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PAGE FOUR The Watauga Democrat. The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY i 1 Established in 18S8 and Published for ' 45 years bj* the late Robert C. Rivers j PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY!, t SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50,, Six Month .. ? .751 Four Months - .50 . i Payable in Advance) R. C. RIYRRS Jr.. - Publisher . ? t Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Re- ^ spect. Obituaries, etc., are charged , for at the regular advertising rates. s j Entered at the As Second } Postoffioo at Class Mail Boone, N. C. Mutter. f THURSDAY. DEC. 31. 1936 1 i f c THE OLD YEAR PASSES As Christinas passes, and the ' feasting and gaity of the holi- ; day season lapse into a memory 5 ?when the left-overs, even j * down io the turkey hash, have J i gone their way. and the cash [; registers 01 ine grocery estao- I; lishments again jingle?we find J. ourselves reviewing the past year, and looking forward into j ' the vast unknown space which i ? constitutes the New Year. People in Watauga county i have fared fairly happily during ' 1936?there have, of course, c been sorrows, trials and tribu- v lations, the hand of affliction 1 J", and of death and of care, has _ been passed over our community and county many times? . but withal we have been spared the pangs of hunger, the ravish- ^ ing march of pestilence and the < destructive forces of nature, so 1 often unleshcd on less favored ' terrain. , It has beer, a pretty good old year after all, and there is a 1 bow of bright promise in the. J economic firmament. The fail- , wti'.ro cum I Uii>LUXVCr> UL lilt* pUJit x year are apt to be corrected in J the dawn of a brighter era. Let , us look to the future with confidence. devotion to duty and to our fellovvman. and strive to- , gcthcr for the next twelve ! months for the- betterment of ; our institutions, our families } and our fellow man. 1 In the meat)me the cordial ' greetings of your county paper | go out to you in the hope that i the New Year will be bigger, 1 brighter and more prosperous ! than any before. i Little Journeys In 1 Palestine 1 By ,T. C. CANTPK ' Athens is in Greece, not Palestine. Yet Athens is of interest tc us hecause Paul visited here and preached here. Athens is a city with nearly a million people. Coming in on the boat in the bay of Salamis we can see the Acropolis in Athens ten miles away. We arrived in Athens August 14. 1934. We visited the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Delphi, the Arch of Hadrian, Tower of the Winds, Prison of Socrates, Market Place, olive trees where Plato taught his pupils and many other historicar spots. But the most interesting to me was the Acropolis and Mars Hill where Paul preached. In approaching the Acropolis we stop first at the Temple of Bachus, I where there was an ancient theatre seating seventeen thousand people. We move up to Mars Hill where Paul preached that famous sermon in the 17th chapter of the Acts. We spent several hours on this famous spot. We can stand here and see many of the ruins of the ancient temples of the ancient gods. Mars Hill is a barren, rock hill a little lower than the Acropolis. We feasted our eyes on the ancient city and the splendor of modern Athens. We reviewed our Bible on Paul's experience. We bared our heads in Draver and then moved up to the Acropolis. The re- , suits of Paul's visit were meager j then but today Athens is dotted with j Christian churches showing Paul's sermon was not in vain. I Green Bay, Wis.?Even if the earth ; did not rotate at all on its axis, the i sun would rise and set once during I the year because of the earth's journey around it. Cambridge, Mass?Photographs of lightning show that the main flash is i always preceded by a 'leader," which : acts as a sort of pathfinder, or trail- i blazer. 1 v - [ Druce Barton Says . . . . . Will to Live is Imporiant AmcilMr tilt* mim whose frif?n??shir [ enjoyed was the late C. YV Barron. )v-ner of the Wall Street Journal. Ho told rata two stories. The first was about a Mr. who accumulated a arge fortune, built a house on Fifth i * venue put his feet on the window j jiil. and said: "Now, J am going to! aojoy myself." But he was like a ! watch spring which lias been wound ' lp tight for a long time, and, being! suddenly released, snaps in pieces. \fter only a few months of idleness le died. Tlie second story ha 1 been told to Sarron by a noted surgeon A wornin, taken to the hospital for a slight operation, died almost before the mesthetie was applied. The surgeon :oiitd not understand it. On looking' iito her history, lie discovered that j :rom the minute the operation was) iecided upon slie had begun to pre-1 >are for the worst. The surgeon ' bud: "That taught me a lesson. I : hall never again operate until ^ find : nit what preparations the patient las made. If any person cares so , it tie about holding on to life that le makes ail preparations to let go. ? hen some other surgeon can have j he job." \ Sit.'.-, sal-? that bv the degree of, iheir courage and faith men them-1 tei'ycs determine how long" they will j ive. I believe that is true? that, those ; ive who want to live: that when in- j crest ceases the heart stops. None ? if us can escape the process of delay. but there are many things I rant. to learn, so many places I want 0 see, that I hope to fool the old teart and kidneys for quite a whiles Vnd so. T trust, will you. > t r Court Not the Haters A group cf people had listened to 1 candidate's radio speech and. after t was ovei, there was a good deal. >f criticism. I noticed that, one inelligent woman took no part in the lonversation. and when T asked her vhy. she said: "The older 1 grow the nore I hate haters." "It's a remark to set one thinking. Down through the ages hate has iragged its bloody trail across the mart of this good earth. Hate hurled nations at each other's throats in var: hate kindled the fires of perjecution. Hate forced the hemlock ;o the lips of Socrates, and raised r Jerusalem the savage shouts of i 'Crucify.'"* One might say tniUifuiiy that ev?ry good lORasure of the historical vorth of a rrtae or institution: "I>ld le or it odd to or abstract from the sttm total of hitman hate?" Napoleon does not stand the tost Hack and forth across the face of ilnrop.- be tiamjv'ipj in blno.J-drev.cli- | :.i boots, uiltli at insl there was) m:y one senomftm in the lit arts of ncii arid women or that whole conLinen t?desperat e resolve to rid iiemselvea forever of this conscienceless destroye?-; a bitter unrelenting' late Businesses could properly stop >nce a year and check themselves by diis measuring rod: How much >r less are they liked or disliked than twelve months ago? What lave they done, or what arc they doing. if anything, that adds to the total of hate? OPEN FORUM | Readers are invited to contribute to this department. Profit may be derived from these letters. Name 1 of writer must accompany all man- ! uscript and brevity is urged. A FALSEHOOD Editor Democrat: Will you be so kind as to find space n your paper for the following? To one and all I will say. the person or persons who heard that I got 525 on or about the 3rd day of Not-ember, 1936, for turning over to the Hepubllcan party, heard it wrong, for t never done such a thing. I never ;ot the $25?it is absolutely a falsetood. What would the old men say ibout me if I had sold my principle ind my lib_rt: tor $25? On the 3rd day of November I vent to the election, voted for some democrats and some Republicans, mt I did not get any money from iither side, but voted my principle ind my liberty. 1 will repeat it, it is ibsolutely a ralsehood about me getting the $25, or even a penny. I went >ut and took some absentees in Meat Damp township. X told Mr. Harrison Baker I would not get any pay for fixing them. To all the voters in Meat Camp township I will say, I have no ill will against any one of you. I love you ill, but will say in conclusion, it is a falsehood, I never got the $25. Peace to ail of you. NAHUM WINEBARGER. Meat Camp, N. C. New York?Forty-one deaths from football were recorded in the United States last year. Of these, thirtyfive deaths were the direct result of gridiron activity. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVEIi 'Fircsule Philosophy (By C. M. Dickson) I The question as to where I came t from is not so important as to "where I'se gwisie to.'* I Most m: v are* liberals when it ' ponies to taxing: the other fellow, but j when their own property is tax-.v.. , I they are strictly "reactionary-eon- ! . servative " ! The "Literary Digest" seems to be ! convalescing from an acute attack ' of "in'-digestion. I However "brotherly" one's love may be. righteous indignation is oft- J en a virtue of supreme importance. A dual achievement?for a girl to be able to chew her gum and sing iu Hie choir at the same time. Of all the "itiseS* NVOrlt*< HPT there are none more Egg . - - 'vir-.g than - jr'debt-itis." A3L J Numbers of peojj||^ pie are ^ hard to j didn't have to. ' j > ?&??tual sermon is often beans without "sear sonin'." An "amateur" supervisor telling a well-seasoned and ari experienced pedigog how to teach the young "how to shoot" is similar to a new brakeman's tellin an ohl engineer how to run a freight train. No wonder an undertaker speaks words of condolence to the bereaved at the funeral. The deceased often sleeps in a $25 casket that costs . $200. Tf dancing and bridge parties arc ' so spiritually edifying, they should, by ail means, be given a prominent place cither at the beginning or clos mg of our church programs. One advantage in a "cigaretess's" * painting her fingernatils red is to decoy her prospective employer from thinking that her fingers are not yellow from the effect of nicotine and that she is a boy. One difference between protein and paint is that the former "reddens" from the inside and is permanent, while the latter is applied from ' the outside and is "transient " Poets may be "natural" when they are born, but they are not full- j grown. If the children can stand it. why ' should the parents object to the ] teacher's smoking, "heering." "carding" and "tangoing," just a little , bit cn week-ends? ' The Family Doctor By DR. JOHN JOSEPH GAINES IN THE PHARMACY OF THE ALL-W ISF. CREATOR Perhaps very few people who dine ever think of the valuable medicinal properties residing in the fancy pepper shaker, that long ago earned its right to a place on every dining table Some shrink from pepper ad v.sedly perhaps--and from the ' smarting it causes when indulged in too freely. Others, lovers of the ' pungant in dietary, go to extremes [and indulge the fiery pepper to ex- : cess. There will always be extremi ists who go too far. "Piper Nigrum," biack pepper, depends upon an essential oil for its ' stimulating property. There are some modern medical authorities : who have little faith in internal antiseptics. One in particular tells us 1 that an infectious, catarrhal process ; set up on a mucuous surface, can he cured by the use of an agent that 1 stimulates the surface cells to activity. He means that the cells do 1 the work against the germs, and not " the so-called "antiseptic" remedies. Black pepper certainly stimulates mucous surfaces. It causes a freer ' flow at perfect digestion. Moderate ' use of black pepper benefits the weak stomach?does away with "gases" ' that give distress. It does no harm 1 if used temperately, except in ulcer- 1 ation. One of the best anti-malarias I ^ know of contains a small proportion j of the oil of black pepper. "Piper- j azin" has valnA i?-? "nrtoin ? ccn~+:??. ? ill bvi I.aui aiicCHUJUi with uric acid intoxication. The use of pepper is well known in convalescence from chronic alcoholism, coaxing the weakened gastric surfaces back into normal activity. The pharmacy of a great and allwise Creator is without parallel for its number of useful remedies. Ever think of it? IDEALS AND TRUTH IN RHYME AND RHYTHM Honestly make all the laws, Not by hungry lobby's maws. Are you cross when others fail? Helpful feelings should prevail. 1 ! Why do many lose their way? 1 'Tis because in dark they stay. What is best for every one? 1 Live the right, the evil shun. 1 Is it hard to do your best? ' It may be, but there's the test. 1 Ever hidden in our lives, Some ideal worthy strives. 1 IY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. REVIEWING 1936 GooU SWILL vovAGe it ?u<S* ^''7:*'- "***"/ ANVJ'OUS !*vr^ MOV.ENT5 j 9|GG.FST ^JlT -- ' SETTINe STAKTt Cove Creek High ! School Honor Roll > The following Cove Creek high i 1 3cnoo! pupils have made the honor ^ -oli and those having perfect attend- | lnce record for the fall term: Eighth Grade Ruby Bingham, Billie Brown, Billie Harmon, Frances Swift, Nina Hayes. \Te?lie Miller. ? Ninth Grade Honor roll: Claude Calloway, < Cllenn Farthing, Roy Anderson, Mar- * tha Harris, Myrtle Johnson, Ruth | ^ Miller. Perfect attendance: Ruth Banner,]1 Reba Trivette, Virginia Banner, Sal- f lie Baird, Edna Baird. Dare Dishman, Delia Welch, Gladys Eggers, T Ros - Edna Warren, Floy Greene, c Ph.r.m,- WaKS. Martha "Karris. Irene i Hatley, Thelma Hodges, Ruth Hep- j? son. Mary Herman, Myrtle Johnson,! Mary Kerby, Marie Parker, Flowers \* Mast. Fayt McLean. Ruth Miller, j Hazel Teague. Garner Aldvttlge, Ray ] A > ? rLuucraun. fc lurence Kerry. Hill Bingham, Floyd Brewer, Claime Callo- 1 ,vay, Bin Caiifciill, Jay Coffey. Glenn Panning. Dean Grimsley, Ho wart! ' Honoyeutt, licnry Michael, Mack ( Miller, Claude Miller, Thomas Shook. Welch Tester, Hite Williams. Tenth Grade Honor roll: John Shepherd, Harold 1 Mast, Smith Walker. Ernest Lewis, David Love. S. F. Moody, Lee Recce, Leroy Wilson, Worth Wilson, day Henson, Velma Smith, Odenia ' Miller, Jack Grogan, Gordon Spainhour, Hal Johnson. ' Perfect attendance: Carl Anderson, 1 Robert Brooks, Beryl Greene, Buster ' Henson, Henry Johnson, Ernest Lew- ' is. David Love, Harold Mast, Max ' Miller, S. F. Moody, Everette May, ' Gray Presnell, lee Reece, Ronald 1 Rominger, Smith Walker, Lee Wat- 1 son, Leroy Wilson, Worth Wilson, Raj' Harmon, Edgar Bingham, Er- 1 aest Fletcher. Lynn Fox, Jack Gro- 1 jan, Hoy Isaacs, Hal Johnson, Cor.Icy Presnell, Lawrence Shepherd, Garrol Shook, Gordon Spainhour, ' Howard Rowe, J. B Williams, Ellen ' Palmer, Delia Mae Trivette, Odemia Miller, Joyce Sutherland. Eleventh Grade Honor roll: Velma Combs, Helen Nobles, Shclton Dugger, Dean Gro- ' Jan. Perfect attendance: James Brown, 3radj' Campbell, Shclton Dugger, Pred Proffit, Frank Caudill, Len- j ,vood Blair, Horace Bingham, Mar.'in Deal. Dean Grogan, Richard J hartley. Morris Hpnson T.vnn Toaana Robert Lewi3, Lee McGuire, Bud Wast, Roxanna Bingham, Irene Michael, Maxine Moody, Ersel Presieli, Gladys Tester, Maudella Ward, r Second Grade 1 Perfect attendance: Esther Mcluire, Betty Joe Miller, Nannie lelen Greene, Reba Combs, Kathleen Ward, Clinard Ward, Willis Farthng, W. T. Payne, Jr., Fuller Horton, 3illy Sheffield, Clint Ward, Buster e VIcGuire, Barrac Hayes, Eugene f fox. Honor roll: Betty Joe Miller, Esiher McGuire, Len Stokes, Willis Earthing. Fuller Horton, W. T. Payne, Jr., Margie Bradley, Nannie Iclen Greene. Fifth Grade Perfect attendance: John Bingham, t -uther Martin Bingham, Gordon r Singham, Edward Stokes, Everette 1 Tester, Sophronia Banner, Grace r 3anner, Mary Lee Dotson, Mary I lelen Edminsten, Dare Henson, Vel- t na Isaacs, Clara Norris, Wilmetta X Ward, Mamie Hollers. p Honor roll: John Bingham, David I Singham, Gordon Bingham, Paul V is! , jf. ^yJSWKT LAMPSllDC IU U.VlliVrottV ' -u |i t* m 4 _ if'Tuwje ?(J? f\ ! *??eti V 16^^ , IGGFJT SHOCK *VJ BRITISH HISTOftV aim .^Si TUIS5 IU 1<E ?.llt- 1 SiGGEV TU.uG uU rji "mMM MfWWf fti Cx-r?tM U BKjGEST VACATIOW VEAKS Jrown, Sophronia Banner, Grace banner, Mary Lee Dotson, Mary Hel~ in Edminsten. I.ora Greene, Earlc Fohnson, Barbara Nobles, Nora Milcr, Clara Morris, Wilma Norris, -Vilmetta Ward, Marnie Hollers, Fae Jreene. Vilas News Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Horton had as quests lor Sunday dinner, Mrs. Ellen Vlast and two sons, Dewey and Lex. >f Mulberry: Mrs. Texic Barlow and lor children, of Lenoir: Mr. and Mrs. .V. H. Mast, of Sugar Grove Mrs Maiissa Reece, of Recce, has 5een spending the holidays with her ion, Lewis, at Vilas. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Recce have a lew son in their homo. The young ntize.n is so grand that his parents UeJuwing a hard time finding a suitable name. Mr. W. E. Shipley has been a very sick man for the last few days. Master Robert, son of Mr. and VIrs. Floyd Smith, has been sick. Mrs. John Dugger has been indisjoseti for several <wvs Mr. Gryder, of Butler, Tenn., has aeen visiting his daughter, Mrs. lie 3reene. Mr. and Mrs C. I. Billings and ions, Billie and .Timmie, spent the vcek-end with Mrs. Billings' parents h Mocresville. Miss Frances Jenkins, of Bristol. Tenr... and Mrs. Smith Jenkins and son James, of Sliouns, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Smith during the holidays. The Brinkley clan had Christmas iinner with Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Brinkley. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brinkley and Elmo 3rinkley, of Vilas; Mr. and Mrs. Os;ar Chappel, Shouns, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Isaacs and Miss Johnsie Brinkley, Heaton; Miss Frances Brinkley, Boone. Mr. Sam Atkins has bought the :imber on the J. F. Smith property and is making preparation to manufacture it in the near future. Mrs. Wiley Walker has been elect?d superintendent of WillowdaJe :hurch for the year 1937. BLOWING ROCK R. F. D. Mrs. L.iza Triplett and Mrs. W. H. EJenson spent Christmas day and ook dinner with Mr. Monroe Nichols ind family. Mr. John Church's birthday was Jhristmas day. He was 70 years >ld. They set a birthday dinner for lim and the large crowd present enoyed a good time. WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued from page one.) nally elected Roosevelt and Garner, rhe exact popular vote was: Roosevelt 27,752,309 Landon 16,682,524 Others L 1,379,565 Roosevelt's plurality 11,069,785 The figures as certified by election iffictals included the following minor >arty votes: Lemke (Union party) 892,793 Thoma3 (Socialist) 187,342 Browder (Communist) 80,096 Colvin (Prohibitionist) 37,609 Aiken (Socialist-Labor) .... 12.793 Scattering and void 168,911 The death of Senator Peter Norleck of South Dakota reduces the lumber of Repuolican senators to 6, or exactly one-sixth of the total lumber of senators Governor Tom icrry of South Dakota i3 expected o appoint a Democrat to succeed Ir. Norbeck, but unles he acts romptly the incoming governor, a tepublican, will have the say as to . ho shall fill the vacant seat. DECEMBER 31, 1936 : By A. B. Chapin MAKING POOT.^ at last << cove<^v ^ (T_H RAW AWAY TUS ^HOW Um u , r s"- ^ HO?iTogS ORltWT J" \x eVhiopia L *ael : ? ^ "V\ r. *Ui; "'"'a! u*.r?stb&in(so boll\* " HHI ct?4mt killeq. i Bethel High School and Community News Rev. VV. D. Ashley, pastoi of the Baptist church, filled his appointment at Bethel Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. C. M. Dickson and Lawrence Atcliiey, members of the Bethel high school faculty, spent the Christmas holidays with home folks in. Ashe and Rutherford counties, respectively. Mr. J. It. O'Neal spent the holidays ^ with relatives and friends in South Carolina. [I Messrs. Ivan Far tiling* and Paul \ Norris, with their families, spent f Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Swift, of Cove Creek. Mrs. Louisa Perry, who has been visiting her son. Dr. H. B. Pcrrv, of P.r.rme in now visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. Y. Fanning, of this place. On Friday, December 18, "Santa Clans" visited all the rooms of BetheL school and gave each student a small "treat" in token of his interest in school children. f So far '.us is known at the present ^ | Lime, tiie Holidays passed off in a. i very quiet manner, which is typical of the immediate vicinity of Bethel, i Mr. Bert Farthing, principal of , Mabel school, and former teacher in j Bethel school, visited the. latter I school Monday morning: and gave an interesting talk at chapel. New Orleans.?Investment of capital in new chemical industry plants j in the south, according to the AllSouth Development council, has totaled $85,000,000 in the last three years. i LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. C. Cunipe, Pastor. The holidays are over and we are ready to go back to our work and church. Why not start Uie New ' Year by attending church the first Sunday and keeping it up for the year? Besides all the good it does , you in worship at God's house it also i makes the pastor feel good to see you there. I can be your pastor and ' let you stay at home, but I cannot be your preacher if you do not come to church. Our subject next Sunday morning will oe 'If This Were My Last Year To Live, How Would I Live It?" CALENDAR OF LUTHERAN SERVICES St. Marks, Blowing Rock: Preach- 1 TfVfr OOPVIfa ATI fVl A finnf * f, UM ??vv VII uic AUOb (OUIUJCV^ VI each month at 2:30 p. m. Sunday I School every Sunday at 9:45 a. in.. Miss Marie Bradshaw, Superintendent; Prayer meeting Wednesday night of each week at 7:30. Luther League every Sunday, 2:30 p. m. J Grace, Boone: Preaching service fl every Sunday at 11 a. m.; Vespers at ? 7 p. m. on 2nd and 4th Sundays; Sun- ? day School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m., Prof. George L. Sawyer, Super- |i lntendent; Luther League each Sun- jli day night at 7 p. m. 4 Holy Communion Banner Elk; (J. Preaching service on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 2:30 r. m.; Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.; Luther League at 3 p. m. on first, second and fourth Sundays. We moat 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. YOUNT, Pastor.