WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
R C. RIVERS. JR. Publisher
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Established in 188 and published for 45 yean by
the late Robert C. Rivera, Sr.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954.
The Hunting Season
And Farmers9 Problems
With the approach of the hunting season
the farmers are busily engaged in many
sections in posting their lands against the
Nimrods, and a continuous stream of the
landowners is visiting the Democrat office to
get the no-trespass signs.
' We have talked to a large number of
these farmers a bo eft their problems with the
gunners. Most of them say they don't want
to be unreasonable with the folks who go
to 'the fields and forest in search of the di
minishing squirrels, and the furtive Bob
Whites, but that "a group of folks from
Boone" continually sweep over the country
side, covering every inch of the terrain and
garnering in just about every living creature
during the foray. But what is causing the
main trouble among the farmers, aside from
the slaughter of the birds, is the wanton de
struction of wire fences by the folks who are
alleged to carry wire cutters, freeing the
herds and the flocks and causing the land
owners a lot of trouble and work in addition
to expense. As one fellow said: "Wire is high,
fencing is unpleasant, and we can't afford
too much extra payoff with diminishing farm
prices!"
But most of the folks, we find, vy.ayldn't
be mad at a fellow who'd come along -and
shoot a cottontail or so, and maybe for the
record ask the taxpayer if he'd mind. You
know after all, he owns the fields and the
forests.
Church Memberships
Reach Highest Peak
The religious life of the United States
is in its healthiest condition in history, ac
cording to recent figures on church member
ship.
The United States, it is learned, now has
more church members, more Sunday School
attendants, more churches, more ministers
and priests than at any tim4 in the history
of the nation. Likewise church contributions
have reached record heights and church con
struction has expanded eight-fold within fif
teen years.
The Yearbook of American Churches
points out that six out of every ten persons
are on church rolls. Percentage-wise, it is
59.5 as against 49 per cent in 1940.
The nation's religious population of 95,
000,000, has broken down into three faith
groups, shows: Protestants 55,000,000, Roman
Catholic 31,000,000, and Jewish 5,000,000.
The Baptist are the largest Protestant
groups. The 25 bodies total 17,990,613.
The 21 bodies of the Methodist Church total
11,641,891. The largest single Protestant
church Is the Methodist Church with 9,151,
524 members. The Southern Baptist Church
is second with 7,883,708, and the National
Baptist Convention third with 4,526,847.
The Primal Forces
(New York Times)
Wind is one of the great primal forces of
this earth, invisible and only approximately
predictable. Man lives with it every day of
his life, and most of the time he lives com
fortably and in reasonable safety; for wind
is only air in motion, and that motion is us
ually moderate. But now and then that mov
inggpir can become terrify ingly turbulent.
Great winds ri^ and sweep across vast dis
tances with awesome power and destruction.
Then we know the force of the tornado and
the hurricane.
Since time began, the winds have con
stantly been shaping the earth's surface, cre
ating its weather, moving the waters across
the face of the globe. Water, another primal
element, the flowing stream, th%lapping tide,
the drifting cloud and the hovering fog, is of
itself something man hft always lived with,
and probably knew intimately in the begin
ntng. A waterless earth would be as uninhab
itable aa an earth without the air, which is
(tie substance of wind. O
Bu0whm the winds rise in violence, the
water itself becomes a partner in the lashing
march of destruction. Set a great wind be
hind a wave and the shoreline is battered and
beaten, and all in its path is at its mercy.
Load a swirling wind with drenching rain
and the sheer weight of driven water is~all
but Irresistible. Team these two primal /or- i
ces and the power of man is dwarfed.
We live with wind and water ? we could
not live without them ? but we sometimes
forget that they are forces beyond our leash ,
or calculation. Then we face a hurricane,
and we know them for what they are, and
we reappraise man's power, for a little while,
and have a sense of awe and of wonder and
of humility. ;
STRETCH'S
SKETCHES
"STRETCH" ROLLINS
New Name, Same Color
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We have been reading a book, an accomplish
ment of which we are moderately proud in this
age of television and other attractions and dis
traction*.
It ii not a new book. In fact, It was published
in 1924, and is a compilation of editorial opinion
on various subjects in sentence and paragraph
form gleaned from the leading newspapers of the
day. It is called "The World's Best Epigrams."
One section is devoted to Bolshevism, which
is merely the old name for Communism, and we
?re going to list a few of these quotes in the
interest of disabusing anyone's mind of the pos
sible notion that fighting Communism originated
with Senator McCarthy 6r any other present-day
demagogue. .We are taking the liberty of substi
tuting the word "Communism" wherever the
word "Bolshevism" appears.
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A "Red" sunset in Russia would be a prom
ising weather forecast. ? Wall Street Journal.
The Communiats may not be strong on pro
viding food for Russia, but they are experts at
making a hash of things. ? Columbia (SC.) Rec
ord.
America needs little red school houses, but not
little "red" school teachers. ? Norfolk Virginian
Pilot.
There are six million families (1934, remem
ber) in the United States who own their own
homes. This is an anti-Communist argument in a
nutsell. ? Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The red turns pale when put next to the long
green. ? Washington Post.
Communism is the theory that tramps- are
trumps. ? Washington Post. ,
Red Russia has abolished God, but God is more
tolerant. ? Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.
Reduced to its simplest form, Communism is
merely a lazy man's envy of the prosperity of a
hustler. ? Kansas City Post.
Trying to get the Soviet Government into
any sort of working agreement recalls the late
Colonel Roosevelt's simile of "nailing cranberry
jelly to the wall."? Chicago Daily News.
The government continues to give plenty of
rope to the Reds, but it is not bestowed in the
right place or manner. ? Columbia Record.
? ? ? ?
1924? Yes, but everyone of them could have
first appeared in yesterday's newspapers.
Our Early Files
Sixty Years Ago
September 13. 1M4.
T, J. Coffey & Bro. have a good supply of
school books.
D. Jones Cottrell opened school at Linvilla
Tuesday of this week.
The lumber wagons continue to haul to Elk
Park.
B. J. Cobncill has sold h^i house and lot in
town to J. F. Hardin. Mr. Councill will build
near J. F. Hardin's residence.
County Superintendent W. M. Francum wishes
to say to the school committeemen hat the Board
of Education approximated the school funds at
the September meeting and found that each pupil
will draw 90 cents for the scholastic year 1894.
The bridges op the new turnpike are about
completed and the entire road will soon be fin
ished. Capt. Coffey has done a substantial job
and we feel indebted to him for having such a
magnificent road built.
Fifteen Years Ago
September 14. IN*. ?
Canada formally declared war on Germany
today, following Britain into the conflict by a
week to the day.
Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Glenn had as their guests
last week Mrs. Glenn's sisters, Mrs. George O.
Judy and Miss Mae Lawrence of Cincinnati.
Rev. Paul R. Caudill, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Caudill and two
children, were recent visitors with Mr. Caudill's
brother, Mr. J. V. Caudill.
Mr. David P. Allison's latest book, "Welded
Links," was published September 1 by the W. B.
Erdman Co., and will be on sale within a few
days.
Indirectly but definitely. President Roose
velt served notice today that Germany would not
be permitted to seize any British or French ter
ritory on this side of the Atlantic.
A special train carrying officers and directors
of the LinviU^River Railway Company came to
Boone Monday and the (roup went to Blowing
Rock where they spent the night
James T. Gross, age 4S, World War veteran
and secretary of the Watauga county elections
board, died at the Veterans Hospital in John
son City, Friday. . . . Mr. Grots had never been
in good health sinc? hit active participation in
tht World W?r. k . .
Mrs. Mary Jo Sims
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Funeral Today i
Gravesicle services for Mis.
Mary Jo Hatley Sims, who died
ruesday, September 7, in Cam
den. S. C., have been scheduled to
be conducted by Mr. H. Emest
Shoaf at the White Spring* cem
etery Wednesday M 2 p. m.
Mr*. Sims, the widow of Mr.
Hamp Sims, is survived by two
sons, Howard Sims, Washington,
D. C., and Troy Sims, Tennessee;
j daughter, Mrs. Hamie Brown,
Camden; and four sisters, Mrs.
Kizzy Coffey, Linville. Mrs. Lil
lie Coffey, Lenoir, Mrs. Leona
Bragg. Blowing Rock, and Mr?.
Minnie Sides, Hickory. <
Clergy To Meet
At Valle Cruris
Clergy of the Episcopal Diocese
of Western /North Carolina will
gather at Valle Crucis church
school Monday through Wednes
day (Sept. 13-15) for the annual
clergy retreat.
The Rev. A. Donald Merrix,
rector of St. James Episcopal
Church, Macon, Ga., will be re
treat master.
A retreat for laymen was con
ducted at Valle Crucis this week
by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan of
Franklin.
Wataugans Buy
Savings Bonds
Watauga County people invest
ed a total of $37,353 in United
States Savings Bonds during the
period from January to July,
1934, said Mr. R. M. Lineberger
of Greensboro, deputy director of
the U. S. Savings Bonds Division
for North Carolina, when he
visited Boone recently.
The quota for the county this
year is $124,000, he said, of which
30 per cent was bought during
the first half of the year, placing
Watauga County 36th in the state
on a quota basis.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
The Consumer Price Index rose
for the third straight month from
mid-June to mid-July. This in
crease amounted to a tenth of
fiBe'por cent and was due mainly
to higher prices resulting from
the diought.
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A ANN, six-months, daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Baxter Prof
fitt, roue 2, Boone, N. C. ? Photo
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News of Servicemen
RUFUS CARP FINISHES
ARMY COURSE
Camp Cordon, Ga. ? Pvt. Rufut
A Earp of Vilas, N. C . will grad
uate this week from the Power
Equipment Maintenance Course,
one of the many courses offered
at The Southeastern Signal
School, Camp OmrJo/i, Ga. He la
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Earp,
Route 1, Box 83, Vilas.
During his training, Pvt. Earp
received a tefhinical education
worth thousands of dollars. He
will now be reassigned to an ac
tive unit of the United States
Army.
ARLIES MAINS SERVING
IN KOREA
3d. Div., Korea. ? Cpl. Arties
Mains, son of Mrs. Florence
Mains. Tamarack, N. C., is serv
ing in Korea with the 3d Infan
try Division.
The "Rock of the Marne" di
vision, which saw bitter tfighing
in the Iron Triangle and at Out
post Harry, is now training as
part of the U. S. security force
on the peninsula.
Mains, a member of the 84th
Tank Battalion's Company C, en
tered the Arwy in March 1953 and
arrived in Korea last October.
CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS
The American Bar Association
committee holding that the in
vestigative power of Congress
should not be tampered with, re- \
commended changes is the rules
to protest the rights of witness
and third parties and to have
committees, not individual mem- 1
bers, conduct inquires.
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Mixed schools to open this fall j
in "border" states next month.
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One-Hall Mile from City Limit* on Old Blowing Rock Road
Wednesday and Thursday
September 8 and 9
Little Boy Lost
BING CROSBY
Friday and Saturday
September 10 and 11
Lone Hand
JOEL McCREA
SUNDAY? September 12
War Of The Worlds
GENE BERRY
Monday and Tuesday
September 13 and 14
Dangerous When
Wet
Esther Williams
Jack Carson
Southern ttuit and vegetable
marketing co-opt had gross sales
if $156 million in 1SS3.
Nearly 368 million acres of J
crops were growing in the United
States in mid-summer.
Local Realty Values I
G. I. and F. H. A. Loans Now Available ?
Require Small Down Payment
GOOD lO-ROOM HOUSE? 7 bedrooms. S baths, larpe living loom. 1
Convenient location to college and ?chools. Priced to sell.
One-fourth down, long terms balance.
NEW 3-BEDROOM HOUSE, bath, hardwood floors, insulated, full
? basement, furnace, refrigerator, stove, washing machine, din
ette set, all for $10,000. Located in Daniel Boone Colony just
out of city limiti (city water).
GOOD MAIN STREET PROPERTY FOR SALE? Confidential
listing. Will trade for good house or small farm. This property
has very desirable location. Suitable for most any type of
business. Please don't phone. Information will not be given
over phone.
NEW 5-ROOM COTTAGE, water in house, 6 acres of land located
on good gravel road. Ideal site for lake in front of house.
Typical for a summer cottage, trees, natural shrubbery. Priced
for quick sale. Owner must move into town.
GOOD 5-ROOM HOUSE, basement .forced hot air heat. Large
lot located on Oak Street near college. FHA approved. SmaJ!
down payment.
NEW BRICK HOUSE ? bath, plastered walls, hardwood floors,
hot air furnace. Large lot. Located on Oak Street.
17 ACRE FARM ? house, barn, located 9 miles from Boone on the
Todd road.
GOOD 2-BED ROOM BRICK HOUSE, bath, furnace, large lot,
located near schools and stores. Price $6400. Terms if needed.
SELECT RERSIDENTIAL LOTS FOR SALE.
NEED SMALL FARM? 15~to 20 acres ? with good stream.
GOOD 5-ROOM HOUSE ? bath, furnace, and 5 room garage apart
ment with bath. \Vt acre lot on highway 421 just % mile
west of Boone. Priced to sell. Terms if needed.
GOOD 6-ROOM HOUSE, bath, basement, hot air heat. Located
Grend Boulevard.. Requires small down payment.
FACULTY STREET? Good 2-bedroom house, bath, hardwood
floors. Electric- stove, large lot. Price $7,500.
DECK HILL? Good five-room house, bath, lA acre land, GI lean
on property. Down payment $1,200.
GOOD SIX-ROOM HOUSE, bath, hardwood floors, large lot, lo
cated on Faculty Street. Long term G. I. 4% loan. $58 per
month, which includes taxes and insurance.
BAMBOO SECTION ? 5 rooms, water, two acres, $3,000.
LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF BOONE ON HIGHWAY 421
Good 4-room house and bath. barn, chicken house, 19 3-1 acres
of good farm land. Price $5,000.00. Terms if needed.
NEAR AHO ? Good 28-acre farm with 9-room house. Priced to
sell. Terms If needed.
FOUR ACRES LAND NEAR BOONE. Good 4-room house with
bath. $1200 down, balance $25 per month. GI loan.
4-ROOM BRICK HOUSE, hardwood floors, furnace, conveniently
located.
GOOD 6-ROOM BRICK HOUSE, furnace, large lot. Located Main
Street. Will sell or trade for good farm.
GOOD BUSINESS LOT located on Main Street. Desirable for any
type of business.
SHULLS MILLS ? Good 10-room house, bath, 2M acres land. Very
desirable property. Terms.
BIAL AMherst 4-825$ 4? BOONE. N. C. ? 217 MAIN STREET
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