FEBRUARY G, 1930 LOCAL AFFAIRS j SMbchb Chief of Police Wike has sold his one-half interest in the Boone Feed3 Store to Mr. Charles Younce, the. business now being: owned by Mr. J W. D. Farthing: and Mr. Younce. Mr. J. F. Hartzog of Idlewild Ashe r . County, for a lone while a resident of Boone, has been a very sick man of late. His son, Mr. W. G. Hartzog, has been visiting him and at last vc00rts he was slowly improving:. Mr. Raymond Hendrix of Perkinsville and Miss Blanche Shore of Boone. Route 1, were married in Mountain City, Tenn. last Saturday. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Shore. Mi*s. F. A. Linney is spending a few weeks in Greensboro, the guest ; of Mrs. .J. A. Matheson. Mi's. Linney was a^eompaniied by her son, Baxter, who is attending to matters 3f a business nature in the Idedmont < section this week. Mr. Frank W. Wood, of Jefferson City. Tenn.. B. Y. P. U. worker for his State, was in town Monday in ! company with Dr. Will O. Gordon, of ] Mountain City, in whose church he s now engaged in his organization i work. I Miss Ruby Cook has returned from \ a week's visit to Coiumbus and Asheville. While away she attended the J wedding of her sister, Miss Bernice, ( A'hich took place at Mai's Hill on > January 25. xiic lukiius in waiauga 01 little ( ( Wade Ronda Wagner will be pleased;, x> know that he is very much im-j , proved under the skillful care of g Dr. W. C. Gcss, at the Memorial Hos-j pital in Johnson City, and it is hoped , rhat he will soon be well again. ; Mr. W. S. Christian, local tin and i metal worker, has traded his pretty home, near the base of Howards' s Knob, to Rev. John and Scott Morris 1 for their farm on highway 09 in the 1 Sands section. The families wil change locations in the near future. Miss Lucy Bingham, daughter of Attorney T. E. Bingham, has completed her course in a Winston-Salem Business College, returned to her home last Saturday and has taken a position with the law firm of Bingham Linney & Bingham, of which her father is the senior member. > Mrs. Brit Robertson of Johnson City, Tonn., with her two small sons s a visitor for a few days at. the home of her father, Dr. J. M. Hodges in Boone. Mr. Robertson brought them up Saturday, returning to his home the following day. The heavy snosv fall of last Wednesday lias aLrnost entirely* disappeared, hut early this (Wednesday) morning we had another slight fall of "the beautiful," but it was of t-iifri XT 4.Y.- ?. -? .uv?? i/ viuiaciuui i>UW lilt; SIH1 111 SIllll-I j inir through the rifts in the clouds: but the weather still reminds us of j the ground hog product after he had , espied his shadow on the second. i Ml'. Noah Winebarger of Meat r Camp, while in the shop Monday, p ?aid that he had more than a score t of grandchildren, and that all the J while he had given the little tots or.o v dollar each at Christmas time. Re- I jcht'.y two sets of twins?morn grand t children?were added and now the e good man says he hardly Knows What to do. lie must either hold his r.erve, s and Day . the-dollar, cut to fifty cents j or quit. Stand to the first proposi- t lion old sport, you arc able. ( Mr. Archie Quails, son of Mr. and c Mrs. J. L. Quails of Boone, now a student at Wake r orest College, took ' recess from his studies long enough J last week to come up to Johnson * City. Tenn., and marry one 01 the 1 bonnie ladies of that city, Miss She- 1 lla DeVault, daughter of Mr. Robt. s DeVault, prominent clothier. After the ceremony the happy couple left \ for the College where they will remain until the close of the presentterm, after which, it is supposed, j they will return to Boone. Mr. John F. Hardin, who justly > deserves the titlte "grand old man" t celebrated on last Saturday at his I splendid home in Boone, his 80th r birthday, only a few near relatives v being invited. Mr. Hardin, regardless t of this rather advanced age, is hear- f ing up wel! and through choice does t most of the chores about the home, c His health is good and he is looking s ver^r well indeed. Here's honing, old c friend, that you will live to see the i happy return of many more birth- I days. . s Miss Ruth Coffey returned from I Charlotte Sanitorium last Wednes- J day and it is a pleasure to note that ' that she is improving satisfactorily. 1 'Tis true she is still wearing a east ' on the broken limb and will for some N rwcekai ? wiien t Site -" -W ,1, 71-t^ L Urilj,Charlotte for its removal. Her con- 5 dition we are told, is most cncourag- ! in?, the break uniting: perfectly. The 1 lady is bright, cheerful, confident, ' and her ultimate recovery is now con fidently expected. j Mr. Harrison Moretz, son of Mr. ( and Mi's. J. M. Moretz of Boone was married last Sunday to Miss Earlinc . Mast, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. ( L. Mast of Lovill, this county. The , ' marriage took place in Bristol, Tenn. The couple, with Mrs. Moretz, left Monday for Troy, N. C. to spend a short while with Mrs. Lucy Davis, sister of the bridegroom and daughter of Mrs. Moretz. The newly-weds, we are told, will locate in Boone, where Harrison will assist his father in the furniture business. Mr. R. L. Baldwin, proprietor of the Rich Mountain Orchards, which 1 are developing, under his care into the finest, from a commercial viewpoint in the county, was in to see the Democrat Tuesday and brought with him a very liberal box of beaiitifu! apples, for which he has the thanks of the editor. He was asked as to the variety of the large, smooth beautifully tinted fruit and replied: "That is the improved Ben Davis, grown on old timbei, the trees having been thoroughly pruned and sprayed the two years that have elapsed since I took charge of the orchards, and are among my best sellers." This evolution in the* "Ben" shows just what can be done with i fruit when a man like Baldwin, with | his head on his ljusiness is at the P?m. Mr ?lri. Morris Casey, two|\ of our newly-weds, have let to eon-jl tract t'ne construction of gjftmoderni bungalow in the Buena Vista addition t on a lot adjoining that of Mr. Cas- f ey's mother. The building will be t rushed to completion at the earliest c possible date. <1 Miss Fox Entertains at e Valle Crucis. ^ Miss Eiiie Joe ?Fox enieiUiiiied * Epworth League members at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mast. e Valle Crucis, on Saturday night. Feb- J ruary 1. Games were played during * the evening and a most enjoyable * contest entered into, Mr. Clint Baird * being the winner of the prize. Deli- J* cious refreshments were served by F the hostess, assisted by Miss Mary J Alice Baird. The guests present were Nina Church, Mary Alice Baird, Dare G and Mabel Low ranee. Hazel and Clint Baird, Raymond, Laura and " Francis Farthing, Wilma Dugger, Claude, Jim' and Lewis Baird. Cleo and Lizzy Snyder. Marion Bent ley, Dare Triplett, Robert Yates and h Sumpter Baird. J( is Society News From Blowing Rock. [ On January 24, the Friday Night- ^ ers met with Mrs. 11. F. Ingle at the j, pome of her mother, Mrs. A. E. Bev?rly, on Abernethy Street. The house s, was made attractive by a profusion pf galax and ferns. An observation contest was held in which Mrs. Rob J 3reen won a dainty handkerchief. n Vlrs. C. A. Williams was given a miniature dictionary for consolation. v Jthev interesting amusements were fen joyed. A very delightful party jj, plate, consisting of chicken salad, sandwiches, pickles, pound cake and :offee was served, followed by after 95unci HHXrxs. xne eiuo aajourneci, cj he next meeting to he held with ni Virs. J. T. Miller. tc One of the most delightful occasions of the winter took olace on Friday evening when Mrs. J. T. Miler entertained the Friday Nightevs "ai it a three-course dinner. The guests g, vere met at the door by Margaret, w he charming little daughter of the al lostess. At seven-thirty the doors of {p he dining room were thrown open, lisplaying the lovely table which was |3< craeed with brass candle sticks hold- w liir white tapers. The first course cj onsisted of turkey, steamed rice, 2 ircssing-, gravy, deviled eggs, home- "j, anned corn, carrots and peas, mixed 3 )icklcs and beaten biscuits. The salad vas arranged on a platter consisting ?f whole apples stuffed with nuts j-,. md celery seized with brown bread j n', andwiches. The dessert was pineap-1 p, ?le skillet cake garnished with cher-1 ios and served with whipped cream) 3 md coffee. Mrs. Miller was assist-'^ 'd in serving by her daugh'cm*. Mnv-Ie( caret. After the dinner, the guests \t vere invited to the sifting room, vhere bridge and touring were en- ja oyed until a late hour. At the Friday Niehters Club \\ louse, the husbands of the members p, ntevtained at a Spanish stew on p, 'ebruary 1st. After the bountiful ileal, a well-arranged program was 'iven. ilr. (J. S. Privctte introduced u, he "spokesman of the tribe," Mr. w . T. Miller, who made eleur the eislies of his fellcwr.ien, which were Q: o find r. clew or password in order y> 0 be admitted into the Friday Nig'nt- rz rs Club, they having felt as if the |j' lien . were :Twearnig the iip j]( tend of the women. Several ideas sf tere iriven from the men as t6 h'ow ;s hey could obtain membership'.~nirs. Jillet expressed thanks and approbation for the delightful evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Winkler enterainnd on Tuesday night at a delightul dinner to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mil- g er and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williams, ^he Valentine color scheme was car ied out throughout tile meal and 1 most enjoyable evening was spent. ti VRIT1NG SCHOOL CLOSES IN di RIVER VIEW DISTRICT : d< ilr. Editor Democrat: M At the close of my school of pen- in uanship Inst Friday at River View 3' mblic school district. Rev. W. A. oi Jcaton and Mrs. Deaton were ap- tv minted to examine the specimens la Vritten by the pupils and report the lest improvements made. Alter cart- h; ul examination by the able minister, ni vho is a judge of writing, be report- >" :d that three small boys were the ... ??- ' * uwcmiui unes who weve awarded ertificates for improvement furlished by the Zaner Bloser School of o< 'enmanship, Columbus, Ohio. Hoy, al on of H. C. Moretz; Walter, son of si iV. P. Lookabill, and Elwin, son of z< >1. 0. Norris, received 1st, 2nd and C !rd prizes respectively. Rev. Deaton is nvarded the certificates with an ap- pi nopriate talk to the pupils on the 01 alue of good penmanship. K&TKew^Tiifmls'' made r.roeress from I .tart to finish of the school, and iroved to the teacher the value of _ io'.hc training, as they were very >bodient arid easily controlled. N River View School District is *_ rlessod with some pood parents, and * las succeeded in obtaining compe- E :ent public school teachers, and un- f ler the morals and spiritual instruc- p dons of the Sunday School and the thurch, the children are advancinp F :oward a higher grade of citizenship. tj rp iir a mfi/vvT i. nni . NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE North Carolina. Conntv of Watauea: H Boone Ice art! Fuel Company vs. H. W. Horton. ' By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Watauga County in the above entitled action, I will on Monday, March 3, 1930, at 2:30 o'Clock P. M. at the courthouse door of Watauga County; sell to the highest bidder for cash, all the right, title and interest pojij TT W HortOTl hnH in a certain spring conveyed to B. J. ~ Councill and described as follows: ( A 1-3 interest in a certain spring, e together with right of way for pipe f line, land surrounding said spring t more particularly described as fol- 1 lows, lying and being located about 200 yards above the present dairy 1 barn. 1 This Januarv 31, 1930. L. M. FARTHING. Sheriff Watauga County. 2-6-4t 1 THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE Vayhe Gragj Celebrates rhirlecnth Birthday. Wayne Gragg delightfully enteral ned a number of his boy and girl fiends on Monday. February ilrd, at lis home on West Main Street, ill elebratioii of his thirteenth birthlay. Interesting games were enjoyed >y all, and after the frames, his niothr, Mrs. J. R. Gragg, assisted by largaret Moore and her little daughcr. Truls, served, delicious cake ice ream and home-made candy. Those njoying the occasion with Master Vayne were: Ed.vard Lovill, JDwight luck, Max Moody, Delos Burnett, lillv Mac Hardin, Clopton Farthing, I 'red Wike, Rena Mae and porothy 'ar thing, Margaret Moore, IVa Dean iorris, Martha Moore, Italia Clay, laud Ella Ward, Clarissy White, felon Hodges, Helen Gragg, Trula Iragg and Edna Moody. i I ITEMS FROM NLWLAND i i The ten-year-old son of Mr. Ar- J siur Cornett is suffering with a > rc.ken arm just eboye the wrist iini ^ A daughter of Mr. Ralph B. Dula N' : a very sick girl with appendicitis. Married on last Friday, Miss Lula ove to Mr. Omer Wise. Miss I.ula tl rd her nice little home near the J igh school completed, and the hap- u y couple went to house keeping as ? pon as married. p Rusher Hopkins has been confined J* ? his room with mumps for most a ? eek. but will go back to school on ext Monday. p Mr. Frank Benbow. son of Rawer L. S. Benbow, is spending a few b eeks with his father. Mr. Benbow c:' as been a resident of New York for velve or fourteen years. Mr. R. A. Shoemaker's family has eon confined to the home with tf; lickcn pox. for several days, and o\v the little girl has pneumonia, her mperature running as high as 104. It was sad when death's chilly Y and swept away the darling little vi feyeh-months-old daughter of Mr. B rid Mrs. Joe La Barbara on last, e! unday morning. The little baby had ist undergone chicken pox, mumps T id scarlet fever, when pneumonia LwaWIOJ Hl_.. I - r>?i s??t- n ^>civrpc?n ? U'.t Dcti uara was in i Washington, D. C., where he had] *cr< for some weeks, when he was ired of the serious condition of the hi lild. He arrived on Saturday about "s o'clock. Funeral services were con- 01 leted by Rev. L. M. Deaton and Hr. ridges. r= The little five-year-old daughter of r. and Mrs* R. A. Shoemaker, who [j is been so very low with pneu- i: onia, is thought to be much im- s oved at this time. Messrs. J. M. Gragg and W. L. = uchanon, who have been in Penn- jg. 'lvania for some time, engaged in |j instruction work, have returned to |1 ewland again. ?| Mr. Wilson H. Graves, of Page- || nd, S. C., has joined the Graves g otor Company here as bookkeeper. ^ re believe such nice young men can S of much ahl in getting the new jj rliivj11 mic u. go Wily, ami ive are r ways glad to have such good pen- jj e join us in the battle of building g 1> the church and Sunday School ? Ol'li. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ray, || a last Saturday, a ten pound boy. a otW mother and babe arc doing g ne, but Old Grandpa Tern looks a g ttle sourer. Nevertheless, we know g iw to take his looks, ~as Re" always :cms to be silent when everything going his way. COVE CREEK NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. John IT. Horton spoilt le last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. Horton. Mr. Roy Bingham, who lives in ew York, was a visitor among relaves here last week. Rev. A. Burgess conducted devonnal exercises at chapel on Mon- -J >y. ? Cove Creek basket ball team was S Heated by Lees-McRae College on | onday night- The game was played si r? mi. n ? ? ujiirier c.ik, me unai count ueiriK | jg )-19. The game was a hard fought jg le, the score heinp: tied at least ^ pice. A return game is to be played j ter in the spring. gj Mrs. J. \V. Henson, o? Amantha, |a is been seriously ill with pneumc- g ia for several days. She is improving s ? FARM PAPERS Mr. G. P. Hagaman asks The Dem- m :rat to announce that until Febvii- fi ry 15 he. is offering the Progress- jj ve Farmer and the Breeders Ga- g itte to the farmers of Watauga |= ounty at greatly reduced prices, and g anxious that as many as possible l| lace their subscriptions with him at gP rice for these valuable publications. H cnrn a t lunrnrirc i at LuaL nuntm | Dr. C. B. Baughman, Eye, E.r. | fose and Throat Specialist, Johnson | ity, Tenn., will be in the office of | ?r. J. B. Hagaman in Boone, on the | irst Monday in each month for the | ractice of his profession. 10-17-tf 5 'OR SALE?Eggs and baby chicks j| from White Leghorn hens with 1 trapnest records up to 272 eggs in p y?*ar, 321 eggs before moulting, j Every egg or chicks carries blood g of 18 to 36 300-egg hens. Tancred 9 strain, Chick* fmm flock matings. H ti cents eacn; eggs, $1.50 per 15; $5.80 per hundred. Special pens: chicks, 30-cents each; eggs, ?3-00 per 15; $10.00 per hundred. Rich Mountain Poultry Farm, Thomas" L. Wilson, Proprietor, Zionville, N. C. l-16-8tp Small Farm for Sale! TvrcstV'On? acres of lood one -?.nd v hr?lf miles vrcst Boose on. Nn. ^n il Jood seven-room house, with double | a race and barn, lights and water in I louse. Land in high state of cultiva- | ion and includes an orchard of 85 J (earing apple trees. I am also offering a five-room | louse and lot in Daniel Boone Park. | iVater, lights and all conveniences. ? P. H. HODGES I Phone S9 Boone, N. C. i| -30-3c | IRY THURSDAY?BOONK, N. C. "Hands Up" ] J : "i - ; I j^nH iS0k ?WU BB JBH|HH^k^'c^^&2K^^HREBflBflBH |H i BB Nothing to worry about in this hold * j ip. It's only Speaker "Nick" Long-j ! vortli with the revolver which wa> iccd by the famous bandit Jesse lames. Senator Hawes. of Missouri, tave the pistol to the Speaker. IRS. BETTY GREER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER Mrs. Betty Greer, age 62, died at ic home of her daughter, Mrs antes Michael, of Malliey, oil Janary 27th, following a iong period f illness. Funeral services were held t Mt. Calvery Baptist Church at aim on the 28th, being conducted y Rev. F. C. Watts, assisted by Rev. . Woods. Mrs. Greer was a member of the resbyterian Church. She was a nolo Christian woman, highly respectd by all who knew her, and her oath is a great loss to the comlunity. She is survived by one aughter, two brothers and two sissrs. ZIONV3LLE VISITORS Mrs. J. F. Shakespeare, of New ork City, is spending several days isiting with her brother, Mr. R. L. aldwip, at the Rich Mountain Ormrds. Mr. W. C. Wilson and wife, Mr. homas Hughes and Miss Green were /er-Sunday visitors at the home of . L. Baldwin. Uncle Si Tinklepaugh says he went tc a place that called itself a ;hoppe" the other day, and found it what the extra "pe:' stood for. hey meant "prices pvrpssivc." 8 i 1 j A MET i R ? I When the court tion to the thing only the state la 1 Put the wishes into a properly your wishes, ft 1 | If you are not si have already m; way, go to your and may mean < This advertis Day?s Co iit a nr a ti IYYA1AU m i- MANAGE YOUR MO ??? I Items from The Democrat of February 5, 1891: _ Mr. W. If. Edmisten, of Blowing nock, has been appointed united States gauger. Major W. W. Vannoy is now off on the markets purchasing goods and will open a first class store on Stony Fork in the near future. Miss Bina Greene, the attractive] little daughter of Mr. L. L. Greene, leaves us this week for Bakersvilt % where she intends to enter school. A colored man from Iredell County is at the poor house in this county. The chairman of the Board >f County Commissioners has taken steps to have him removed to his own county. If vou wish for a moment to forget ihe bleak winds of winter just take a peep into Mrs. Captain Lbvill's flowpr nit, and you will imagine that you have instantly been transported to the tropics and are feastLb S. MARINES SING MOVIETONE MARCH In the Fox Movietone picture, "The Cock Eyed World," directed by Raoul Walsh, GOO marines aboard the U. S. S. Henderson, sing a marching song, "So Long," written for this all-talker by Con Conrad, Sidney Mitchell and Archie Gottier. Conrad went to Sari Francisco and personally rehearsed the marines and also the U. S. Navy Band. Before the production was finished Walsh received word from the Orient that the marines were still singing this song, having adopted it as their marching song. The U. S. S. Henderson is now in Oriental waters with practically the entire complement of marines who appear in this particular sequence. "The Cock Eyed World," based on a story by Stalling and Anderson, with dialogue by Billv K. Wells, cofeatures Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe and Lily Damitu. This big, rollicking picture which will open j Thursday at Pastime Theatre, deals j with the love affairs of two hard- j bnilo.i marines. ^TAL W . . is Wor settles your estate they wi s you "had in mind." The w, and the law is king. regarding the distributor drawn Will. It is the lege becomes your private law. ire your Will is correctly c ade your Will but want it lawyer immediately. It wi i lot to your family. ement is in keeping with poroored by the National mmiiiee for your h&ppine rGA COUNT "THE HOME OK THE THRIFTY" irtg your eyes on the most beautiFi l plants and flowers you ever beheld. They are simply lovely. Cast Friday evening:, the two prisoners iri~ jaii here. Poiter and TriVctt, attacked the jailer. N. N. Co