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FEBRUARY 19. 1942 TODAY and TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON I i BORDERS . . . '. . . shooting It is to be hoped that the national unity inspired by war will be instrumental in ending the legislative state border wars which have been growing more threatening every year in tile United States. So far there have been few instances of people heing shot at for the crime of crossing from one state in our Union to another, but there actually have been cases of that. In the midwest, for example, a bridegroom who crossed, in a small truck, from his home state to his bride's state was shot at when he went over the border without stopping. Charged with attempting to violate the highway tax, he was questioned for hours before being j released. We expect such things as that to j happen in the Balkans, but when ] they take place in the freedom-lov- i it o a ...i -ti jii& w. o. iL., wiicit <111 citizens are supposed to be able to ignore borderlines, it's time for the public to look into it. A brief analysis shows that the j trouble all results from so-called ! trade barriers?state legislation pass- I ed to give the people in one slate a business or financial advantage over 1 the people in another state. For years we've known about tariffs between countries. We know that some countries can make things cheaper than our own manufacturers, so we impose a tariff on thengoods to protect our own business. But a lot of us don't realize that that same type of international bar- j rier is now Vicing used by the great , majority of our states. * ? * TRUCKING barriers One of the most glaring examples of difficulties created by state barriers is the situation in the trucking industry. Every state has trucking legislation. The state laws include taxes on trucks, regulations as to the trucks and license requirements for trucks. These regulations are usually passed for three reasons' to preserve the highways; to promote highway safety, and to raise money. But they are so lacking in uniformity that a truck driver practically needs to be a lawyer and an expert mathematician to figure out how to drive his truck any distance. In fact there are many cases where it is impossible for him to comply with one state's regulations without violating those in a neighboring state in which he wants to go. Take the matter of weight alone. The weight limits in our 48 states range from a maximum load of 57 tons to a maximum of 7 tons. The average is around 35 tons. But if a load is to be taken from a 35-ton state to a 7-ton state, the load would have to be changed from one truck to five trucks when it reached the state border. Because of the conditions of roads and other local problems, there may % PROTECT YC by becoming : REINS-STURDT ASSOCI TELEPHONE 24 . A 25 cent fee is charged upon joi: dues are in effect: Qua One to Tpn Years Two to Twenty-nine Years Thirty to Fifty Years Fifty to Sixty-five years /it wwwwwwwuwf FERTiL ,j ^^? ? I Mr. Far j; I now have a compli reliable V-C Fertilize j; warehouse, near the ;! and see me for your j! 1 also have 100 baj ! Mountain Seed I j; bags Mills Chippe I; Save your Fertilizer ;! going to be scarce. I; Yours for bet C. M. CR ! Boone, wnmwvwvvvuvwmvwvvw 125-Year-Old 1 Julio Doitoso, foreign minister < Muro, foreign minister of Peru, are between their two countries at Rio settled a 125-year-old border feuc Donoso is at the left. be some need for slightly different regulations in aiiterem slates, so far as size and weight are concerned. But there is no need for the drastic differences which exist. * ? FOOD shackles Trucking is only one example of trade barriers which are a menace to the unity of our states and which are probably violations of our constitution. In the agricultural field we have many state laws which are direct tariffs on the products of neighboring states. In Washington and Wisconsin, for example, there is a direct tax of 15 cents per pound on oleomargarine in order to protect the farmers in these dairy states against the sale of a product which competes with butter. These laws undoubtedly are a help to the dairy farmers in these particular states?but the inevitable result will be retaliatory legislation with each state gradually enacting new measures to prevent competitive products from being sold. In 14 states there are laws stating that an egg cannot be called "fresh" unless it is laid in the home state. The question of the wisdom of protecting one country against another country by tariffs has always been debatable, but the foolery of shackling interstate trade in this way in the United States has never been questioned. Freedom of trade between states is one of the foundations of our form of government. ROOSEVELT warning Over two years ago Piesident Roosevelt demanded that something be done to end the state trade barrier situation. At that time the President said, "Interstate barriers, if allowed to develop and multiply, will constitute social and economic problems even more serious than economic tariffs." Since he made that statement various federal departments have tried to do something about the situation and have made some progress. An >UR FAMILY i member of /ANT BURIAL ATION . . BOONE, N. C. ning, after which the following rterly Yearly Benefit .10 .40 $ 50.00 .20 .80 100.00 .40 1.60 100.00 .60 2.40 100.00 iJERS | .WWWWWWWiV 'tner... ete stock of the old !; ers on "hand in my ! ; bus station. Come I; Fertilizers. ! gs of select Green I; 3otatoes and 40 ;! wa for sale. I; Bags as they are :j ter farming, 5 ITCHER I N. C. i WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV ?eud T? Settled >f Ecuador and Dr. Affrcdn Solf Y. shown here as they signed the pact De Janeiro. The signing of the pact 1 between the two nations. Senor interdepartmental committee <>n in. tersiate trade barriers lias been organized which is trying to cope with the situation and which already has shown many specific examples ol how state barriers are seriously hampering the progress of our national armament program. Bethel School News With the assistance of Miss Virginia Jones, county health nurse, a ; course in home nursing and the ca-c of the sick is being taught to the junior and senior girls of Bethel high school. Women in the community are invited to attend the courst given on each Wednesday from 11 tc j 12:30. The course covers all phases of home nursing and gives many helpful methods of caring for the sick. The high school schedule has beer re-arranged in order to allow one hour daily for physical training foi junior and senior boys and girls,, as has been directed by the government as an aid to the defense program. Junior Class News The cast for the junior play has been chosen and plans are in progress to give the play, "Aaron Slick from Pumpkin Crick," during ths latter part of March. The members of the junior class have chosen their class rings foi 1943. Senior Parly The senior class gave the junioi class a party on February 14. Manv games were played and refreshment; were served by the seniors. The decorations were of white and red bearing out the general theme ol Valentine Day. Invitations Ordered The order has been placed foi senior class invitations. Plans for commencement have not been completed, but will be published with the next school news submitted tc The Democrat. Year Book Miss Laura Bell Burrell, representing Printograph Company, Kansas City, Mo., is at Bethel high school this week gathering material for the 1942 year book to be published by the high school seniors this year. Basketball After being victorious over hardfighting Cranberry teams, the Bethel high school teams are now centering their interest on practice for the coming Appalachian high school basketball tournament. Bethel girls are scheduled to meet Blowing Rock in the first game, while the boys will meet Appalachian high in their first tournament game. School Program The elementary grade chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Normar Wilson, gave the assembly prograrr Thursday, February 12. Washington and Lincoln's birthdays, and th< Valentine phase was the theme ol the musical program. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EXECUTION North Carolina, Watauga County; ii the Superior Court. W. T. Rawleigh Company vs. Rich I arH Hnflffpe Wm Hff ? -?v.bvu| >i in. jltx. ixuu{;t'd dill C. M. Hodges. By virtue of an execution directec to the undersigned from the superio: court of Watauga county, in th< above entitled action, I will, 01 Monday, the 2nd day of March, 1942 at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the court house door of said county, sell to tht highest bidder for cash to satisf; said execution, all the right, title ant interest which the said Richan Hodges, one of the defendants, has ii the following described real estate to wit: Beginning on a stake in Nortl street, corner to Gene Holt lot, ant runs with Gene Holt lot north 2: east 150 feet to a stake; thence soutl 86 east 46 feet to a stake in th> Richard Hodges line; thence witl Richard Hodges south 23 west 15 feet, more or less to a stake in th margin of North street, corner t Richard Hodges; thence with Nortl street 56 west 46 feet to the begin ning. This being the western par of the lot conveyed to Richard Hod ges by Irene C. Winters. See Bool 54, at page 342. This 30th day of January, 1942. A. J. EDMISTEN, 2-5-4c Sherifi ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. It Births On Increase In State During y4t jj i Raleigh. Feb. 4.?There were 85.366 babies bom in North Carolina j last year, as compared with 80,971 in 1940. according to figures released last week by the vital statistics division of the state board of health. Deaths reported last year numbered 32,154, which was 53,212 less than the number of births, and 40 less than the total number deaths occuring in 1940. The 1941 birth rate was 23.C, as compared with 22.7 the previous year; while the death rate dropped from 9.0 to 8.9, the lowest ever recorded in North Carolina. There was a noticeable increase in the number of deaths among babies under a year old. the 1941 total having been 5,073. as compared with 4,676 the preceding year, which raised the rate 56.3 per one thousand live births to 59.4. Maternal deaths showed a decrease, however, there having been only 354 of these last year, against 438 in 1940. bringing the rate down from 5.3 to 4.1. I Deaths from what the state board ( of health terms preventable acci- | dents numbered 1,862, whieh was 427 in excess of the number report- , ed in 1940. Added to these were ; ' 297 suicides and 382 homicides, , swelling the number of violent | deaths last year in North Carolina to i 2.541. [ Deaths from diphtheria during the ; year dropped from 119 to 89. Figures now arc beginning to reflect [ the compulsory immunization law (passed by the 1939 legislature. Pneu- , imonia deaths fell from 2,041 to 1,896. : and tuberculosis deaths from 1,782 to I 1,769. There was a pronounced decline in the number of deaths from purepe, ral (childbirth) septicemica. The , total last year was 53, as compared with 112 in 1940. The decline is at. tributed to board of health physicians to improved methods of treat, ment. L MINISTERS MAY OBTAIN TIRES I . i L Raleigh, Feb. 14?Clergymen are now eligible to purchase new tires or retreads for their automobiles, if the cars are necessary for the per' formance of their duties, T. S. John' son, state rationing administrator, | announced today. Johnson said the rule giving priority ratings to clergymen is con' tained in revised regulations effective February 19, covering both new tires and retreads. The administrator also announced that application forms for deliv' cry of new cars purchased prior to ' January 1, but not delivered before : the freezing order went into effect, ; were received here today and were mailed to local rationing boards. Persons establishing claims to such cars will receive certificates from their local boards entitling them to delivery. Claims must be made before February 26, when new car 1 rationing begins. > Musico: Either that, or I'm getting used to it. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION , North Carolina, Watauga Counly; in the Superior Court?Before the Clerk. The defendant Robert K. Bingham, Jr., will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the superior court for ; Watauga county. North Carolina, for ! the purpose of obtaining a decree of I divorce absolute from the defendant, ; the defendant will take notice that | he is required to appear at the of fice of the clerk of the superior court 1 of said county in the courthouse in Boone, N. C., on the 10th day of March, 1942, and answer or demur to the complaint or the relief demanded in the complaint will be granted. This 31st day of January, 1942. 1 A. E. SOUTH. " 2-5-4tc Clerk Superior Court. E $?T^nnijUW l/71/e "Pinching Pennies is Practical Patriotism" GET acquainted with the cow! You'll save money if you Imow cuts of beef?their most economical and successful use. Your butcher can supply you with such information. 0 h Spend the pennies you'll save foe DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS yOU can buy them for 10 cents, 2} cents, 30 cents, $1, or $5. Suggest to your husband that be enter into any pay roll savings plan his company may consider for Defense.?War Needs Money! North Carolina Operates School Buses at Lowest Per Capita Cost in U. S. Raleigh?If per capita expenditure n the transportation of school chiliren has any important bearing on afety. the wonder is that there are lot more school bus accidents in his state. North Carolina's annual cxpendiure on each child carried to and rom school last year was S7.20. according to figures compiled by Bus Transportation. That was the lowest of any state in the union?Ala>ama was second low with SI0.38? ind just about one-third of the average for the nation. When the state school commission net here last Thursday to hear Moor Vehicle Commissioner T. B. iVard's suggestion for a school bus afety campaign, the members found his latest comparative study on vhat the various states are spending >n their buses. Regardless of what nore should be done, the report noved beyond a doubt that for the noney it has to spend. North Caroino's school bus transportation system is the most efficient as well as he largest in the country. This state transported 345,435 chilIren back and forth, school day in ind school day out. over 81,600 miles rural bus routes last year at a tola! cost of 82400.494. Next in number of children carried was the state of Ohio. It transported 290.587 children, approximately 55,000 less. But Ohio spent $6,998,150 on the job or almost three times as much as did North Carolina. Its per capita cost of $24.08 compared to 57.20 in this state. Another figure which showed the comparative riding comfort and ed to North Carolina was that the f LESS NICOTINE A ( IN THE SMOKE \ CLICKS WITH ( ME. AND THAT |P*S I CAMEL PLAVOR Mf V. is ncAuy^^L / * THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNINC 28% LESS Nl than the average of the 4 c cigarettes tested ? less thaa anj ing to independent scientific test: CAME! IS i S\JY* Of course you knovs this to be a definite have assembled a col Tailored suits . . . sof three-button sports s solids and vivid pla tweeds ... 1 0 to 18. PAGE THREE safety of an Ohio child as coroparBuckeyo children, though 55,000 1": wer in number, had 6.844 buses at Jteir d.-sposal as compared to 4,746 for the Tar Ilcels. Indiana, which hauls only 221.429 school children, used 7.C03 buses. 7o Relieve LlQlCIXIA3LET5. SALYt.HOSfc CHOPS Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on Genuine Bismarex and J refuse other so-called Antacid Powders recommenniended to be "just as | good." Bismarex is sold in Watauga county only at BOONE DRUG CO. The ItEXALL Store raMI j BOONE L>RCG COMPANY Boone. N. C. W(IH THE^ S CAMELS CONTAINS COTINE r of them ? accordi of the smoke itselff JpUMH THE CIGARETTE OP m COSTLIER TOBACCOS ? c it 43b r that fashion dictates Suit Spring and we lection second to none! t little dressmakers . . . uits ... in high shades, ids, herringbones and
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