PAGE FOUR
The Watauga Democrat!
Issued Everv Thursday by
The RIVERS PRINTING COMPANY
R. C. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS
Publishers
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Six Months .75 ;
Three months .70 ;
Payable in Advance
Advertising Kates on Application
Cards ot Thanks. Resolution* of Re- 1
spect, Obituaries, etc., art charged '
for at the regular advertising rate.-.
Entered at the Post office at Boone, ;
N. C.. as Second Class :n?.il matter. ;
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2-t, 1327
MR. EARTHING TO RETIRE AS POSTM
STY-: HERE
Oil Mo: ilv,. G c. rrht - V.I, next.;'
the tir.it if Vf. }i. Kojthtng. :ocii!i
poctnta.'ter, wi e.vnvi -. vrhon he wilij .
step down nil cut. ami Iiis -OCorj i
w:'l take r.:. ;. Mr. Farthing, j ^
(mrt!p5r)iic -e-r;. ' afflte "l.'.fie,
an ideal postmaster. Hi- splendid ( j
business ability. fci> .rurte- . >
s.V and general kindness id his
cores \vOz; for him a k : feeling j
r the breast of every ope v.-.; i: vmomi he
came :'r. contact; a"a. af course,) |
it ;s with regrets that they set hifO i 1
surrender hi; work ie an'-rhcr.
iiiirillh bis a > - e.. -^
poM.nsiH.tc-r h:s? icon large!} l.-.-tru- J
ner:;..; in ?fdvl<Jfji|- patron* of the id"- .1
fine dauy . - v.xr from boor..- ">
to Xortb Wilkef-boro, which gives '
Koo/tc lih'i ma truer - '. tie'/..- n .
*.hi- county the Charlotte. Green#-1
boio a. :l Witd'. .Ds-Salcin papers the .-aim
inonline, tlicy are published.! 1
He has - seen responsible, 'r. .-. ,.
large measure. for through oonnc tiori
to Bristol; Term. Dn'-itig his ad- a
ministration (of course the business :
grew to thi.-i. the office has been advanced
tvom thin! to second class. | y
and ho played an important part in i \
establishing railway mail service f
between Boon* and Johnson City. *
But to us. the greatest thing he did. ^
ar.il that almost sinple handed, was
the establishment for oar growing
little town a free city delivery.
Ex-Clerk of the Court A. \V. '
Smith, has been reco-.rimer.ded for 1
the appointment and it if generally!
conceded that He will be our post-1 r
master for the next four years. Mr. ' '
Smith is .-. ir.an of fine business quali- j
ficatior.s, of very pleasant demeanor . (
and will, doubtless, serve the public c
as postmaster ir r. most acceptable J
manner. 4
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The entire clerical force in the of- 1 j
w fice will be retained as they are un-! j
'' I
lev the civil service and they ait all j
well filled for their respective j ,
positions. j
SPELL IT "CHRISTMAS"
Write it Cnristmas instead of ,
Xmas. "A good start was made
throughout the country last year to- ]
ward eliminating the word Xmas
from advertising copy," says the
Virginia-Carolina Retailer in an edi-j
Lorial. "Organizations of advertising
men and merchants condemned
the use of Xmas as an abbreviation
or substitute for Christmas to such
an extent that it was barred from
the advertising nt a majority of the
leading stores of the country*, and
tyiftmi u(\ tmvqC pnnci/loi- if ?vl\_ 1
solutely outlawed," The Retailer continues.
If everybody will co-operate this;
year, the use of Xmns to designate
Christmas ca!S be completely discon-j
tinued, It if very bail taste to usc|
Xmas for Christmas, Who would
write X for Christ? Yet, to write
Xmas for Christmas ir to do the very
same thing. It is all right for stu-;
dents taking notes on a theological;
lecture to use X for Christ and X'li:
for Christian, out ir formal writing
in advertisements, letters or litem-j
tuvc the proper form is Christmas;
r.nd Christian Let the slogan this
season he Christmas spelird out and
110 abbreviations. ? Winston-Salem
Journal.
CHURCH RESOLUTINC
I note by the dry's print that the:
Baptist brethren ir. convention as
sembled at Durham passed a rmg-'
leg resolution, resoluting as follows:
"That our people should support!
only those candidates for office]
whose record shows then", to favor-;
able to the prohibition policy," and I
d,T? Alt,.,. .*Ai.? ? ~ I
luwiuuuiia uiwi; or lesr :
the same point. the 'whole meaning;
in plain Kr.glish that the nr.val Eveinjr
of the Lord's military force is agin'j
AI Smith. N'tm" may I suggest that;
to have been perfectly consistent, the!,
brethren should intvc- passed another
resolution to some such effect as;
this: 'Resolved, that we point withi
pride to the admire-vration of that;
great and only Baptist who ever held!
the presidential office, viz, Warren;
G. Harding of blessed memory, who
in his private life was a shining example
of abstinence and personal
purity, who wore himself out in the
cause of prohibition enforcement and
his noble efforts to conserve intact
the natural resources (including oil),
of the United States.".?Little Geor-j
gia Rose, Greensboro Record.
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LOCAL AFF AIRS
Born lo Mr. and Mr?. Jnracs H.'
Council) last Thursday a son, James
rf.. Jr.
Mrs. K !i BoVauJt of Bristol is
i visiter at tha home of her parents,
Vlr. and >Irs. J. 1J. Councill.
!
Miss Blanche Lii.ni y of New Ynrkj
City is the ?.ruest in Bonne of her I
rrc-iner- Hon. Frank A. Limiev.
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Mr. and -Mrs. Wiseman ol Texas J
Visitors for a few days at the]
some of Mr. Wiseman's uncle. Mr.?
Mack Luttrel).
Rot i banks, the postoffice, and so|
:ar as The Democrat knows, all oth-i
:i ?> houses *r the town will]
used for Thank?>srmos:.
Mr :i>.d Mrs. Ilarrv C. Martin;
rave closed their cottage at Blow-1
' _ Rock and returned to Lenoir j
vht-.'.v they will - pond the winter.
Oiiell Benfield who has been con- j
inf.. : > hi-? home for the past two
mirths suffering with rheumatism is
*ga:r; able to be about the town.
News from Watauga Hospital
Wednesday morning is that Mrs-1
5eriha Stanbury Scott is thought toj
)Q very much better. She has been j
: h pneumonia for more than a j
veek.
Mw- Hannah Moore, daughter of
'.x- r- fi - ... t..
>> . i:,. .vj.uo; v 01 oyivia, is a
isify v r ;> few days at the home
?? Mr. ai>d Mr -. B. i. Council). Miss
vIomv is a cousin * : Mrs; James H.
dcoic-.
progress is being made on
he new horne of Mr. Luther Smith
n Howard street, and will be ready
or occupancy within a week or two
( weather cciidilipns remain favorhie
s?. that the work can continue
i a interrupted.
Mr. Silas M. Greene of Bwrr.oass,
."a., with his son Charles, was a]
tfeek-end visitor to relatives ant!
riends in the county. He brought
vith him his mother-in-law, Mrs,
dartha Dougherty, who has been
pending some time at his home. |
A letter from Rev. M. B. Woosley |
ays the former Boone minister and i
tis family arrived safely on their
fork at Leaksville. "The people;
iavg been good to us." he \v rites,
and I think we are going to like our
lew home. However, we miss
ioone."
Mr. Ransev Miller, lifer at every.
onfederate reunion, save the hist
me, ever held in Watauga, has been
:onfined to his bed for months, his
owcv limbs being paralysed. Aside
rem this affliction, the aged v 'teran
s in good health, and greatly cr,ioys
visits from his friends.
Mr. \V. S. Farthir.g, who went to
Durham last week to attend the;
Saptist State convention, was taken!
ill wihle away and remained in a
Durham hospital during the session.
However, he sufficiently recovered
to return home with the other delegates,
arriving here Saturday, where
he remained with his daughter. Mrs.]
I. C. Farthing, until Tuesday.
You are called upon to give the I
price of one day's work for the or-!
phanage of your choice in North
Carolina as a Thanksgiving offering. ]
The fatherless ones in the various institutions
are calling upon for
help. What will we do about it?
This matter demands the attention!
of all, especially those whom the.
Lord has blessed so abundantly.
The only "honest-to-goodness,"
up-to-the-minute pounding awarded
any minister of the Methodist church
in Boor.e for many years, was given
the new pa-tor and family Monday
evening. Fifty or more people were
present and judging from reports,
the minister's pantry is well filled
for many weeks to tome. And the
good people a?e fully appreciative
for the kindness shown and the welcome
accorded by their church people
here.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
jtS. purchased the Watauga
Telephone system, or that part of it
within the corporate limits of the
tc-wr. of Boone, and will take over
operation of the system about the
first of December. The Watauga
company will continue to operate the
switchboard at Sugar Grove and
country lines. Just what changes
will he made in the s-Opm if
any, have noi been announced. However.
the Bel) company will extend
a line from Boone to Newland, which
will be completed early next year.
Federal court convened at Wiikeshoro
on Monday morning-, with
fudge Johnson J. Hayes presiding and
Frank A. Linney, district attorney.
prosecuting ?or the govt rnment.
The following citizens of Watauga
county are serving ,on the jury:
Tames Sherwood. Reecc; Bynum
Gross, Boone Route 1; Grady Farthing,
Boone; Charlie Greer. Adams;
Charles Townscnd, Matney; George
Greene, Deep Gap; C. M. Clark Banner
Elk; Luther South, Boone; S.
E. Gragg, Shulls Mills; J. E. Young,
Blowing Rock; J. C. Church, Shulls
Mills; C. M. Blackburn, Brookside.
Rev. C- H. Moser, the new pastor
' St ,
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E'
! of the Boone Methodic church,
preached bis first sermons Sunday
morning and Slight to very large congregations.
especially in the morning.
The subject for the morning
sermon was "Decisior,," and was a
1'ery strong discussion of this important
uhject, The night sermon was
or. ' "raith" and was likewise a most
foicefu! sermon. The members of
the- church are much pleased with
Mr. Mosfr as their pastor, and showed
their appreciation to some extent
on Monday evening by giving bint
an "old fashioned pounding." A
Thank: giving- service was announced
for the church at lit o'clock OK
Thursday morning.
Mr. \\ . W: I). Edmia-ten. who has
spent the past three months in the
states of Montana. Idaho and Wash
ingtcn. 'Siting relatives and looking
over the northwestevi country, lias
returned ; his ir.rm near Boone tied
-.vii! aga!" roak- ids benc here,
mistake, it-oon was to ' he gffeci
that the good cirisen wa- going to
reside in the west and his many
ftiend? ami acquaintances are {-leased
to U"i.u f the error. Mr. hdir.ei
strr. ha' -vorked long and iaithfoi'y
arol simply took a pleasure trip ol
considerable proportions. While
away ho met many f-iends of other
days who have long lived in the
northwest and it most interesting
to hear him tel' of his experiences,
lie cspicia'd;,' took note pi the farming
conditions there arid the contrast.
irawn between those and ours
arc striking;
The Blowing flock Dramatic Oliili,
under the direction <?'' Joseph Warreal
of Mount Airy, presented in
i'Oh of \fv..Tiiii A ivv M*ti' nr?-.con? iv
Boone tonight ('.Vfcincs I the favcc
comedy ' Misery Moon" as a part
of the regular pro it rani of the Pastime
Theater. The east, composed
entirely of Blowing Roe!- home talent,
is as follows: Misery Moon,
always in hard luck. A. E. Mercer;
Gideon Blair. a millionaire, Mr.
Weaver; Tom Rissie, a college shiek.
Pan': Foster: Hiram Tut.t. an awful
nut, Mr. Castle: Patrick Keller, the
genial ticket agent. Spencer Greene;
human thy Slade. a poor old maid,
Annie Greene; Rosebud Reese, her
chaiming niece, Pearl Webb: Paula
Mulek. a boishevik. Edna Miller;
l.ulu Pearl. :: ragtime girl. Velma
Cannon. The Blowing Rock band
will furnish music for the performance.
LITTLE CATTLE T. B.
The monthly report on tuberculosis
lests of dairy cattle :n Watauga
county beams out the contention of
the board of county commissioners
when they first refused the tests,
that the number of tubercular cattle
in the county is negligible, said Rcby
(Zron? phttit mon at tK<. i*tit .
urday.
The report showed that 1.000
row have been tested, with only twol
reactions and no suspects.
DINNER PARTY
One of the outstanding social
events of ".he week in Boone was a
dinner party given Wednesday evening
by Mrs. F. A. Limtey at her
home in honor of her truest, MissBlanch
ldnney, of New York, and
Mrs. M. B. Wooslev, left Boone last
week for her new home at Leaksville,
her husband having been transferred
there after a quadrennium of service
as pastor of tile Boone Methodist
church.
Mrs. linney is a charming hostess
and a number of her friends spent a
delightful evening with her ar.d her
! honor guests.
1.AUDS LOCAL ADVERTISING
Mr. Will (\! Walker, ioca! jeweler,
i is in receipt of the following letter
i from Wallenstein-Mayer Company,
[ Cincinnati. Ohio, one of the largest
| wholesale jewelry concerns in this
I country, which is self-explanatory:
j ""A few days ago we received a
| cony of your locai poper in which
1 your ad was printed. We desire to
| say ii was ceruuiiiy a very excellent
j id and should bring you pood results.
| We wish to congratulate you on the
the fret-up of the ad?it shows you
are alive to the interests of your
business and that you are preparing
lor your Christmas trade in the
proper way."
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
The United States civil service
commission announces competitive
examination for the postinastershif
at Boone. This examination is held
under the president's order of Maj
10, 1921, and rsot under the civil
service acts and rules. Competitor!
will not he required to report foi
examination at any place but will hi
rated upon their education and traiD
ine-. business experience and fitness
Apply at the postofice in this city 01
t ft tho civil corvinn ?"
j ? - " rfl
j Washington, D. G.T for applicaudr
f form ?md definite information re
! srarding: The examination.
NORMAL NOTES
Dr. B. B. Dougherty has just re
turned from a trip of several days ir
which he vpss accompanied by Mr
j. F. Coffey, superintendent of fh<
building- of the- new central heatinf
plant. Dr. Dougherty en last Sat
arday addressed a meeting oi
teachers in Moore county. He a!sc
went to Raleigh on business with the
budget commission in regard to th<
central heating plans now undo
construction at the Normal.
Prof. Roy M. Brown, of the Dn
versity of North Carolina, was a vis
itor at the Normal on Saturday
VERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
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Air. Browr. was formerly a teacher
in this institution and is always we!j
come.
The Normal is planning a program
for Thanksgiving Day, and is
inviting? as guests the friends of ihe
eariy nineties who helped to organize
and build the Watauga Academy,
[ which in 1903 became the Appalach|
ian Training School and later the
j Appalachian State Normal School.
PASSES 90TH MILESTONE j
I Celebrating the ninetieth birthday i
oi W. L. Bryan, Esq., a delightful I
dinner was given at his home on Sat-,
turday to which, besides members of,
his immediate family, Mesdames M.|
II Blackburn and J. W, Whitehead!
and R. C. Rivers were invited. Many
friends called at the Bryan home
during the day to converse with the
j aged gentleman and wish him many
I returns of the occasion. Mr. Bryan
is the oldest inhabitant of the town j
l and is considered an authority on the,
early history of Watauga county
and her people. He traces his lineage
hack to the family of Danici Boone
|>r.d is well versed in the history of
I the frontiersman. At his advanced
! age. he is hale ami hearty and on
warm days yet makes frequent expeditions
on foot over his holdings
in the vicinity of the town.
The dinner was superb and the
three intimate friends who were invited
enjoyed to the fullest the
-iands as well as the hour spent in
reminiscences of the olden days.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
Meeting with Mrs. Roy Johnson at
her home on King street, the Friday
Afternoon club had a very interesting
program last week. The program
was centered about the story
of Enrico Caruso, whose career was
followed so closely by many musicloving
Americans, as well as those of
of other nationalities.
Mrs. Paul Coffey played several
records illustrating the artist's wonderful
vocal powers, while several
ladies gave in turn chapters from the
romantic life of the singer as told
by Dorothy Caruso. Considerable
interest was added to the story by
the comments of Miss Blanche Lin
ney of New York, who had lived near
. the Carusos in that city.
After a contest, -in which Mrs
Sutna Hardin won the prize for the
best sketch of little Frances Johnson,
who posed for the amateur
artists, the meeting came to refresh|
ment hour. A delectable salad course.
wun conce ana ^easier. sanawicnes
J was served by Mrs. Johnson, assisted
by her niece, Miss Bertie Lee Stone.
| anil Mrs. Kay Heiv'.itt.
Besides club members. Mrs. John'
son had as guests Miss Blanche Linney
of New York, Mrs. J. A. Williams
and Mr?. Fay Hewiitt.
The next meeting will he with
; Miss Annie Stanhury at the Critchcr
hotel on Friday, December 9th. at
c 2:30 o'clock.
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COFFEY-GREEN
Blowing Rock, Nov. 18.?In the
presence of only their families and
a few intimate friends. Miss Frances
- Elizabeth Coffey and Garland Orlani
do Green, both of Raleigh,-- were
- married here last Saturday at high
: noon in the Stringfellow Memorial
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, uuuiui. iwv. o. n. uniiitQ Ol L.e
:ioir performed the double ring ceref
mony. ,
> Mrs. W. 1. Pitts of Lenoir played
s Schubert's "Serenade" and "At
: Dawning" just before the ceremony
opened. At the first strains of Lohengrin's
"Bridal Chorus," Miss
Mary Lou Coffey, sister of the
bride, entered in blue chiffon and
crepe velvet and carrying an arm
7 111' K
Pr:-idi.T.l 0?Woct?"Stop! You shall not i
bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums. ;
The bride then entered the chapel f
on the arm of her father, J. W. Cof- 1
fey of Raleigh. The bridegroom and >
his best man, James Taylor of i
Greensboro, met them at the altar, I
where, to the soft strains of "To a i
Wild Rose," the ceremony was per- \
formed. As the last words were i
said, the organ broke into Mendel-i
sohn's "Wedding March" and the '
bridal party filed out of the church, i
Mr. and Mrs. Green will ho at '
home lis Raleigh after a motor hon- i
eymoon, which will last ten days. c
Guests present, at the ceremony
were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coffey of 1
Raleigh, John Coffey, Natalie Cof- ;
fey and Mary Lou Coffey, all of Rn- J
leigh; Mrs. N. R Reeves, mother of t
the bridegroom; Mrs. J". Pt Taylor
and James Taylor of Greensboro, t
Miss Granccs Gibson of Raleigh and i
Miss Mary E. Coffey of Lenoir. t
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A SCHOOL Of 63 YEARS AGO '
\ :* at-- - f "* - I
.-w.-> u 5CCTJ3, i.iif cuuury 01 waiau-j ,
ga has been combed thoroughly of; ,
late gathering together data harking; <
back to the schools in ye olden times, *
it seems that the following "articles| .
of agreement?' written in 1866 by I {
Mrs. Jane R. Rivers, wife of Dr. J. I
G. Rivers, both dead many, manyj <
years, would be of interest to thej ,
older people at least.
The articles are written in n beau- c
tifui hand on paper the writer was (
supplied with from the courthouse i
when it stood on the site now oc- ]
eupied by the home of Hon. F. A. ]
l.inney. All the signers of the agreement
were among the oldest settlers
of this part of the county, have long ]
since been called to their rewards,
while'the major part of the pupils
2& BMk .
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Keep Away Froi
Haveb
Speculation is a dangerous t
It is better by far to make n
to take chances on LOSING ALL
Do not let the fortune of a
foolish move.
START SAVING RH
j We invite YOUR I
WATA
teSM COUNTY
BK9H Boone, !
HAVE MONEY! Let'. DEVELOP
NOVEMBER 2-1, 192? ^
? By Abort T. Bad
rot the dc.^ ' ' ' '
ire still living. The school was
aught in the little brick house, the
-tome of The Democrat for 25 or
liore years. The editor of this pa>er.
son of the teacher, was too small
.0 attend as a pupil, but was furlishcd
a sheep skin in one corner--^r
vhcrc he spent most, of his time. The }
irtieles follow:
"MemortRdu.'i
"of an agreement made and entered
nto xhis loth day of April, 1806,
between Jane Rivers of the one part.
-.iim wi-, Lilt* undersigned, SUDSCriDers,
if the other.
"Witnesses, that the said Jane
linds and obligates herself to teach
;n English school ill the town of
Boone, which will continue the full
erm of five scholastic months..
"The said Jane also hir.ds herself
o keep good order in the school room
?nd to advance as fast as possible
hose connected wjili the school. The
lndersigned subscribers bind them;elves
to pay the said Jane seventy:ive
cents per each scholar per
nonth. one-fourth to be paid in
-n?h, the remainder in trade at the
Id : utes.
"The subscribers will provide a
efficient quantity of fire wood at
v- ?u?i
nr. s?UJUUl 1UUIII. ,
The school veil! commence when
twenty scholars are signed to these
irticles.
"Subscribers' names: J. W. Counrill,
2; Joshua Winkler, 3; Sarah L.
Houncill, 2; Elijah Dougherty, 1 ;J. |
W. Todd, 1 ; Allen Myrick, 1; W. L.
dodges, 2; Robert Hodges, 1; H. W
daruin, 2; Jack Hodges, 1."
ROOMS FOR RENT?Over 5 & 10c
Store. Call at the Princess Cafe
for information.
nx Speculation
Ioney!
hing.
loney in a safe, sane way than
in wildcat schemes,
lifetime be swept away by one
iGULARLY NOW
banking Business
Our County HAVE MONEY!
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