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' PAGE FOUR The .Watauga Democrat The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY Established in 1SSS and Published for, 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivers) PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY j SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year _. S1.50 Six Month - .75 Four Months 50 i Payable in Advance) R. C. RIVERS Jr.. - Publisher Caras of Thanks. Resolutions of Respect. Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Entered at the >4 It As Second Postcffice ftt vajfd?" Class Mail 1 Boogie. N C. Matter. THURSDAY, DEC. ;>. I9oU Let's hope that the fellows {' who are predicting untold frigi-j' dity this winter are the same]' ones who labelled last summer j' cold and rainy. As the Christmas season : draws near there is cause for i alarm that the matter of a com munity chest fund has been neg- ; lected. Amid the Christmas festivities, there is going to be a . discord in the knowledge that * many children and grown-ups, < too. in the region roundabout are unable to provide themselves with any "extras" on the > natal day of the Nazarene. Empty stockings, cold hearth- ' stones and a scanty ration arc _ the triple destroyers of the J period of festivity and sanctity. It is not too late to inaugurate ; an empty stocking lund. and i Tlie Democrat stands ready to \ aid, financially and otherwise, c in a movement to provide a uni- : formly "Merry Christmas" in 1 this locality. A MOUNTAIN" MASTKB FAKMEIi j It is always interesting: to read a !f successful man's rules for success A In the current Progressive Farmer f we find the following rules luid down i ' by one of North Carolina's Master!' Farmers, J 13. McDevitt: 1. I have always had a great ambition to see good crops grown on productive land and to leave the land ' i 3. i .j, A. i > i jSwK&ra ?, it was when the previous crop was harvested. * 2. T have never failed to follow a , soil-depleting crop with a mixture of j < grass, clovers and. iespedeza. J v 3. Mainly I use fertilizer and ilme < on my grass and clover lo build m.v ; land ins tea*.! of on my soil-depleting t crops, although they also get a lib- \ oral quantity of fertilizer. : 4. Some twenty years ago I bred t up a herd of purebred Hereford cattle. From that time 1 have grown my own cattle with the exception of 1 changing bulls. 1 5. 1 market all my hay and grain * through uiy cattle, having the cattle as a profit and returning all manure 5 to the soi1. rr" 1 6. My money crops are my cattle, ( small grain and tobacco. I make it x a practice to produce the highest ? quality possible of each so as to got \ a premium on the market. To do . this I find it necessary to have the c best seed possible and the best sires , possible. 17 1 make it a point to live at Is home- having plenty for home use s and some extra. For 30 years J c have not bought anything that can i be grown on the farm, ' t S. I find thai lo make a success J J of farming you must farm for the Jv future and the present will take carejc of itself MOUNTAIN TOP MEDITATIONS 1 By J C. CANIPE Grey's Elegy "Ir. a Country Church Yard", is an inspiring piece of literature. The country church is an inspiring institution. Out of the coun- 1 try church have come many of our t best church members in the towns j! and cities. Most of the great preach-1 ers were converted in and called of 1t viuvi in uie country church. ' Dr. Charles E. Maddry, now secre- '< tary of our Foreign Mission board, Richmond. Va., was siting in a little 1 Sunday school class in old Mt. Gilcad < church in the Mt. Zion association. = Rev. J. F. McDuffie, now an old 1 preacher, was the pastor. He looked 1 back at that little class and said, 1 "Charles, will you lead us in prayer?" "That day," Charles Maddry : said, "something woke up in me." ' Soon this big overgrown boy was on his way to school getting ready for ' the work to which God had called him. George Truett was converted in a I country church. He was led to Christ by our own beloved J. G. Pulliam. In prayer and faith and loyalty, we must maintain our churches in the country. God bless them all with their dear pastors should be our daily prayers. s'- , - - .-;.. wB&*S&^?E3E~. ; ,;j *. --r'-SSH!' fry" ; J . ,f3WBSMBW<w? tfiaiu Bruce Barton Says . . . The Farmer Has It VYakirc up :n a sleep:;-g car. T discovercd that -.vc had cot stalled behind a derailed freight t^air. during the night and were four *iours late. There was no diner, no newspaper, nothing to do out wait until we reached Buffalo at one o'clock. So I settled myself philosophically in the smoking compartment and gazed out or. the land scare where farmers were busy with their plowing. My mind went back to the summer I worked on a farm in Michigan. And partly because of the memories, partly because of the lack of breakfa =rt, I i-t?ne- to feel enylotr1 the sturdy tillers of the soil. "You have many troubles." I said to myself. You have long hours; you are at war with the winds and the sun and the storms: you are afflicted by every imaginable kind of pest. But one great and glorious gift you do ?npoy. You have an appetite." On that Michigan farm the boss ind I and another hired hand used :o rise at four o'clock in the summer mornings. By half past six \vc lad attended ot the horses and milked he cows, and were ready for breakast. What a breakfast. Then out :o the fields. By about ten-thirty vo were beginning to be hungry igain, and for an hour and a half we .vould live in the contemplation of iinner. Again a tremendous meal, rhen more hard work until sundown with again a couple of hours of -ager anticipation. In New York high-priced chefs buy he finest foods for their hotels and riubs and dress them up with all orts of fancy sauces and trick ornartents. But 1 am never really huntey. My house is warmer than the i arm house, and the beds are softer: j am better paid for a much shorter | vorking day But I wish that just ;ncc more ir. my life I could smell | nat cooking auvss the fields and ! mow that appetite again. Let's Dress the Part On Park avenue during a recent | levator strike a young fellow hail- ! d me by name and I stopped for a hat wondering all the time just vhere I had seen him before. Then t dawned on me that he runs a:i eleaioi in a building where I do a ood deal of business. Now he look-1 i-ougher. unkept, less attractive, md I realized why: I never had seen iu without his uniform Perhaps you have happened to pass . big city hospital at the hour when he nurses are going off duty. They ,'o*tu_ trooping out of the side door. i idee enough lot of women, but no lifferent from tho other thousands >n the city streets. Arc these the licit Angels of Mercy who. with heir starched whiteness, their cock ittle caps, and their brisk ntovenents, make such an alluring picnic iii the wards? Clothes do not make the man," says the proverb. But clothes do nalte the soldier, as every military nan know3. It would he impossible 0 win a war without uniforms And dottles do help to make the public uncial. David Lamson, in his dramatic 100k, "We Who Are About to Die." inscribes the court scene when senenee 0t .dC6.th. we? *v>qcq.1 mvm him . ind records iiis heeling of surprise hat the whole tragic action seemed ;o remote, so impressive. He disovcrcd the reason. "We have abnn loned the fuss and furbelows; we orce the unfortunate Law to play its ;eenes in the barest of settings, in 1 reel clothe?, without makeup or ostunies or lighting necessary to the llusioi. . . The British, with a beter feeling lor art forms, dress their | udges in silken robes and impressive j vigs and insist upon the observance ; a" formalities." We ought to dress our public offi- j ials with more dignity. A mayor j houlc! look like a mayor, as the j -orb Mayor of London does. Our nayors look just like ordinary men. 5TTNERAL IS HELD FOR MRS. C. C. BANNER. 86 Fur.eral services were held on last r, e * ? ? , ?.SWS_j 0,1 bc(n\n>u iyi iVll'rt. v^. U. ianner, 86. who died on Monday at he home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Todgkiss. in Newland. The deceased was the widow of the he late C. C. Banner, veteran of the Var Between the States who died ibout nine months ago. Rev. E. F. Camp of Newland, and itev. D. W. Haga of Montezuma, :onducted the services at the Montezuma Methodist church and at the graveside in the Montezuma ceme cry. She was buried in an identical :offin as that of her late husband. Mrs. Banner is survived by seven Jons, Alf, Att, Abner, Rom, Molt, Charles and Coot and four daughters, Mrs. Mack Stewart, Mrs. Ed Hodgkiss, Mrs. Bud Justice, and Garfield Ledford, and a number of grandchildren. ereat-PTandehildron great-great grandchildren. ? Avery Advocate. NEW WINDSHIELD WIPER A new windshield wiper for winter driving is equipped with bars of a rock salt compound to melt snow and Ice. ^WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE] Fireside Philosophy (By C. M. Dickson/ Just anybody can ride on a banui \va or?n ?^ A defensive retreat Is always prejfcrable to a ruthless slaughter. Xo greater challenge can he i thrown at the face of a man than jfor people to believe that he can lead them from slavery to freedom, i If a person can't be cvoluted to' do his duty, it becomes necessary that he be revoluted. A person may die as poor as did j Lazarus, but if he is a real man he j wants no dogs to lick his sores. A fact to keep in | mind?a ner.dtilur. j never swings so <frI one way that it cai :-&?& '"-ft K - -fW | the other way. Lf i What if a ma: j should differ witljjfc. -?^ / j j his wife on a fcwRfe-. | wise, he will say|v&^** , but little about ?especially to her tv*"' * _ * ^ Badly needed - -fct" j | some sort of a r i "etiquette" machir - Sffiwif by which, a girl can chew her gum unci smoke at the ; same time. ! Real, feminine pulchritude lies j deeper than the surface?it is the j : result of a proper in-born attitude, j A. good way to disseminate knowi! edge?to tell a woman something ; and tell her not to tell it. j Some one asks if a person can depend upon the veracity of a profes! sional politician. No. he owns no j such an animal as "veracity." j A "modern" Samaritan- one who j never hears the groans of his needy J neighbors, but who publishes the | amount he sends to foreign fields, j The biggest dunce in the world? I the man who even attempts to con vert the other fellow from either his ! politic-Sl or religious views by "Argu-? ! fying" with him. Some people claim they will not [ join the church because of hypocrites. {Fine! But. what are they going to do when tliey get their passport? When a candidate claims kin with everybody and brags on everybody else's children, it's a clever way of sayii g, I want you to vote for me." It's almost always the "other felI low's" boy who is the pest in either! the school or the community. No man should hate a biting dog, who keeps one himself. True-blooded Americanism toj stay at home and let the other fel-1 j lows fight. | cold." Who ever h??ar?1 of a srood i one?" i The Family Doctor ! By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES MOKE EVIDENCE A very old adage has it, "Fools make feasts; wise men eat them." But we are living in a different age; I don't call anybody a tool because he spreads a feast?if he can afford it; the very much bigger fool is the fellow that gorges himself at the feast! I Last evening, much against my j better judgment, I accepted an inI citation to dine at tt o'ciock with a i professional brother?our wives were I in attendance/ The cares of the day I were past ar.d gone; it was time for | recreation that is so essential to the i brain worker. Everyone in the hapi py group, except myself, adored the j six o'clock dinner, and indulged in! it at every opportunity. ' To say that this was a fine, sump-1 i tuous meal, does not half describe the] i setting. It was a triumph in euli-j ! nary skill- the quantity was limited | to capacity only. Incidentally, one of the physicians i present said he was a little t icklish about coffee- he had a biood-presj sure of something ever 200, and was ! a bit apprehensive about it; he was only sixty, and looked forty-five. Yet j he was being seriously threatened i My wife and I went to the party in a neighbor physician's car. As wo came home at. 10:30 p. m.. the doctor said to mc: "I've had to be a little guarded here lately ; Mrs. C? and I j ! are both developing high blood-pre-1 , 1 Just one thing, dear reader: The six o'clock dinner. Protein j>oisoning from the absorption of excessive amounts of undgested food. A heavy ineai, partaken of when the mind and body were cired and needed rest. REST. Stomachs compelled to work when relaxed and weakened from mental and physical fatigue. DEATH CLAIMS SECOND VICTIM OF GUN FIGHT Bruce Mull, 24, died Friday, second victim of a Thanksgiving day target which suddenly turned into a death duel between two Burke county cousins. Conley D. Mull, 30, died a few moments after fatally wounding Bruce, officers were told by eye-witnesses. It is said that Bruce first shot Conley, who returned the fire as he fell. A number of young men were shooting at targets near Morgan ton, when Bruce Mull and Clyde Orders, brother-in-law of Conley Mull, engaged in a dispute. Separated by friends, Bruce was being persuaded to go home when he suddenly flared up at Conley. HjMlffllWn? I liIClffTTiTit' n ,ii inW'n' i *Y THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. NEWS REEL, Dece ? YOURTOwfu^?^ MR.. MERCWAMT MAS B530KEW A THE: WORLDS RECORD TO THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE: TwiCE. THIS FALL . > HE WAS iKi A WUCT2V TO orncr? WOQE HOLIDAY Goods MlDOLETOWM, U.Sf.A. "THlS TOWW HAS NOT SeeN SVCHTGAPFIC JAMS AT emtuvecs^/ eWTRAWCES fon- TEARS fcvtAPlM I LOCAL CHURCH I SERVICES FIRST BAPTIST CHl iU li Rev, J. C. Canipc, Pastor. Regular services n?*xt Sunday as usual. The Fidelis class is selling j Christmas cards and otherwise try- : ing to help out in our building pro- 1 gram. The W. M. S. is observing week of j prayer under the fine leadership of Mrs. D. D. Dougherty. Remember the sick and the troubled in your prayc-rs. BOONfcl METHODIST Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. j Preaching service at 10:50 a. m. Sermon: "Men and Trees." Tin D/,,. Caa>>< * !WBjcwfllro?~ >v wvj ni>.viu v k<yv|> vrr?uvr\-mr-??tn -; all the Scouts are our invited guests. ; Front seats will be reserved fori them. Young Peoples' meeting at 6:15 p. m. Preaching service at 7:00. j Sermon, "Joseph the Dreamer." CAI.KND.YK OF LUTHERAN ' SF.KVICES St. Marks, Blowing Rock: Preach- | ing service on the first Sunday of each month at 2:30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m., Miss Marie Bradshaw, Superintendent: Prayer meeting" Wednesdav night of each week at 7:30. Luther League every Sunday, 2:30 p. m. Grace, Boone: Preaching service every Sunday at 11 a. m.; Vespers 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 nignt at v p. m. Holy Communion Banner Elk; Preaching service on the 3rd Sunday of each month a: 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 i month we hold services at Hanging Rock Chapel at 2:30 p. m. The public invited. REV. J. A. TOUNT, Pastor. GOVERNOR INVITED TO ADDRESS W. N. C. FARM MEETING IN McDOWELE Governor J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus and Governor-elect Clyde R. Hoey have been invited to address a farmers' meeting to be held Saturday, December 5, in the McDowell county courthouse at Marion. Farmers from 20 western North Carolina counties are being asked to attend the meeting, which will be held in connection with a visit to the state highway stone crushing and lime grinding plant a few miles north of Marion. Interested farmers or business men from other counties who can be there will be welcomed also, says J. W. Goodman, assistant director of the State College extension service. The program will start at 1T):30 o'clock Saturday morning. Lime is needed on most western North Carolina farms, especially where triple superphosphate is being applied to the soil, Goodman said, and this plant will make agricultural lime available to that area at a reasonable cost. Dr. R. Y. Winters, director of the North Carolina experiment station, will speak on lime and its use in agriculture, J. C. McAmis, director of the agricultural division of TV A., is expected to speak briefly., S. T. Henry, farmer living nefr Spruce Pine, who has worked with tfr '*' ruber Release : : : Wfwm worth pole, teqqa firma* rv scene. in workshop op Saktta Clali: = REPORTS largest number of orders Nt> GREATEST ACTTVrTV IN YEARS , Auo STA1 ruat an extra dividend in good cheer will be declared this christmas. all ar.ouwo us, u.s.a. s Johnny Q.TuBlic Bettered B IHE RECORD OF THE LAST P?\W YEARS IN T^E WEIGHTUFTlM^ EVERT ? the state highway ami public works commission in developing the lime plant, will be chairman of the meeting. Officials of the extension service will also be present. The special invitation to attend the meeting has been extended to farmers in Watauga, Henderson. Polk, Buncombe, Rutherford, Cleveland, Gason, Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, McDowell, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, j Cakiwell. Alexander, Iredell, Wilkes, j Ashe ami Haywood counties. SAW TWO TORNADOES Two tornadoes, one mother nature used to sweep and wreck parts ot Greensboro, and one the voters set in motion to sweep ail of the United States except Maine and Vermont, were witnessed by John E. Stringer, ohi army vetel arr of ?t*i Ian, 2?Xo., w??v/1 happened to be in Greensboro when each took place. Passing through Boone the other day on his leisurely "thumb" tour Danville, Va., to his Missouri home, he said he is a member of the Philippine occupation, serving with Co. D. 20th U. S. infantry in 1904. President Roosevelt didn't need exSoldier Stringer's vote this last time, he said, and the veteran was on the road at the time anyway, so he1 ] couldn't cast it, but he traveled to I his home in Milan in 1932 to caSt | one for Roosevelt. i His time since 1932 has been spent | "off and on" at 'the U. S. Soldiers' | nuiutr ill YYtumillglXm. : Veteran Stringer's latest tour has | taken him on a wide circle through I the midwest and back into the east 'Through Tennessee and North Carolina into Virginia and now he's on this way back. He got on the Roosevelt tornado I subject when he saw a picture of the j President here: j *T went 1200 miles to Missouri in 11932 to help elect that, man whose I picture you have there." WHEN THE WEST WAS REALLY WILD Interesting series of articles by ; "Arizona Bill," daredevil pioneer of I the old Wild West, who looks back 1 upon a career of exciting adventures. I Do not miss the first story in the j December 6th issue of the American Weekly, the big magazine which comes regularly with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Your Newsdealer will supply your copy. Men in Bali, East India, can buy wives for fifty dollars. WESTINGHOUSE IR $6. $1 allowance made NEW RIVER LIGI DECEMBER 3. 1936 ' by A. B. 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