Newspapers / Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / Nov. 26, 1936, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
NOVEMBER 26. 1936 TODAY and | f?ANK 1,ARX?RTPN5&>* j^A CARS safety, safety i went to the New York Automobile Show iast week. Even though I am not in the market for a. new ear. i ijko to see tile changes and the progress made from year to year. My major impression is that there :s no such thing any more as a poor motor car. All of them arc good ecu?, oetier cars man anyone dream* e<l of when I began io drive. That Uh automobile has reached perfection, however, is far from true. Good as the 1937 cars are, the 1938 ones will be better, and so on. One thing Jtll the makers are stressing is better brakes, requiring less foot pressure. That is a move in the direction of safety. I don't think there was a car in the show that wasn't equipped with non-shatt.erable safety glass and all-steel bodies. More safety. The campaign against highway fatalities is bearing fruit. * * SPEED control One thing I missed at this year's show was the selling talk about the high speeds the cars could make Manufacturers are soft-peddling the j speed idea. One car I saw has a warning signal on the speedometer. When the indicator points to forty miles an hour the driver is reminded that he is approaching a dangerous speed. It was not many years ago when thirty was excessive speed. Now j speeds of 60 and 80 miles arc not un- j common on Lhc main1 paved high- ; ways. Sp~cd in itself is not danger- j oue if your tires are sound, but a | blowout at 60 miles can do an awful | lot of damage. It is the combination j oi speed and recklessness which is dangerous. j J don't believe much in the idea, often proposed, to put governors on cars to keep them from goins: faster than 50. The most careful driver sometimes finds himself in a tight place where only a sudden acceleration to high speed can save him from an accident. * it * COMFORT tor riders j .Motoring* will he more comfortable; MEN J will select men to train for electrical refrigeration and air conditioning positions. Experience unnnecessnry. Write i Dept. E, Ref. Eng. Inst., Inc. Warner Building, Youngstown, Ohio ___________ p SUCCESSFUL GIFT-CIV * ^ > Elfin $29.75 ^^0^^ a Ifift c>vi?r ? 1 ' ^ .. rf* ^s?Ba?o ' e?**rotte cum r "Crueeder 1 Santa ought to know?because for S many years he has been bringing a J folks the grandest presents in town J from our store! This year we're showing a more exciting array than r ever before. Especially be sure you 5 see the newest Elgin v/atciirs. For Wj women there are glamorous, stunI WALKER'S JE1 5 BOONE, Jlvwvwwm'.vAVWAVAV ith&n ever in any of the 1937 cars Better spring suspension casie*cushions, more leg room both for front-seat and back-seat riders, wider seats so that three can ride comfortably both foi e and aft. adjustable front scats to suit the length of any drivers' legs, are among the improvements I saw in almost all cars at the show. All makes arc stressing greater t ease of steering. Since more women than ever are driving, the steering i gear which can be operated with the j left little finger becomes important. I noticed most of the ears have i placed the emergency brake a loner j side the driver's left knee instead ! of in the middle and some have removed the gearshift lever from the | center space also. Such important devices lor winter 'in ring- as unproved heaters, arid es: pecially devices to keep windshields ] clear of snow and frost, seem to be i gaining favoi. TRAILERS all styles This year's show presented for the j first time a great variety of trailers, costing from a few hundred dollars j to several thousands. We seem to be reverting to the nomadic habits j of our ancestors, or at least to the | pioneer exploring instincts of the I early Americans. ! I've never tried living in a trailer, [ but the idea appeals to me as a way of freeing one's self from the restrictions of a fixed abode. If you don't like the climate, where you are, roll on until you find the climate that suits you. And dodge the tax collector. Some communities arc trying to tax trailers as residences if they stay I too long in one place. I don't believe they can make that idea stick. At ! any rate, few trailers ever do stay long in one spot. The lure of the | open road calls your tme tr ailer devotee on to new scenes and fresli. pastures. Most of us, however, are ]ikel\r to be satisfied with one vacation cruise a year in a trailer. . * #1 NEXT two aims I talked with several motor manufacturers and designers at the show. None of them is satisfied with his present product. All said that the "streamlining" principle was not carried far enough. They can't change designs too radically, however. from yea) to year, for the public wouldn't buy cars which look like freaks. All the automobile men told vne their two major aims and most difficult problems are more economy in fuel consumption and getting rid of spring squeaks. They've got fartheir with the squeaks than with the 5tiu* vunoUri p Some day motors will be made which will carry an ordinary medium sized car 40 or 50 miles on a gallon. Then we won't all kick so hard at the mounting taxes on gasoline. Sanitation Sister: After I wash my face 1 always look in the glass to see if it is clean. Brother: I don't have to. I look at the towel. ,\WJV.V.\WWAVAWW.^ ING ...IN ONE EASY LESSON | m l jlj CUp? in new and modern design* ^ a ml ^ pencil setA r ning baguettes and srmi'narraet lea. ? Men vriU like the hnalnr l??n^ar?~ models created for liacoL. All are 5 I accurate and dependable as only %, Elgina can be. Better heed Santa's Jp advice?and come in today! Ask 5jl about our convenient * lay-away" V plan. 51 mm store i N. C. f WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVEJ TJVorld's Largest Bridge ^ i pictured the first flow of traffic across the world's largest bridge, ; t the new structure which spans the j ] bay between San Francisco and , < Oakland. 'It was opened Nov. 12, j * with elaborate ceremonies, Presi- i dent Roosevelt at Washington i1 pressing a golden key which turned ' "go" lights starting traffic. APPALACHIAN WINS FROMniMDrpi AMrV On Friday, November 20. the Appalachian State Teachers College Mountaineers defeated Cumberland at Lebanon, Tenn., 10 to 6, in one of 1 the closest contests of the current' 1 schedule, thus bringing to a close the college's best year or collegiate 1 football. As yet the Appalachians ' are undecided whether or not there 1 will be a post season game. ; Out of the nine-game schedule this season, the Appalachian team won | 1 eight b}' unbeatable scores, running j1 up a mammoth score of 29b points to ' win the national scoring honoi*s. Big * Len Wilson, Boone citizen, ploughed ( his way to national recognition by piling up an individual score of 85 * points or 14 touchdowns and one ex- j j tra point. Several times during the ^ I season, the Mountaineers had anoth| er player, Rovie Angeil. who was { near the top of the individual scor- { ing list of the nation. ] The ruling of Commissioner W. O. , Lowe, of the Smoky Mountain con- J fireiice, acting on the protest of Car- ( son-Newman and East Tennessee games, leaves Appalachian and Car- < son-Newman tied for first place in y the iuOp. East Tt:i11ifiacu" v\Tu VuT-" j toriou3 over Carson-Newman, 2-0, < but the game was protested on the i grounds that the Buccaneers played i an ineligible man, thus giving the ? game to Carson-Newman, leaving them untied and unscored on in the t conference. According to reports the l ineligible player was Jamison, who at 1 the time of the combat was ineligible c because of his scholastic rating, was s restored in time to play against the I Mountaineers, but his restoration wcws iiol retroactive according: to the i commissioner. c 1 CUT ONLY INFERIOR OR DEAD TIMBER FOR FUEL * At this season farmers interested s in improving their woodlands should go through their timber stands and ? secure ureii* fiiciWOuu by remov ing' the dead, crippled and diseased trees. The healthy trees that remain should be thinned lightly so that e they can make straight, vigorous s growth, advise the State College extension service and C. H. Flory, for- p 1 ester of the soil conservation serv- s ice. f But do not thin too heavily, he r warned, as the light coming through d | the tops of the trees should reach the p I ground floor o? the forest only in 'small spots. As the sun passes a I overhead the lighted spot? will grad- i] jually move, thus any one place on t i the ground will not be dried out too much. C Although young trees gTowing un- p der older ones need a certain amount r of light, too much light will do t more damage than good, and if too I ii many trees are taken out of the! o stand the wind and sun will dry the soil and prevent seeds from germi- b nating or kill delicate shoots that g have started to grow. u The sun also gives grass a better L chance to grow. This growth pre- p vents seeds from reaching the soil s and competes with the young trees o in their fight for plant food. c There are more thunderstorms in s July than June. & li b e $1.5# PACKAGE, now- $1.00 i] $1.00 PACKAGE, now 60c t( ! BOONE DRUG CO. J The KEXA1JL Store 3 3|s ilY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. i Appalachian Will Hold Hi Tourney College to Sponsor Tourney For High , S?;hools of This and Surrounding Counties j 1 Under the supervision and sponsor- | hip of the .Appalachian High School j ssociation the second annual tour- i ament for basketball teams in this j' ectioii will be held on this campus! n the first or second week in March, j *ast year the tournament was a'1 tuge success largely due to the per- j everanee and initiative of the pre3i-1 ] lent of the league, Mr. E. E. Carbcc. cad of the Physical Education dc- I >artment of this college. This year he schools have shown even more in- I erest in getting plans under way to nake this tournament bigger and 1 letter than ever. There are approximately sixteen schools represented in his compt.ition in both the boys' and girls' elimination. Boone, Flcetvood, West Jefferson, Oove Creek, Virginia-Carolina and Jefferson were he strongest teams in the play-offs ast year, and this year the other ; schools have stated that their teams i vill be greatly strengthened to make he competition even keener than at hat time. Definite arrangements j ire not as yet. completed, but the j committees are rapidly getting things j incd up to start the ball oiling to- I yards the first of March COOL, DRY WEATHER IS BEST FOR HOG-KILLING The best time for killing hogs oni the farm is a cool, dry afternoon, not the coldest day in mid-winter. On a bitter cold day the job is too iisagreeable and there is danger of .he meat freezing on the outside before the animal heat escapes from iround the bor.e. Ideal butchering weather is in a temperature of 28 to -10 degrees fahrenheit, says R. E. Nance, professor of animal husbandry at State College. Keep hogs off feed for 24 hours oefore slaughtering, nut give them plenty of fresh water, Nance said. After they have been killed, scald Jieni in water heated to a temperature of 150 degrees. "If you don't have a thermomeer," Nance added, "dip your finger piickly into the water. If it burns mdly the first time, it is too hot. If /ou can dip your finger in and out noro than three times in rapid succession, the water is too cold" A barrel may be used to scald one >r two hogs, but where more than) .wo are to be dressed, a vat is much iiore salisfactuiy. A small? ihould be provided, in either case, or picking and scraping the hogs. L should be 12 to IS inches high ind three or four feet wide. After hogs are scalded and scraped, he carcasses should be split down he center of the backbone and the eaf fat loosened from the lower end >f the rib3. Hang them in the smoke house to chill over night, but >e sure the meat, does not freeze. The next morning, after all animal icat has dissipated, make the various :uls as neat and smooth as possible, ["rim each piece closely, as ragged :dges and too much fat lower the ralue of the cured product and also provide a hiding place for meat inects. >OIL EROSION COSTLY TO CAROLINA FARMERS It is costing North Carolina farm- i rs $60,000,000 a year to let their oil wash away. That is the estimated annual dereciation due to erosion and the reultant loss of fertility, gullying of ields, and silting of streams and eservoirs, said Dr. R. Y. Winters, ircctor of the N. C. agricultural exeriment station. This has led to reduced crop yields, bandonment of many fields, and an acrease in flood hazard and suscepibility to drought, he continued. The soil erosion service, the State lollege extension service, and the exieriment station are working to emedy this situation, he stated, but hey are handicapped by a lack of nformation about various conditions ver the state. In seeking information that may ie used in developing adequate proxams for conserving and building ip the soil, the experiment station 3 co-operating with the U. S. deartment of agriculture in rhaking urveys and mapping soil conditions f the state. The experiment station has been ilassifying and evaluating soils, tudying factors that cause erosion, nd determining what uses various mds are suited for. But to date only the surface has een scratched. Dr. Winters declares. l great a eat 01 wors lies aneaa. On many farms terracing is not dequate, he continued, and many re too small to permit drastic hanges in the cropping systom. Yet ome adequate means of controlling rosion must be developed and put lio practice. One of uie main things. Dr. Winers pointed out, is to grow more oil conserving and building crops hat will not only hold the soil in lace when it rains, but which will Iso add more organic matter to the oil. GREENE VALLEY 4-H CLUB IN SEPTEMBER MEETING The Ureene Valley 1-H club met on September 17. The meeting was opened by singing the ciub pledge. Then we sang songs. Mr. Hamilton was called away a business meeting and could not be present; but we hope he can be with us next time. Miss Jones taught the girls how to cut a pattern, we will meet again Lr? two weeks, and will be glad to DIXIE! BOON PEAS, ARGO, No. I PRUNES, 4 lbs. . . . PICKLES, quart jar PINEAPPLE, No. 1 FIG BARS, lb DUKE'S MAYONNi CHOCOLATE M. IV FLOUR, Pillsbury's, COCOA, 2 lbs P-NUT BUTTER, 2 SODA CRACKERS, GRAHAM CRACKI COFFEE, Pure Bean ORANGES, dozen . We carry a comple sup You will I wanting thi IMpiv 11V IV DURING TH Now is the time to bun here is the place-?; Stewart-Warner is kind. New models r on display . . . You find just the kind Radio you are lool for and prices are um ally low. Come see amazing value bel you buy. FARMERS H SUPPLY ? BOON PAGE THREE j have visitors. Eula Norris, Re] porter THE WEDDING Suicide, accidents and sickness "jlnxed" their wedding, but they got married just the same. Read this 1 uniis'jn) story in the November 29tk j issue of the American Weekly, the j big magazine which comes regular | ly with the BALTIMORE Sl'N'DAY i AMERICAN. On at < ?! r.e'.r! ! stands. STORES| I E, N. C. I can 15c 25c 17c can, 3 for 25c 10c MSE or Relish, pt. 22c 1. COOKIES, lb. 17c 24 lbs $1.20 15c lb. jar 25c , 1 lb. box 10c LRS, 1 lb. box ... 10c , we grind it, lb. I2V2C 15c to 30c te line of Fruit Cake plies. ie at E HOLIDAYS i mm IT this ore ARDWARE& ^OMPA^IY E, N. C.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 26, 1936, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75