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THURSDAY. MAY 13. 1937
THE SKETCH COLUMN
For the first time in almost
two years, column one, page
one, of The Democrat today is
filled with "'Sketches," J i m
Rivers' contribution to this
weekly blotter of local information.
Jim's handling of the human
side of life, his humorous
vein and philosophical references
to the little things which
happen, together with an altogether
original handling of the
more momentous occurrences,
combined during the past years
in bringing letters of approval
from every part of the nation.
It is with a good deal of pride
that The Democrat is able to return
today with this feature,
the popularity of which has not
been approached by any other
column published by The Democrat
during the forty-nine years
of its existence. Jim proposes
to furnish the feature regularly.
Little Journeys In
Palestine
By J. C. CANIPE
Gethsemane lies at the foot of
the Mount of Olives, l>oyorui the valley
of Kijron. We went into the
Garden about ten o'clock at night
and the moon was full and shining
in all its glory' The shadow of the
great olive trees were distinct on the
ground. Somewhere here our Lord
prayed till His sweat became as |
great drops of blood falling to thej
ground. We kneeled here in silent j
prayer with the thoughts of that j
awful night in tlie life of our Lord. !
The Tree of Agony, under which j
Jesus was supposed to have prayed i
still stands. It shows the marks of j
antiquity.
I slipt away aione once during
our visit in Jerusalem to the Garden
of Gethsemane and prayed. Somehow
my heart was in more tune with
God than when 1 went with the
crowd. In the stillness of the night
I prayed to the Father of my I/>rd !
who prayed in this spot. 'My soul j
is exceeding sorrowful unto death." j
It seemed that Jesus spoke to my!
heart and blessed it that night.
The Catholics have built a lare-e >
costly church in the garden. They i
have commercialized it and try to
make money from admission fees. |
Soldiers also stand guard around and j
it does not seem Christian to see the
tactics used by Catholics in and
around almost all these sacred
places.
The Armenians were having a
feast day and the whole side of the
Mount of Olives was covered with,
them on this night. One could hear
the music and dancing and the festivities
going on by the thousands of
them encamped on the slopes of the
mount about the garden. I reentered
the city through the Sheep gate
and went to my hotel.
ADULT EDUCATIONAL
WORK DISCUSSED
BY LIONS CLUB
For the purpose of becoming better
informed regarding the adult education
program in Watauga county,
InuHino" vnnrncnnf n uroo aF +1%a T ln?n
y' I.U1.HLUI.1 ?LO Ui U1C LllU.IO I
club and Chamber of Commerce met |
with the state directors of the VVPA j
adult education at a luncheon held at i
the Daniel Boone hotel Friday. The
whole program was very interestingly
discussed Mrs. Mrs. E. C. Morris,
Mrs. J. M. Day, of Raleigh; Mrs.
Marion G. Faison and Mrs. Dora
Penn. The latter explained that the
goal in Watauga county was the
complete eradication of illiteracy by
1940, illiteracy for the county now
being about seven per cent. Short
speeches were made by Hon. Walter
P. Murphy, Salisbury; Wade E.
Brown and Clyde R. Greene. The
luncheon was sponsored jointly by
Mrs. Penn and Dr. D. J. Whitener,
the latter being in charge.
Those from out-of-town attending
were Mesdames E. C. Morris, J. M.
Day, Marion G. Faison, Misses Mabel
Bacon ar.d Elizabeth Murphy. From
Boone were Richard E. KeUey, Wade.
E. Brown, Clyde R. Greene, Councill
Cook, G. K. Moose, Gordon Winkler,
Russell Hedges, W. G. Hartzog, A. S.
Harris, John Conway, A. E. Hodges,
D. J. Whitener, Mrs. Dora Penn, G.
P. Hagaman, and Manley Clark.
Half of all the gold in the world .
is held by Hie United States.
I
WAT
OPEN FORUM ^
I Readers are invited to contribute
I to this department. Profit may be
derived from these letters. Name i ~
of writer must accompany all man- , M.
uscript and brevity is urged.
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MOKE ABOUT SCHOOL |Ed
Editor Watauga Democrat: j ^
I was sorry to note the resigna- ;
a - ? ??- \r ij?~? r Cia
i uon cw. jar?. iiuuj ?w uvui vui ,
J school committee in this district, as ;
she is the only member of the com- j J
mittee who has shown by her ac- ]
tions anjr interest whatsoever in the
progress and welfare of our school.
She has visited the school two or ; J?
three times each week during the
entire session, and stands rrt all | .
times for the good of the school. She ' ?
lias tried all the year to have a coach i
for the erirls* basketball team, but
J-was blocked at every lure by the
! ether members of the committee. 1
j Kveryone in touch with the condi- JC1
j tions prevailing at the school know
; that we need a girls' coach to take '
care of our girls at home and away
and we the patrons of Cove Creek j
high school are not going to stop 1
until we have one, regardless of the I is
stand the other members take. j are
It was a shock to the majority of ' the
the patrons on Cove Creek to learn ^
that Mr. Claud Pyatte had been j
dropped from the teaching staff, oar
and without any reason being given. ;
Car. the reason be the general talk
all thi-ough the district that Mr. ! *'vh
Pyatte had been approached by a I 1
school official demanding a donation : wo
to the Democratic campaign fund be
which he refused, thereby losing his I
position? If this be true, we as j;f
! patrons of the school arc demanding j.,K
the resignation of the other com- ! *
i mittee members and the restoration j __
j of Mrs. Harris on the committee and M
i that the board of education appoint j H
i two more members that at least have j I
j some interest in the school besides
getting their folks on the teaching H
| staff.
Claud Pyatte has put Cove Creek
at the top among" high schools in SB
North Carolina in athletics ami aside | AM
from that he was one of the best in- BH
olructors this school has ever had.
The writer had two children under BB
Mr. Pyatte and that enabled him to I
keep in touch with the work he did. ; H
which, was far above the average. T BB
can't conceive of any committee hav- BB
ing any interest at all in the school,
dropping a man with the education soa
I and teaching experience Mr. Pyatte i mo
has, and putting a young man just' arK
out of school with no experience at T
all in this place. j ,
I am casting no reflection on the u q
young man. for he is one of the best, J . *~
but the state wants teachers with !nv<
as much experience as can be had. j or-c
11' the rumors being circulated as j raii
to the committee, demanding dona-1 I
tioiis from each teacher to the cam- < cd
j paign fund be true, then they should j unj
be asked to resign and if need be i rj
j i'occd to resign, and this should ap- j
| ply to any school official in the I ?*'c
I county. I fac
Yours for good schools and compc- i wlli
1 tent teachers. T
A PATRON. j j>er
Sherwood, N. C. I and
lice
SILVERSTONE CITIZENS I)
OPPOSE CONSOLIDATION and
WITH MABEL SCHOOL \u2
Editor Watauga Democrat: ; and
We the citizens of Silverstone I hnd
community, Watauga. county, would j O
be glad if you will give us a little j a s
space In your paper to say a word j a
about our school at Silverstone, as J ras?
the Watauga county board of edu- |
cation is about to move our school .
out of our community. On last Monday
more than 100 citizens of Silver- n
stone went to Boone to see the. lion- **
orable board and to tell them that it v
we are not going to have our school
moved out; hut the board could not j
be found. We located just one mem- |
ber of the board about 4 o'clock an<l
he seemed to think that the board ,
had but little to do with it?that it i
was all up to the state; so we can't j q_
see why we have a board. We have | addi
a good school building here and lots 1 r ]
of little tots from 7 years up to 14. idres
If it had not been for our school- Sali
house here close to church, many of prof
the children would not have heard a R]ia
gospel sermon or a gospel song \yp
sung. So we think if any man ;
would take this thing home to him- ec]u'(
self, he would not want to do a stat
thing like this. We have a petition tee
with 176 names on it who are heads en-a
of families in this community, that prof
say we do not aim to have our school and
taken away from us. We hope to adul
see the honorable board and let ^
them look it over and talk with us
the first Monday in June. _art
We, the people of Silverstone, are ?un1
not going to stand for it. We can't in
see why any board, county or state, CQm
would want to do a thing like this, rese
when just four say take our school incl)
to Mabel and 176 say we are not go- ^
ing to send our children out of our tlnu
community to school. adul
SIL.VERSONE COMMUNITY,
Roy Eggeis.
? OCX LI
cam
LAUDS LOCAL POLICE
I ! 11
Police Department, Boone, N. C. men
Gentlemen: Our club wants to tw?'
take this opportunity to thank you p"
for the splendid way that you handl- ?
ed and treated our motorcycle com
friends that were invited and attended
the motorcycle rally this past c
week-end. prov
We realize that some of our crowd
did make quite a bit of noise, hut I D<
guess when two hundred motorcycles grey
get together there is bound to be tral
some, if not a lot of noise. We just mos
want to thank you for not getting four
too impatient with them and put- ages
ting them in jail. very
We, along wifh J. R. Boiling Co., with
Inc., would like to make the rally yellc
an annual affair there in Boone. Do ing
you think that your citizens object skin
AUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER\
any way? We would like to hear
>m you on this matter.
We thank you!
J. B. ESTES. President.
Winston-Salem Motorcycle Club.
J. R. BOLUXG. Manager,
J R. Boiling Motorcycle Co.
raston-Salem. N. C.
iy 4. 1&37.
XPRESSES APPRECIATION
itor Democrat:
[ desire to express to the people of
one my full and complete appretion
for their co-operation during
; period in which I served as
jcrintendent of the water departnt
I endeavored to serve the
>p!e well .and whatever success I
i in my efforts was largely due
the splendid spirit of helpfulness
>wn by the people. For all the
ny kindnesses shown during my
ainistration in this department, 1
deeply grateful.
J. L. riTORJE.
5done. IN. U
ireside Philosophy
(By C. M. Dickson)
Jig: -headlines are given if a crime
committed; if a score of people
saved, it may be mentioned on
"stock market'' page,
dany who would shudder at the
ught of suicide will jump in their
unu <L>/ptl.l t..llki V, llUi. \/II!V Wiul
suicide, but probably kill their
ole family.
rhousrh a man be slow to start
rk. if he is quick to stop, he can
with himself more,
tight-of-way on the highway of
is always given to the man who
>\vs where he is going.
No wise man wili
Snfelfcl- ?great occasions to
cowards or heroes.
If, as the common
and the higher one
rs the brighter the sun," comn
sense would say: "Dig deep,
! fly high."
f heaven is what we say it is,
y should we try to miss it?
Strong minds may reason and ar2
at great conclusions, but no
can reason himself into immoty.
I very civic unit should be governby
laws peculiarly befitting this
t.
lie reason that you and I are not
up.Y*ng higher positions is the
t thai we cannot get pay For
it the other fellow knows.
"here's just one consolation for a
son who marines an "eccentric."
that is to be too ignorant to noi
it. |
C NOW is taken care of, the "BY j
BY" will take care of itself. j
'here are some exceptions, but I
ally, the fellows who are "down I
out" just would not "stand up" I
"stay in."
ne may be a master of today, but!
abject of tomorrow.
sorry excuse can neither be|
led in at the bank nor used in
meter building'.
lie fluctuates?upward, but the
h remains stable.
' the tail is heavier, why shouldn't
vag the dog?
ULT CLASSES
STAGE EXHIBIT
(Continued from Page One)
Faison, district supervisor. The
ress of welcome was made by Dr.
B Dougherty and the chief ad:s
by Hon. Walter P. Murphy, of
sbury. Others taking part in the
;ram with short talks were Mrs.
abeth C. Morris, state director,
A education program; Mrs. J. M.
'. field representative of WPA
ration program; Mrs. .T. J. Andee,
e chairman, education coinmitof
the State Federation of WomcTubs,
and Dr. D. J. Whitener,
essor of history ana government
on the advisory committee for
it education.
tie most important and, at the
e time, the most interesting
of the program was tie large
iber of exhibits placed on display
he gymnasium. These exhibits,
ing from fourteen counties, repnted
eleven types of education,
iding workers' education, parent,
le-making, vocational, leisure
literacy, nursery and general
t education. Later in the day,
i appropriate ceremonies, a Conition
tree was planted on the
pus.
le general purpose of the comOhrYi
Art t dorr rtrnn - *
WM ueviareu T.O De
-fold: first, to give the general
ic an opportunity to see adult
at ion in action; second, to enage
the students who are takpart
ami to stimulate them to
inue the program of self-im'ement
and self-education.
jn't go drab when you wear
' or beige. Highlight these neucolois
with a youthful, gay, al- ]
t coquettish make-up, to be
d in the pretty cosmetic- packi.
Hie blues, from navy to the
icy pale tints, call for make-up
a rosy caste. Avoid any hint of
>w in your complexion, accentinstead
a smooth, satiny roseate
tone.
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' THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
SCOUT SKETCHES
By Scout Charles Rogers
Boy Scout troop No. 41 of Boone
mot at the Scout hut at 6 o'clock
Monday evening. The meeting came
to order and the troop took up the
discussion of our future Scout plans
severa: tests were worKecl on.
After the regular meeting: the
troop went out floors and cooked supper.
Mrs. M. ML Miller sponsored
the supper for the Scouts. The
Scouts wish to thank Mrs. Miller for
her kindness.
BOONE BOV WINS IN
F. F. A. CONTEST
In an essay contest conducted by
| the Chilean Nitrate educational bu|
reau for the Future Farmers of
! America.. Ri!!v Clsy, of Boone, IVOn
i second prize in the fourth district of
! the state. The award was $12.50.
IThe subject of the contest was
"How the Major Crops on My Farm
Are Fertilized." Since Billy did not
I have a farm he used the Shipley
| farm at Vilas in writing his essay.
The nitrate company in co-operation
with the state department of
vocational education, conducts numerous
contests for the Future
Farmers each year. Another of them
is the Young Tar Heel Farmer contest
in which several awards arc
made to the most outstanding Future
Farmers in the state.
No habit is probably more dangerous
than the one that "creeps"
on a fellow.
NOT IFF OF SALE OF LAND
North Carolina, Watauga County;
in the Superior Court.
| Farmers Bank vs. Dean Keece. administrator
of the estate of W. F.
i Recce, and J. Lewis Recce.
Pursuant to a judgment entered in
| the above-entitled civil action during
i the November Special Term, 1031,
j Watauga Superior Court, signed by
i His Honor, Cameron F. McRae. I.
! the undersigned Commissioner, will,
ion the 7th day of June, 1037, at 12
| o'clock noon, at the courthouse door
| in Boone, N. O., sell at public auci
tion to the highest bidder therefor
j the following described property:
Lying and being in Beaver Dam
; Township, Watauga County, and ad:
joining the lands of Wiseman Cable,
: Sam Dugger, Lethro lands. Roe
j Greene. State line, Thomas J. Farth!
ing heirs. C. S. Farthing heirs, coni
taining in all 320 acres, more or less;
j and for a fuller description, reference
1 i?s hrtt*oKv ma/1.-, f-* T3 i - ?' ? *
, ... ..V.V ..J niuuc vu owiv ?1, iii mge
| 374, of Book of Deeds in the office
! of the Register of Deeds for Wati
auga County.
Tliis property is being sold to satisfy
judgment referred to aljove and
on account of default in the payment
of the amount due in said judgment,
and said lands will be sold subject to
any prior lien.
This 7th day of May. 1037.
j. E. HOBSHOUSER.
5-13-4c Commissioner
PASTIME
THEATRE
BOONE. N. C.
"PEACE OF GOOD SHOWS"
I
Program for Week
MAY 17 TO 22
MONDAY, MAY 17
"CAIX IT A DAY"
with
Olivia dc Havilland
TUESDAY, MAY 18
"UNDER THE RED
ROBE"
with
Conrad Veidt and Annabella
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19
"OUTCAST"
with
Warren Williams sura
Karen Morley .
THURSDAY, MAY 20
"THAT GIRL FROM
PARIS"
with
Lily Pons & Gene Raymond
FRIDAY, MAY 21
"NANCY STEELE IS
MISSING"
with
Victor McLaglen and
Pptpp l^irri*
SATURDAY, MAY 22
"TRAIL DUST"
with
William Boyd
OWL SHOW Saturday Night
Beginning at 10:30
"LAST OF THE
PAGANS"
with
Mala Lotus
Special Bargain
Matinee, 10c, 15c
Night Show*, 10c and 20c.
MATINEES AT 2:30 & 4:00
NIGHT SHOWS. 1:30 & 9:00
j MEMORIAL SERVICE TO
BE HELD AT OAK GROVE
j
, j The American Legion announces i
. j that a memorial service for the sol- ,
. . dicrs killed in France, or who since
l | have died, will lie held at the Oak
} Grove church on Decoration Day.
; Sunday. May 30. The services will .
j be conducted by the pastor. Rev.
i j Finley C. Watts.
Dinner will be served on the
i grounds, and everybody is urged to
( bring a basket. World War, Civil
War and Spanish-American War veterans
are urged to be present, and
a hearty welcome is extended the
general public. Clcve Gross, Lionel
Wait! and Honda Hodges constitute
, an arrangements committee for the
event.
More Miles
Is it surprising the number of ca
than necessary when only a few
many extra dollars? Kxperienc
that IS NOT checked with a Mot
Wasting Gas? The facts are tl
of line" from ordinary use and s
4,000 miles. The small cost is
in operation, to say nothing of tl
DRIVE IN?WE WILL
RronHAll'
Ja-^JL A
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RESTORE DRAB WALES TO GLEMMNG
"NEWNESS" IN ONE D? WITH
WALLHSPEi
Away with gloomy walls
and ceilings! Give them
lasting loveliness with WALLHIDE-the
"one-day paint"
that dries fast and keeps bright
and fresh lor years! Learn the
amazing facts about it.
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was the first real Cab
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soil, and made especic
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See us for INTERNA!
EDMISTEN '
BROS. i
BOONE, N. C. j
MAY 13, 1937
Now Paris style showings feature
strikingly short dance dresses of organdie
and embroidered tulle. Some
have full swirl skirls while others
have Uik'k, rainbow-colored rucliings
at the neck and Uie hem.
It is possible that there arc many
"professional" choir-singers and people
who know their church catchism
who will never meet God?in this
world.
Painting, Paper Hanging and
Floor Sanding
expertly done and at reasonable
prices.
V. M. Presnell, Vilas, N. C.
Per Gallon
re that use 10 to 20% more pw
minor adjustments would save
e shows that nearly every car
or Tester at regular intervals Ls
hat all cars gradually "get out
hould be checked every S.000 to
offset by the dollars you save
tie increased satisfaction.
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