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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
RESPECT THE FORESTS

RESPECT THE FORESTS
Forest Week originated
ia the Northwest, is fast be-
coming Of national signifi-
canoe. The last Of April will
probably be designated as
such this year. The big object
is to interest everybody in the
forests as friends, partners,
pals, protectors. Fire-fighting,
vood-using, tree-planting, for
est recreation, all comes
under the general purview of
Forest Week.
The forests employ humid
reds Of thousands through
put this country; they fill
the harbors with ships, the
freight yards with loaded
cars; they build homes and
business all over America
even though no tree may
grow within one hundred
miles of farthest user out on
The arid plains. The forests
conserve the birds, the river
waters, the health of the
nation; last year almost
100000 people visited the
national forests of the two
northwesternmost states.
This year should set the
pace for a new record of fire.
less forest enjoyment. 1t
will, if every tourist will
make it his personal bust
ness to respect the forests.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
FAITH IN LIFE

The words in which Mr..
Louis Untermyer, a poet and
critic of talent and perspica-
city, considers the problem
of suicide in youth as affect
cd by the recent death-of his
own promising son at Yale,
ARE full of significance. Mr..
'Untermeyer says that his son
''saw no reason in life and so
none for it, The younger
generation, having lost its
faith in religion, loses its
faith in life itself. Mr.. Inter
myer argues that there is
little but bluff in religion.
What we want now" he
says, lin place of religious
faith is faith in life itself. :"
And he purposes to do what
he can, by his own endeavor,
to establish such a faith in
life. And when he dies, to
leave his wealth to carry on
a work Of education in that
direction.
1t will be very interesting
to know just what the A. b.
C. of the system of education
in faith and JOY in life will
be. To unfold it will be the
next task Of Mr.. Untermeyer
and those who believe with
him. Naturally he has Nc
quarrel with those who re-
tain religious belief and the
consequent doctrine that
there is another life which
will compensate for the sor-
rows and supply the de-
ficiencies of this. They at
least have reason for living.
1t is for those who have no
such faith that Mr.. Inter
meyer speaks. He seeks to
provide them with a substi-
tute.
What is faith in life,
merely as faith in this life!
Ii must be belief that there
is a reason for life and that
it is worth while, just for
what it brings, and for what
il is. The conclusions of the
priests and preachers are for
the most part against thal
assumption. Solomon started
the philosophical condem-
nation of life, with his "all
is vanity and vexation of
SPIRIT but he offered the
after life as compensation.
The earlier pagan poets and
philosophers condemned life
in a thousand little epigrams,
but offered no compensation.
Yet Marcus Aurelius told
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
HUSSELTON SPEAKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
Members Will Attend
Church at First Presby-
terrain Sunday

Thomas l.. Husselton, a member
of the Atlantic City Chamber Of
Commerce, told of the activities of
Chamber of Commerce organi--
cations when he was principal
speaker Tuesday afternoon as the
Kiwanis Club held its weekly
luncheon at the Country club of
Atlantic City in Mortified.
A special sermon to Kwanians
will be preached at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday when
Rev. Thomas NJ. Simanton, himself
Kiwanian, will be in the pulpit,
A large delegation is expected to
attend.
Amos d. Hall, president of the
club, presided at the meeting.
Robert P. Carey led the group
singing. Entertainment was fur
nished by Eddie Wickman and
Jack Perry.
The club will not have regular
session next week but will have an
inter-city meeting with the Ocean
City Kiwanis club at the resort
Wednesday, March %. Thomas c.
Tompkins heads the committee l.
charge of that meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Had anyone told me ten years
ago that a book titled THE Story
of Philosophy" would ever within
my lifetime become a best-seller
in America, should have smiled
Had anyone told me that the aver
age sale of sound, Informative
books would outstrip that of fic-
ton, | should have laugher Never
theless, it has happened. Suddenly
the average American has de-
veloped a passion for information.
But just lshen the country has
achieved this commendable mood,
the one great channel of cult
walton for the people of our farms
and small, remote communities has
suddenly become damned. The
travelling Chautauqua has ceased
to pay. Company after company il
shrinking it's territory or striking
its tents forever. The city dweller
does not realize what this means
to our agricultural communities.
To the farmer or the farmers wife,
TO the average citizen of the small,
remote town, Chautauqua week
was formerly the high spot of the
year. Yet just when the general
appetite for this sort of thing is at
its keenest, the Chautauqua is
dying
There are various causes for this
anomly. The radio has trimmed
awey the edges of the old Chau-
tauqua audiences The cost of
travel, labor, and materials have
increased. Finally, perhaps the
managers are in themselves to
blame. To audiences hungering for
tabloid university education, they
have Offered the Swiss bell-ringers
or the mouthings Of some shallow
politician
However, the Chautauqua at
its best is an institution too val
liable for the scrapheap. Managed
with intelligence and altruism, it
means to the country districts ex-
actly what university extension
courses mean to the great cities
Energies now the champion of a
new order. The Community Found
alton with formidable list of
famous and prominent directors,
has just announced its program
from New York. 1t proposes new
kind of Chautauqua, endowed like
a university insured by its endow-
ment against the passing whims
of public taste. AS an experimental
beginning, it has taken over the
Swarthmore circuit, Oldest of the
eastern travelling Chautauquas,
and the only one managed OH a
non-profit basis. This new Chau
tauqua will play its week under
canvass, giving that spoken drama
for which the country has an I'M
satisfied hunger, the best music,
and finally lectures by the more
popular among our scholars; but
1t will differ from the old Chau-
tauqua in that this week forms
only the basis for a year of higher
education. For the Community
Foundation intends to enlist its
old rival, radio. Professor Smith
of Harvard or Chicago or Stamford,
featuring in "Chautauqua week" on
Mayan ruins or Revolutionary
history, will merely stir the intel
lectual curiousity of his audience.
The solid meat of his course will
come during the rest of the year.
over the air-waves. Further, dur
ing TENT Week" he will lay out
and describe course of reading:
and the Foundation will afford
facilities for getting the necessary
books.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
Answer

/. The Reed Campaign Fund
Investigation Committee.
2. Contempt of the Senate.
g. Central Japan.
4. Gustave Streseman, Foreign
Minister Of Germany.
s. Foreign Minister of the Can
tonese Government
6. Princeton University
Copyright, 1927. Cosmos News
paper Syndicate Inc)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
THE WORLD?
Questions

l. The status of what Senator
ial committee is now under
dispute?
2. On what charge is Harry F.
Sinclai rnow being tried?
9. In what part of Japan did
the recent earthquake occur?
A. Who IS presiding over the
League of Nei'oas' Councl2
5. Who IS Eugene Chen?
G. VIVA university has asked
reconsider en- of allied dept prob
lem?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
NEW CHAU7AUQUAS FOR OLD
By WILL IRWIN


Famous War Correspondent and Newspaper Man
"a kind of Chauauqua Atlantic
testing ground for experiment popular educa
ton How will combine Tent Week" radio the
here)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18


to make a happy life except
to do the things proper to
a man. ~ Herein lay the
germ of the American phil
osophy, expressed by
Roosevelt in his doctrine
that the happy life is the
strenuous life, lived for the
sake of the strain. As for the
later poets, Browning came,
and taught that life is good
to live for the ''nere living"
for the employment OF
'sthe heart and the soul and
the senses Life is good just
to see things. Thoreau was
not great optimist, but he
compared life to a stroll on
the beach. And what is
better than stroll ON the
beach, with untrodden tracts
always before one? But the
best teacher of the worth
Wilderness of life is Walt
Whitman. He praised life
for the joy one has in
objects and knowledge
curious-and for love,
sweet love" If there were
absolutely nothing of life
but the objects and know
ledge curious" and new and
interesting things every day
if we keep our eyes open,
life would be worth while,
and added to these are some
thing much greater than they,
which is love.
Probably all men and
most women are faced at one
time o. another in their life
by a sense of Iife's hopeless
ness, and the thought Of the
ease with which it can be
terminated. To many the
experience comes in youth,
when the calling load of
which Burns writes is first
laid on ones shoulders. But
there is Joy in mere growth
which should help the young
men to pass that danger
point safely. The temptation
GENES again when the period
of growth is over, and the.
shadows of age are fronted.
But here the assurance of
safety against the temptation
is the love of life itself.
Sophocles was right when he
said. "No one loves life like
an old man" The true vindi-
cation Of life is found in the
way the aged cling to it.
Those we need to protect
are the young. And the poets,
including Mr.. Louis Inter
meyer, can do much to pro
tect them by the propa-
CATION of the Whitmanian
doctrine of comrades, and
love, and objects and know
ledge curious" and God in
the faces of men and women;
and the Browning doctrine
that, though life were only
a thing to try the souls
strength on, it is well worth
while to try it. Somewhere
here there is the material for
the faith in life" that Mr..
Untermeyer seeks to teach.
1t sometimes requires more
good judgment to change an opin-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

The infont prodigy doesn't al
ways pan out. Many kid that has
good bringing up will live to be
called down.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Mebbe it's jes as well, said
Uncle Eben, dat we amt yet found
a way to talk VII Mars We might
End sampin to fight about Star.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Il good things are not coming
your way. it's good plan To
change your ways
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Ny observation young much like their elders
showed little consideration
folks with the utmost
consideration generally fer the young people
apt just because they are young
and spirits them
she shall do to mend her manners
his people
making her feel very
know which fork etc.
when dining any like that should go TO
and read up and act accoroh
" and I'd also why It interesting And
that they not help
by making also that Kindness an consa
is the frstre requisite 0
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
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Among
they invited homes
with consideration know how TO be
have.
this apply all the youngsters
people would writ
the The latter could tell me how
the young people who TO their homes behave
Dear Mrs. Lee Are the people Of today ruder ana
those of preceding generafiop Usually think
rot. ! am orr other told
abouto Of "a higlHsschool
be thrown out Of two private
toTTifed-for know the youngser
chap very family inquired if he was drunk
foOing' remembered then that
had told Of entering for her Young daughter
consideration shown
in boysand of the girls
permission conducted themselves generally
way considered anything but courteous Is this
generally Mrs Lee?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

If the rural pubic likes the plan,
and if the rich of both city and
country furnish enough endow-
ment, the directors intend tc
reach out and cover the country.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
soMNoLENcE At vlNELAND
(PhiIadelphia Record

tPhllddelpDla hecOIu]
Not often do we hear the in
habitants of New Jersey complain
ing of inability to sleep The
somnolence OF that Commonwealth
has in fact often been matter OF
comment whether found on fact or
not. Yet we hear of great and
spreading discomfort in Vineland,
due to the vociferation of
church weather vane which, like
the rest of the country, has gone
dry. Although oil is the liquid fos
which it pines, it makes just as
loud a protest against aridity as il
light wines and beer were vital
to its well-being. The March wind
being what ii is, especially these
wild and clustering nights, resi-
dents within earshot of the vane
toss sleepless on their beds listen
ing to the squak of its rotations.
Plenty of people have volunteered
to donate the oil necessary to allay
these nocturnal shriekings, and
they guarantee no poisonous
adulteration. But no layman cares
TO swarm up the steeple and ad-
minister fabrication to the isolat-
ed sufferer. and steeplejacks are
expensive. Probably the only hope
for the SAUNDERS of Vineland rests
in the fact that a few more rain
storms will cause the moving parts
of the vane to cement themselves
tightly together in the final still
ness of rust: after which the wind
in those parts will blow permanent
ly from the north, or perchance
the east. depending upon the
vane's final obedience to its life
long master.
Please don't misunderstood the
pastry bakers who report good
turnover for the year
To peace overture there
should always be responsive
chord"
How the coal scuttles.
The glad hand is no place for
the finger of scorn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Please don't misunderstood the
pastry bakers who report good
turnover for the year
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

To peace overture" there
should always be a responsive
chord"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

-Blinks-'It is about the ?lost
usual thing, after all, isn't it,"
what?" Blinks-"Un-
usual weather. Enquirer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18


The glad hand is no place for
the finger of scorn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

How the coal scuttlesl
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
ONE KILLED AS AUTO
PLUNGES OFF HIGHWAY

Mr. Kelly Miller of Creston, Ashe
county, was killed and his compan-
ion, Mr.. Boss Sutherland, of Suth-
erland, was slightly injured when the
automobile in which they were rid
ing left the road and turned over
near Key Station a few miles west
of the Tennessee line on the Boone
Trail last Thursday night.
The ill-fated car left Mountain
City about nine o'clock, where its
occupants had been visitors at the
johnson county fair. Whiskey is al
legged to have been the direct cause
of the accident. Mr.. Miller had un-
dubtedly fell into a doze while ma
nipulating the car, causing it to
leave the highway. His death was
instantaneous. Mr.. Sutherland's in
juries were confined to minor cuts
and bruises.
Deceased had for many years been
rural carrier out of Creston and is
referred to as having been an up
right citizen, except for slight ten
denotes along alcoholic lines. His
companion, Mr.. Sutherland, is a
prominent cattleman Of Ashe county
and a brother-in-law of Attorney
w. R. Lovill of Boone.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
KEEPING UP INTEREST
IN POULTRY RAISING

The present poultry crop in North
Carolina is worth in round figures
$4,000. The increase in this in
dustry has been phenomenal during
the past several years but with the
increased production has come the
cry of low prices for the products
now and in the future, states V. w.
Lewis, marketing specialist for the
state division of markets.
According to Mr.. Lewis, the pres
ent poultry production together with
large increase can be well taken
care of with proper handling and
marketing.
A few years ago the state had
reached the saturation point in
poultry production and farmers
were selling good flocks because
there was no market at reasonable
prices. The system of shipping live
poultry in carlots came just in time
to keep up interest in production.
I'VE are again facing the satura-
ton point-this time in egg produc-
tion," says Mr.. Lewis, "and the So
luton lies in selling only quantity
eggs and being able to assemble
these in order to take care of the
quantity"
Mr.. Lewis states that the biggest
problem is to get the producers to
offer only eggs of good quality. To
handle eggs in a definite manner, it
is necessary to know the quality and
then have volume enough to make
up a standard pack whether in case
or car lots.
In an effort to keep up the in
. terest in poultry and egg production
in North Carolina, Mr.. Lewis will
furnish organization plans for egg
circles to interested communities and
will also demonstrate the grades of
eggs that are applicable to con-
ditions in the state. He can be
reached by writing V. w. Lewis, N.
C. Division of Markets, Raleigh,
N. C..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
Game and Fowl
Season Now On
James w. Bryan, Game Warden, l.
Now Issuing Licenses to MINI
rods of County

Permits to hunt game and fowl in
This county and state may now be
ss cured by Watauga hunters at the
office of the county game Warden,
James w. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan receiv-
ed his commission as game warden
last week and said Monday that only
one permit had been issued so far.
Permits for residents to hunt in
the county cost $1.25, those for the
state cost $5.25 and nonresident
state licenses cost $15.25. Under the
law enacted by the last general as
sembly, it is comulsory to secure a
license to hunt.
The open season in the state on
the more popular game and fowl are
Squirrel-September Is to Janu-
ary Is.
Rabbit-November 1 to March 1.
Deer-October l to January Is.
Raccoon-October l to January
81.
O'possum-October l to January
81.
Quail-December L to March 1.
Wild turkey-December l tc
March l.
Dove-September 16 to Decem-
Der 81.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
MATNEY MATTERS

Matney, Aug. 29.-Matney's pub
lie school has finally enrolled all
children of school age in this dis
trict, making a total Of 76.
A very interesting program was
given in the school Friday afternoon
and the parents filled the house,
showing their interest in the school.
The Weman's Co-Workers Club
met at the Methodist church Thurs
day and made considerable improve
ment upon the grounds and the
church building.
Misses Claly and Selma Baird
visited Mrs. Hosea Greer at Burns
vile Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Baird announce
the marriage of their daughter, Mil
dred Alice to Ira Eugene Townsend
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm McGhee OF
Boone visited Mr.. and Mrs. Joe A.
Baird, Mrs. McGhee's parents, Sun
day.
The prayer meeting at the Baptist
church this week, conducted by Mr.
William Smith, proved very help
full and interesting.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Story
a son.
The Methodist Sunday school here
had an attendance of 81 last Sunday
and the attendance is steadily in
lcreasing.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
SOUTHERN PLANS
FOR NEW LINES
New Program of Expansion May IN
clude Extension of Carolina &
Northwestern From Edgemont to
Mountain City

Plans of the Southern Railway 10
build new lines into Western North
Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, East
ern Kentucky and West Virginia
were disclosed in Cincinnati Satur-
day night when the mayor of that
city was requested to call special
city election on the proposal Of the
Southern Railway to obtain a reVIs-
ion of terms of it's lease on the
Cincinnati Southern Railway line,
says the Lenoir Topic of Angst 26.
This line, it appears, is owned by the
city of Cincinnati and the new lease
asked for the Southern Railway
Company disclosed their tentative
plans for building the new lines into
the territory mentioned.
Whether or not the proposed new
lines cover anything in this immedi-
ate section was not given out. How
ever, one encouraging statement
was made several weeks ago by L.
T. Nichols, general manager of the
Carolina & North Western, to A. P.
Underhill, when Mr. Nichols said
that the C. & NV. would be ex-
tended across the mountains from
Edgemont. Mr.. Underhill had asked
the railroad man about the rumored
plans to discontinue the line north
of Lenoir and had suggested that it
be turned into a highway Mr..
Nichols statement was in reply to
the Lenoir mans question.
The Southern has a rail head at
Mountain City, Tenn, which is only
40 or so miles across the mountain
from Edgemont. Mountain City and
Edgemont may be connected togeth-
er so as to form through route by
way of Lenoir. 1t is also possible
that the Mountain City rail head
may connected with North Wilkes
boro and ,Taylorsville, which would
form other routes through this Sec
ton, but not through Lenoir.
The announcement sent out from
Cincinnati Sunday revealed that the
Southern's plan was to tap the Ten
4 nessee and Kentucky sections first.
! The building of these contemplated
I branches or connections into the Ap-
palachian territory would mean ex-
traordinary development of all tim
Der and coal resources of the entire
area. It would also open new
through routes from the coal fields
to the manufacturing centers of the
south.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-09-01
CIT's IVES ORDER
F ( FIRE TRUCK
With ter Pressure of 120 Pounds,
City Officials Believe Chemical
Apparatus Will Be Sufficient for
Present Needs of the Town

An order has been placed for a
chemical fire truck for Boone, cost
ing $4,000, It was said by Mayor
Gragg Saturday.
In explaining why the town order
ed only the chemical truck, instead
Of the $500 fire truck as recon-
mended by local civic organization,
Mayor Gragg said:
1--WE have water pressure aver
aging 120 pounds in all of our fire
plugs. This is enough to fight all
fires that may occur within reach Of
the plugs, and a fire engine could not
be used for those out of reach of the
plugs.
statistics show that 80 per cent
of all fires are extinguished by
chemicals. Moreover, it is doubtful
if our fire insurance rates could be
lowered with the more expensive
truck.
"We have an agreement whereby
we can keep the chemical truck a
year, and then trade it in on the
more expensive truck with de-
probation Of only $100. Hence, if
the fire underwriters tell US at the
end of the year that we must have
the expensive truck, we can get it
with the expenditure of only $500
more"
Alderman Clyde R. Greene stated
yesterday that the truck would ar
rive here in abou thirty days.