There were frantic tunes around
our house oa a recent Monday.
! There was the kindergarten to
he called, the Sunday School teach
er to be informed. There wen sev
eral neighbors to be enlightened
and the day's plans te be revised.
Our son bad the mumps) '
We didn't know bow to lore
warn expected dinner and over
night guests en route from out of
state. Finally we decided that if
our germs were not good enough
for die little red school house, the
Methodist Church and some fine
playmates in the neighborhood, we
might as well let a few go bade to
western Pennsylvania and show
the people how infectioip a Tar
Heel muiapmirrobe can te.
But thf guests didn't show. So
we've got Uas mumps all to our
selves. We've got a few for our
daughter, who hasn't had them,
and a few iar the wife who some
how escaped them in her youth, a
dozen for me, who has had then
on only one side, and one or two
left over for the family of four ac
ross the street that's planning a
trip to Florida In two' weeks.
And we were supposed to have
left for the coast on the 20th. Res
ervations all maile, friends slert
ed snd fish warned too. Too, the
wife had obligated to teach Bible
School meantime. That is, if now
we can have Bible School.
We wonder how far we could
have spread our mump i affluence
had we sta y** rtr cturrti like the
preacher MUM w to.
But we've never seen 10 ?anyj
people who havWt lw? mnnps
When we meet then at the 4>or
and tell them, ther*r* startled and
say they'll come bark later. There
vrifLtwo friends tnm Elizabeth
City who got da tar at tha kitchen,
did an about lace and a retreat in
double timf. And there waa the
fepairoaa tp put a mr and need
ed handle on the refrigerator door.
Their intereat teemed divided be
tween twe deeca- ?the eeol air e^
caping from one and the germs
marching four abreast through the
other.
Seems as u we had m visitors
we actaaly wanted to leave ar te
whoit| we wouldn't mipd fivipg a
caae qf mumps.
It occurs to me that one no lon
ger sees quarantine signs en houaes
where there ary contagious diseas
es. I remember alien I had the
measles and everything claa. the
health department sent around a
yellow or a red or an orange sign
aud it was lacked 'bas id* the (root
door.
Once I ha4 a sore, throat or some
thing and gargled with salt water
the night before and in the morn
ing before go?* to school. That
day the public health aune came
around.
First, she weighed me, checked
the weight against toy three-foot
.height and put a little r?l tag oa
ANNOUNCEMENT
J hereby announce my candidacy for thm Dem
ocratic nomination for Sheriff of Watauga
County , subject to the action of the Democrat
ic county convention. /
I have been chief of police of the town of Boone for
eight years, and have engaged in law enforcement work
for a total of twenty years.
- A number of people in the different sections of the
County have insisted that I announce my candidacy for
Sheriff. I will appreciate the support of the Democrats
of the county.
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Boone, North Carolina
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came home frwn work, took me
to the family phyafcian who said I
had no mere dtptheria than he.
He dhhrt want ta litre at a shot,
but the health depwtsaent wouldnt
give it. So I ??t the shot and real
ly sot sick. Not with diptheria,
however. ? '
- From then on through school. I
?? wary of public health nurses
and gave them a hard time.
When they asked all the child
ren who regularly drank milk to
hold up their hands, mine was
conspicuously down.,' When they'
wanted to know who drank coffee,
mine went up ft-oudly, boastful
ly!
- 1 Didirt ' I kaow that children
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I told them I drank coffee at
every meal.
DMnt I know tnat coffee was
had for fnfldren?
I answered with the whole truth
that my grandmother raised IS
ehildreiT and the first solid food
all of them got was soakile bread,
and they ate soafci bread ' and
drank eoffoe whetver they want
ed to, and they were all healthy
farmer*. And I was going to have
mt coffee when I wanted it
Who was a public health nurse?
I wanted to know, that could say
what was good for me when she
eonldnt tell a case of diptheria
from a gargled throat and couldn't
compensate my weight in relation
to my diminutive height and ad
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Of course, for being such a stub
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did! '
Com* (a thing of it, maybe I had
a little bit to do with there not
being any quarantine signl.
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and after Jurt 1, IBM. to collect all
county at provided for in Schedule "B
Thousand Nine Hundred and Fsarty-Seven (1947X nmnariing
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AMUSEMENT? TRAVELING THEATRICAL COMPANIES,
ETC. (103)
Far day _ ? ? 25.00
Par week - _... . 26.00
Operating under No. 300.00 State License 10.00
Artists exhibiting own work I 2.00
CARNIVALS, MOVING PICTURES, VAUDEVILLE SHOWS,
RIDING DEVICES, ETC. (1*7)
Wore than S miles outside city ? per week 9 90.00
tiding devices only and not a part of soma carnival
?Each device par week 5.00
U operated within five miles of any city or town,
. tax charged same as if in city.
CIRCUS, HENAQERIE, WILD WEST SHOW, ETC. ? Per day
<1??)
Two vehicles ........... * ? 9 3.75
Three to five vehicles *. ! 5.00
jix to ten vehicles ... T... .......... 7.50
Eleven to twenty vehicles 12.50
Twenty-one to thirty vehicles 22.50
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT DEALERS? WHOLESALE
- ? , , ?
No located place of business ? per vehicle jr. $ 25.00
In cities of less than 2, S00 pop. ......... 12.90
In cities of 2,500 and less than 8,000 15.00
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATIONS (IS3)
bi cities of less than 2,500 ,, 9 2.50
ki rural sections ? per pump 1.25
In rural sections ? garages 2.50
MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS? NEW AND USED (153)
In cities of less than 5,000 ? $ 20.00
Unincorporated communities less than 1,000 20.00
Itinerant car dealers : 300.00
MOTORCYCLE DEALERS (153)
Each place of business 9 10.00
MOTOR ADVERTISERS (151V4)
Each vehicle equipped with radio, phonograph, or
like attachswjht used i^*4yartising 9 29,00
Where advertiser own*, place of busines in this state
and operates in not more than five counties 6.25
MERCHANDISING, MUSIC MACHINES (139)
Operators o I cigarette venders per year 9 M
Music Machines? per machine ? 5.00
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, DEALERS
PIANO, ORGAN, VICTROLA, RECORDS, RADIO AGENTS
(147).
Each agent holding duplicate state license ... _$ 5.00
GYPSIES AND FORTUNE TELLERS (124)
For trading horses, mules or other things of value
or receiving reward fer pretending to tell fortunes 9500.00
Far practicing Palmistry, Clairvoyance or other
similar crafts 200.00
REAL ESTATE AUCTION SALE8 (111)
Each tale conducted for profit $ 12.50
More than two sales per year 23.00
Auction sales of articles containing hidden value 100.00
PAWNBROKERS (118) t
In cities of less than 10,000 $200.00
SEWING MACHINE AGENTS (1*0)
Each agent holding duplicate State license per year ....$ 5.00
PEDDLERS (121)
Peddler on fool? per year 4 10.00
Peddler with horse? per year * 15.00
Peddler with a vehicle of one-half ton or less 25.00
Peddler of fruit, vegetables and farm product* 12.50
Must produce state license in applying for county
Itinerant salesman or merchants conducting business
for leas than tlx months 100.00
BOWUNG ALLEYS, BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
(129-I2SH)
Tables measuring not more than 2 feet wide and 4
^ feet long f-,, ... ? 4 5.00
Table measuring not more than 2V4 feet wide and 5
feet long ? per table 10.00
Bowling alley* etch alley 10.00
LOAN AGENCIES OR BROKERS (152)
Annual license lax gioo.ooi
r TRADING STAMPS (1M)
Iron or metallic knuckles, or