BRISBANE I THIS WEEK The Souls of Oysters Id ?hc Coffin, He Pays Polly Has a Tombstone Suicide is Folly I Mr. Kokiehi Miklmoto, able Japanese gentleman, once a peddler of noodles, te now gigantically rich, tlianks to bis oyster pearl idea. He makes real pearls by forcing the oyster to work at pearl production, lristr. d of 'living for oysters, hoping to find one with a pearl in it, he puts little, irritating grains of sand inside the shells of millions of oystern, and each oyster proceeds to deposit the pearly substance on ti:? sand to escape its irritating scratching. The pearls are "real." Although experts can tell the difference, they annoy jewelers and have hurt the value of the other occidental pearls, but tliey-make it unnecessary for the unfortunate pearl diver to "go aU naked to the hungry shary." as the poet has it. Mr Kikimoio has been obliged to kill hundreds of millions of oysters, which is serious: his Buddhist religion teaches that each has its little separate soul?in fact, the; soiu oi His? great?gnjtndmotlier might; have i esxdevl in one of the oysters. j An American who recently died! left a fortune of between 25 and ! million dollars, chiefly in tax-exempt securities on which the owner, while he lived, paid no income tax. Now thai he is dead, inheritance taxes will take about two-thirds of the many millions. The lack of a "dead-or-alive" taxexempt securities offers opportunity to eonie able lawyer. If the government has 110 constitutional right to take any income from tax-exempt bonds, how can it. legally lake half merely because the owner is in his coffin ? A green parrot, with red tipped wings, buried in a respectable grave, will have a granite headstone with "Here lies Polly Ooddington, sixtyeight years old," engravetf on it. Exactly how old Polly was, no one knows Born in Brazil, she was presented to the grandmother of Mrs. Joseph E. Hunt, eighty-eight year3 ago. Parrots, like eagles, elephants and other intelligent creatures that cat wisely, often pass one hundred. A higher race thinks un foolish things for itself Gruesome details which no one r-r-T-w nave' puv-??itu*~iv~muVjc " vf" a horror story are published in connection with a recent suicide. The unfortunate victim, convinced that life was not worth while, hanged himself, ami then, still conscious, found he was mistaken and made desperate unsuccessful efforts to cut the rone. Those that think of suicide should remember that they must leave the world soon in any case, and might as well remain to see what will happen. While there is life, there is hope. OuAiig rati-Shell, dictator of the banking government, warns China, No ration can ruin us unless we first ruin ourselves,'' emphasizing Lhe fact that the short road to national ruin is neglect of preparation for war. Some patriotic American "radio sponsor" might arrange to broadcast that talk in Washington, I>. C. We need it here almost as much as China needs it. England fears that quarrels among union men may cause strikes In airplane. factories and delay Britain's effort to get ready for her next war. Such strikes would probably bring welcome orders for planes to American factories; nevertheless, it is only fair to remind British workers, quarreling among themselves, that when foreign bombs begin dropping on their families, any strike against national safety will seem to have been foolish, in retrospect. And those U'nr/lB "r?V>iofNr t..oowvr. " v.viu, ij nviiKii anu \4iiiuieii, | should be remembered. Borrowed money is cheaper, and it ought to be, since the dollar is only worth 53 cents. A cheap dollar j should bring a cheap rent. Even so. j it surprises you to learn that Mayor LaGuardia borrowed from J. P. Morgan & Co. thirty million dollars for the city, spread over a five-year period, for one and one-tenth per cent interest. Here, Myron C. Taylor, head of "Big Steel." greatest tteel company in the world, annour s increases in wages, also resumption of full dividend payments on the preferred United States Steel stock, also earnings in three months of more than thirteen million dollars. biaee3t in six. years. Thirteen million dollars irxj three months may not be "big mon-' ey." but "it is better than being hit on the head with a sharp stone." INJURED IN WRECK Mr. John Main of Boone. i3 reported a3 naving suffered a fractured right shoulder when the ear in which he aiul Mrs. Main were riding turned over 12 miles thi3 side of Jefferson Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Main received only slight injuries, it is said, while Mr. Main Is showing satisfactory improvement at the Banner Elk hospital, where he was taken following the accident. ! WA1 An! = VOL. XYV1II, NO. 19 May Marry King I Mrs. Waily Warficld Simpson, ! i American-born woman who re- j cently was granted a British di- . ! voice decree from her husband, I I Ernest Simpson. Mrs. Simpson | ! has often been seen in the. com- i j pany of Kinjgf Edward VIII, and it is currently beiieved that she will ' become the bride of the youthful | monarch. RANK fl OQKC i/mui VUVUiiU Lil/U LOANS IN COUNTY I i I Federal Land Bank Makes Report of Local and Statewide Activities for Year Durham, Oct. 24. In Wat&iiga county 208 loans were closed in the amount of $282,230 by the Federal Land Bank and the land bank commissioner, from May I, 1933, through June 30, 1936, according to information received by Robert M. Gantt, state director for the National Emergency council for North Carolina. Of the loans closed in Watauga county, 41 loans for $89,500 were iYitwin by the Federal Li"tl Bank and 167 loans totaling $192,730 by the land bank commissioner. ^Through the .agency of the Farm' Credit administration in North - On.ru-j lina, $47,870,090 have been loaned j during the same period. These loans 1 included 5,056 of Federal Land Bank 1 ioans for $11,711,100: 12.905 land bank eommi&tloner loans in the! amount of SIT.221,271; -1(5,054 Prod- j uction Credit association loans total-1 ing $12,562,243; and 82,269 emergen-1 cy crop loans amounting- to $6,345.4*76. In addition to refinancing- loans! through the Farm Credit admin is- j tration. the farmers in North Carolina were benefitted also by a rediic-| tion mortgage principal amounting to $3,385,600. Further savings re-1 suiting from lowered interest rates J are estimated at $490,000. hi the period May 1, 1933, through j June 30, 1936, 765,674 mortgage j loans, totaling $2,056,156,826 were i made and $1,391,373,603 was advanced in loans to co-opei-atives, while $318,378,072 was loaned to cooperatives by the agencies of the Farm Credit administration in the United States. LOCAL OFFICIALS TO ATTEND INSTITUTES A number of sheriffs, registers of deeds and clerks of court in this and neighboring counties are planning to attend the one-day district institutes which the Institute of Government will hold beginning next week. Sheriffs from this region will gather at Ashevii'.e on the 20th, and clerks of Court at Wayncsvil.e on the 17th. The dates for the schools for registers of deeds have not been announced. The Official Vol I St j Sei !;:;'V?-;: / tel: >>?i? -,' & ???? PRECINCT { u IV . J. Whi tenor, head of the Appalachian history department, presiding as president, the Watauga county group of the University of North Carolina alumni is holdingits annual dinner Tuesday, November 17, at the Daniel Boone, hotel, Boone. Dean R. B. House, who is in charge of the Chapel Hill unit of the Greater University, will be the principal speaker for the evening, and Mr. J. Maryon Saunders, general secretary of the University alumni, will also be present. Dr. Whitener, president; Mr. J. Harold Wolfe, secretary of the organization, and Professor J. T. C. Wright, vice president, have sent out invitations to approximately thirty alumni of Watauga count j' urging them to be present at the meeting. With the alumni's guests in attendance, 50 or more are expected for the convention. In addition to the alumni of this county, other invitations are being extended to the most prominent alumni of the surrounding counties. Of 4,000 official life guards at English beaches. 1,500 are women. e of Watauga C< ate Hons of 'Register i nate Reps. Sheriff Deeds j ! c ? ^ 2 o 5 m o? S "C J ?JCtv.-.v. '. ' : : V?.- ........ ; ? ?=ra^j2 County Commissioner r 1*1? ' CD ? S S i1s s Si & s ? $ = * ? 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C Canipe, local Baptist pastor, and Mrs. Canipe are in Durham for the 106th yearly session of the I\Vn ih Carolina State Baptist convention, largest religious group in the stale The convention was caileu to order Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Zcr.o Wall of Shelby, president, ir. what is expected to be the most important session within a decade. The Baptist pastors began their annual e'vuoreii e in Durham Monday with Rev. John Link of Weldon, delivering the annual address. The speakers on the night program were Dr. O T. Binklcv of Chanel Hill, and Dr. Jesse T. Woatherspoon, member of the faculty of the Louisville Baptist Thooioglcal seminary. Dr. Charles il Durham delivered the a:uiuai sermo:; before the ^tate convent lev. T ? e s ?;i a y afternoon, speaking' at I o'clock, two hours after the assemblage was called to order Indications were that the largest delegation in recent years would be present for the principal activities 01" the convention. Lees-McRae Wins In Davidson Track Meet Banner Elk. Nov. il {Special)? Lees-McRae College cross-country team won over the Davidson College freshmen November 7 th, at the Davidson Homecoming celebration. The score stood. Lces-McRae 35; Davidson, 20. Larry Burgess finished first for the Banner Elk institution, negotiating the l.S mile course in. 9 minutes 32 U seconds. Those going from Lees-McRae were: Burgess. Gibson, Robinson, Grigg, Williams. Carter and Onn^f t Coach S. I*. Lafferty, a former Davidson star, accompanied his team. 'lion of Nov. 3 Con- Gover- Presis gress nor i dent r i = I ? S 1 I I 5 v ! & S : ' : g I ? 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The Catawba Indians outplayed. | the Mountaineers throughout the j game which was marked hy fumI bis of both teams. Appalachian | dropped the ball six times and Ca| tawba was guilty of five errors. The j biggest touchdown threat came in i the first quarter when Ear: Smith, i charging hard, intercepted a lateral intended for one of Catawba's men i and carried the ball to the Catawba j 35-yard line where he dropped the | ball while trying to shift positions, j The Mountaineers, tired and disi couraged returned to the college ! campus late Friday night and were | met by the largest aggregation of | Appalachian students that have ever j turned out. for such an occasion. In. ] their nightcaps and gowns, the stuj dents left the dormitories to give a cheering hand to the defeated gridmen, thus showing the finest. school spirit that has ever been manifested! on the Appalachian campus. At present the Appalachian gridmen are working hard in preparation for the contest with East Tennessee j at Johnson City. Bank of Blowing Rock To Deliver Dividend I The Democrat is asked to annonce that 10 per cent dividend checks due the stockholders of the Bank of Blowing Rock will be ready for distribution Friday. Noucnther 20th at i the office of Mr. Howard Holshousf er, tile trustee. It will bo necessary | for each stockholder applying for his 1 check to bring his certificate of ] stock, properly signed, for transfer, j and receive a hew certificate with, his check Mr. Hotshouser states that no ' check can be delivered until the. j stock certificates mentioned are de| iivored. HOUGHTON, GRAGG IN HAPPY MEETING ; Congressman and Defeated Opponent Center of Happy Group as they Swap Stories Congress man Ft. L. Doughlon and his unsuccessful opponent. Mayor Watt Grajcsr met Thursday at The Democrat office as a srroup gathered I for the purpose of tendering con! gratulations to Mr. Doughton, and the two went into a good-natured huddle over their campaign experiences, each assuring the other that no personal thrust had been heard ; during the hot campaign in which | they had engaged. Incidentally, Mr. Gragg produced . a copy of a telegram which he had j sent Mr. Doughton, congratulating1 1 him on his victory, and which said: "Permit me to extend you my cheerful and wholehearted congratulations in your smashing victory a-t the polls last Tuesday. The people spoke?you are their choice; we entered the campaign as friends, wo close it with warm friendship on my ' part. You are my congressman; as ! in the past. I U nder you my loyal j and wholehearted co-operation in the interest of all Lhe people. "\V. H. Gragg." i Mr. Doughton expressed deep apj preciation of the message, which he I said was the second he had received from an opponent. The other, which is cherished by Mr. Doughton, came from the late Hon. Frank A. hinney, I of Boone. CLOSE FOR ARMISTICE The bank, postoffice and practically all other business houses of the city were closed Wednesday in celebration of Armistice Dav. The Presidential Vote Latest revised tabulations of Tuesday's presidential popular vote as compiled by the Asociated Press Saturday show: Total voting districts, 122.72C: districts reported, 110,131; districts unreported, 12,64.1; Roosevelt vote, 25,772,987; London vote, 15,962,703: Roosevelt plurality, 9,810. 284; Lemke vote, 650,849; Thomas t Socialist) vote, 108,001; Brower (Communist i vote, 56,648; Colvin l Prohibitionist) vote, 12,330; Aiken ,Sociali3t-Laboritc) vote, 6,415. Totai vote counted, 42,569,931.