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PAGE FOUR The Watauga Democra The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY Established in 18SS and Published fo 45 years by the late Robert C. River PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SCBSCRTTTOX RATES: One Tear 51.5 Six Months .7 Four Months 9 (Payable In Advance) R. a RIVERS. Jr.. - Publishe Cards of Thanhs, Resolutions of Re spec'. Obituaries, etc., are charge' for ai ihe regular advertising rater Entered at the Postoffice at Boone N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937 The Democrat is particularly pleased to note that Jim Council. resident highway engineer is to remain at his usual post ir Boone, and that there is to be nc change in the office personnel so far as is known. Mr. Council! is doing a wonderful work on the county roads, as is evidenced by the fact that no school buses in the county were prevented from traveling last winter. while down state many schools were actually closed because of the desperate condition of the highways resulting from over-abundant rainfall. The people are pleased with the new highway setup. Leastwise in the matter of the Councill appointment. they have received just what they wanted, and that is good enough. KaiLWaX SKKVllfc It is understood that there is a movement on loot which would discontinue mail service from Johnson City to Boone over the narrow guage line, and which, as a result of the lowered revenue to the system, might, at an early date bring about petition For discontinuance of rail service to this city. Those who are in close touch with the situation believe progress of the town and county would be greatly hampered b\ such a move. Cessation of railway mail facilities would greatly hinder the mail service ii this vicinity, and the territory being served in this way woulc force the creation of differen star routes, which would ultimately; cost the postoffice de partment more than under th( present arrangement Citizen: of the town and county shoulc protest this action, for th? crippling of the narrow-gaugt should not be tolerated. Recent experience has beei that in the shipping of material! involving heavy tonnage, th< railway has the truck beaten In the order of their establish ment, the three things whicl have contributed most to th( growth of this city are: Appa lachian College, railroad ant good highways. Let's join ii an active protest against the re moval of the mails from thi narrow-guage. Let's not con tribute to the downfall of at institution which for years wa; our sole means of transporta tion for a greater part of th? year and which has. hauled thi materials into the valley fron Lt-t- - it " - i < ' wiuai a moving town was iaD ricated. Write your represents tive regarding this propose! movement. Let' s co-operati with the railway, thus insurinj a continued adequate mail serv ice and at the same time kee] within our midst a number o families, who are employed b; the company, and who contrih ute a great deal to the goo< citizenship of the community. THE SHAME OF A STATE Dwight Beard, killer, menace t human life and property, is dead. Sc ciety has been compensated to som extent for the wrongs he inflicte upon It, but for this avengement i must look, not to North Caroline but to the state of Texas. To her shame, North Carolina fail ed to deal with this killer as i r? 1 u i should have dealt with hint In co ! sequence of that failure. Dwigj ^ \ Beard -lived on after having taki "; one life, and found liberty and o r j porttinifcy to kill again. 3 It is deplorable, of course, th - ! young men like Dwight Beard, who; j earlier youth revealed great promis -{should take up a career of crime af i find the end of their trail in U ? j death house of o. state prison. Yi ^ j it is highly regrettable that innoce: ? members of a respectable fanu | must be heart-crushed and humilia ~ j ed by having one of their loved on r die the death of a felon. But this ~ j only one of the many unfortunate a ^ ; pects attached to a career of crini ( ! Because of that career, many otlic must needs suffer. And much as tl ! state might wish to spare the crir ' inal's family, the welfare of soeiet " i as a whole must remain its prin " i consideration. I What a pity that the state of Norl ; Carolina tailed to meet its obHgatic | and responsibility in this case! Hn r | it dor.c so. at least one person lei . j would have sacrificed a life, and 11 | commonwealth would not be require *} to acknowledge the debt to Texa 1 ' which it aCkW ouvs ?Winqjnn-golai j j Journal. DELEGATED AUTHORITY At the luncheon in Wifefiingto . '.ast week honoring notables wh . I were present for the dedication c the new postoffice building there, th subject of representative goveir ment was introduced. Reference wa maiie to the fact thnf early in ou i national history there was a tender ! cy toward government by direc | democracy; through assemblages tha gave the people opportunity to ex | press their will when issues arose, j Rut because of the bigness of th ! nation, thus plan became inipractica j and we adopted the method of elect ing* representatives to do our wil j the only restraint being that after ; ! spell we could unhitch them if w fell they had failed. Ambassador Daniels observed tha one school of thought is thai w should elect what we consider com petent men to do our representing and turn him loose to make up hi mind as to what we need; anothe holds that the representative is elect ed for the purpose of doing what th People wish and not what he deem i tney ougm. 10 wsn. One of North Carolina's ablesj I politicians remains a leader for | long time?until his death?probata 13y mainly because when issues aros he made it his business to "gc back home to sec how my peopl feel about this thing." That was hi creed and his record shows that h 1 did not always act according to hi own judgment, which was right c j wrong, according to the way or prefers to look at it. ' | The masses arc r.ot always righ r but under our democracy the majoi 7 ity should be allowed to have ii way until that way is found to I wrong. This is impossible whc - elected" representatives disregai j what they know to be the will of tl people, and it becomes doubly offei ' sive and harmful when this course \ taken for personal advancement < I hoped-for future prestige. AH too frequently there conn along a leader who from his hit - perch of political preferment bold > I says "damn the people," and procee< ? j to cram his theory down the thro; 51 of those who put him on his DedesU i It takes time to yank him down, hi ; eventually he is yanked. In tl s meantime, though, he has not be< representing.?Statesville Landmar 1 Little Journeys In Palestine By J. C. CANIPE I a We took another side trip fro * Jerusalem to Bethlehem and H " bron. The journey from Jerusale 1 to Hebron is up hill all the way. Oi , first stop was at Rachel's tomb the forks of the road just befo " turning in to Bethlehem. Going i 5 side this tomb we found some woi en marching around the sarcophag with smoldering torches in th( 1 hands weeping for Rachel. It was S pitiable sight, only equaled by tl Wailing Wall. Turning to the left we soon cor - in sight of the "little town of Bet ; lehem." We stopped on the h overlooking Bethlehem and took view of the surrounding counts Here David kept his father's flo - as a lad; here Ruth gieaned in t J fields of Boaz. Here also the she _ herds kept watch over their floe " by night and heard the voice of t i angels on the night that Jesus w . bom. The fields were ripe and ju being harvested. We came in Bethlehem and were met by a groi f of the perpetual beggars. Beth y hem was disappointing in that _ was dirty and unkept. We we taken immediately to the pla J where Jesus was bom. It was grotto in the Church of the Nativi Descending flights of stairs from t door of the church, one reaches t o manger, that was hewn from a so i- rock in the side of the mounta e Each visitor is required to carry d his hand a burning flambeau?a 1 t tie candle to light his way as it i, in darkness. The exact spot whe Jesus was born is marked in t I- manger by a silver star. What it mexpressable joy to look upon t iVATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY ' ii- very spot where Jesus was born! The j bit : impulse of the moment is to linger j ;n and ask His blessing", to keel where j p- | Wise .Men from the East knelt to j . pay adoration to the new born Christ. { at They have a3 ument there to j se the children that were slain by ! >e. ! He re Id when he tried to get Jesus, i id The Bethlehom children were the j le first to suffer martyrdom for Jesus, j id The Church of the Nativity was j nt s built by Cons tan tine in 330 A. D. It j ly is owned jointly by the Greeks, Ro- \ t- : man Catholics and the Armenians it r es ; is a source of intense jealousy, rival- j is ry and contention among its owners. ! s- Neither of the owners dare move a i e. i rug on the floor, as it would precipirs , iaie trouble. It is lamentably true i 1 e ; that where the Prince of Peace was : n- borr.. nearly two thousand years ago. ' peace must now be maintained by ' le the sword. Armenians do not be- j i Iieve that Jems was born of the Vir- I h [gin. Mary, but instead that an angel | >:i from heaven brought the child Jesus id .'arid placed him in the arms of Mary. ; k> j iiiid she became His mother. LO Married women m Bethlehem arc si required to wear high crowned hats, j s, with long- white veils; the unmarried j n : wear 1 lv.v fin*, hats, as a mark of tils- ? i tinction. As we left Bethlehem beg- i | gars stiii swarmed about our car begging and trying to sell their ( r ! wares. With all that Bethlehem was 1Q ; the place where the greatest person | ^ : ever born in this world, was born? j ' Jesus Christ, the Son of God. i- j j : OPEN FORUM t t Readers are invited to contribute to this department. Profit may be derived from these letters Name 0 i of writer must accompany all manL1 i uscript and brevity is urged. i Editor Democrat: 1 * 1 Because of rumors afloat regard- ? I c I ing my viewpoint on the school situ- j ation in Cove Creek district. I det j sire to give a complete resume of e j the meeting held for the election of 15) I teachers. The meeting was eharac- j T | Lerized by its utter lack of organi- ; s s | zation. When I received the letter h r | informing me of my appointment to - i the school board it stated that T. L. v t- Mast was to be the temporary chair- | r s man. The first act of the meeting j should have been to elect a perma- j * I ncni vUciiriiiiui uiiu iicnuiuiciii acv- ; a rotary. This was completely ignored \ by the temporary chairman. While j c this is not a matter of extreme im- j t portance, it serves to show the hasty e and disorganized way in which our s teachers were elected. I informed e the committee I had not been sworn s in, but 1 was told it made no dif>r ference. The county superintendent ie had instructed me to be sworn in. When a disagreement arose 1 begt, j ged the committee to wait pending r- j a thorough investigation of the sitts uation, .but this they refused to do. >e Then I offered to compromise with j them and make it unanimous for ^Ir. rd Pyatte's successor, if, in the other ' ie vacancy they would vote for a girls' 1 > coach. This, also, they refused to * is do. Being completely ignored there * of was no other course for me to pur- | sue but to inform them that I would . es offer my resignation to the board jh of education early the next mom- 1 ly ing. After tendering my resignation i is to a member of the board. T felt it it my duty to inform the county sud. perintendent of my action and to my : nt amazement he informed me contracts ie were completed and in his hands. ?n There must be a motive for dropk. ping two well qualified teachers who were giving satisfaction. We, the ? patrons of Cove Creek, are asking again for the motive. It is inter! aatinrr nnfn tVinf * f voting lu iiuic uiai. jui. .1 icfused to contribute to the campaign fund and Miss Worthington was dropped the year after she moved her boarding place. .Also, it is interesting to note the number of teachers who are riding in new cars of a well-known make. The citizens of Cove Creek wonder ur why a man who is not a resident of this district and who has had no part, either financially or otherwise, n" in building our school to its present high standard among the high us schools of western North Carolina, >ir should be a member of our comniita tee. The patrons who have sacrificed both time and money to build this school appeal for better educate tion' MARY S. HARRIS. 1 .Amantha, N. C. a J. MRS. MYRTLE ISAACS Mra MvTtlo fihnH ? crt*A years, resident of the Shulls Mills p" section, died at Grace Hospital, Banner Elk, last Saturday. Funeral services were conducted aa from ?he home Sunday afternoon by Rev. S. E. Gragg and Rev. Raymond Cornett, and burial was in the nearby cemetery. ." Survivors include the husband, Z. C. Isaacs, of Shulls Mills; the mothre er, Mrs. Ella Hardin, West Jefferce son, and one brother, Pete Hardin, a of West Jefferson, ty. he REMARKABLE GHOST BOOK he Opening chapters from an nstonlid ishlng collection of gripping epiin. sodes concerning unearthly events, in spooks, dreams and eerie happenit ings. Don't miss this great feature is in the June 13th issue of the Amer re lean Weekly, the big magazine he which comes every Sunday with the an BALTIMORE AMERICAN. On sale he at all news stands. rmjRSDAY?BOONE, N. C. She fashioned SBe Fireside Philosophy (By C. M. Dickson) The fish that doesn't bite has one Ldv&ntage?it never gets "hooked.'* One is sometimes termed "headtrong?' when he really has a weak tead. What a wide vision a man has vno can, irom aiar ou,' see an nu> icighbor's mistakes. If all the branches Ishould grow on one ^HB|side of a tree, what Ma "lop-sided" tree IB that tree would be. One quick way to BBS try the unknown is ^ Rto "step on the Km gas." The "old order changetli" . . . what formerly meant "to dress," now means the opposite. I How charitable for a young fellow to say. "I would BBHBIBjust die for you," when he isn't really lble to die for himself. Humanly speaking, should an 'eleventh-hour" mar. receive as much is the "early riser," he should eith;r speed up, or make up his time in the evening. It doesn't take a "major" profit tc tell what the results of continued "sit-down" strikes will be. Philosophically speaking, the fur ther one goes in the learning pro cess, the further there is to go. Formerly, people have been noti fied in crises to "sit up" and tak< notice; now, it is "sit down" am take it?if they take it at all. According to the sprit of th< I J1 | JJrap< | ai in a gtreat vai | BELK Bo< il!ll!tllllllllltllSilll!l!tllll!i!8lll!llll!! a safe. ' 138 is >iM tter c<$hiin 5 he Knew? Bible, it seem s that one need: some repenting unless this is pre ceded by "metes'* worthy of repent I ance. I If some friend of tlie ''dear** peo I pie didn't, in some way, chisel then i out of their surplus earnings, oil whole nation might be converted int< "socialism." A dummy hasn't much on a mum my. An educated man doesn't have t be labeled. PERM Nutritoric Vitrolox 1 Eugene Others $3.50 am 1 Shampoo and Finger , Manicure l Facial Rinse Hair Cuts MAYFLOWER 1 j I Phone 32 ? 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