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iTAUGA DEMOCRAT ^ KVBiT THUBHDAY »T KIVKhJ PRINTING COMPANY ». c. wau, n.. muloher « i B/ ** hl«» «■<•■» W*w> fTiaqiain t*Ukluh*d in 1M. PublUbed l»r 40 f«ti by the bite fcohrrt C. Xivwn. 8r. — WBscxtPT ion batej b Watauga County: On )«r, »00, six monthi. $1 SO; lour rnonUu. »100, Outride Witu|i Countr On. w, WJO, «ls month*. $1.78; four aontlu. |1« El—- Ji — -*— nil mMur, under the art of cmgrm of fatar«4^«t^dW pmtnUlf at BnW, N. C, aa reeend dw NOTICE tO SUBSCRIBERS—In requeuing change of add addreaa, it b Important to mention the dLD, — — aa the NEW addraaa. "|5 j®.' ! "**• taWi 4t Mr Mm the opiate a of til* MM, the very flnrt efcjMtlv* ihoui4 be to keep that right, and it left to me to decide whether we ihuuld have a government without amripapera, or newapapora without government. I ahould not heaitate a moment to chooae the Utter i that every man ahould reeeive theee pepera and he capable of wading " BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1957 He Served Well Smith Hagaman served hi* day and age with competence, il A school teacher, county superintendent of schools. Superintendent of the Baptist Hospital, and business man, he gave of his best to whatever task he laid his hand. He was tremendously interested In the Baptist church and Its institutions and famore than a decade was administrator at the Baptist Hospital which grew and prospered during his tenure, as he went from place to place building up Interest in the institution among the members of his denomination. As a teacher of a large Bible claas, and as a lay preacher he performed worthwhile service. In the cause of education he was most valuable, and served capably at the head of the county school system in the last days of the little one-room schoolhouses, when consolidation was on the way and the modern school plants of today were being seen on the horizon of educational progress. He was formerly a teacher, and during his life wu ■ friend and confidante of Dr. B. B. Dougherty who died four days earlier. They planned together for many of the improvements which have com* to the mountain area. In the avenues of public life, or of t>olitics, be took an active part and had represented Watauga county In the Legislature many years ago. Believing that good citizenship could thrive only under good government, he was tremendously concerned in all public matters. Like the minister said at his funeral. Mr. Hagaman apparently drew strength, stature and robustness from the towering bills where he was raised. A man of more than usual physical vigor, he was also strong in mind and in spirit and IB his zeal for the welfare of the people of his community, county, state, and nation. We will be missing our sessions with Smith Hagaman, and the notions we gathered from him. He thought progressively and eonatructively. His counsel was uniformly purposeful, and his activities wholesome and beneficial. Language Of Restraint Senator John Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, who (poke the other day at the University of South Carolina commencement exerclaea, shied away from his personal political plans, other than to state that he had only one plan—to run in 1958 for the Senate. Of course the boyish-looking politician, with the thatch of unruly hair, who found favor with South Carolina delegates to the last Democratic convention, when Estes Kefauver edged him out for the vicepresidential nomination, saw the Democrats regaining their former foothold in the National capital, and even enhancing their hold on the Legialative branch of the government. Of course thia ia stock political talk, and while maybe true, is no startling disclosure. What he did, however, that attracted the attention of some of the politically minded, was to remain silent on the explosive segregation issue and decline to comment on the chances for the enactment of civil rights legislation at this session. And coming from an up-easterner that is news as is his statement that what the Democratic party needs is a "harmonizer" —one who can keep the party together despite sectional differences. For a great many years Northern Democratic leaders have sought, apparently, to widen the cleavage which has come about over racial and other issues. It bodes well for the party, that one of her most populkr Northern politicians recognizes the fact that there's going to have to be union ih the ranks, or continued disaster at the polls. Kennedy's gaining down this way. A Useful Volume The publisher of the Democrat to indebted to Senator W. Kerr Scott for a copy of the volume, "Addressea and Papers of Governor William Kerr Scott." Edited by David Leroy Corbitt, division of publications, State Department of Archivea and History, the book covers the controversial administration of Governor Scott, the things he did, the speeches he delivered and the accoinplishmenta of his four year stay in the executive mansion. As Aycock was known for his fight in favor of public education, Cameron Morriaon for leading the movement for a primary road system, Kerr Scott will likely go down in th* annals of 8tate history aa the man who did most for the country road ayatem, and who at the aame time contributed a considerable share to the development of the educational ayatem. Aa legislator, commissioner of agriculture, Governor and now aa United States Senator, Kerr Scott has been a fighter for the advancement of Carolina, her people and institutions. Regardless of the controverisies which have raged about him, he's one of Carolina's most patriotic dtlsens and has accomplished a great deal for the people. And Ve're happy with the sort Of service he's rendering in Washington. He's apt to stay there. Smith Hagaman Wlmton-Salcm Journal In a tense smith Hagaman naa uiree careers. After years of public service in Watauga County as a teacher, legislator and superintendent of county schools, he came to Winston-Salem to carve out what might be called a second career of equally distinguished service. Mr. Hagaman was a quiet, soft-spoken, unassuming man. But he was endowed with patience, persistence, and a broad human!Kjtarian spirit. Called to Winston-Salem to become superimendent of Baptist Hospital in 1934, he found that institution handicapped by the effects of the depression. In developing his administrative policies, he placed major emphasis upon two objectives: (1) Expanding and making available the services of the hospital to all who needed those services, and (2) Materially strengthening the ties between the hospital and the Baptist Churches and people of the state, t In pursuing the Utter Objective Mr. Hagaman spent much of his time over the weekends visiting churches over the state. He was frequently the guest minister in many Baptist pulpits Tnrougn tnese contacts he became a highly effective ambassador of understanding and goodwill which brought the church and hospital much closer together during his 11 years as head of the latter. , His interest in public education la the meanwhile remained keen. In 1938 he became a member of the Forsyth Board of Education and continued to serve on this body for ten years. His broad experience as a teacher and educational administrator in Watauga enabled him to contribute materially toward the solution of the difficult problems confronting the Forsyth schools in the early postwar period. In addition to his two public careers, Smith Hagaman pursued a third. In his early years he farmed and dealt in livestock. After retiring from public service he operated a laundry business at Boone. But he will be best remembered for what be did In education and humanitarian social service, snd for his Inspiring though self-effacing personality. To men of his type society is always in debt. 'f- -i WW ROLLING OUT THE BARREL By Alextnder (W: Stretch's Sketches By "STRETCH" ROLLINS "What It So Rare . . IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE Jbne it the very best month in the entire year, ask any schoolboy. The promtoe of It* coming ii the only thing on earth that makM the preceding nine month* bearable. Fraetioui fall, fierce winter, and fickle spring can be faced with fortitude only because June will come again, just an sure as Ood keeps the sun in the heavens and the earth moving ponderously but surely toward its annual rendezvous with warming Ays and balmy breaies. It's release from imprisonment, promise of, adventure—the threshold of summer. It's a string of Saturdays stretching into infinity. What if September is lying in wait out there somewhere to Jolt one back to the harsh reality of books and rules—who can worry about that now? It's June! But school children have no monoply on June. It's for everybody. Edgar A. Guest, who wielded a more poetic pen than I, once eugolizM the season in rhyme, so let's let him take over as a sort of "Guest" columist: "When the blue gets back in the skies once more, And the vines grow green 'round the kitchen door; When the roses bud and the robin* come, I stretch myself and I say: Ho-hum! I ought to work, but I guess I wont; Though some want riches today—I don't! This looks to me like the tort of day That wai meant to idle and dream away. When the sun is high and the air just right, With the trees all blossomy, pink and white, And the grass aa soft as a feather bed. With the white clouds drifting just overhead— I stretch and yawk like a schoolboy then, And turn away from the walks of men. And tell myself in a shamefaced way: I'm going to play hookey from work today! Here is a morning too rare to miss; And what is gold, to a day like this! And what k> fame, to the things 111 see Through the lattlce trork of a fine old tree? There is work to do, but the work can wait; There are goals to reach, there are foes to hate; There are hurtful things which the smart might *»*; But nothing like that shall spoil today! Today I'll turn from the noisy town, And just put all of my burdens down; I'll quit the world and its common sense, And the things men think are of consequence, To chum With the bird* and the friendly trees. And try to fathom their myateries; For here is a day which looks to be The kind I can fritter away on mel" From Early Democrat Files Sixty Ymrt Ago Jue t, M7t Mr. G. L. Bernhardt, of Lenoir, paased through town Friday. Reports lay Johile Eggsrs near Zionville ii very low and will not recover. He hat been aiek a long time. Atty. E. S. Coffey and wife are vlaiting friends and relatives in Wilkea county. We learn that an infant child of Alex Hagaman on Cove Creek died Sunday night with whooping cough. Thomas CrossWhite of Mountain City, Tens., whom we reported last week as being dangerously allot, was In town this week looking well and hearty. Cat>t. E. W. Faucett, who has Men teaching In Temi., for several years, spent Monday night at the Coffey Hotel. He was on his wty to Lenoir, where ha will make his futfere home. We arc informed that the Quarterly Meeting at Fair View on Saturday and Sunday last was vary Interesting, and largely attencM. The Rev. Mr, Grant, in the absence of Eldaf Blair, presided over the meeting. Sine* our last isaue we learn that there was an insurance of 91,400 on the mill property of J. P. Council!, which was destroyed by fire last week. The insurance it la thought, b something like half (he worth of the property. The earthquake shock was so severe in Boone Monday that bricks were shaken fr*m different chimneys in town. It is claimed tyflpiany that the sheck was more terrific than the one of "86 Which caused so tnuch destruction in Charle* fan, S. C. Whether this be true or not, (he shock was frightful. Rev. Mr. Sherwood is a good fartfier. as well as a good preacher He bought lOd bushels of lime and haa made a large compost leap wKB It. te ale on tile crap. The lime only celt him H.00 at the kiln, and others of our fsrtaers would do well to follow his example, aa lime la just what la needed for our lands. Thirty-Nine Yaara Ago Jaae C. Mil Mr*. W. U Scott, of Jefferson, ia a visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. ^a^Mrs. 'aha Prof, and Un 1. 0. Oreer are -visittaas *"• Greer'* parent*, Mr. and Mrs. J. f Spainhour at Morgsnton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bingham, with their two ions, Messrs Dean and Howard, arc off to the Camps at Auguita, Ga., where their oldest boy la in training for military service, having been moved there from Camp Jackion a few weeki ago. Quite an exciting little chase occurred on last Monday when an inmate of the county jail. Williams by name, made a dash for liberty, pushing down Miss Mabel Moody, who had gone into the corridor to give the prisoners some water. Before the young lady wis sufficiently recovered to raise an alarm, the fleeing prisoner had made Considerable distance, but his plans were sorely interfered with by Dr. Salmons, who was hoeing in hie garden. He aaw the MSB paaa him, and hearing the cries "catch him, catch hiia!" coming from the jail, followed in hot pnrMiH. and, after a chase of sortM two hundred A'ards overtook and returned the prisoner to the lockup. Williams Is charged with forgery, and. in default of bond, he Is awaiting the next term of Watauga Superior Court. Fifteen Yean Ago Jane 4, IMS Senator Joeiah W. Bailey taok Watauga County handily for his third term Democratic nomination In the primary held last Saturday, piling up almoat a ten to one lead over hi* oppoaaat, former Lieutenant Coventor Richard T. fountain of Rocky Mount Principal discussion it the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last Thursday centered about NCant ratings of the office of defense transportation forbidding the delivery of comTmKifilW OutSICW 8 fialuft Of 19 fllilM, Ina TH6 further regulation that trucka must return to point of orgin 75 per cent loaded. Mr. Vernit 0. Jones of Charlotte, has locate* in Boone for the practice of law aad established himself In the attlccc formerly wed hy the late t ft Bingham. In the Northwestern Bash MIA' in* Mr. Jones' famly will toln him later. Rev. M. H. CUrrte, newly-elected pAetar el the James I. Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church, has arrived in the city aad ha* entered upon hi* ministry. KING STREET By ROB RIVERS REV. MB. 0UGERS ... HAS PREACHED A LONG TIME Rev. R. C. Eggers of Zionville reminded u* the other day that he was born June 30, 1888, just lour days before the Watauga Democrat came into being, and that the county newspaper has always been in the home . . His father and his grandfather were subscriber* and Rev. Mr. Eggors has been a constant reader of the Democrat since he started his own home . . Mr. Eggers state* that he has been a minister for 43 years, and still serves two Baptist churches in the area . . His longest tenure at any one church was at Poplar Grove Baptist, where be preached for eighteen years. HE TRAVELED ROUGH ROADS ... RY HORSERACK Mr. Eggers stated that during his horseback days, his feet had many times frozen in the stirrups when rala turned Into lee, and recalls that he forded Meat Camp Creek 14 times from Its head on down .. In those days he recalls a flu epidemic which struck on Meat Camp, and he was 111 at the home of Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Wilson for five weeks .. In later years after the Linville River Railway had built its lines, he was released from one horseback appointment, and rode on the train from Room to preach at the Watauga Church, above Foscoe in the shadow of the*Grandfather . . There he recalls that at some times five hundred people would gather for services .. Mr. Eggers remains hale and hearty and has no immediate plana for giving up his work. THE GREMLINS , . . MIX THE TYPE Errors in weekly, and daily newspapers as well, especially In want ad columns have been a lot of fun for readers as far back at we can recall . . The defunct Literary Digest used to carry a column of these ads and items, containing ludicrous errors, titled, "Slips That Pass in the Night" . . And the Democrat has come forth with a liberal number of them, which strangely enough are liable to happen in clusters .. A reader reminds us of the time the fellow advertised a "Wench for sale. Slightly used. $400" . . And of the farmer who sought to sell "100 Year Old Chickens." .. We daresay the man disposed of his hoist and that the chickens went on their decrepit way to the butcher. HOW TO HAVE FRIENDS ... IN THE ACRID FOG This is National Smoke a Cigar month according to a press release, which urges those who smoke and chew on the smelly stogies to obtain "understanding and sympathy" by following certain rules, among them being: Do not chew on the butt of a dead cigar. Do not talk with a cigar In your mouth. Do not smoke in a confined space. Do not cultivate a long ash, making nervous wrecks af onlookers. Do not dance with a cigar In your mouth. Do not leave cigar butts around the house. Those of us who paid court to dame Nicotine a long time ago, would tiiel better about the observance If there were some cheroots around . „ We'd almost be tempted to Join in stinking up the place if we had some of the old Virginias which were trade marks of our dad and of T. J. Sullivan, the veteran house painter. A GOOD FELLER . . . CLEVER AND KNOWING Men of intellectual capacity are often referred to here as being brainy, smart, cagey, foxy, knowing, but the other day we ran across another adjective, which we believe is more or less obselete in usage, but which we like. It's "knowledgeable." . . and of course, getting into the similies, which are always good here, there's "smart as a steel trap," "sharp as a briar," and "keen as a raxor." . . And a man is said to be clever, not when he's dextrous of hand or quick of mind, but when he's willing to share with his fellow man .. It's often said, in describing a man who's prodigal with his worldly goods that "he won't let anybody outclever him." .. And he's the kind of man you'd want to visit. So This Is New York By NORTH CALLAHAN In all the disturbance* In our i world, it is refreshing to find a ] note ef real confidence. George Cobeaa is a man who travels all orer the world and has been in SB countries including Russia. When t talked to him. he had just returned from New Zealand In his work as consultant on foreign trade and investments for a big paper company He gets a lot of fun out of all this travel and said he took the Job so that he would g«t paid for it and wouldn't have to work. But aertoualy, George la an optimist I asked him if in all hia travels he had gained any impression about a forthcoming third world nr. His reply: "No. I did MX. IB fact. H is my studied opinion based on this wide observation that we are farther from a third world war than we have ever been before." Madlao^ Avenue here has come to signify a number of thints. Chiefly the ultra In advertising techniques. A story la told about *ne of the eiecutives from this Streamlined street who went to a party and stayed out woMte that when he arrtNd home and was tlipping uo the stairs with shoes to hand, he heard the horrifying sound (it ftve cuckoo elsrt striking four Being a real smart executive, he promptly and perfectly Imitated the euekoo Clebt ttmea more. Then he stole I staged Neat memtog his ■ ito»mini*ed, -Henry, wtf must hit* that AdtAo clock ftted. Last night t woke up add heard H cuckoo four times Then tft all t^tai an<l nnrk raw 1 K DUrfMM II** WW mvnOOTO ■ Dr. Peter Steincrohn said in a pre** conference here that our bodies can take an astonishing amount of punishment and still function. An average man, he stated, can get along without his gall bladder, spleen, tonsils, and apgpndix. He can dispense with one of hi* two kidneys, one of his two lungs, two of his five quarts of blood, two-fifths of his liver, most of his stomaeh, 4 of his 23 feet of small intestine and (but is this news?) half of his brain." Educational television is catching on throughout U» country and this town it no exception, except that New York has not taken the lead in this important activity that it should. For example, the Metropolitan Educational Television Association her* (META) was chartered by the state to develop such • broadcast service. The FCC allocated Channel 29 to this city for educational purpoaea—the only trouble being that Jhis i* an ultra-high frequency eAnnel that could not be received by a single local set. unless it had • converter attached So META now plaits t* o*e 25 as a closed-circuit educational channel or buy one of the seven existing VHE stations A groun tf neonle were being taken around the United Nation* build Inn and shown the various feature* The fnide was ontefc to potnf out the different physical aspects of the structures, now and v then criticising some of tfeefti rather severely. On* of the grout, dMinguMhed-loot
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