rouu The. Waiau^a Democal PS'FABI iSHEt* *S3S iff.? ~**~ _ ij i'SgUtU IV- vry~I tuiaua;?The BIVCIvS PK NTING COMFAV K. C. K5VERS i: U B. K1VKR Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year .yl? Six Months .7 Tbr or Month- . 1 Payable h\ Advance Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Rt spect. Obituaries, etc., are charge for at the regular advertising rates Entered at the Postoffice at Boom N. C.. as Second Class mail niattei THURSDAY. DECEMBER IS, !;?:? CHRISTMAS! Once again the Christmas seasoi -with its joys and sorrows, its li^rh and buoyant hearts, happy in antic nation of what the event holds i -tore f >r them? they of the vast mu iitude who hr*vc enough and to spar ?f this World's goods to make th hearts at home pu'sate with real jo and expectancy. But there is anotf ei side to this wonderful pictun There are. even in henven-idcsse Watauga. hose who. it seems, hav fought a .rood fight for loved ones i home, to kepy the wolf from th door, and have almost faded. To thetn the v. - v utterance of th word "Christmas" brings sorrow t their hearts, foi they know full we that they cannot provide hotter fc 'oved ones through this happy seaso than they have during the oast yea vhich has been fraught with disac vantage. Vet their herats and thos >f their dependent- yearn for th good things. Just one .nstam&fi On Tuesda afternoon of this week, a young inai . ied woman having three small chi hen was in town, selling, or offe; ing for sale, evergreens such as toul he gathered from the forests thrc or more miles out. Her face was beai ng with anticipation as she thougl >f the flaxen-haired, rosy-ehceke loll slu' intended to buy for her li tie girl, providing she succeeded i her sales. Whether 01 not she so] them, we do not know. But this w are sine of: the babv girl will gt the doll, accompanied by other thiru lor hcis-lf and >th' i wcie nes i the family. tfondyiwuinle. you who Uk* Lord hi blessed so abundantly, Whpt arc y> nv?in?r ..V. t if I I the penny in yt?ur puise, hut giv and give b he ral ly! '11< tha* jl'ivr' to the poor lnndoih. to the Lord." MAN .Man is *' few tiays and :uh ' euble. lit* laboi eih all the day- e his youth to pay for a tr&sulizu* eha iot. and when at last the task is fii ishad, Loi the tlbr.fr s junk ami r needeth another. He planteth mtto n the earth and luleth it oillurentti he a rah'.his servants and his as.se. and v.'hen the- harvest is tr? there into darn- he uweth the kiiullov eiehft^iljrs and rf^rty cents ;mr?i than r.h; crop is worljg "lie horrov eth money front the lenders to. bu pork and syrup, and gasoline. and th interest, mteth up all that he hat! He besets sons and ediiVatc-tli thei ??? oko.. 9BHK|BSjUS^^Bb- w h * t collar, and L-JI The^hrv^v sott^q?TM and neither lab- r in the fields nc -anywhere. under the sun. The ehi dren of his loins are ornery and hi: if them hecoineth a lawyer and a: other s ticket h tip a filling station an maketli whoopee with the substam th??rotffe;The wife of his hpso aa-ksr.tr plage nn?i :s torine'lv tpitil ho eoniv.tli back. Ai: enei> stea'eth his car; physicians remove his inner relets and his tec Ik and vf k:mk rpTi: his datytK^&V bare-.h rht jggs *.o s'.vanirers; hi?, arteries enjeth in the evening of :vf . and 1 heart burster n trying t{> keep f! pace. Sorrow and bill collectors ft ioweth bim ..il tie- days of his ai and when he is gathered to rh. \ thers the neighbors sayeth: He ipuch did he he hach if it all. As his widow rejoiceth in new coupe and maketh eye.- at young shike that slicketh his hai. ai playeth a nifty game of bridge. vV is man! From the day of his b?r to the time when earth knoweth h P?r. no more, he iaborein for bread a ! catcheth the devil. Dust he was I the beginning and his name is muc ? Fountain Jnn Tribune. CLAUDE SCOTT, ASHE COUNT" MAN, COMMITS SUICII f(Ashe County .Journal) Claude Scott, well-known busint man of West Jefferson, committ suicide on Wednesday, December i tyr ^at 1:30 o'clock, due to financial d uit i es, it is stated. Mr. Scull 1 a piece of kindling to cause a sh gun to send its load into his mou rv A side of his face was blown awa; a . Mr. Scott was engaged in tbe Iu business for a number of yea ? and lately has held a position as fcr -siS traveling salesman for a wholes: 5 * firm in West Jefferson, lie is si | yived by his widow and seven ct ? - - Hi j "The Way of Life" |hj-; rartox WHY PRIDE? As 1 stepped out cf the Gram) :riii .Station the other day \ saw en*; r, j ' eriiiit it a man whose face see.icni; ami'dar, and after a moment's, ft! thought ! placed him. He is ne ?*,'jN I the most distinguished intdnben? ?n! - e :<' profession ini America. He| - was a mombei of the Cabinet of aj d former President. and was himself; * mentioned for the Presidency. On a sudden impulse I turned and '* followed him. The station was full of commuters hurrying to their trains. They looked at him. and through him and around him. but apparently nobody recognized him lit jostled his way across ?, the great floor, down a pah ?t" stepit to the platform of the subway. And i- there the crowd crushed him int n | the minimum number of cubic inches Ljanc: flung: him into an cxpr? ?s train, t My iast view of him was .is he c stood with his face pressed against v the glass of the door, a completely i- squeezed and harassed looking man in no way different from the swe!-; d t r:;::: h - w Co n? e Not one of those others knew that it; he had b?en a Cabinet Minister, help ,< lag to shape the destinies of a na j tion during the greatest war. N\>ie! would they hiive cared, Probably. : 0 j they had known. il j 1* has been remarked. fr^quenil\ 1 : that the really big man is almost aln! ways modest. The reason.- for - his irjare two-fold. In the first place, he 1-1 knows how much of hi- success hu;e! been due to causes beyond his own j ie! control-?his birth, his education, his; . business opportunities. And he knowy too what a thm and evanescent thine . r-lis fame. i-' lie has w'ulkeil through p'ai.es like i- Central Park and looked at the stat,d , ues. These arc great men who lived I >e only yesterday?fifty or a mi ruffed ml and fifty years ago. Yet how few ,.r" it i hem one can recogni/.c without look-j nl >ng at the names. And if their fame: t- : already so faded, what v. ill it lu in in a thousand y?.a?-. m two thousandid | or U n? r?? Abraham Lixn-o!- V- favorite sung, ,'t ! a m-'Urii'iij. hvmn entitled. 'Why r: Shapbi he .Spiri: of Mortal lb ,f' PruUd?" He km w that the ti\ei of fc aces ?. . and that even the most U j-impo? taut of- us is soon washed out , u J : i; i? the big sea x?i ' i>bii viuii flc knew it b's.iusc he was leallyj t.,hig lr is .m ly tb.c lit He rnen who h ) ? -' a r rhcy wotv permanent rocks "in the rivi r. towering high above the* ievoi. tf&faiketfc "heWi toys by * [.moved. C The Family Doctor a f ,?fl lis I)K .JOHN JOSEPH HAINES < . ; IMMUNITY ^ It's a mighty comfortable feeling ^ during ihepc winter months, e speciale > in the northern states,?the con' sciousnes^that one is. immune front v "taking coid.v Infections of the re.e spiraiovy tract a?e so distressing, not to say dangerous, that one dreads 111 them naturally, and would do most e anvthhig r/V-prevent - thply- occurrence. ,s From an extensive experience, ,r I believe immunizing vaccines have j solved the problem as nearly as can l.e | he at this time. ?~'l Bacterial vaccines made by teli-i ^ I aide people are harmless. They should j T-l be administered as a preventive^ while the patient, is in his usual; B~; health. .Six or eight doses should be! lT1.u->ed- on alternate days one each! i? .days, of c ourse--making about 12 to : ; tourtcen days cover the ' course "; :'Ynur physician will advise you for li* j the best. ?"! -Just how long: immunization lasts; u-:. is r.ot known. Personally. - have Ja 'r-'keiv two *\ourses" of vaccine during: - gr vipe. and influx**** y<^y;^:c.e!y,r. though hi almost daily contact .vi;n. '>' 1 parents infected. 1 am, therefore, a v'?u firm and lasting friend of the vac^-'Jeirre treatment}>' i Trideed I have found vaccine - -ivy , effich nt in the treatment df lespir;1~ i atcry in feet ions. A cold will vaiiis.': ^y l rrtore uuirk y if heated by this met?.- : od--;> dose daily, pushed till effect. : e- j The patient should stay indoors, bet-; 4"| ter still, in bed. until perfectly re-' ^' covered, thus preventing relapses if' which often pave the way jfhr more i n 1 serious difficulties. The most rational' a i treatment for influenza, f believe to -- |$e in the intelligent use of bade- ; oti. rial vaccines^i An ounce of prevention is worth a inJ| nound of cure, says the old philoso,44' j pher; r~do: not know where it may j ,n be more fittingly applied, than ir.J ' j the very common affliction known j 1 as "colds."?Pneumonia is alwnv-c HnnJ I gerous to life; doubly so, when it Y ; follows influent. And, It is the one )E! taken unawares that finds regret to j be his chief heritage. iss! McFall. the factory foreman, was] ed | asked by the manager whether the; 10, j new man he had hired was making] if-1 progress. j ,ed "Ihrogress!" exploded the foreman J ot- "Why. I've taught him everything] th. I know and he is s-till an ignorant] fool." m- * rs.l .Miss Fatts?Oh, Doctor, it's hor-i ajrihle; I have gained fifteen pounds j lie in the last month. : ir- Dr. Cutter ? You shouldn't comlil plain, with chicken worth 30 ceT*s a pound. ri!E WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE) imM IP'"'1* -g'.: ?'rS.'^r,> ... ' j 'fM ' > ? :. Ulii: " IS, j ? h;;?: . vtrf'tM : ' hwvdod ; r; i i -?I rf>t.uj?j?o:'s. tJp \v : ?. . !'\ : hilt - it ' U? i Mattel !.::? h'niV?: d? ?. ? ;?' -v aj 5 : i - : hI: ' ?'i: _ . \ t< ! :' o t;< s ; ... r doVI ill ' . $1 :> *** *?'. ji , ' . :t liiijr.. " ' '.iii'i ? 1 " w I: - : rU'jSlfa 13;TBI{(I ? ; l?? _ i " . VT"* ?==r tA. ? A } .v li.i ne>-' -? rv ;:i ?! greeting in a delight o?l way 'jjoiv htiji|?> owyybadv looks!" Mabel " i t/ good old t'liris! 1 i*:t lias fairiv spitted itself ?til Otis ?*nr." VYc?. shl< 1- >oi; ' "riv-l it " ho ! t'MIUiWUed nioa'.vn^iv. I'.ivau.-" ' havo this rod ami Sffee.ii soil ? ?:. 1 snojioso." slli? said ; than. : ..ins arouii . V.ul they're riot }u>\ thov laughing. What lias happened ' You iv.illy ki wV* queried Hartley. "} helioee you don't. and here"- tlii' i'haa?v I've waited for all liii'SH uioiiiiis wuht 1'OJ'grn ha . ;?ud I .ii.-i . i.? ii ,j ? in.[in- m .uiiv.I- IMI?^, j no; tar away. oiu. apparently! to I!: 'r-y til it. otd ehnp!" :tiatik | t Jt.Mt Wish I had' :\m.i ohnr.co V* I following their i'.vc<. Mabel looked up a! her hand, hpuiius me strap. ami I hero was UU? t\ ilisb. .-pray o' aiisth*loo. in view of all. and directly a hove her head' gSih. > on iilifjtsshe "I'-'r'f.'* ",L' Rj**? 'rTfv"'- -Tf*' , hl;;*/.ed. and then, in spile of herself. Sauehed merrily. Sie follow pnpsonjrcts Jpiijyfflg it. heartily. When (lies left ?g- > ;ir Hartley look her handles end when her door was matter iit eon rise. '"Faf/Sbi ry if I ador.i l<. your oiuhar ?9v- "",int I ha\o! waive* 1 a iontf time,-and yon promise I j *o jivyo n,e an answer very soon. How j about i V" Forjvply. Muhel held the raisi!.- ?>- ; nl ove her he:td. .<{? - !-" r: Ni'wvpf.,^ Vntoiui Christmas, Name of Village There :s only one in lOnc'.r.n l named nnrM>n^. ii is n ;?ny vPK in Oxfordshire. known a? Cy.'rlsT mas Common. "Goddr.'s Day" ?<% *? y?-.'v" 55 name f?>r Christ{6V.-S 2?>un?i sr. v-rv old carols. OLD WINTER By f homas Noel Old \YinU-r sad. in snowy clad. v4s roakinc a doleful din; Bui lot him howl till ho cracks his >v'!< . ; Wo will not let Jiiirs in. Ay. let him lift from the billowy drift His hoary, haggard form. And scowling stand, with his wrinkled hand Outstretching to the storm. And let his weird and sleety board Stream loose upon the blast. And, rustling, chime to the Tinkling rime From his bald head falling fast. Let him push at the door.?in the chimney roar. And rattle the window-pane; Let him in at us spy with his icicle eve. But he shal' not entrance gain. Let him gnaw, forsooth, with his freezing tooth, On- CUV TCC^ filnO' : till h" ^ITP * But we care not a whit, as we jovial sit Before our blazing fire. I Come, lads, let's sing, till the rafters ring; | Come, push the can about;? ! From cur snug fire-side this Chvist.v.as-lide \ ! We'll keep old Winter out. iY THl-USI>AY?BOONK. N. < Kiiii-? ^:=:= ? /fie 'nroi'iird-nt lb sii&y? || AUIQOiUN., BIRTHDAY PARTY i Mrs. Sum Atkins was hostess at. a] most enjoyable- birthday party on Saturday afternoon. Ducdmmn* 1 3th., in honor of her 8-year-old daughter, j Ruby. After various pantos had beeh J played the Kith- jniesls were invitedi into the dining room where a plate? was served cunsi.-ting of eake. pie|lll!llllll!ll!!llllll!l!!ll!l!!!!l!!!i!!!li!!!!l! | Watauga's ] E /WfX "* r H v/nenng I < I Than Any ( EE A Complete Line Of Automobile H Repairs = RIMS FOR ALL MAKES jjEE WHEELS For ALL MAKES = AXLES EE BEARINGS EE BRAKE LINING^ [EE TIRE CHAINS EE SPRINGS EE PISTON RINGS ;Ej FAN BELTS = M SPARK PLUGS GASKETS ;= BATTERIES I ? ""W a l.AKUt SIOt'K OK != ACCESSORIES 'W. SS.! r*E r\f m" | ^ | Centra | Be SNIIIIillil!illlllllilllllllliiil!l!IIIIIIIMii|i nMiiiitiaiiiiMitMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiifiiiii '. . .VWAVANWWWUVWl J | Sir Thome js Lipton Sai CwAVAVAW/kViVVVVyW/ Vh'Jf^XMNrr>.Il l I I I <1 III II III kj'luliWM'lllfiriiiyF \ SFaBHKgO' t ' l-Cra I RtaCbui?.- this is my iy brother. You See wasn't Jieie wkeie u tame last. u-jstnias * klos, fruits, candy and hoi chocolate.! The table was rafcoiatec! in an up- j i propriate milliner. Little Miss Ruby! roceived many attractive and useful ?j?,S* Those present were Anna Rose Kulkersou, Mereta Tuttle, .lay Fletcher. Krsiil lYesnell. .lames and Shel-j tbn Dugper, drey Presnell, Russell Ahd Robert Atkins. Charles Fletcher I !lililll[!l!!!i!lllilll!!l!!l!il!!iii!l!l!!!il!!!!(!!lj Master Servic< 3u Greater T1 3ther Tire De; MakeYo Tire a GOOD WITH A HEAVY DE GRIPS THE SNOW * LIKE THE CLAW! Here, too, more people 1 TIRES than any y DO IN GOLD to the one who has put the cs? on a Goodyear Tire, any type or