BIGHT .MOUNTAINEERS WIN ONE AND J LOSE ONE IN BASKET BALI. The Mountaineers won their open- t ing- hesie contest of the season by ( defeating the .Johnson Bible College c quintet from Tennessee by the score s >f II to 17. The game opened up . vith a flash of speed by the boysi * from Tennessee, with the home bovs j .m the defensive. However, after f about five minutes of play, the ^ Mountaineers began to loop the has set. with some long range shots andj . vhe game was never In doubt. Con- v .inuous bombardment of the basket , resulted in the first half ending in , favor of Appalachian Sfate with the ( score standing at 21 to 1'. In the sec- j ^nd half, the defense of the Johhscn 5 College team did not improve and j lespite a continuous flow of subst:- , utions, the Mountaineers ran the; ( score up to 41 to 17. j . Wright tor the visitors was the \ outstanding offensive man and his j all-around playing was a big factor t for the boys from Tennessee. Saun- ( lers and Bennett; also did some fine loor work, but were unable to cope! j with the team play of the Moun-i ? uiineers. Iv. H in soil led in the scorfl j ng for the home boys with Canipo; t giving him a close run. while Pyatte and Fuikersun did some line defen-ive work. 1 tne .Appaiacman Mate team losti ts first ^ame of the season to I.e-j noir-Khyne College on the Matter's: curse last Saturday night by the' * -core of 27 to 17. The game was fast j throughout, defensive work of the' :\vo teams being outstanding. The j * it >1 half ended t* to 8 in favor ofhe Hears, neither team doing much \ n the offense. The second half! pened with the Mountaineers forg-1 ng ahead hut the lead was not held! ong when L.emon can a basket to dace his team in thi lea the,* veed. An expenditure of $1S for* fertilizer and $'*.50 for hitrstt was; nade and the crop was plowed four5 imes. and hoed three. Miss Madron r cept the suckers off the crop herself: md raised chickens enough in the! latch to cat the worms. One thousand -j md two pounds were gathered which! nought $"00.00. After the floor ex-j . lenses and other incidentals Were; !n aken out, a net profit was shown: 1,1 ?f $2S2.-10. ; cr Miss Madron has proven herself a farmerette of the first rank, and Wa- J : ' auga farm women could likely sub- * nit interesting stories of their en-; JV erprise in producing cash crops. j F th : m 'LANT1NG A GARDEN IS N\ AN EVIDENCE OF THRIFT nf I SO' The recent warm days have caused; th he minds of many residenters to - oil mil to gardening ump, anil tnc rem-; leratures recorded have some days as >een high cnuogh, that should a leaf I an jr to Have been removed from the ca ;aiendar. sohie might have tor^ol- en en themselves and brought forth the po loe and rake and other implements | fo suggestive of garden sass. At any! wi ate, the more industrious are now; so dunning '.he early gardens anil at ha east two business men of the city' a? lave suggested to The Democrat that ki \ -plant a garden campaign" would \Vj lo more t?? dispel the "hard times" n. iiooni than anything else, and it was wj agreed. Km n in Boone practically q, very home has a garden, and the K.i jasie-t thing at all is to pmduce a] th fjrpnihod-dollar garden and save cor.- H. adorable of the grocery budget. The Democrat. suggests that cam- is Daiifn for more and l.ottor sraideiis: Of would run along Fittingly Willi the ?ii Watauga f'ounty ftank'is Thrift oam >C pound Otl ? are carried at all ariety and at ? prices. m If-Servioe re w R, Manager nd price meet" Bldg. Boone, N. C. E WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE iunday School Lesson I By DR. WILL O. GORDON JESUS BEGINS A KINGDOM * j ? HH LESSON TEXT Matthew iv. i * INFERENCES?Mark i. 14- * 2S; Luke iv. 1-1-22; Isaiah jgg xi. 2. GOLDEN TEXT?Repent ye. for the Kingdom of Heaven is * at hand.?Matt. iv. 17. MESSAGE OF THE LESSON "he Ministry of Jesus to Mankind The lesson for next Sunday is an troduction to the niihisUy of Jesus the region of Galillee. The one eat thing; for Him is the establishj?*nt of the Kingdom of Heaven. St. 'atthew and St. Mark clearly show j tin inaugurating His ministry by mis in which they sum up His aching. "The time is accomplished, e Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, pent, and believe" the "Good \vs." There can be no question here! an earthly kingdom as the Jews em to take it. from the fact that e humble and lowly are its firstj izens. "Whosoever shall humble himself| this little child." "Except ye turn! id become as little children, ye j nnot enter the Kingdom of Heav-j "Come ye blessed of my Father., issess you the kingdom prepared v you from the foundation of the jrld." To get into this kingdom that it may get into you. you will .ve t the hearts of en. who wi"ok His fellowship, fhc Propagaticn of the Good News The good news of the Gospel canit remain a private possession, for >od news is essentially preparative. had. therefore, its proclaimers. l;cse called attention to the actual esence and power of the living pel, the knowledge of which was a pereonsF ^experiences \d sought on the strength of such :pericnce to extend the kingdom divine grace in the world. Jesus ;pect^ His followers to help build id extend His kingdom by hecomg Fishers of Men." Those whom lie lied to aid Him in the propagami of the Good News; "and Jesus alking by the Sea of Galilee saw .o brethren. Simon called Peter, id Andrew his brother," by occuition fishermen; "and he saith un~, them. Follow me, and I will make >u fishers of men." And they did . And going on, Jesus found an-; her pair, James and John, and they :ewise left their father and ship; id followed Him. j I.et us not forget that this was it a call to accept Him as the Mes-i ih?they had already done that, was a call to co-operate with Hun propagate His kingdom among on. These men, however, were unseated and had much to learn, reixafter. He instructed them and ter with others sent them forth to j ke His message to others. They ire taught the essentials of the ngdom. Repentence, forgiveness of is, the new birth, the fellowship ASTIME THEA TRE "Place of Good Show." ["hursday-Friday-Saturday January 16-17-18? Geororp O'Brien and Helen Chandler ?IN? "SALUTE" (ALL TAI.KING) on. and Tue?., Jan. 20-21 Le Roy Mason ?IN? "Bride of the De*ert" A TALKING WESTERN ed. and T\ur*.t Jan. 22-23? Loi& Wilson ?IN? "THE GAMBLERS" ?l?1 1 !_m ^ ' " RY THURSDAY?-BOONE, N. C. of believers, the blessings of the G< pels, and the central reality of t Father's love. These are the facts which ill must make clear to men. These pr eiples are to permeate society a transform them as they become f; tual in the individual man. And this wise they are to have a part the of His Kingdon Jesus wanted that these simp minded men should catch His spi and method and point of view, taught them to know the truth 1 cause He knew that the truth wo* make them free. His disciples w< His apprentices and when He s< them out two bv two. it was to t the result of His methods. His j when he found the test success was unrestrained. According to t Gospel records all of Christ's o standing followers were won by t method. This is the method used the early Christian church. This or inal New Testament method that c be employed to win people for Jes Christ's method, therefore, ale meets in full measure the fundanv tal needs of the individual and humanity. In the early Christi Church each Christian felt a perso responsibility to take the Mess* and invitation of Christ to his re fives, friends, neighbors and fricn The same responsibility is that of modern Christian. What would the result if all the modern Chi tians should at once assume this sponsibiiity? The spread of the ki dom is dependent upon the co-ope live propagation of His followe We. therefore, must labor for making of this kingdom, a univei] kingdom. One must he ready to give up dearest things to follow Him, only so can one show one's self w thv of Hi?ii If. anv* win A after me let him deny himself", a take up his cross and follow i This, my friends, qualifies one become His disciple. Spreading Ministry of Jesus Mac Him Popular The ministry of Jesus spread o an extensive area?throughout Syria. Here is the evidence that filliHllllllHHIIHHHIIIIHIlillllillllll I "G I B = By that 1 E< J || Here is a seri = t ie nrst wori ? the most fam man's Bluff" ? Scotland Yat Haynes and 1 {H in London. swiftly from rials we hav< Begins it | Thur m .5? . - ?s- actually did as Ho said Ho would i he quoting from Isaiah (51, before 1 own people just before He enter e>' upon His mission. The Spirit of t in~ Lord is upon me. because Be ha n(l anointed me to preach the Gosj *5 io Hid poor; He hath sen*- ma Jn heal the broken-hearted, to procla ln deliverance to the captives, and i * covering of sight to the blind, to ! ^ at liberty them that are bruisi Multiutdes came. They came to . He sus, and whoever felt the touch aQ~ the Master, as He responded to t individual need, to be sure, no o ?le went avvav disappointed. )nt est ioy does the world really ful want peace? he ut The Naval Disarmament Conf ence which is about to meet in L< don is of immense importance to ? whole world, but of more irnmedij >an importance to the United States th us to any other: country. We pride oi selves on being the most peace-Iovi L.n- People in the world, yet we spe more money today on military a lan naval preparations lor war than a naj J other nation! ige Perhaps we arc wrong in believi la- l'lal we l?ve peace more than otl t]s people do. Hon. Alanson Houghb former Ambassador to Berlin a jH. then to London, suggested as nn rjs_ in his address on assuming the pc re. tion of Chairman of the Commissi n,r.' of International Justice and Go< ra-! ^ 'H the Federal Council ,rs Churches. Pointing out that the Ui the Mates has managed to pet into sal 'csist on^ important war during evi generation since the Republic v q1c established, he said that his kno for edge of European nations corivim or. 1 him that each of them hones me think.*, as we do, its people 1< ind! Pc*acc more than any other, lie. ^ something of that undcrsta: t,, j ing of the peace-loving nature of 1 j inanity in general, and some measi J of belief in the good intentions *e j other nations toward us, gets i j the spirit of the Disarmament C vC?r, ference. tin;-re is hope that our d? all j jsatcs may come back with a p Ht,j srram. agreed upon by all, which \ runmi lufr most prolific of all writei and mystery stories cigar War al story which will hold y< d to the last! Edgar Wall ous writer of mysteries in is his latest novel, and hi -d detectives foiled the sc :he other American crooki Mystery, intrigue, peril scene to scene, make this s been privileged to publi: L Irtc- v r sday, Jan iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;:::!!::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n JANUARY 16. 1930. lo, reduce our naval burden and that of lis the rest of the world, and provide ed tangible evidence that we?and the he; other countries?do actually desire % ith peace. Jel }? NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE 1m By virtue of the power of sale conS tained ;n a certain deed of trust exj ' | ecuted to the undersigned on the ^ 19th day of January. 1929, to secure , 4 the sum of two thousand dollars by M. E. Triplett and wife. Oma Tripv j lett. which deed of trust is recorded 1 in the office of the Register of Deeds ! for Watuga County in Book 13 at pages 203 and 204, and default having been made in the sums of moni ev thereby secured as therein proer"! vided, 1 will on >n- Wednesday, February 19, 1930, he! at 2 o'Clock P. M. i at the courthouse door of Watauga ,an County, at Boone, N. C., sell to the ur~| highest bidder for cash the follown# ing described tract of land to-wit: n^; In Blue Ridge Township, Watauga ; County, North Carolina, BEGINny NING on a maple. Jesse Triplett's j corner, and runs west 200 feet to 'n? a stake; then north SO degrees west ier| 300 feet lo a stake; then South 82 on,I degrees west 628 feet to a stake; Lnd j then north 32 degrees west 810 feet ,chj to a stake; then north 70 degrees Sl- ! west. 270 foot to *\ stake: then north i ion 12 degrees west -111 feet to a stake; then north 86 degrees west 396 feet to a stake; then north 1 degrees west lit- 200 feet to a stake; then 39 degrees at east 145 feet to a stake; then north sry i 5fi degrees east 311 feet to a stake ; ^as I then north S degrees west 235 feet wl-! to a stake; then south 8 degrees east ;ed j 775 feet to a stake; then north 8C Itiy degrees east 1,289 feet to a stake; >ve i then north 1C5 feet to a stake; then | south 80 degrees 9 18 feet to a stake; nd-j then south 80 degrees west 677 feet hu- to a stake; then south 10 degrees arei west 918 feet to a stake; thence of south 50 degrees west 890 to the ntoj beginning, containing 112.8 acres, on- [ more or less, iie-t This January 15. 1980. ro- JOHN E. P.ROWN, vUl 1 -1Q -A t Trustee. l^llllllllllilllllllllllililllllllllilllllllfl! tf i Ill's I rs of detective = lace | j aur attention from =? ace, the author, is = the world. "Gun- = is best. Read how hemes of Gunner ^ 3 trying to operate Ep , thrills, moving ?? one of the best sesh. Don't miss it! i Democrat J u 23rd | in iiiiiiiiiiiiinlntf! 4 iiiiiuiiiiiiiutilllllllllimiimtinmii*??j ^ - i? ?i J