancy golf course, where he
d does his heavy-ballasted carcass more
harm than frond ? Wouldn't vnn I
v think he is about fifteen or more
years too late with his "exercise?" _
t There is no hope of long life tar that
d sort of man?absolutely nor.e! He is
h in danger every moment he exists,
f One thing our city business men
v should remember: There is a vast
n difference between "good business"
and right living. My idea is, there
is nothing that pays quite so well as'
i a rigorous adherence to proper care
TcJmcK fiver I
1 I V, jgf
Ffi
:J]
: the body. It is a shame that we j
olate every law of diet, sleep and j
tercise--die young?and put the
ame on overwork. Does Providence
move the man that commits sui- I
do ?
I knew a mar; who worked in a :
<Wie-quarry on his farm until he
as near eighty. *A freak.' you
iv. No. you are the freak* This
an ate regularly; when tired, he j
t-ted He had his full allotment .
fresh air; he slept eight hours
ery night: he ate just what he]
anted and no more. He died at
ghty-two?paid he didn't die of overork.
His was a perfectly natural
ath.
LOCAL CHURCH
SERVICES
CALENDAR OK LUTHERAN
SERVICES
St. Marks. Blowing Rock: Preachg
service on the first Sunday of
ich month at 2:30 p. m. Sunday
ihool every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.,
iss Marie Bradshaw, Superinten;nt;
Prayer meeting Wednesday
gilt of each week at 7:30. Luther
eague every Sunday, 2:30 p. m.
Grace, Boone: Preaching service
- ery Sunday at 11 a. m.; Vespers at
p. nv on 2nd and 4th Sundays; Sunly
School every Sunday at 9:45 a.
u. Prof. George L. Sawyer, Superitendent;
Luther League each Sunky
night at 7 p. m.
Holy Communion Banner E'k;
reaching service on the 3rd Sunday
: each month at 2:30 p. m.; Sunday
chool every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.;
uther League at 3 p. m. on first,
:cond and fourth Sundays. We most
sartijy welcome the public to all
sese services.
On the fourth Sv.tvtsy. -of
lonth we hold services at Hanging
ock Chapel at 2:30 p. m. The pub3
invited.
REV. J. A. YOUNT, Pastor.
CAROLINA
THEATRE
BLOWING ROCK
Presenting
"The Best In Motion Pictures"
Hours: 3:00, 7:30 and 9:15 P. M.
Thursday, Aug. 20
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck
?In?
"HIS BROTHER'S WIFE"
Friday, Aug. 21
lobert Montgomery?Madge Evans
?In?
"PICCADILLY JIM"
Saturday, Aug. 22
Chester Morris?Marian Marsh
?In?
"COUNTERFEIT"
Mon.-Tues., Aug. 24-25
Marion Davies?Dick Powell
?In?
"HEARTS DIVIDED"
Wednesday, Aug. 26
Jane Darwell?Claire Trevor
Ur<m a n a ..nm<
3i^n run a muni"
Special Prices Every Saturday:
10c & i5c
"urofoe b1
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Si ~ \
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fc' ^^^TtTT" n ^ j. _ _ .
BAPTIST CHURCH E
P:40 a m.. Sunday School, general (
assembly in auditorium.
11 a. rr... worship and sermon by
the pastor
7 p m . Baptist Training Union.
& p. m.. worship and sermon led by j ^
the pastor.
Teachers and friends who have ?
been with us during the summer, we
follow you with our prayers and treat ^
wishes.
Revival at Meal Camp this week, j
Rev. J C. Canipc. Rev. W. C. Payne j
and Mr. A. E. Moielz teaching. Ali j
| are welcome and invited.
J. C. CAN1PE.
"Ovfi-nJCcty' "o ar iuucii oiic vu
! place as "under-piety. '
; E
| Only the dead need no friends or
| defense
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= H. L. MASON
s will be at our store
? Friday and Saturp
day, August 21st
= and 22nd.
' == to hold a Special DisI
= play of Gentlemen's Fine
! EE Clothes for Fall and Winj
=? ter tailored-to-measure.
! =? You can choose from bolt
E~ samples of smartest new
E;. fabrics and enjoy the
service of a fashion and
? fitting expert.
! Ed Order While He Is Here.
| EE Delivery Later If
| Desired.
j "Belk-Wl
=j BOONE,
AUGUST 20. 1936
/ A. B. CHAPWv
8?
ast Tennessee & Western North <
Carolina Motor Transportation
Company.
New Schedule Now Effective:
uses leave Boone for Johnson City,
jvnoxvuie, unaicanooga, an Alabama
and Western States points at
8 a. m.: 12:20 p. m., and 9:05 p. m.
cave Boone for Lenoir, Hickory,
StatesvlHe, Salisbury, Charlotte,
Asheville, Wilmington and all
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
points at 8:25 a. m ; 1:40 p. m.;
and 5:10 p. m.
For further information call bus
station?Phone 45.
. T. A W. N, C. TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY
lleruian IVilcox. Agent.
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