WATAUGA DEM0CBAT1
An Independent Weekly
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Xfetablithed in 1888 and published
for 45 yean by the Ma
Robert C. Rlvert, Sr.
? R C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher!
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ot March 3, 18TO. '
~Th? basic of our imnin?iit being
Ow opinion of the people, tin vary
first objective should be to keep that
right, and were It left to me to decide
whether wa should have a govern
? ? without newspapers, or Mings
pars without government, I should not
fcaaitate a monment to chaoaa Mm lat
ter. But I should mean that every
man should receive these papers and
be capable of reading them."? Thomas
Jefferson.
THURSDAY JULY 8, 1948.
GOLD EH QI.rfrM*
Men would not lone live In
society wore they not the dupeg
at one another. ? La Rochefou
cauld. r?..
Though the world contains
many things which are thorough
ly bad, the worse thine in it is
society.? Scbopctihauar.
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Society is always diseased, and
the best is the most so. ? H. .D.
Thoreau. V j ?
When a man meets his mate
society begins. ? R. W. Emerson.
It is not from top to bottom
that societies die; it is tram bot
tom to top. ? Henry George.
legal arMfef. Us all tight to kn*
assa'cas-1
ase griaffti bo doused with
spirits, anyway. might as wall
??C up a state store . . . offer
the double-price bootlegger1 a
nee foe bis money . . . and di
vert the proceeds from the traf
fic to badly-needed ?treet par
tag. extensions, etc. . . . There
Is llttlo need to protend wo are
a d ry community . . . wa are
only hiding our beads from the
?vil In the shifting sands of a
synthetic prohibition
which has reached the local cli
max of its long period of utter
ineffectiveness.
STATE POLICE CAR streak
ing through the evening theatre
traffic at about a mile a minute
with siren screeching . . . should
a motorist from a side street have
failed to hear the warning, would
have been a mighty gory mess . ...
Bleary-eyed celebrant halts un
certainly on the curb at end of
the hot holiday . . . old friends
tour the mountains and drop by
for a chat . . . trying to coax a bit
of dust from an insect powder gun
and looking for a flower sack
from which to shake the lethal
dust .... wasn't any of course.
The advent of the paper flour
bag. moved from the household
one of its moat often-needed nec
cessities . . . asphalt coring from
the pavement, where it failed to
show last year, gives testimony
to the severity of the heat wave
. . . bird-lovers of community
continue to tell us of the clean
irweep the cats arc making on the
young songsters . . . don't know
the remedy . . to own a cat as
a household pet is one of our
human rights . . . the homeless
ones ought to be disposed of . J
Little organized support of bird
dom, since Mrs. W. M. Burwell
left the community . . Monday
night a sheet on the f>ed was a
mite too much cover . . . cooler
Tuesday and overcast skies bring
signs of rain . . . when it comes
we all go to swearing the place
will wash' away . . . the narrow
entrance to depot street choked
with cabs . . . bus fills up the re
maining space . . . the popularity
of the Drive-in-Soda Bar next to
the high school . . the long lines
before the theatre box office, and
the brand new, spick and span
taxi stand of Letcher Teague on
Depot Street.
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A BUNCH OF FOLKS ware
doing a bit of tinging oa* day
.... jwt ? few at the boys
who barf worked up to the be
lief that they rivaled MrCor
those who "the
mm who couldn't ipttk plain
ly ... K. was hungaring for
"Bringing la tha Shwm' but
prounounc*d th# lui word#
"thWrM." Th* mas
lac of MMmonl* *r?d lb* ga
thering. and wiih a cbwchla.
"Darned if U don't look aa if
tboy an all bar*, but wall ring
it any wail"
WO PERFECT DEFENSE
| The people of the United
States should not overlook the
tendency of defense experts, in
cluding some civilian* as well us
[military men, to insist on per
fection in much the same sense
that there are some generals who
would "fortify the moan."
There is no system of pre-war
defense that will be abeoulutely
perfect and it is too much to ex
pact the people of the United
States to spend billions of dol
lars to "defend" themselves
against what some of the ex
perts think might be a powerful
weapon in the hands of the
enemy.
It is generally assumed that
the Arctic region is of vital im
portance to the defenses of the
United States but the Foreign
Policy Association, throush a
MAN m THE STREET MIGHT
KNOW
| It is hardly fair to a politician
to go back and quote what he
before a convention, especi
when he is a candidate and
be talking for the purpose
of bolstering his wavering ad
herents.
Nevertheless, it might pay the
public occasionally to compare
predictions and events, in order
to get an idea of the sincerity of
public utterances and the correct
ness of political predictions.
\ These observations apply to
newspaper writers, radio com
mentators and so-called political
prognosticators. Like the sports
Writers, who never fail to make
predictions .on the probable out
come at athletic events, the clan
has a habit of laying down very
positive conclusions as to what is
going to occur and also the rea
sons for the occurence.
*Vom a more or less serious
study of the subject during the
past thirty-five years, we have
come to the conclusion that most
of the stuff that is printed is
buncombe.
In fact, if we wanted to get an
opinion as to the probable out
come of the Democratic National
Convention, for example, we
would have just about as much
chance to ascertain the probable
course by talking with ten or
twenty individuals on the street
as by taking the composite corv
report by Blair Bolles, says that
it is a question whether a bomb
laden plane "could regularly at
tack the United States across the
"Pole and return to its base."
It is one thing to assert that
tha United States should be on
he alert to prevent an enemy
power from occupying vital re
gions in the Arctic but it is quite
another to suggest that we need,
in the year 1948, a means of de
fense against aerial attacks from
far off countries which "might"
send their planes via the North
Pole.
elusions of the so-called experts.
NO RIGHTS FOR ANYBODY
An organization has been
formed to persuade Negro men
to go to prison rather than obey
the draft law recently passed Dy
Congress.
The opposition is based on the
failure of Congress to eliminate
all segregation in the armed
forces and the proponents of the
movement say that unless Presi
dent Truman issues an order
prohibiting segregation, that
young men* of draft age will be
urged to join in a civil disobedi
ence movement.
We doubt if the movement
gets very far. Certainly, there
could be nothing more foolish
than for young men to refuse to
register because they do not
agree with all the laws passed by
Congress. If every citizen took
this view, upon all public ques
tions, and reserved the right to
determine the laws to obey, there
would be no government and
there would be no rights for
anybody.
E. R. P. SHIPMENTS
Approved Marshall-plan ship
ments, through June 26th, reach
ed a total of $730,783,903, as the
Economic Co-operation Admini
stration neared the end at its
first quarter of recovery opera
tions. Tot*l shipments approved
will amount to about $900,000,000
by the end of June, well short of
the $M?0, 000,000 originally
scheduled.
? U. S. PAY ROLL
When the Eightieth Congress
took over in January 1947, there
were 2,330,000 workers on the
records. At the end of December,
1947, the total had been reduced
to 1,909,383, a post-war low. By
the end of April, this year, how
ever, the figure had risen to X
050,420 and when the 80th Con
gress quit, the figure was still
rising. " i ?
Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1948
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Church
Announcements
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
R(t. E. F. Troutman. Pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Worship at 11:00 a. m.
Sermon Topic: "The Compas
sionate Christ."
Luther League at 6:30 p. m.
Dr. D. J. Whltener will add
ress the Brotherhood in the
Church at 7:30 p. m. His topic,
"The Power of the Printed
Word," is the Brotherhood topic
for July program. Come and hear
him.
Choir rehearsal on Friday
evening at 8:15, with Mr. Hoyt
Safrit directing.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
J. K. Pirkat< Jr. Paster.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.;
Morning worship 11 a. m.; Wes
ley-Westminster Fellowship at
7:30 p. m.; Wednesday evening
service at 7:00; Bible study at
7:45 p. m.; -Choir rehearsal at
8:30 p. m.
Our Daily Vacation Bible
school will begin Monday, July
12, and will be held each after
noon fronv 2:45 p. m . to 4:45 p.
m. throughout the wok.
PRESBYTERIAN HOUR
The next speaker oh the
Presbyterian Hour will be the
Rev. Dr. John R. Richardson,
pastor of the Second Presyterian
Church in Spartanburg, S. C. Dr.
Richardson is one of the most
successful evangelistic preachers
and pastors in the church.
This program may be heard in
this territory over Radio Stations
WSOC, WSJS, and WCYB Sun
day, July 11, at 8:30 a. m. (EST)
LUTHERAN SERVICES
Sunday School at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, Deep Gap at
10 a. m.; Divine service at 11, fol
lowed by Holy Communion.
Old Mount Pleasant: Sunday
School at 2; Divine services at 3.
Bible school is now in session and
will continue through Friday eve
ning. Next week the Bible school
will open at Mount Pleasant and
the public is invited.
BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. W. G. Bond. Pallor
9:45 Sunday School; 10:55 mor
ning worship, sermon: " "Into the
Mountains to be Changed."; 7 p.
m., Training Union; 8 p. m. eve
ning worship, sermon: "Jericho
Road of Service"; Wednesday at
6:30, choir rehearsal; 7:30, mid
week prayer service in auditor
ium.
BOONE METHODIST CHURCH
S. B. Mom. Pastor
Friday July 9, 2:00 p. m, jun
ior choir practice.
Sunday July 11, 10 a. m. church
school; 11 a. m. morning worship,
sermon: "Satayagraha" by Rev.
p. B. Moss; 6:30 p. m. M. Y. F.; 7
p. m., student group meets at the
Presbyterian Church.
Prayer meeting each Wednes
day evening at 7:00 p. m.
Choir practice, Friday even
17:15 p. m
WEDGED BETWEEK TWO
WALLS
Jersey City. N. J.? While
chaaing ? ball, Eugene Demarest,
14, (ell between the walla of two
one-story buildings and could
not wiggle out A police emer
gency squad worked for an hour
to demolish part of the wall uf
one building before the boy
could free himself. He was un
hurt except for minor cuts and
bruise*.
President Signs
Pension Measure
Washington, July 2. ? Widows,
children and dependent parents
of veterans who died in service
are eligible today for pension
boosts totaling more than $30,
000,000 a year.
A bill setting up the increased
benefits was signed into law by
President Truman yesterday. It
also raises payments received by
Iwidows and dependents of vet
erans of the regular military es
tablishment who Ion their lives
because of disabilities resulting
from the war.
Here, in order, are the old rates
'and the payments provided by
the new measure:
Widow, $80 and $75; 'widow
with one child, $78 and $100;
widow and two children, $83.60
and $115; widow with three
children, $109.20 and $130;
widow with four children, $124.80
and $145; widow with five child
ren, $140.40 and $160.
One orphaned child, $30 and
$68; two children, $45.60 and $82
(total); three, $57.60 and $106;
four, $69.60 and $126; five, $81.60
and $146.
One dependent parent, $54,
and $60; two dependent parents,
$30 and $35 (each).
If the veteran lost his life dur
ing peacetime, the benefits will
be 20 per cent less in each case.
BRIEF NEWS
Narrow shoulders stressed in
fur fashions.
U. S. merchant fleet of 1,706
ships sets post-war low figure.
Russian "Diplomatic Diction
ary" lays schism to Old World.
Czech Reds absorb sixty-year
old Social Democratic party.
Report of bumper crop pros
pects in Russia disputed by U. S.
Dewey is planning active cam
paign across the country.
Nearly half of nation's savings
banks sell life .insurance.
United States Army paper
warns Austria againat Red coup.
Defense Minister says Canada
fears only Russian aggression.
Chinese inflation grows worse;
raises problem on U. S. aid.
Real earnings of U. S. work
ers up 68 per cent in fifty years.
Truman signs trade agree
ments bill, "regrets" its "defects.
Announcing the opening of
CHILDREN'S 6HOP
: MONDAY JULY 12th '
located next door to Craven Furniture Co.
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....We will carry apparel for infants up to 6 years old
A corsage will be given to the first twelve mothers vis
iting our store.
MRS. GUY T. HAMPTON
The long and
short of it
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Sport Shirts
To moke o long story sho.-t . . . wa ve a wonderful,
wearable variety of hand torn? WINGS (port shirts . . .
and they're sleeved exactly as you like them: long for
informal attire; short for active weor. In a gay array of
?t-e reason's smartest fabrics, colors and patterns.
$2.49 to $4.95
HUNT'S DEPT. STORE
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has amended its frozen
egg export sales program to per
mit exporters to dry the eggs in
this country before they are
shipped to foreign countries.
Farmers sold about 10.4 billion
dollars worth of crops and live
stock in the first five months of
1948, slightly more than last
year. Marketings were down but
prices were higher.
GOING AT AUCTION
Saturday July 10
AT THE OLD BEAN MARKET NEAR
SMTTHEITS STORE
FIVE LIVING ROOM SUITES (uwd)
Furnilur* at all kinds. Mnrw. Trucks. Can. 1 Modal A
pickup; Man's Suits. Clothing of' all kinds; Man's and Ladiaa'
Wrist Watch**; Hundreds of othar things. Wa buy and soil.
Call Smilh*y'? oi -writ* ma at Adams or Boon*.
JIM BROWN, Auctioneer
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Property of delinquent taxpayers of Watauga County
will be advertised for sale to satisfy taxes, during the
month of August.
1 am anxious for all those due taxes for the past
year, to pay them during this month and save the
costs of advertising.
Your cooperation will be appreciated.
CLAUDE GARLAND,
Tax Collector, Watauga County
For Sale
We can locate you in most any section of
our city in a nice house or on a beautiful lot
Nice stone house ? modern.
Nice brick house ? modern.
Several nice modern houses, close in.
25 acre farm, good 6 room house $1800.
33 acre farm, good five room house, not finished,
$1800.
17 acres, nice brick house, modern.
50 acres, nice house, orchard, good road, etc.
45 acres, good buildings, orchards, etc.
Several nice building lots near the College.
If you want to buy a farm we can help you finance
it at 4% interest, long terms.
If you want to buy a house in town we can help you
finance it at 5% interest, long terms.
Come by and let us give you the benefit of
our 20 years experience.
In the near future we will sell one of the best farms
in this county, sub-divided, at auction. Watch for our
d S. C. EGGERS & COMPANY
BOONE, N. C.
Auction Sale
ON
Saturday,
JULY 10th
starting at 10 a. m. sharp
We will offer the best assortment of all
kinds of household furniture and hundreds
of other items that you will be interested
in.
OUR GRAND PRIZE WILL BE A
$79.50 PLATFORM ROCKER, UPHOL
STERED IN DUPONT DURAN . . . Abo
A $10.00 CASH PRIZE
A. C. MAST
Farmers Burley W arehouse
S. C. Eggers, Auctioneer