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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper bUblixhed in 1888 and published for 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivers, Sr. EVERY THURSDAY i SUBSCRIPTION RATES \UGA COUNTY Six Months 1.00 Four Months .78 OUTSIDE WATAUGA COUNTY One Year - (2.00 Six Months 1.50 four Months 1.00 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS la requesting change of address, ft is important to mention the OLD, as well as the NEW address R. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher Cards of Thanks, 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 fit March 3, 1879. ??The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the Very first objective should be to keep that right, and were It left to me to decide whether we should have s govern rment without newspapers, or newspa .pers without government I should notj hesitate a moment to choose the lat ter. Bui I should mean that every man should receive these papers and ;be capable of reading them."? Thomas Jefferson. .*1.50 J THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947 GOLDEN GLEAMS Every tub must stand upon its bottom. ? Charles Macklm I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know. ? Thomas Jefferson It is my living sentiment, and 1 by the blessing of God it shall ? be my dying sentiment ? inde pendence now and independence forever. ? Daniel Webster i ???> I was not born to 'he forced. I will breathe after my own fash ion ? If a plant cannot live ac cording to Its nature, it dies; and so a man. ? H. D, Thoreau To be independent is the busi ness of a few only; it is the pri vilege of the strong. ? F. W. Nietzschc Follow your own path, no mat ter what people say. ? Karl Marx A TRICK OF NATURE I Man will play a trick on nature ' this month when water falling i on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains will be diverted by a tunnel to the eastern slope in ! order to irrigate farm land in Northeastern Colorado. j For the first time, the water, i which formerly went into the Colorado River and the Pacific | Ocean, will move toward the Atlantic. The tunnel carries the water from the western to the I eastern side in about three hours, j It represents the culmination of , .plans, hopes and dreams of west ern irrigators. j Without knowing too much : about the technical details, we understand that reservoirs have been constructed on the western ?lopes to impound water which is diverted into the tunnel and conveyed to the eastern side of the mountains for the purposes | of irrigation. MEAT PRICES MOVE UPWARD It would make good reading for the people who are paying high prices for meat to read the statement put out by the pro ducers of meat when the battle was on, last year, to abolish the Office of Price Control, As we recall the argument ad vanced by the cattle-growers, the public was assured that if con trols were abolished, there would be a free flow of meat to the markets, the supply would be ( ample and the price would be reasonable. The facts of the pre sent situation, however, amply confirm the statement of Chester | Bowles, who was the head of the OPA, and who said that "we ? knew a year ago" what was "go ing to happen." ' When the OPA was abolished tn June, 1946, the ceiling price on porterhouse steak was 56c a pound. In the black market, ac cording to reporters, it was about 75c a pound. Last week, in places, the steak was selling at 90c a pound. The same story is repeated in < regard to veal cutlets, which sold for 50c a pound under criling prices, 65c on black market ana now bring 89c a pound. Pork loin, which had a 36c ceiling, was bought on the black market for 45c and now brings 73c a pound. The explanation for the situa tion is simple, in our opinion. It is the abolition of price controls. The law of supply and demand has something to do with the present prices, but whenever sup ply is badly out of harmony with expected demands, prices are bound to soar unless there is re gulation. Officials of the American Meat Institute say that the explana tion for the present price level is (he fact that customers want more meat than ever before and have money to buy it In addi tion, it is argued that competi tion from Europe affects the price, but the reply to this, it is pointed out, is that only two per cent of our meat supplies go abroad. HICKORY BANS CARNIVALS Hickory residents generally should be pleased to know that the city council finally is puitting its policy against licensing the professional side-show type of carnival into a special law, for bidding them to operate within the city hereafter. The new ordinance, passed last Tuesday night, outlaws all carni vals except those consisting ex clusively of riding devices and food concessions. Circuses are exempt from the ban. Advisability of having such a specific law came to the board's attention at a recent meeting when it eliminated from the 1947-48 privilege tax ordinance the license fee of $150 per week heretofore specified for carnivals. This tax, originally designed to discourage carnivals, has seldom been paid, as most people know, because traveling shows have succeeded in getting veterans or ganizations to sponsor them as benefit money-raising ventures and the city usually has waived the license requirement. Past experience has proved, however, that practically all trav eling carnivals are highly unde sirable from an economic as well as a moral standpoint. They take a lot of money out of the community and contribute noth ing of a worth-while or perma nently wholesome nature. ? Hick ory Daily Record. Blaine Aldridge Dies in Washington Mr. Blaine Aldridge, 63, native of the Foscoe section of Watauga county, and a son of the late James Aldridge, died at the home in Tacoma, Wash., June 18. He had been in poor health for several years but a heart attack was given as the immediate cause of death. Mr. Aldridge is survived by a son, Jerome, and a daughter, Mrs. Gay Sanders, both of Tacoma. Four brothers and four sisters also survive: John Aldridge, Boone; Linville Aldridge, Banner Elk; K. J. Aldridge, Kingsport, Tenn.; Harry Aldridge, Rich mond, Calif.; Mrs. J. R. Gragg, Mrs. D. P. Wyke, Boone; Mrs. W. C. Calloway, and Mrs. Jud Wagner, Shulls Mills. A recent article states that farm manure is worth $5 per ton on its fertilizing value alone. Farmeis Hardware & Supply Co. We are striving to carry your needs at a reasonable price. See us b*? o fore you buy. FARMERS HARDWARE AND SUPPLY CO. Phone 1 ? Boone, N. C. Blue Ridge China Hand-painted and underglazed, 25 and 53-piece sets. A selection of patterns for dinner, luncheon and breakfast sets. We also have Fiesta and Pastel Veronic, moderately ('priced. STALLINGS JEWELERS BIG SHIPMENT OF ROLL FILM ? All Sizes ? Cameras for rent . . . Supplies . . . Frames. Application Pictures . . . Portraiture. Roll film printed and developed. SPECIALISTS IN CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHY? in our studio or in your home. PALMER CTUDIO DOONE 309 East photo Service *-> n. c. Main Items From Th? Democrat Of Jun. 25. ISM T. S. Coffey came up from Lenoir last Friday, bringing with him his mother, who will spend the summer at the Critcher Hotel. Mr. Coffey returned to Lenoir Monday. J. W. Farthing, forman. with a number of carpenters, began work on the boys' dormitory at the A. T. S. Monday morning. The building will be a good one when completed. M. P. Critcher. street overseer is doing some splendid work on the sidewalks and street im provements will be begun at once. He is certainly to be con gratulated on the fine start he has made. Elijan Trivett, an aged citizen of Watauga, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Alf Brown, of Meat Camp last Friday, and the remains were taken to the Adams graveyard Saturday for buriaL Mrs. Elizabeth Eggers. wife of the late Johile Eggers, of Mabel. Local League Downs Newland Score 10-1 The American Legion League defeated the Newland team in a one-sided game played in New land Tuesday, the score being 10 .1. The local leaguers go to the bat Thursday with Valdese on the Cove Creek diamond, if weather conditions permit. THRESHER INFORMATION Operators of combines and threshing machines are reminded that they are required to obtain permits to operate their machines in North Carolina. The permits are to be obtained through the Register of Deeds Office in eacn county of the State There is rarely any charge for these per mits, although handy daily re cord books are provided along with forms on which to report the acrcage threshed and bushels obtained from this acreage. BOYS. BIRDS. FIRE Port Huron, Mich. ? "To get rid of the birds," a 14-year-old Kim-' ball township schoQlboy dropped a lighted match into a starling's nest in a shed on the school grounds. Flames scorched the shed walls and the fire depart ment, who put out the fire, charged the school district $75. BABY SHOT~IN HEAD Memphis, Tenn. ? While being rocked in his grandfather's arms a 15-month old baby was struck in the head by a stray bullet, which apparently richochetted out of the nearby river bottoms and imbedded itself in the child's brain. The baby, Frederick Ad kins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adkins, will recover. Food especially planned for folks over 60 is a coming thing and The American Magazine describes one pioneer as a powder which contains blends of whole milk, skim milk, and dried brew ers' yeast and rich in minerals and vitamins A, B complev, C, and D. Windmills were first erected inj England in 1040. was married at the home of her brother, Mr. W. L. Bryan in Boone last Thursday, to a Mr. Simmons, of Zionville, Rev. J. F. Davis officiating. The couple was given a string band serenade on Thursday night. The legal fraternity of Watauga county has performed a very graceful act in the purchase of a handsome framed life-size picture of the late Judge Green, to be hung on the walls of the court room. We are told that the pictures of Judge Councill. Col. G. N. Folk and Major H. Bing ham will also adorn the walls of the courtroom a little later on. This is fine, but it would be a nicer remembrance of the late Judge Green for his friends in Watauga to contribute something to the price of a neat monument to be placed at .his neglected grave near the old home, as a slight token of their appreciation of the bighearted judge. Let this move be inagurated at once, and the Democrat is ready to do its part. ATTENTION, WORLD WAR II VETERANS There are 14,267,000 living honorable discharged veterans in the United States that are eli gable for terminal leave and up to date 5,000,000 have not ap plied for it. September 1st is the last day that veteran can apply under the present regulation. We do not know whether the time will be extended or not. If it isn't those that have not applied by September 1, 1947 will lose whate is coming to them. I advise all veterans that have not ap plied to do so at once. Forms are hard to get and it may be that I will run out soon, but at the pre sent time I have a good number. Lionel Ward Veterans Service Officer What the public thinks of cot ton products, and the extent to which it prefers and buys them, will be the final measure of how much cotton can be produced on American farms. He Who Laughs Last ? 'i-.h I 4 internal revenue bureau By Paul Berdanier .Wi, ! "hi!/, l J T*X ty, BILL < VETOED ' fc i m /// SPACE-SAVER (OnSOLETTE AND $15.00 WORTH OF TOP DECCA RECORDS, INCLUDING ALBUMS ^gS BOTH FOR ONLY <4 Product of B?ndix Arutioo Corporation Here's just what you have been waiting for! A fully automatic radio phonograph that takes no more room than an ordinary chair, yet gives big set performance. Plays 10 or 12 inch records ? full console tone and superb Bendix radio performance with short wave. Space for over 100 records in albums. Available in rich mahogany and American Walnut. HEAR THESE TOP TUNES NOW I Plut tha start of your own rtord library I During this special offer you will receive 4 of the moat popular albums of Deoca recordings. 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