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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT, gjjpPAn Independent Weekly Newspaper Atabliihed in 1888 and published 9 1st Sr. far 45. years by thp late Robert C. Rivers, ? EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN WATAUGA COUNTY . Om Year $1.50 flfac Months 1.00 four Months .75 OUTSIDE WATAUGA COUNTY On* Year f&00 Six Months 1.50 Tour Months 1.00 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS In requesting change of address. It is Important to mention the OUJ. as well as the NEW address R. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher Cards of Hianks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular adver tising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Boone, N. C., as second class mail matter, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Tm baals of our government being m* opinion of the people, the very first objective should be to keep that Hfbt and were It left to me to decide Whether we should have a govern ment without newspaper*, or newspa without government, I should not 'ate a moment to chooee the tat But I should mean that every should receive these papers and be capable of reading |>iem."? Thomas THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947 GOLDEN GLEAMS A good mind is lord of a king dom. Seneca It is good to rub and polish your mini atfainat th* minds of others. j ? Michel de Montaigne The march of the human mind is slow. . 4 ? Edmund Burke Happinc mind. It i There is of the body. i or misery is in the| the mind that&ives. ? William Cobbettl an unseemly exposure nd, as well as of the ?William Hazlitt A chief event of life is the day in which ve have encountered, a | mind that (startled us. ? Emerson i ip The National Association of Manufacturers is now advertis ing, "the road to freedom for the American worker." If the A. F. of L. or the C. I. O. will now advertise the "road to greater profits for the American manufacturer," the cycle will be complete. SUGAR SUPPLY INCREASES The end of the six -year sugar shortage is in right, according to the experts The next month should dis close whether pro* pec ts for bum per sugar production are sound. By the end of June, Govern ment economists will be able to paint a reliable picture o f the world situation. Increased production is ex pected in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the virgin Islands and Hawaii Sugar cane crops in this country are expected to be normal and the sugar beet crop looks lair to be one o f the largest in history. If these optimistic forecasts prove to be accurate, the house wife may find restrictions on sugar removed before October 31, when legislative authority for regulation expire*. BRIEF NEWS Federal aide says cure-all de vices are flooding the countfy. RFC asks that it be continued, keeping peace powers. Diuretics held better than digi tails in some heart-failure cases. Harriman calls for private in vestments in the Middle East. Benton terms stoppage * of American broadcasts a catas trophe. Pravda sees U. S. "monopol ists" combating United Nations. Trade study calls for an in crease in U. S. purchases abroad. Community trusts in U. S. show a risj assests to $77,835,014. Retailers in women's apparel cautious on fall commitments. Seabiscuit, famous racer, is dead at Howard California ranch. United States and Britain rati fy biz-onal rule in Gorman. Russians open Nazi rocket base; effect of bombing shown. EJx-Secretary James Byrnes bars a "dictated peace." Stratton bill to admit 400,000 displaced faces stiff fight. Scant increase in the world food supply for 1947-48 seen. Fort Knox youth training ex periment called a success. U. S. golfers regain Walker Cup by defeating British, 8-4. Sir Frederick Hopkins, pioneer in vitamins discovery, dies. General Kennedy pleads for No. 1 air force. Nurses call on women every where to help ease shortage. Truman opens fight on rising price of farm land Landis, CAA head, opposes plan for single world air line. Milwaukee Journal to give Employees control of stock. Prediction made fall sales will top last year. First signs seen of lower cost trend in building. CLINICS FOR TYPHOID HERE Schadul* at Typhoid Clinic* Mad* Public br District Haallh Department Following U the I schedule of typhoid clinic* (or Watauga coun ty as released by the District Health Department: '' June 4 Brushy Fork, Harrison St Har mon's store 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Vilas, Glenn's store, 11 to 12. Wflbw Dale Church, 1 to 2 P Phillip's Branch. Willow Val ley Church, 2:15 to 3 p. m. Windy Gap School, 3:30 to 4:15. June 5 Valle Crucis School, 9;30 to 10:30 a. m. Matney, Tester's store, 11 to 12. Rominger postoffice' 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Victor Ward's store, 3 to 4. June 10 Cove Creek, Moody's store, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Jim Mast's store, 11 to 12. Silverstone, Wilson's store, 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Mabel School, 3:30 to 4;30. June 12 Laxon postoffice, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Deep Gap School, 11 tor 12. Stony Fork, postoffice, 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Wellborn's store. 3 to 4. June 18 Riverview School, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Bamboo School, 11 to 12. Rutherwood, Michael's store, 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Triplett School, 3 to 4. June 19 Hartley's store' 9:30 to 10:30 a. ni. Green Valley School, 11 to 12. Howard's Creek School, 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Rich Mountain School, 3 to 4. June 25 Poplar Grove Church, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Shulls Mills postoffice, 11 to 12. Foscoe store, 1:30 to 2;30 p. m. Grandfather, Fox's ? store, 3 to 4. June 26 Huaman's store 9:30 to 10 a. rrt. Reece, Dean Reece's store, 11 to 12. Bethel School, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Timbered Ridge Church. 3 to 4. KANSAS NOT SO DRY I Topeka, Kan. ? Fine for grow ing wheat but bad for planting of spring crops. April of 1947 was the wettest in Kansas weather bureau history. Rainfall was 72 per cent above normal. DALE CARNEGIE I am writing tnese lines on ? train leaving Charleston, South Carolina. Beautiful old Charles ton, rich in history and the traditions of the Old South. I love the South. I ww born in Missouri, a slave state, and my great grandfather Breckcnridge owned slaves. Charleston is a peaceful city now, but less than four score years ago an event occurred [there that shook the world. I re fer, of course, to the bombard ment of Fort Sumter. There fol lowed the most devastating war the world had ever known, start ed by hotheads of the North and South. As we look back it all seems to tragically unnecessary. It creat ed bitter hatred among friends: brothers quarreled and killed each other ? and broke their mother's hearts. Cotton weavers in fa^-off England died of starva tion as the result of that war. Lifetime careers were wrecked overnight, and, as after every war, men had to make fresh be ginnings. I thought of all this as my train sped Northward, and I thought of one in particular whose career hwas tragically blasted; a hero of [the South, yet revered in the North ? General Robert E. Lee. One day he was summoned to Washington to choosy between warring on his own people, .or sacrificing his already glorious career. For the South was ?seced ing rather than yield the right to govern itself. Lee abhorred slavery and already had freed his slaves, as had many others. But he was convinced that the South would be ruined if aboli tion were forced upon it while it was unprepared. Can you imagine what it meant to General Lee to turn his back on the comrades with whom he had studied, fought, dreamed; to lay down a career which had been his very ex istence? But a gentleman does not desert his principles. We know which way he decided. After the war, Robert E. Lee had no career. There was no place for a Rebel in the Union Army; the army he had chosen no longer existed. He had to be gin all over again! But there was still a place to serve. Educator^ were needed. He accepted, at a meagre salary, the presidency of Washington University, Lexington, Virgmia. Later, he received many offers from commercial firms. One from an insurance company at $10,000 a year, and one, from New York if you please, offering him a salary of $50,000 to become its president. His answer to all was the same: "1 am needed where I am." "But, General," said one, "we won't interfere with your duties. We only want to use your name." ; Banned poison By Paul Bredanier i&mtztsr n rfttii i The General's pride came to the fore: "I cannot take money where no service is rendered." Robert E. Lee was a soldier and a gentleman! And General Robert E. Lee was man enough to start all over again at fifty eight years of age I It has been estimated that 47. 000,000 work days were lost in 1946 by work injuries, the equi valent to the full production of 156,000 workers for an entire year. SEARCH ENDS IN JAIL Spokane, Wash. ? A two-month search by sheriff's deputies for a thief who stole an electric chain from a Spokane pole company ended when they caught up with Bill Benefield, 37. Benefield was foilnd in the county jail, where he had been sentenced on a petty larceny charge. Stocks of corn on farms throughout the country on April 1 were 26 per cent larger than on April 1 last year. CANDY KID SOUGHT Gary, Ind. ? Police in Gary are looking for a youngrster with a stomachache. A grocer reported his store was entered and 800 candy bars taken. Investigators said the fingerprints on a smash ed door were made by a child. The London Gazette, founded in 1665, was the first English news publication regularly issued .in what is now recognized as Inewspaper format. m?m ? ? ? I VI ? FIFTY BEAUTIFUL LOTS A PART OF THE HARDIN ESTATE, LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE BOONE ON THE WILKESBORO HIGHWAY. HOOPER HEWPRiX. Owner EASY TERMS CASH PRIZES If You Have Properly To Sell See Us Walter and Gurley Auction Company, Selling Agents 1 AA *1 ? .1 n. > ? - ? 0 Charlotte, If . C. 120 East Sixth Street Phone 4-1249
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