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fill january 22> 1931 i LOCAL AFFAIRS jSB Hi-;- txagBraa HM Attorney John E. Brown is in Ra SK leigh this week. iSSt Mrs. Emma Setzer continues to im ||j prove slowly, but is still confined t< iSS her room. IMrs. L. I>. Woodard underwent at operation at the Davis Hospital re oc-ntiy, and while the lady remain: very ill. it is thought that she i: showing- satisfactory improvement. Miss M. Dosier. of Raleigh, wht is a member of the State Welfut' Department, spent Tuesday in Boon; making a survey of the unemploy ment situation in Watauga. Miss Daisy Adams has been con fined to hei room for the past several days with a severe throat infection, but is said to ho rapidly convalescing. Mr. M. F. Slier, of Buticr, Tenn. who is visiting with his daughter Mrs. Ciccro Greer, in East Boone, ha3 been quite sick for. the past few days, but is said to be somewhat improved at this writing. Mrs. Hagaman, wife of County Superintendent Smith Hagaman, who has been very ill for several days, suffering with pneumonia, is report $?)?: 5?d this, Wednesday, morning: as being right much better. Messrs. A. B. Foster, Herbert Fostor and Smith Miller, have returned 'Jgl from Florida, where they spent five weeks enjoying the balmy breezes el that sunny clime. During their slay 'JjK they visited many of the historical point's around Tampa. Just as we are closing our form* rakwe get news of the very serious illof Mr. J. C. (Collie) Farthing '^at. his home in Lenoir. On receipt of Pgfthe message bringing the sad tidings, r* :his two brothers, Dr. J. C. Farthing riand T. Hill Farthing, and sister, Mrs. I J. M. Moretz, all of Boone, left for lis bedside. Pneumonia, we are told, is hie trouble. Messrs. Russell D. Iiodges, president, and Clyde R. Gieene, manager of the Farmers Hardware Company, returned Tuesday night from Knox{jR^svilie, Tenn., where they attended a district meeting of the dealers of In'yjH ternational Harvester Company. For ty-one dealers Were present at the f banquet given at the University of Tennessee and a wide program was (o--"-v v.v me UUUIUITU UU51ness sessions were held, and it was generally reported that the crest ot the business depression has been passed in inest sections, the big jobbers having already felt rhe effects of returning prosperity. Entre Nous Club Is Delightfully Entertained. Mrs. Tracy Council! was charm3 ' eg hostess to members of the Entre j* Nous Club and other guests Sstur% day afternoon. Four tables wore arr ranged for bridge and after several interesting progressions, prizes wore awarded to Mrs. Paul Coffey nnd Mrs. Fred Hodges. Following the game Mrs. Councill, assisted by Mrs. Ben Counciil and Mrs. Gaither, served a delicious party plnte. Club members present were Mrs. Sam Horton, Mrs. Fred Hodges, Mrs; James Moore, Mrs. Joe Gaither, Mrs. Paul Coffey, Mrs. Lloyd Isaacs, Mrs. 1% Russell Hodges nnd Mrs. Pave Mast, Other guests included Mrs. Saxcm, Hp.- Mrs. Moose, Mrs. Bruce Cole, Mrs. John Horton, Mrs. Coy Moody of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Hen Councill and Miss Lily Dale. r Mrs. Blackburn Entertains Women's Bible Clan. ?fbii Woman's Bible Class'of the M. E. Church met with Mis. Iff". 13? Blackburn- or. last Thursday at tornoon. There were quite a goodly number present, considering ihd in clemency of the weather. This was quite a hnppv, as well as helpful meeting and all felt that it was good to meet one another after having been tl "shut-ins" by the protracted seigc of disagreeable weather. . j I.ievotionals were conducted by \ Mrs. J. U. Rankin. A beautiful hymn, "If Tour Heart Be Right," was then sur.g by the class. Some business matters relating to the class were discussed and dismissed. This Was followed by select readings by Mcsdames Winkler and Hardin. Mi's. y.i?: Goodnight then recited a very beautiful selection. Then came the social part of the meeting, wlicih was much enjoyed especially when Mrs. Hen ry Hardin, with her daughter, Martha, and Jean Little entered bearing plates of delightful viands, served in / v c a most tempting style, to which the class did full justice. The next meeting will -he held with , Mrs. R. L. Bingham. r ~7 p. 56ft GALE?Good farm hdrse weight about 1,400 pounds, age good. Will soli reasonably. M. C Holler, Boone, R. P. D. l-22-3tf ; NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP , T AU persons are iieicujr liotiflc; that we have this day sold out en tire interest in the Boone Feed Com pany to J. R. Qragg and Charles L Younce, they becoming sole owners The said Charles L. Younce and J R. Gragg are to assume all det^bi ant ; obligations owing by the Boone Fedt ? Company to all persons or coriiora tions. All debts owing to said fitn tare to be paid to the said Charles I. Younce and J. R. Gragg, trading un der the firm name of Bopne Feci , a Company. This 19th day of January. 1931. fcgeg Wi D. FARTHINO^Sa l-22-4t HOWARD MAST. / " - - - - - / ::; . .- ^ .. , ..-.j. . ' '. . ...-v.-, . : .. . - -h . "Slacker" Returns Grovcr Cleveland F.ergdoli of Philadelphia, who has been-sought ' for years for dodging the draft dur ing the World War, ?'s reported to he back ?? the U !?>. BANNER ELK NEWS The Banner Elk Wo mans' Clul met with the president, Miss Fannie Lowe, nt the Banner Elk Hotel or Tuesday afternoon. Reports frorr committees on uio stockings which had been filled by eluL members were made. Also a lettei ; was read from the girl at Samara cand Manor to whom a box was soni at Christmas time. Helpful things foi the school children were planned and milk is V.o\v being furnished to a ; number of them. A poem, "When a Few Friends Drop In," was read by Mrs. W. R. Smith. The main feature of the program was a talk r\n club members being "legislaitvc-minded," by Mrs. J. II. Von Canon. Certain laws coming up in the present General Assembly were explained. During the social hour, a contest was held and prizes given to the members who furnished the best "household hint." The prize, a hand-painted recipe book, went, to Mrs. Roger Piercy. I Little Misses Betty and Mildred Graham sang several soi gs, after which refreshments were set/jonsisting of pressed chicken, creamed cheese, pickles, crystralized apples, hot biscuit and coffee with whipped cream Little Miss Carolyn Von Canon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Von Canon, has reutrned to Gainesville, Fla., where she is going to school and studying music, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Banner, of Rogersville, To.nn., arc visiting relatives here. My. Joe Banner is visiting his p&ientSj Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Banner, at Banner Elk. Thursday afternoon Circle 1, Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, met at the homo of Mrs. U. L. Lowe. Circle 2 met at the home of Mrs. Edfirar Tufts. m?n grams were given. During the social hour delicious refreshments were served. WED WHILE DRUNK BUT FAILED TO GET DIVORCE Chicago.?A girl who marries hastily while drunk is r^ot entitled to a divoree, in the opinion of Superior Judge Harry .A. Lewis. "Let her wait two years, then be respectable about it and get a divoree on a charge of desertion," ruled L ewis in denying the petition (if .Mrs. Lillian Johnson Weisenborh. Mrs. Weisenborn testified that she nag married last August 2S as the I climax of a gin party. She and Wei1 senborn elbpeil tp Crown Point,clnd.*, [she say, and she was sb stupefied by the drinks she didn't realise wna; she was doing. NEW YORK NURSE jyjISS EDNA WANNENBEKG; says no one can lake course of Sargo.i without being greatly benefitted. '"for three or four years 1 sut' | feredfrchy ljyer-'and const! - pation. My skin was sallow. 1 lia.l n< - ambition or desire to work. 1 ".va: . nervous and di7.7.y, had severe head . aches and could not sleep. "It is nothing short of remarkabii 1 the way Sargon and Saigon Sof 1 Mass Pills relieved me of these trou - bles. I am now simply bubbling ove n with new "energy and vitality. I di not believe it possible for anyon ? suffering as I was to take a course 1 of Saigon without being greatly ben efited."?Miss Waunenberg lives a 112 East 81st St., New York City. Sold by lloonc Drug Company {Advertisement) - - - . " - - ? -- ' t?r-'-?" Items from T.Se Democrat of January 21, 1892 B. B. Dougherty sta\*ted for Wake Forest College Tuesday morningWc failed last week t?/ note that Farthing Etimisten was married to Miss Nannie Kay. I. L. Council), who is in the mercantile business in Elk Park, i:s visiting with his parents in Boone. W. B. Cotthciil and sister, Jennie, have returned from an cxten<Icd visit in Salisbury. H. V. Taylor has opened a shoe shop in the old postoffice building and asks you for your patronage. Give him a call. The quarterly meeting for the M. E. Church will be held at Henson's Chapel next Saturday and Sunday. Rev. Mr. Movie will preside. Rev. E. F. Jones preached an interesting sermon in the Baptist Church last Sunday, at 11 a. m. and > the Rev. Mr. Pulliam preached at . nitrht t Mr. (i. W. Couticill of our town i is now in Winston looking: after . work. He is a fine carpenter and we i hope he may obtain lucrative employ-? ment. Mr. W. D. Clarke of Blowing Rock . has moved to Lenoir where he has taken a position with Henkel and I Craig, the popular livery men of that This is Not a Fish Story The following gem is borrowed from a circular sent out by Githe Its-Seal Corporation, Creative Printers. "A naturalist divided an aquarium with a clear glass partition. He put a lucty bass in one section and minnows in the other. The bass would strike every time a minnow approached the glass parI tition. After three days of fruitless lunging, which netted him only bruises, the bnsj ceased his I efforts and subsisted on the food 1 that was dropped in. Then the naturalist removed the glass partition. The minnows swam all around the bass, but he did not S strike at a single one. He was I thoroughly sold on the idea that business was bad. | "Moral: 'Take another shot at | the minnows. Maybe the glass j partition isn't there any more/ " J tl ? ..... ? .... - ine lncumw-nui rubluhing Company adds this: "The world is | three-fourths water and one-fourth J land Wr should be thankful that Iwith the chances three to one against us, we were not born ! fish." >ASTIME THEATRE THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Monte Blue and Betty Compson tfg? ,-jragM ??3|Sri2Ba&s ! "K??P AF per A DP" j iOLJj A/1 lAJtm ii ONE DAY ONLY FAMILY DAY Your immediate family (father, mother and children) will fce admitted to the T/iursday show for ONE 50c TICKET BRING THE FAMILY' AND ENJOY A GOOD SHOW FRIDAY-SATURDAY. JAN. 23-24 Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summervill and Dorothy Culliver IN "UNDER MONTANA SKIES" A Xlf-KOAKING ALL-TALKING COMEDY WESTERN MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNES. !?MM*pv 26. 2? 2* 5 HAROLD LLOYD THE SCREEN'S GREATEST \ COMEDIAN IN s "FEET FIRST" s HIS LATEST COMEDY-DRAMA t MATINEE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY 1 FRIDAY, SATURDAY ssssssssssssss : VoKY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. ^mEattyFikfi place. J. H. Cook has been appointed a standard keener for tbc county. A1 persons are hereby notified to h.iv their weights and measures scaled a the law directs. Wc arc informed thut the ques tions of theology maintained by th< Advent Church will be discussed pn and con at the Fcplar Grove Churcl Friday-week by a number of debat ers. Of course the matter will hi settled. T. Kir. Coffey left Monday fo South Carolina with a lot of mules It is wondered by some if be wii not take in P.hnrloctnTi "nn" as that historic town nt this particu )ai time has a wonderful attractioi for him. Our U. S. Court, composed of L L- Greene, commissioner, H. C. Staf ford and N- N. Colvard, marshah has completed its work in Wataiig; and moved to Sutherland, where i proposes to deal with the violators o the internal revenue law in Ash Con nty. Professor Buchanan, the principa of Globe Academy, was married som days since to a Miss Greene of Mit chell County. Cupid's dart did qoKi and very effective work, as t\v< weeks before their marriage the hap pj couple had never met. DARE-DEVIL THRILLS The same sort of thrill device which Harold Lloyd used in "Safet Last.' 'hi; famous building-scalini film, are to he seen in "Feet First,' the newest Lloyd offering at th Pastime Theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday?but in this cas they are even more effective. "Feet First" ruye&is Harold as a: ambitious young shoe clerk who fall in love with his boss' secretary Ii his endeavor to impress the girl witl hie rifflllnnp.i lio fulrn" > ? ? -1-"*" nv. ct >1 l|' UUUttK a Pacific liner on wh>ch she arid he] emplyoer's family are passengers; The thrills come near the finali when Harold returns to the city i? a ma.il sack, carrying an import an document. THE OLD FASHIONED GIRL The following poem, Written In "Jeffo," Trout man} N. G.f is hov rowed from the "By the Way" col umti of the Charlotte Observer: Oh, what has become of the old (inn gal. Who bought ten yards for a dress Arid who washed the supper dishes While her mother took a rest? Who wjisnt' afraid to lead old Bess From the pasture to the stall, Then get the pail and juice her, When the night began to fail. Why. she's married and has a family And her girls would raise a row. If Ma told them to go across the lot And bring up the mooley cow. But give them a car with an extra tin Oh my, how they make it sing; They powder their nose and wiggle their toes|| v And step on the gas, by jinj?{K While Mother at home does the wovJ IKuSc'i !' - V/Y 4y.U,le-* SI S-lr', ' ' ' ' > Thon sits liy therjyd fire-light, E She wrings Her bonds and says t< | ''rjpfy herself * "Oh^ where are my girls tonight?' i |||| 1 ? Democrat Ads. Provide a Short-Cu to Better Business. B ^ll!l!!!!!iiii!liliiliii!ll!iil!!i!i I ATTEI ft Mr. Fj == Will you need any i ^ fencing, seeds or oth E| spring? We are noill care of your wants al == attractive prices. F H you make any purcf H We have recently 1 M the Internationa = painy line of ( YOUR 1 | Farmers F | , Supply I lillllllillllilllllllllllllillllltlllllllliliiil I MABEL NEWS itev. Ed<! Hodges filled his regu-! lav apponitroents at Union Baptist-' Church Saturday and Sunday Mr. George Riyfield and family have moved from Mabel to Meat j Camii. ! Mrs. Jisudc Waircn and Miss Ha^Izel Norris made a business trip to "! Mountain City, Tcnn., Saturday, hov;.! ?ng denial work done. "Aunt Mat" Younee ha? Keen very sick, but it now improving. ~ Mr. George Swift made a business# trip to Boone Saturday. y Miss filva Church, an inmate of the; County Home, died Wednesday night, i ~ Interment was made at the Union. Cemetery Thursday. Mrs. John Swift, who has been sick for several days, is improving, j Mr. Sandy Smith or man of Peoria is spending the winter with his ' daughtei. Mrs. Spencer Dishman. ^ Mr. H. A. Greer, of Vilas, visited j relatives and friends at. Mabel uiisj week. '* Miss Lola Reec-e and Miss Doro-1 thy Norri.s. of Boone, spent the week-: U end with home-folks, j. | Mr. Clay Thomas and Mr. Ray I jdNorris made a Ku.suless trip to i I Shoun.s, Tenn., last Friday. J Mr. Raymond Oliver visited in Mpun I! tain City last M eet:. i ATTFf ok 1 I Jul gj -|MR. D. J. COTTRELL OTHER FELLOWS h< n LSI s taken, and the undersigne I > close out his entire line ' GOODS, NOTIONS, B/ : ETC., at the Cottrell old j : MUST RAISE ONE TI 'I WITHIN NEXT I Jgf 1 propose to sell you g than ONE-HALF VALU1 you will be able to make i at this sale. INVOICE HAS BEEN STORE IS N Anyone interested in sto ; H counter cases, J. S. McBRIDE t : iil!!lll!!!!!!!!!!!!il!!!lll!l!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!lli!l!!H!! STTION armer! arm machinery, wire , er HARDWARE this [h w in position to take ^ ong these lines at very igure with us before rases. taken the agency for ~ m I Marvester torn- cuj arm machinery. \JX FRIENDS [ardware & n Company * i| // lililliiillilllillillHIiiiliilHiliilliliiiiiiiililHiH ? FRIENDS If nobody smiled a n d nobody cheered And nobody helped us along. If each every minute looked after himself. And good things all went to the strong; If nobody cared just a little fo? you And nobody thought about me. And we all stood alone in the battle of i-:fo_ What a dreary old world this would be. Life is sweet just because of the J: friends we have made And the things which in common we ?hare; We want to live on. not because of ourselves. But because of the people who care; It's giving and doing for sdniebouy On that ail Life's splendor deAmi the joy of this world when it's I all added up. is found in the making of friend.-. Lincoln County farmers co-ojjmatfed to sell over G,000 pounds of turkeys during the -recent holiday ma ke! season. SIGNED NOTES FOR is been sued, judgments id has been appointed to of merchandise, DRY tLL BAND RUBBERS, stand in Boone. I0USAND DOLLARS rHIRTY DAYS! ood merchandise at less L This is a close-out and your dollar worth three COMPLETED AND I0W OPEN ire fixtures, show cases, etc., see me. - Receiver i!iS!!!!l!!!!i!i!!!!!!i!!!ii!!!!!!il!!!i!!!!i? II 111 ^
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