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Horn To Blow Again
Friday marks the opening of Horn
in the West, Boone's outdoor drama,
marking the official opening of the sum
mer season in this vicinity.
For nine years the drama has be^n
staged with varying successes. For the
most of the time it has been a losing
venture in the matter of dollars and
cents, but business people of the town
and area believe it is worth keeping,
profit or no, and an improved version
of the Kermit Hunter play is expected
to draw improved patronage this year.
The State has come through with
some funds, notes are signed and the re
mainder of the loss, if any, is guaran
teed by the signors, and the drama of
the days of Daniel Boone and the In
dians and the British has come to be
a local institution, one that the folks
wouldn't want to do without at all.
And it has brought considerable pub
licity to this section. Most folks who go
places for fun have heard of the Horn,
and have told their friends and there Is
a hard core of patronage which returns
year after year, alwayi reveling in the
colorful story of the fight of the colon
ists for a freedom from the crown.
Bill Ross, who's directing again this
year, believes that the production will
be better than ever, a cast has been
chosen, rehearsals have gone well, we
understand, and we can well share the
belief that an improved version of the
drama will grpet the opening nighters.
Meantime, we'd say that those who
have labored year after year in the
cause of the civic venture are due a
good deal of praise, but more than good
words, they'd likely appreciate the peo
ple of the county ? those who haven't
been at all, and those who've been ab
sent for a while ? coming out and en
joying the drama, and thus helping to
perpetuate it as an integral and increas
ingly fruitful part of the summer pro
gram in the Holiday Highlands.
The Next Governor
Terry Sanford came through with fly
ing colon in the aecond primary for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
of a State in which nomination hat been
tantamount to election for sixty years,
surprising even some of his most ardent
supporters with the size of his victory.
In winning by a commanding ma
jority over Dr. Lake, Sanford demon
strated not only the popularity of his
program for the State, but his capacity
to wage a thorough-going campaign and
to sell not only his program but himself
to the people. In the process of the
campaign he revealed himself to be more
the honest, progressive, able and con*
scientious candidate than the reckless
spender which he had been dubbed by
his opponent.
Without discounting the abilities of
Dr. Lake, he drove many voters to Terry
Sanford ? people who sincerely believed
the former college professor would cre
ate racial disturbances without end in
a state which has been able to proceed
with its educational processes without
appreciable discord between the people.
Normally a great many of the Sanford
votes would have gone to the more con
servative candidate had it not been for
the danger of creating an explosive sit
uation in a State where the white and
colored people have lived in an atmos
phere of friendship and understanding
perhaps unequalled in any State in the
country. This, coupled with the strong
appeal of Sanford's educational program
made enough and to spare.
And those of us who went along with
Terry Sanford feel that he will be a
good Governor ? -even perhaps a great
one. We feel that he will move forward
along progressive lines, not only for
those who teach and who are taught,
but for every segment of the population
of the State. We see in his election a
Iteightened progress for the State which
has been doing good right along. He's
needed to consolidate and expand the
gains which have been made.
Safety For The Fourth
To say that traffic accidents jr? a dis
grace to North Carolina is to understate
the case. They are scandalous! And in
a majority of the cases they are entire
ly unnecessary. More care, more aiert
nes, more respect for the rights of others
would wipe out the greatest number of
accidents. Particularly inexcusable are
the accidents which grow out of inade
quate vehicle maintenance.
Tar Heel motorists won't tolerate a
mechanical inspection program, so un
safe cars go on crashing and banging
into one another unchecked. Just how
many of these accidents are caused by
poor maintenance can never be statisti
cally established because often the cars
involved are so badly smashed up pre
existing repair needs cannot be de
termined.
Despite this fact records of the North
Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
show a significant number of vehicles
involved in death-dealing smash ups
have one or more unsafe conditions.
Very often such conditions can be
present in an apparently normal car.
In many cases auto owners never sus
pect the need for repairs ? until it's
too late.
Obviously, the only way a driver can
be sure his care is in safe operating
condition is to check and double check.
Vacation time is at hand. But you
can be dead sure that death will take
no vacation. Look at last year's mid
summer traffic record: in June 78 fa
talities, in July 98 fatalities, in August
105 fatalities!
Before a vacation trip it's an easy
matter for any driver to check his
car for surface danger points. Excessive
tire wear, loss of braking efficiency,
lights improperly aimed or burned out,
and other obvious faults can easily be
detected.
"Check your car, check accidents!" is
a pretty short sentence. Bat this Bum
mer it's the only answer to one im
portant part of the traffic accident pic
ture.
Deadline
(Texaco Bulletin)
At one time it was the custom of
guards of prisoners of war to draw a line
on the ground to indicate the area in
which the prisoners could move around.
U any of them, daringly or forgetfully,
stepped over the line he was killed on
the spot The Une quickly earned the
appropriate name, "deadline."
In business the term means getting
something done within a prescribed time.
La safety the parallel is too close for
comfort. Step over the "safety deadline"
and you're in just as much trouble as the
prisoners of war once were. Accidents
are as deadly as sniping aoMiers.
There's one big dMnaaca between the
original deadline in the prison camps
and the safety deadline. The first was
an actual line. You could see it. You
knew just how tar you could fo.
A safety deadline is invisible and un
certain . . . maybe we can get by with
an unsafe practice . . . one time ... but
the line is real, even though it lurks
unseen around us.
One day we step over it . . . and an
accident slaps us down Just like that.
Maybe he gets one man, maybe a group
of men. Maybe It'll happen tomorrow,
maybe next year. But tempt that dead
foe and he'll have his day!
Learniing About Mud-Slinging
PHI
SOME LOCAL HISTORICAL SKETCHES
From Early Democrat Files
Sixty Years Ago
Jmm 21. ISM
Wednesday a 70-year-old citizen
of North Iredell county aent to
town to get a tombstone for his
wife's grave. By the aame messen
ger be sent also for a license to
get himself a new wife.
Our streets >are in great need of
work and they should be put in
good shape as soon aa possible.
J. C. Brown of Sanda has soma
Southdown ewes for which he has
been offered |8.00 per head.
Some beautiful improvements
were made in front of the Metho
dist Church here last week, put
ting in gravel walks, stone steps,
etc.
Mr. C. C. Glenn of Nevada, Mo.
has joined his family who has
been here for some time and
thinks of locating permanently in
either Nor"i Carolina or Tennes
/ *ee?
The subscription for the com
pletion of our school building is
growing nicely but we still need
help. Lend us a helping hand in
this time of need and it will be
one of the best investments of
your life.
On last Thursday night Hon. E.
W. Pou, by special invitation, de
livered a speech in the court
house before the White Supre
macy Club. His remarks were
much enjoyed and to take them
all together, they constituted one
of the bests speeches of the cam
paign. It was delivered in a mild,
gentlemanly manner, but his words
were well chosen and to tbe point,
givtag the revenue doodlers many
heavy shots.
Hon. W. B. Councill and lady
are spending a few days this week
at Morehead City.
Thirty-Nine Years Ago
Jaae 30, 1921.
The long distance phone office
has been moved from the R. M.
Greene store to central, at Mr?.
Toppings'..
Dr. Roy Butler, of Butler, Tenn.
is spending a few days at the home
of hit daughter, Mrs. J. A. Spro
les.
Greene and Bingham have just
had installed in their handsome
place of business a rather expen
sive and modem suds fountain, a
mechanic from Atlanta, Ga. sent
here for that purpose, setting It
up and putting it to work the first
of the week.
The Peoples Bank It Trust Co.
has purchased the E. F. Lovill
corner and will erect thereon a
modern banking and office build
ing, wark to begin thereon in tha
near future.
Our townsman. Hen. F. A. Lin
ney, is to be congratulated upon
his successful fight tor the Attor
neyship of the Western District of
North Carolina.
Barber Bill Hodges of Shulls
Mills is now occupying the shop
vacated by Mr. Cook when he re
moved to the R. M. Greene build
ing.
Mr. T. HU1 Farthing of Butler,
Tenn. has been in Boone for sev
eral days looking over the busi
ness field, and the indications are
that in the near future he will be
located permanently in Boone,
conducting a live mercantile busi
ness.
Mr. J. L. Glenn, who recently
purchased the Will Carter home
one mile west of the village has
moved his family there to take
advantage of our school facilities.
Just One Thing .
By CARL GOERCH
Several week* ago a group of
u? were Ulkinc about our part
governor* and ?omeone wondered
who waa lieutenant governor dur
ing Bickett'* adrainlitration That
caused u* aome trouble. So we
itarted with the present admin
istration and went backwards nam
ing governor* and lieutenant gov
ernor*. See how well you can do
with the list.
1 Hodge*
8 U instead
3 Scott ....... .
4 Broughton
8 Cherry
? Hoey
7 Ehringhau*
8 Gardner ....
? McLean
10 Morrison ..._
11 Bickett
IS Craig
A man from Beaufort County re
cently went up to Norfolk and got
himself a Job on some kind of ?
hurry -ud building contract. He
was toM that the nature of the
Job required every workman to i
be present every day; that if be
had to be absent because of sick- l
nesa or any other reason, it would
mean that aoraeone elae would i
have to be hired in hi* place. '
Hie man got lick. Be felt
mighty bed, and he wat afraid
that he wa* going to be worse. So t
he hopped into his automobile 1
hist a* soon a* he wa* through for ?
the day and drove home to Beau
fort County. When he got there,
he wear to bed. %
DM he lose Ms Job?
Not by a long drat. He ton a
hrta brother and he sent the M
AFTER ANOTHER
ter up to Norfolk. The fort man
never knew the difference and at
the end of three days, the firit man
was able to resume his regular
work, and his twin went back
home to the farm.
Tkat's all there was to it.
We know a lady whose son died
a boat a year ago. She was devoted
to him. When ho passed away, she
didn't spend a lot of money in
building an imposing monument
of (tone to his memory. Not at all.
She is following an entirely dif
ferent system.
Whenever a call is made upon
her for a donation to some* worth
while cause, she responds te that
call by making a donation and en
closing a card therewith, setting
forth the fact that "this is being
done in memory of my son."
We've heard of a lot of memor
ials, but to our way of thinking
this is eae of the finest that ever
has been called to our attention.
There are four words that we
can think of with which no other
words in the English language will
rhyme. They are: wolf, month,
window and silver. (And dont try
to rtiyme golf with wolf, or pilfer
srKh silver.)
I mentioned the above aome
time ?*o and cut this nesponae
from Kenneth ?urgwyn of Wil
mington:
You any in the English language
There is no ihyme for "month "
I tried and failed a hundred
times
But got It the hundred-end
oneth." vi-"- It ?A .
Fifteen Years Ago
June 28, IMS
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jacobs of
Brooklyn, N. Y. and Toronto,
Canada, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Carol, to Lieut.
Paul E. Lavietes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David P. Lavietes of Boone
on Tuesday June 10, at Temple
Emanuel, New York, by Rabbi
Periiman.
J. B. Hagaman has returned to
the medical college, University of
Tennessee, Memphis, after spend
ing a few days with his parents,
Or. and Mrs. J. B. Hagaman.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat McGuire were
in Chapel Hill the first of the
week attending commencement ex
ercises at the Univeraity. Their
daughter, Miss Tharon Yaung,
graduated at that time.
Mr. W. R Winkler, local Ford
dealer spent last week in Char
lotto, attending a demonstration
and school on the new Ford trac
tors and Ferguson power farm
equipment.
Mrs. A. H. Kennedy, the former
Miss Ruth Benfield of Boone, is a
patient at Memorial Hospital, New
York City, ' where she underwent
a major operation a few days ago.
Information is that she is making
normal improvement.
It Seems
To Me . .
By RACHEL RIVERS
There U so much good in thii
world. There if so much to learn.
There is so very much in which to
delight.
It seems to me that there are
many things that are never really
looked into. I think I'll write for
the rest of my life about all the
wonders of living. I don't believe
there is a more difficult task to
be found.
Think of the beauty in watch
ing a man plow a field . . . Cant
you just see that powerful horse
straining under an old, oil-soaked
harness? That harness is beauti
ful to me because it concerns ?
life. Perhaps it was made when
main streets were dirt roads and
when office buildings were black
smiths' shops or orchards of blos
soming fruit trees.
Finally, the thick hoofs are still
? the hairy, muscular legs relax ?
the harness seems to sigh ? the
plow stops its ripping ? the day is
over for the animal and the man
swabs his hot face with his sleeve
. . . they watch as the horixon sup
ports the sunless sky.
The sun rises in another land.
A, person who is foreign to us
Americans, begins his day.
He gets into his sports car and
dashes along a super highway at ?
ridiculous speed. He notices a
field. He sees the sky. He breath
es and the smoke of an cxpenaive
cigarette slinks through the crisp
interior of his automobile.
By and by, he pulls over to the
grassy roadside and proceeds to
convert his convertible. He is bo
side a pleasent lake , . , he reacts,
for the first time, to the loveli
ness about him. He does not leave
the shade tree? he stays awhile
to find out more about himself
When the first evening breeze
brakes the man from his delight,
the farmer steps upon his beloved
soil aad the harness strains
against the willing shoulders ef ?
work horse.
[ There are ao ?? y woaderful
asaets in this world. The sun nev
er sets ... it only rises on this
sorth.
KING STREET
By ROB RIVERS
Of Summertime . . And The River
One doesn't usually associate the mountain top region
with beautiful rivers of waters churning down their rocky
courses, lazing along through daisy-splashed meadows, event
ually to join other streams and rush through the great
turbines to power the wheels in the factories, to ease the
burdens of the home and farm and to pace the progress of the
country.
Misses Agnes Rawls and Bernice Chastian, who've spent
"twelve wonderful summers in Boone," and who will spend
this summer in Jacksonville, Fla., send us a clipping from the
Florida Times-Union, wherin Helen Wilcox Marshall, in her
column, "Incidentally," captures the song of the river. . . .
Since it's midsummer, vacation-time, and busy days, columns
don't always come easy, and we're going to snitch this, and
know our readers will share our enjoyment of what the
Florida writer has to say about the Watauga River, and the
storied hills through which it roars, ripples, or flows gently
through greenish clear pools:
Guess where we are? We're sitting on a rock, a more or
less oval rock about 50 x 50 feet, out-jutting into the Watauga
River, in Watauga County, N. C. We should be painting
pictures instead of writing, only we can't paint, alas.
But even paint couldn't capture the ruffled roar of this
limpid clear water as it flows quietly at first along a straight
stretch, only rippling occasionally around stones and boulders,
until it trips over a down-slide of polished rock and roars
into a rapids. / ? , ,
A breeze comes down off of the mountain over the way,
but in the sun on our rock it is warm and we have discarded
our sweater.
Along the banks, poplars, maples, oaks, rhododendron,
laurel and beech are massed in a green screen and it seems
M remote from civilization as the days when the Indians pow-wowed
in these parts.
At night we have slept in a cabin on a hill, made of hand hewn
logs 2 feet wide and 18 inches thick as neatly dovetailed at the
corners as a fine piece of furniture and chinked in between these
ancient boards is cement. The sounds in the night here are those of
the river boiling down the mountain and the lonesome bay of a
hound dog after a fox in the hills.
The early morning sounds are the lowing of cattle on the
hillside across the water, the cheerful song of Indigo-Buntings
nesting up by the hickory tree and frying bacon.
It's a good life, and when we make a rare trek out of this
paradise passing along a mountain country road the natives smile
and wave a greeting as if we really belonged here.
We have picked wild forget-me-nots by our river, the tiny flowers
as delicately blue as can be, and we have picked wild cherries until
our hands are stained purple and when we wander through a wood,
we stop to munch a wild strawberry here and there or admire a
fine stand of shiny, green galax leaves.
But we thing It's the river we love the best of all. It's in
spiring to look up from our rock and see the foot hills merging
into higher peaks, but it's even more rewarding to glance up our
river and watch it glide along for a spell, then turn Into a water
fall over the boulders and twist and foam until it reaches a
level spot and turns momentarily into a still mill pond before
churning off again.
Way up the river laytri and layers of rock formation Jut out
in craggy grandeur, overhung here and there by trees, but alwayi
dominating the scene. In places the water is dark and deep, in
others shallow and rock paved with the sun turning the water 10
various shades of green and brown.
Some great and long ago earth upheaval caused this majesty
and we stood in awe before a tremendous boulder held almost upright
by one ground stone, the size of a watermelon. The stone is split
and we suppose some day it will break and the huge rock above
it will crash down and change the course of the water, but never
stop its flow.
It will be here when we aren't, but we're thankful we've
been privileged to see it
Uncle Pinkney
(McfCnigtit Syndicate)
HIS PALAV ARM'S
DEAR MISTER EDITOR
I wis reading where it took
Jefferson IS days to write the
Declaration of Independence. But
In them days we had stateimen
that was thinking of the next
generation. Today we got mostly
politicians that is thinking about
the next election and voters that
is thinking about what their old
lady is going to have fer supper.
I tee where the American In
stitute of Babers has recomend
ed that the hole in the doughnut
be reduced from 74 of a inch to
M of i inch. That's the first
break the eating public has got
in several year. And it's worthy
of note that it didnt come from
the Congress.
And I was looking at some
pictures in one of them slick
magazines showing night gowns
that the wimmea can use the
next day fer street clothes. Yon
wear 'em to bad at night and the
next day wear 'em to the gioiery
store. That might be alright fer
them city wimmen but if my old
lady would ever wear that con
traption she calls ? night gown
to the grocery store they'd eith
er lock her up or lock up tha
grocery store. Maybe both.
While it aint world-shaking
news, since Pm mentioning ray
old lady, I might report that her
and them wimmea fas her circle
at the church is haviag another
squabble. Ever since I've Kaowed
that banch they've fought among
theirselves all day* * week aad
praised the LsMI together mm
Sunday. This time it's over some
M 'em wanting to pot a kitchen
in the rfrareh basement and some
being again it. I don't know which
side my old lady ii on and I
ihore ain't gitting her started
by asking her. But from what I
hear tell, ? heap of churches has
now got kitchens. Maybe that's
the reason I ain't heard in the
last few years that old saying
"pore as a church mouse." With
all them kitchens, I reckon a
church mouse is now as fat and
sassy as the rest of 'em.
On the international front, I
see where a Russian in East Ger
many claims that Russia Invent
ed the steam engine. Sounds rea
sonable. I was brung up to be
lieve Fulton invented it, but the
Russians shore invented hot air,
and steam comes from hot air.
From that point it would be easy
to hook a engine to it Any day
now, them Russians is going to
invent a beer that foams from
the bottom.
I see where the Kremlin is
sending oat instructions to teach
public speakers in some of their
slave countries how to pernonnee
Khrushchev's name with just the
right accent and reverence. I
don't imagine ole Khrushchev
will ever hang nobody ier mis
peraouncing his name so long
as the speaker bends his knee
and bows low enough when he
says R.
Yours truly.
Uncle Pink
NIXON'S CAMPAIGN STAFF
In ? hotel suite almost as hard
to find as Vict PwW Nixon
when he wants to hi4e out, his
campaign staff has bloomed into
a highly personal organization
tor Ike 1180 Presidential easa
paign. y&S ia&i