Farm Boy To President?'Thai's Record' Of Truman, Row In Historical Role (CONTINULa FROM PAGE ONF) ? back there last August to receive hi* notification and found no one in the little town of 2,500 who remem bered him as o child because he moved away when he was four, "pie little story-and-a-half white house in which he was born still stands, but the mule barn his father ran in the eighties is gone. Truman'a birthday was May 8, 1884, when his mother .as 32 years old. She lived to see him enter the White House, today celebrating that event quietly at nearby Grandview at the age of 92. Truman's parents moved to a farm near Harrisonville, Mo., in 1888, and then came back to Jackson county where the President grew up on # farm and graduated from high school in 1901. He worked in the mailing room of the Kansas City Star, wash ed bottles in a pop factory, worked for a while in a bank and then went back to help his father run the farm. Was Captain In 1915 the elder Truman died, and in 1916 Battery B. his National Guard company, was mobilized for war, eventually going overseas where Captain-Trumah was in com mand when Armistice Day dawned over the Argonne front. Truman came home on the Zel phin, a German ship that rolled so badly he lost 15 pounds in the 10 day crossing. He had but one thought in mind, to marry his child hood sweetheart Bess Wallace of In dependence. ? He was 35 when they were married in 1919, and with a partner he opened a haberdashery in the historic old Baltimore hotel in Kansas City in 1920. In 1922, the firm went broke and 13 years later when he entered the senate he still was paying off debts. Truman went into politics that i Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on genuine BISMAREX and refuse other so-called Anti acid Powders, recommended to be "just as good." BISMA REX is sold in Watauga coun ty only at BOONE DRUG CO. The REX ALL STORE ? GOLDEN GUERNSEY Grade A Raw Milk New River Dairy PHONE 130 J BOONE, N. C. summer and ran for judge of the Jackson county court. He won a two-year term, was defeated in 1924, and elected again in 1926 when he became presiding judge. He has held public office ever sinco, going from there to the senate in 1935. ImmtnMir Loyal He owes his rise in politics to two men to whom he is immensely loyal, though both are dead now. One was a corrupt city boss, the other the President of the United States, the man Truman succeeds. Their names *""re Pendergrast and Roosevelt. Pendergrast pushed Tru man into the senate single-handed ly in 1934 while he had the power to do so. Six years later Pendergrast had been to prison and had no pow er, but Truman survived a vicious Democratic primary to return to the senate for a second term. President Roosevelt turned his back on Henry Wallace at Chicago in 1944 and Truman saw the light ning strike because he was the most acceptable compromise candidate to the warring factions of the discor dant New Deal. Truman is modest , loyal, hard working, poor and frugal. He still takes a great interest in his old World War buddies, showed remark able ability as an investigator as head of the Truman investigating committee, and is given to intense and lasting friendships?the older the better. District Patrol Camporee Sites Are Selected for Scouts Camporee sites for the annual Patrol Camporees of the Old Hick orv- Council have been selected by the camping and activities commit tees of the seven districts in the area. Six separate camporees will be held on May 5-6. Ashe and Watauga districts will co-operate in combining their cam poree, which will be held on Negro mountain near West Jefferson. All events in the camporee are on the patrol basis, with patrols competing against standards for a pennant. Each patrol earning 774 or more points of a possible 860 will receive a blue pennant, and will be eligible to attend the council cam poree at Bluff Park in Wilkes county on May 19-20. Patrols develop their own menu, provision list, equipment list, im provise their own equipment as far as possible and bring everything needed except wood and water. Pa trols must register with the district commissioner not later than April 28 in order to take part. The camporees will open on Sat urday morning at 8:30, and will close Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Church service will be held on the Sunday program. It is possible that in time a farm er mpy be given a chart showing the probability of weather hazards in his locality, for virtually every day of the year, says the U. S. DeRprt ment of Agriculture. Ward Brothers Get Military Awards S-Sgi. John E. Ward, left. ton oi Mr. Lionel Ward, of Boon*, has juit been awarded the air medal on the Italian front. He la a nose gunner on a B-24 in the 15th Air Force, and has been in combat for over a year, having almost 50 missions to his credit. A brother. Pvt. Jack Ward, right, who is with the air force hi India, has also distinguished hmself and received the Presidential dilation. H? has been overseas for 18 months. The Ward brothers entered serv ice two years ago. REPUBLICAN LEADERS MOURN DEATH OF PRESIDENT Senator Wherry, Nebraska, mi nority whip in the senate: "It is a terrific shock to me ... It calls for a continued united effort to fight the'war to a victorious conclusion and to win the peace. Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential nominee: "I treasure the memory of many pleasant conversa tions with him. It is tragic he could not have lived to see the fruition of his greatest undertaking." Senator Vandenberg, Michigan: "President Roosevelt leaves an im perishable imprint on the history of America and the world. Those who disagree with him have always rec ognized his amazing genius in be half of his always vgorous ideals." Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio: "The death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt removes the greatest figure of our time at the very climax of his ca reer, and shocks a world to which his word and actions were more im portant than those of any other man. Former President Herbert Hoover: "The nation sorrows at the passing of its President. Whatever differ ences there may have been, they end in the regret of death." It is for tunate that in this great crisis of war our armies and navies are un der such magnificent leadership that we shall not hesitate. The new President will have the backing of the country. While we mourn Mr. Roosevelt's death, we shall march forward." Governor Thomas Dewey, of New York, in a telegram to Mrs. Roosevelt: "Please accept our deep est sympathy in your great loss which shall be shared by every Your Auto Tires Now The new tire situation is growing more critical. The only way to keep your car rolling for the duration is by recap ping before the carcasses become worn or broken. We have just installed a thoroughly modern recapping plant with the very latest equipment that can be found, and guarantee each and every job. All sizes passenger car tires, as well as small truck tires recapped promptly at the most favorable prices possible, and with first class material. Recap Now, So That Your Car May Remain InService WE SPECIALIZE IN WASHING AND EXPERT AUTO LUBRICATION SERVICE Main St. Gulf Station PAUL WALSH, Manager BOONE, N. C. American and mourned by all of the freedom-loving peoples of the entire world." Sandhills Peaches Escape Damage Raleigh. April 16?Although the temperature went down to 34 de grees in some sections of the sand hills no frost damage to the peached is apparent, the State Department of Agriculture is informed. No damage to strawberries in the Wallace and Chadbourn areas has been reported. Spring pigs should be vaccinated against cholera around weaning time, says Dr. C. D. Grinnells. Agrj^ cultural Experiment Station veteri narian at State College. SIX-INCH SERMON REV. ROBERT H. HARPER. THE FOUNDING OF A NATION Uuon for April 23: Exodus 11-19, 24; 19:3-8 Four hundred years after the days of Joseph, there arose a new king over Egypt that "knew not Joseph." j It was during those centuries, per haps, that the Shepherd Kings were j I expelled and a native dynasty re | stored to the throne. The new kin?, | claiming the Hebrews were a men ace to the state began the oppres-1 sion that led to the Exodus. Moses, trying alone to administer I to the people, under the wise advice of his iather-in-law, began the or ganization of the nation, giving laws and regulations, appointing rulers, and establishing a judiciary. On Sinai Moses communed with God, entered into the covenant, and received the Ten Commandments, r honored through all time since. ? The tabernacle was set up In the wilderness, with its priesthood and elaborate ritual?to become the cen ter of the people's life. When the ark set forward, the host took up the march; when the ark rested, its tab ernacle was set up. and the people pitched their tents round about, ac cording to the tribes. In this period we see the hand of God. under Moses, forming the He- # brews into an organized nation, which, after 40 years, reached the borders of Palestine, ready Jfor the conquest of a homeland. Let us realize the need of God in the af fair3 of nations and in the lives of individuals. Boone Flower Shop Cut Flovm. Potted Plants. 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