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1 w \/\ W m ( (il.I'MK SI.II NO. 25 | "BRO I By RUBY i\ | v\>wuvnmu' FINAL INSTALMENT "There is no happiness for me. That's all finished Don't look so; *ragic. Wo must all live ouv own j lives and work out our own salvation?if there is such a thing. I'm; ? lad to have seen you again?it; hurts, the way you sent me about ly business. . . *'{ shall never forgive myself. Tu , I "You must: there isn't anything' ealiv t?? fotjiive. 1 wasn't too kind1 if. you either. Lawrence?" "You gave me the only happiness, have ever known, and that is why want to irivo voit vmrr WivCjjj*"" '' She drew back sharply. "Why v/iuit do you moan,?'* "Thai I want to take vou back to I ' hittenham. He's a line follow. -Iu-: ti? . a lid you i nyar. everything in the I v.arid to him. There was a time when : hated him. but lately, now we on-c-e.i'stand each othei i can . why i never stood a chance when lie wavbncerned \ 'What do you mean? flow daivi . a ssn sn*-h things to me? " "! dare anything if it means y<i?.t ! ? aiipiness." "My happiness is ho ? 11v 1.. <?~j Y'iui>: " She turned and began -oj walk away from hint. Her heart was ? rating fast and her eye1- Innnedj with the teat s which she dan .. hot t Ul fall. In the evening Schpfiejd caiiei! all Hie little hotel. He brought a large I hunch of roses and lie kissed her j hands as she took the flowers from! him. "Say you forgive me. lulie?" "Of course I forgive you." But in her heart she knew that if she had cared for him. forgiveness would not have hern possible. "Of course I forgive you," she said again with an efforts: "bill in return you must promise mo something, will you, Lawrence?' < pIf I can you know 1 will," "Then promise me that you will rot tell any one in London where 1 am." He hesitated, and she said again -handy: "Most of all vou musi ivrivm-l hk dot to toil Mr. <'hitu nham." ] Schot'ifflra looked away from her. "I have already ivji od;. to him, ij wired this ovonius?; after you loft i tni*'1 i She cire.f>.? deep Oreath, het heart was heatioa . 0 riewe.y-'that it seemed Jo choke her. "You think . i' do yovi think he v. ill come here?"a she asked. "I am sure ho will coitie/v r-'^Ye.- . . . yes, l suppose so." She Watched his arm; "And you are the i .died Samaritan who will jpjpgm \ SHko^ether ap'uin." she said. and he <i.hdT "Sot hear the mackine now- in hevj. an jit l;.But when he hat; Kono she shed no ni She went up to her room ieuv-J no the ro<es he had brought lying j eh tin talde in the deserted salon.! Site draped het few clothes from, the . drawers in the little pain tiki J jjgfljjjgjt. raid hurriedly par hod irein. ; ; " SS "" ? Ul "It's all over, that par* of my life; ?its' finished forever," she told hv-r-' If over add over asaifk "I don't .at him ht:\V; I doii'.l \VaUt f.-w. > IV. ' I ..Al.ll! l*n\V.T . J.im or believe: in him again.*' She toll} the landlady t: at she. wast ning hack {; England. hut at the: sta'tibn she- i .ok a ticket to Liui-1 a nne. "He wil! never think of looking <u m?* there,*' she told herself exultantly. Mle will think it is the last \, ktce I should ever go buck to." She chunked her name to Laiuv'on and took a vo&iu a li'tle dif'ashioned chalet overlooking the lake! .ad when she found the time begi tiding to hang imposrib'lv on her handsj she advertised for pupils to whoiri to ? ac h English. For one thing: s4EV needed the{ wioney, and tor another, she felt that. -he would go mad i'.' she edit Id hot' m?d occupation. But except at intervals she was* ot unhappy. And so the hi:e summer and the| autumn passed, ar.d the cold wines j tame. and the gray days, and the} "fountains were hidden in veils of! wist. What was (ides doing? One night j the dreamed ot him so vividly tlfatj she was sure he must he sumewme : near her. and for two days she was: htviiid to go out fee- *V;t; that she' might meet him. "1 will go home." sh;- told bersoif.j and tried to believe ;h?t iv was sheet . onging for England that drev. he:, and that the piesence of C'hittonham made no difference. "! will go home for Christmas/' he decided, and from that moment: v?er spirits rose, ar.d the people in the j house sVutled when they saw the change in her. "She has had good news.** they iold one another, and we were quite5 ?ure that it was an unhappy love affair that had hitherto caused the{ radness in Julie's eyes. And then a week before she was! to leave. .folic suddenly felt a great longing to climb the St. Bernard f?nce more. She made enquiries and was told hat slje could not go without n guide. "it is a dangerous time of the .ear," she was warned. It was the .sumo day in the list of: visitors in the paper who were expected at the Palace Hotel Caux for Christmas that Julie saw Giles ChitIdphanfs name. She was vlancing down the list SO JjJ JpBBflHi i /ATAl A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE, kv\u\nuuv\\vuvvvuvum w*w 33 KEN" 1 1. AYRES f! | j i without much inter? st. \v priderinji any ?!!?- she hud known in England! ir.i^nl 1>\ cr.ar.re hi* nienlidfiiaa there,! 11 s.?..!<n.;. hi nam;* seOTiYed toi lc'np out hev in letters oi fire. "Mr. lilies Chit! -nharo an 1 his fi-' aiicc. Mis. Beatrice Neale There followed a little cha:--> pa . ygiaph about them?but Julie read] 110 more. She stood with the |>ap?" | clutihed in her hands, cold to the: lips, fie had fpygtoten hev so soonhe was to be married to another wo- j man. Dim hiei often said iiitterly tha! no man could be faithful and Julie had not believed her Well n Iieyed l{e| now and such a title of ha; red ami despair rose in her heart lhat she was afraid. Three times Giles hatl struck at j her--? thiee times lie hatl made her! suffer beyond all endurance, and j now. she would suffer no more. She put on her thick boots and her warm-, est ecat and went out. At the front! -floor she met the woman who kept the house. "Von are going out?" she asked;; >ht glanced up at the sky. "I should] not go fay. There is more snow to' cor.ie. much more snow." "J am not going far." dulie said; and hurried on. rife* woman closed the door and I v/eni back to her 'warm kitchen. She1 told her husband who was sitting smoking his pipe hv the stove, that! it was a good thing Miss Langdon; was leaving-?not that she wished her; to go for she liked her well enough. ] but because now she could get threetimes sa much money for hoi room. I There was a knock at the front door! and sh| broke off in what she was; saying to see who the visitor might be. A tall man in a big overcoat stood j thehc?he asked for Miss Langdon.) He spoke eagerly as if with great j isx i Lenient. "She has but a moment gone out] ?if Monsieur would put himself to j the great trouble of coming in to! wait." ] 'I will certainly wail.*' T Tt bad begun to siiuw afr?-sh ami; the shoulders of Chittenhain's coat were white as lie stepped into thel little hallway. f He had been visiting some people > in t.-op don wlio.se daughtrr hud cornel4 home from the Christmas holidays] from school m Switzerland. She had . i been showing amateur photographs' im ni:i li-mn.l CucliU."^ itIIU ?niPIIJJ5l j J thorn was on^ of Julie. ] ^ Giles had hem bored b\ her chat-j Ler and had pushed the photographs j aside when she pressed one more up-| J tip .his 'notice. - ; ; t j 'That's Miss Langdon, who comes, to teach ihe Swir^jgtrls Eng'ish. She! * is n darling. . . face; ... I Ami now he was here- in a tew < moments hv would be with her. and holding her in his arms. He walked ' over to tiie window and stood looking oin. , 1 flow long v.?H?ld she bey Every t moment sooined an eteSSyKBjSl "\ will wait here til! 'Miss Luug-ji don comes in.'" Giles said hostinately. Hut at ten o'clock she had sMf hoi . > C?Uu neil. WM' ii Giles went to the front door and! j looked out; followed by A dot ph. The snow was falling so thickly that one con hi hardly see a yard \ . _ i- ii. . i 1 iti.rati, entire was a gec|' menace 1 the unbroken silence. Chittcnham looked ai the man be-. side hiin. "Weil?** he .said sharply, struck, by something in Ariolph's eyes. "!t v. on Id be good now to look 'or Mademoiselle," Adolph said. "I > have I iiends?good fellows all. If I,; Mor.sineir wishes it?" "Let us start at once," (lites broke j ill. I He was afraid of the fear in his; heart; h.- was conscious of notfcing-j.i suit despair when an hourlater he | j was stumbling aloiig tinougli the! i blinding.' clogging snoiv with Adolph ] and half a dozen other men. j < The lanterns they carried shed' weird shadows on the whitenses bib. their feet: the flakes whirled in their j; laces half choking then. It was ?: j < if ali the human forces had ranged; themselves as enemies against theiv.J i ? thought, a. he bent to ask Adolph? in which direction thosgwere going. ' His heart seemed to stand still? when the. answer caivic. "It was to the St. Hermml that, ] Mademoiselle wished to go. For c'laysi . she had talked of nothing else. Ij told her she must take a guide- she; was disappointed hut she said shc \voulcI let me know." "To the St. Hernard!" Chittenhanil stifled a groan. ITe might have! known?might have guessed. It seemed now to his despair that he had been a blind fool not to realize from the beginning that she won hi come to this place, that he had everj needed a chance photograph to guide him. They tramped <>i? in a silentr lhat Ohittenham broke at last to ask eiirt]y , ! "Is it ever possible to fir.d ant one wlio .'sets lost on such a night?" "They have been found?often/ ' "Alive?" Adolph did not answer this, and I Giles dared not press the question. I; was ika until early niorninjer thatj the snow ceased falling, It was ting 'i^bt then?the faint outline of the mountains began to stand owl against the darkness as if drawn by a ghostly hand. Huttenham was nearlv worn out J blit he refused to go hark, or to test J (Continued on Page J) j?ggj wspaper, Devoted to the f WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAF < fvi? i W- .? : is^. ^ >_. ._>x .K. . <>.. T 2? Perfect Attendance Roll F At Cove Creek School { f . !. Perfect attendance record lor ihe irst. four months of school lertrt al j p ?!6Vfc Crock: ' .*-?$ \ ' *' First Grade- Iva I #eo Mast. W 1 v test Lewis, Albert Moody. Second Grade?Billie Brown. L>:' ie Harmon, Hattic Perry, Alien Hen- j' t Third Grade -Puby Bingham, ita ! ,k hil Hen.son, Klixaooth Bingham, |c Wargraret Mast, Marcella Onleritan, k Frances Grayj^, Martha Harris. R?!i-! ? it Banner, Fred Pori-j. Gray Pros-! tell. .,*'||p*ei 1? Fourth Grade -Dourld Ednvsten,,' t Ir.. John Mast dr.. Ralph Fletcher, t. "layton Cole, .lack G royan liwiphi i r Stout, Hal Johnson: Hoy Isaacs.rand r Shclton Duggi'i. 11 Fifth Grade -Blanche Fletcher. ' luby Prosnell. Hrudy Cmridioll. Dean | jj Svogan. l.yhn Isaacs. Mollis, licit " 'v:t. Robert Levis, Leo McGnire, P )<u'i Johnson M -. -F-S2' Sixth Grade?Rfcha Adams. Fay j ' "'ides. ICdmi Harmon. Ruby Mast., -ester Deal, Brownie Hagamar, FrodiV ayes. Laurie Prosnell. Roger Stoke , romnty Ward. Seventh Grade ?-Jar Bingham. Bob White Bingham, Ruby Glenn. Elizabeth C. Harmon, Clyde Colo,j ' Dot tie Glenn, Margaret Adams, Lo>"< -1 [>. Bio\vn. Margaret 1.. Davis, Ruby] J i. Johnson. Rhoda K. Johnson. Pan- e line Mast, Loy I'resnoll, Alma Smith, e Eijrlith Grade?Mat tie Ron Har-j * mon, Josephine Mast (not missed ar? loy in six years), Mildred Mast. Gio!^ Michael; Nell Norri.s, Esther Fox,)* Marvin Deal. Jessie Eggers, Allen Fletcher, Jack Hensor.. Blan Novris. j ! Ninth |rju??; -Grady Elk-r. Ray-! J (i o n d Farthing, Made Fletcher.) Burle Reason. Howard Love, Edward | Love Fercl Michael. Roy Romingcr.! hermit Recce. Glenn Sherwood, Rob-; ert Thomas. Velina Bi'6"vvn. Carrie a Harmon, By vie Hay worth, Louise j v Tdhnson. Bess Lewis. Hilary Emma t Phillips, Ella Recce, Ruth Sherwood, t Geneva Thomas. Ruby Thomas. Oh; [ Wine ba rker. } Tenth Grade?Thomas FvesnelL \ Paul TrivoUe. Earl Ward. Marshall Ward. Mary Elizabeth Banner, lCvin v Billings, Xina Church. Gladys Mast, Myrtle Palmer. Made Williams, Mu-? ? He! Harmon. Robert Dunn. Lon Har- ; : moil, Albert Michael. Eleventh Grade?Mildred Thomas,! < Cecil Glenn, | ( Honor Roll, First Four Months ! 2 Second Grade-?Ruby Greene. Bib; 1 ): T.I I * I ti ? ?iv ji.iiiiiuii, urivK neiison. ncnry; ? Johnson. Harold Mast. Junior Prof- ; fitt. I Third Grade?Pauline Hicks. Ruth c Banner, Marcella Coleman. Martha! 1 Harris. Rachel Hcnson. Margaret; Mast. Thomas Mast. i j Fourth Grade?Gordon Spainhour, John Mast Jr.. D wight Stout, Chloej Palmer. Tlal Johnson, Shelton Hug-, gov. Fifth Grade?Mamie Isaacs, l.en- , wood Blair. Dean Grogan. Sixth Grade?Kdna Harmon. James! Reese. Seventh tirade--- ? Clyde Cole. Dot- * tie Glenn, Stanley A. Harris, Stan-' ' ford Brown. Margaret Adams, Helen Bingham. Elizabeth- C. Harmon i Rv.h\ Johnson. Tenth Grade?Thomas Presnell, j) F.arle "VVa'd. James MeBride. Muriel m Harmon. Marshall Ward. Susie Ban-:' ner. Robert Dunn. Eleventh Grade?Laura Farthing.; Madge Castle, Clint Adams. DFM< Best Interests of Northw iOLIN'A, THURSDAY, DECEMBEI m i ^ "a?ncrs Hardware Will Z&rry International Line Tin? Kurmors Hardware lih'd Sim. !y (uuiiiiany. Inc., announce Hint iicy have recently signed a lontraet itii the International liat verier Co. I America, inc., tor the year ib-'iV. 'lie local cima'rn lias, during ihe as; -i\ years, built up a very good usiness an farm implements ami lay state that they anticipate an van better business with thi i'rannise lor this territory an the wellnnvn McCevmick-peeritii; intplr letlls. A eniii|)!cte gtlick of dray ami lie. arrows, cultivators, mowers, rakes, cdrii'ts, .fertilizer distributors. Chatuiio.jRn a it -I Mct'oririck-liet-cini: iloas ami repairs will fee ruciicd: iny item in ihe enormous AlcCorlick-Ueennp line cap be secured hi' ill- l-.H-.tl company on -ihbit untie-, deluding Itrsiii binders, s.iveep rakes ay stdiefcnrs. notato nlaotcrs and di? -c.-s, hay pves .es. tractor plows, sangsnes. ensilage cutU-it-. !imi s.m rs, cane viliils, tractors. trucks, etc. VI LI, CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDINGS AT VAI.LE CKDCIS tgggHHp';:.; ?-WBm t'acils i-.avr been i-sued aunol! 1H lift the i ekl-ration of the voider .' - unntr anniversaries of Mr. ami ilrs. Fin ley Mast and Mr. and Mrs oha Smith, at Yalta Cni'cis on I>e ember .*it)th. The event honors t\y< oi'tples well known not only in \Yaaus'ii (\nmty hut over this and othet tat as and a long list of invitee ;ucsts is expected to he present 02; he nanny occasion. All will join to [ether in the wish that, the good poo )lo may enjoy many; many hapiw etums of their Wiiptial amiivcrsa ies. SPECIAL HOLIDAY SHOWS~ The manairement -of Pastime The it re announces. a sjieeia) arranne nont of holiday shows for the aex! an days ;;nd duviny this Period pa sons 01' the house will he treated i: iouble lulls and special features ga ore. On ChrisTinas Eve. dolin Gil lert will be seen in a new role. "Tin A'ay of a Sailor!'; Christmas Pay. ; omeuy tanner. i ne untie w ran ilcr," a l aurel SncI Plainly Comedy ind Ray and His Bunch; Radio' Art sis Extraordinary, present!ng song: tnd specialties, will delight Boone an Hences at regular admission prices ~>thor feature hills will be showr hiring the intervening days, and 01 slew Years Eve. "Men of the North.' ''cat tiring Gilbert Roland and Bar >ara Leonard, will be presented a: ; midnight matinee. This show wil login at midnight, Wednesday, lie ember 3'ljst, and runs on New Year; Tay, January 1st. rORMER WATAUGAN CAN T GET VLONG WITHOUT HOME PAPEF Mr. and Mrs. W E. Beach. 123.' Thaekary Place. Seattle. Wash., wel mown in Watauga, where Mr. Read as reared, have the follovring kin< vords to say concerning Watauga'; iiewspaper in a letter just yeecivei ontaiuing their renewal. "We are very sorry to have al ( wed our subscription to become do linqnent. We have been very eare less. The possibility of being deprived >t" your paper is just impossible. W could not rur, otii household proper iy without the stimulating ir.fluenc of The Democrat at least once ; week.*' OCR/ est North Carolina l 25, 1930 WE GREET YOU! The Democrat comas to its read.-! ers today in greatly abbreviated form, 'fhis is done in order that those who have labored long and faithfully t-'ircughout the year in its publication may have t?\e opportunity of a brief rest during the week, and to enjoy a bit ot the fellowship of the Yule tide peI riod. As the old year draws to a close amid the good cheer and fellowship of Christmastide, the | publishers desire to express anew their gratitude for manifold courtesies extended, for the cordial relations W:S?ch have been rnjjycd. for the new friends made and the old friendships more closely cemented, and to wish for one and all a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Mrs. Thursie Hodges Succumbs Thursday Mis. Thursie .Michael Houses S i years old, well-known resident t: the Poplar drove section for man ! yea i s. passed away at the home c her son. Dr. .1. M. Hodges, in Boon I last Thursday evening after a hric i illness, due largely l?? the natural it firmities of her advanced age. Ft inerai servaecs were conducted by th Rev. I*. A. Hicks, pastor of the Boon Baptist f'huieh. from the D>\ Hodge residence. and interanent was ir> it: ; agg graveyard. one mile froi i Bonne on Saturday al'ternpoii. Suiviviug are two son-. Dr. I. A' Hodge-- ad .fames Smith. and on | in?; i ne? . i.arkiii .Michael, ol 'he Beev Mountain section.. Mrs. Hodges was a native of \V;i i tauga C'ounty and was twice ntarriet 1 first to .lames Fmith and then t | Rev. I.arkin Hodges. She joined th | Ktonv Fork Baptist Church at th , age < !* i-. and was active in chiiio | work during her long life, hcing a the time of her death a member p I the Poplar Grove Church. "Ann ; Thursie." as she was familiar! ; known, was one of tlie most love' I holies of this section, and acquired i host of fiMi.n/U Art* -. ? ??' pilgrimage. She posseted a sunny disp< sitiu and her ready smile and helping ban ; emieaied her to the hearts of a ithose with y/honi she been me assc ( oiated. Her deattt is the occasion fo x^VrnVi11e norro\&|?ihrr.ughQ 1st- this j&SM ITO COVER NORTH CAROLINA WITH FARM MESSAGE IN 193 A nrojiruie. <? farm nuethitis fo j the puryiose of carrying fayts abou i the SttviViUfuKtl ..mlook and the nee j r.f (Mii'.i stlt'd feedstul'fs production i . iS^oith Carolina nevi season has hee {.iiyva'rljffii }?v ti? agricultural extev ; sicvn sovviee of State Collect <> cove - very county in .VurtYi Carolina dm ; ?iVjt jfflnffl y and February \4 , Five trains of extension specialist vv ill go to work <lurui? the week b< ;! ?{ Vetting -iannar^ f and starting i ^the n nstai ci>nnr,;v with work g. a< westward towards the PC-nnel^e lnte. hive meetings.'a day will b ,{ hekh a these meetings, the .sneakei |?jl? present i'acts about ihi? preset w' utodu^vbin a! food and feed supmie: = * vvii shov hew fa-* tie: county is froi ... ;:c < := slit noil me. and will on j title vhqfi: urogram embodied in th I adopted slogan, "'Farm to Make , Living iTi r.kiC" Head 1. O. Sehaiib says the can j pakrn will in chcaree of the di: j trict agents. in ;hehw?spet* lye' grout 5 of counties. The meal hqnyei and fan | [agents will arrange the meetings an i give them loyal notice. Leading lrc : fai rnei k hankers ' business me ? Oft a 51 KtllUS WlJl bj05^S^ic?ci. 1; There will be no kucsg work in tf fads to be jciven, says Mr. Sebau ;; Already the economists are workir | out the need of a family or a liv< ; i stock unit for feed and food for or 1 year The home demonstvalion pe "jlilh are also at work on facts a hot ; move complete diets which ma\v. I " piepaved front foodstuffs product at home. Mr. Schar.l. says it is hot enffifijjj next year to reduce the an oa.ue \ i . Motion and tobacco. The or ops tlyi .' may he raised in place of these tw mas* receive attention. The ne<sj . fjieouh markets hi us t be studied at i | above all else , if there is a lack < .j hi.nii'-irt'iwvn supplier. this must ' ?! remedied. ?! ??. .y? \ Sossamon's Sayings 1 Hy I.KRUY SOSSAMoX REGRET I would, not have you know The burnt ine: in mi: ie? heart When 1 realise That. I have, left behind me . Somewhere A hi, of lite:? ^ Uncharted. Unl'athomed, And unexplored. r But ah. ? 1 T, - ... ?.} me sorrow mat 1 feci Would bo to mo move ?peat )] Should T know I That before me v Somewhere jl 1 would s| -Miss other bits of lifv? More precious. Move ;crcat | Than those Vvti left behind. Mis. Charles Yoimce and her thr il< email children left Tuesday mornii t i for Uccdy Branch Wilkes Count -pvjrere they will spend the holida ftjnt Mrs. Younce^ childhood horn a! The husband and father will jo 'them on their visit next Sunday; vx c $1-50 PER YEAR ? L. r ^ 'erkins Claimed By i ? vth Last Thursday & Mr. >sscSfiiclev K. Perkins, 80 years of ajre prosperous farmer. levant i of the ( iyil War. and prominent citiy.tn of Wiitaiigcaj passed away at his home near the tiiy Thursday, afiei* an illness which made itself apparent several Weeks ayn. Funera' services M were ccn<iu?: ?l from tin h.uue Saturday morning !?y ReyC&P. A. Hicks, I pastor of the iLilit'wt i'hi-1-ei I'ovn I and interment followed in the Sheari er Graveyard nearby. Professor J. G. Greer talk d briefly on the life j of deceased. Surviving is the widow. ' >. . .tCUiVi' %>i I.rl.tiH', Mrs. J. i (J. Pulliam f Caiifdvma and Robert i Ptiliiam of -V .. 'vin?ton were among1 | those who a the funerai from ' other points, the two hftter having j arrived a fev days pi fvvjpus to the ; death. Mr. Perkins . a native oi M r of Wilson. Va. and was married to - Miss Mary F. Shearer in 1XSP. since wl.icl time he had been a resident f tjoone. When the <Vi! War ^ clouds gathered y.-utip; i - shins tried ' to onhst ;a (he eaes<- ?.f ri ? Confederacy in his home State, but was S| v,.;vc;(.({ f,n account of his tender age. : II-. proceeded to Kentucky. however, y; and a as 'reived into the H>entucky 'i ! Cavalry, Company A. at jtie aire of v sevi -.teen years, ami server! throiigk' ont che with distinction. ; Mr. Perkins was one of the leatl1 irji' inemheis of the Three Forks Ihipt'j tint ' :.e.yveyatioe. :? i''-w years L" ago. v hen his membership was moved s to I'o.me. Hf was an ideal churcho and for a long time was sprig u > tcayher arul Sunday Schobl supCtinLi j'.dr-nt !!< was a member of b W: hedge Mo. -7'!. A. F. and . M.. and was known as a brilliant h Ma.u.t;. In the death of Mr. Perkins, the - family, the church, the community n and the county at huge have suf" '.Vied a distinct l??ss. No licttpi or c more charitable citizen lived within c. the borders of Watauga County than h he. and the people mourn, l ; Box Supper for Chest Fund Decided Success ll ' a y A good erowd attended the box siipfffir i?iven at the courthouse last i\ Thursday afeti;nooti for t!t?- om tl of the Community Chest fund. The u ladies of the eomiuunity had prei ; pared many elegant boxes of i'ooc! r which wove auctioned '.< ih? high ; bidder atid approximately; ? I O'j was realized for the aid of the needy at Christina:; time. This amount, coupled with a sum which, is said to have j , : eniaivted front the fund of last v? arj expected to meet Uu most pressing demands, aifd provide* Christmas r c heer for those urudVlo t" pro\ hie ibr n themselves. d However, if it is seen that some n kiddies are being: <vlefi in the e.il'C n j or grown-ups' as for that. duvr pv?ors-j fnniyt still remains for a - to make r ami wc \ylil. There will he a. Moray Ch.istmas from the top to ilu: r.ottom of the social laddoVy in tht; opinion of the committee. MR. AND MRS. COY MOODY HONORED AT BRIDGE PART Y ? Deterred from last week) Ms. and Mrs. .James Hortbn de" lighifuHy entertained at three ta* hies of bridge on Fvidaj evcnjuVgji .P&-' co mber 1:1th, honoring their' guests, Mr. siyr.d Mrs. eov Moo.dv ofCh?W !iilands: Ohio. svho aiv the a , holidays with relatives. in \Yatau?a. Following several m\ yaossiomy scores Mv$ere to l>ul?: leu, a pel Mrs. ?v!c.ouv, high s* [ svOi theladies Moo)s Cly. who lo?l the gentlemen. were n| each awarded ' attrapliyV'C gifts 'r?r ? ; their skill. I'!it- li'-r-tv-- was assisted - l?y ??lrs. Joe Cva^v-fojV' in sevyihg a i dainty party jHate with hot coffee. " Those enjoy iho the- Hortor.s' graJe. clous hospitality wove: Mrs: Sumfc - Hardin, Mrs. Mil mm. Mr. an'I Mrs. Joe Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. i J. A. L'*Saxon. .-My. ami Mrs. Jim 'Rivers; Mr. J. G. Page: Mis? 1 oaive Crkeher, and ^; the honor .'^ae^is.. Ai?\ and Wrs Moodv. ><M ' MATNEY NEWS rh T.hv? qnaxterly cYiiifeventi' of the to. Methodist Episcopal ? rtirch. North, tt -.-as hold at the looy.i church here '(> Saturday aid. Sunday hist. Ec-v. Ml*. M 1 While. presidi-jg elder of thy diSulfrricl. was- present aval delivered, two vf splendid sermons Rev. White ht\s ) - hh ii a -.sinister lev over twelve years and r;:s.?e to this Sudo from Tenncs. cv. Invt nowysays py things <>: this _ State ai that of his ' < hoiee. His service's as presiding elder have met with unanimous approval with the local people. Mrs. Denard Prcsnell. of Hamp ton. Tenn.. has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Si S. Smiht. Dennis Raird. n former W"ataugah, recently returred from Saskatchewan. Canada, where he has mack his home for several veers. Miss Pay Cannon of Bristol. Va., i is spending the winter with Mrs P ' M. McGinn is in older that she may ; t'end the Cove Creek High School, to which a bus runs from this sec tion. KV;WiVcl~ s.r r n-.i-i . . v?t ..II. v . are : glad to kno*.v that ho is improving i from his recent illness and is able to he up and going. Rev. F. C. Watts, of Purlier, filled ; his regular appointment at the Bap- gS ?;st Church last cturday and Sunday. Mr. W. C. Smith and others have boon supplying the cabbage market ; with many thousands of pdunds of , cabbage the past week. Buyers were ' well pleased with the quality of cable bage rinsed in this community, ig Rev. Woods, who seems to be both y, fanner and preacher, made a trip to ys! Montezuma a few clays ago and rele. i turned with a fine pair of horses. He in I has already started plowing for thfc ! coming year. Sv -
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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Dec. 25, 1930, edition 1
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