VOLUME Xi.II, NO. 38.
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TO GIVE OPERETTA
MONDAY EVENING
*'Bclls of Beaujolais" With Large
Cast Will Be Presented in College
.Auditorium Monday Evening. Mis*
Virginia Wary, Director, Statei
That Cast Is Well Trained. Publie
invited. Synopsis of. Action.
"The Bells of Beaujolais," a color
ful operetta in two acts, will be pre
sented by the Glee Club of Appala
chian State Teachers College in Col
lege Auditorium on Monday, Marcl
30th, 8:15 p. m. Miss Virginia Wary
director of the musical play, states
that the entire cast has responded ir
splendid manner to their coaching,
and that those who attend are assurer
an evening of delightful entertainment.
Rehearsals are takine- nlace
daily, costumes and stage settings are
being completed and, according to
Miss Wary, all details from beginning
to end will have been worked out by
curtain time Monday evening.
The action takes place on an imaginary
island near the coast of Normandy,
ruled by the Duke of Beaujolais.
The principal town is Beaufleur,
where a spring festival is in progress
when the story begins. The scene
is a village square. Appearance on
the scene of an American yachting
party causes considerable excitement
in the village, and the Duke with the
Countess Marie, his betrothed, gives
a cordial welcome to the visitors and
arranges a garden party in their honor.
John Bender, host of the American
party, is accompanied by his sis
tor, Mrs. Jessup, a widow of strong
convictions, who chaperones the
young guests?Phil)is, daughter of
Bender; her friend, Belle, and Larry
and Tony, two young Americans.
The visitors are charmed with the
animated scene and enter into the
spirit of festivity that prevails, especially
the young men, who find Su?
sette and Yvonne, pretty village girls,
so attractive that they rather neglect
their traveling companions, Phillis
and Belle. Bender finds a great
deal to interest him, and being a gallant
gentleman, he quite captivates
the countess, an impressionable spin
ster of uncertain age, whose betrothal
to the Duke is regarded as a poliMnnl
Tl.? ? i-il
niii.ni mavVGii 111c L/utvu, iiivunuuuc,
is much attracted .toy Aunt Sqrah.
whose conserVltism is proof against
sudden attachments, and she and her
young charges view with some disfavor
the apparent stampede of the
gentlemen in their party to the allurement
of new scenes and faces.
Even Harkins, the serious English
valet, surrenders to the undeniable
eh aims of Fantine, maid of the Countess.
The first act ends with tV.e understanding
that the garden party is to
take of the form of a masquerade
and all, including villagers, shall Assemble
that evening at Castle Beaujolais.
Phillis and Belle have seized
the opportunity afforded by the garden
party to carry out a plan for
turning the tables on Larry and
Tony as a punishment for their neglect.
In the meantime the Duke has
. attempted to enlist ilie favor of Bender
in his projected alliance with
Aunt Sarah; and the Countess makes
no secret of her sudden interest in
the gallant Bender who, however, is
disposed to be cautions.
Act II develops this most fascinating
plot, and laughs aplenty are pro
vuKeti oy me awKward contacts made
by the lovesick couples at the Duke's
party. The guests are costumed and
! masked according to individual fancies.
It soon develops that Phillis
and Belle have exchanged dresses
with Yvonne and Susette, a transaction
which involves Larry and Tony
in considerable difficulty through
their mistaking Phillis and Belle far
the village girls. The results are very
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13 SKETCHED
Robin redbreast hopping around
in the heavy snowfall Sunday with
a forlorn oppression on "his face."
... Young lady from across the
ridge nonchalantly perches on curb
and discards old shoes Mid stock|
ings for brand new patent leathers
and transparent hose. . . . Gangling
youth with a suspicious bulge
, near his pistol pocket, casts furglsBCM
.lio.llJ..
Ke diftppurt around corner. . . .
"Hon trader" near courthouse
square points out fine qualities, of
rausahackie Mf . to audience of
piUpnUmi buyers. . . . Two mwquitc*,
the first soon in Boone for
perhaps a quarter-century, buzz
merriOy around ?noft|?t the court
^ndtow Monday. . . Agent for
farm magazine* "high-pressuring"
a group of agrarians. . . . Three
nifty young ladies, dressed in
bodta and knickers, building a snow
nua. . . . Young gentleman swallows
raouthfol of "smbeer" as
Judge Sink urges spectators fn
courtroom < forcibly) to refrain
from using tbe floor m* a .spittoon.
_ . . Free-for-all fight develops from
casting of snow ball.
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Bjfcg-, ' *3??ISesJI
A Non-Partisan N
BOOf
I & New Judge
Justice James M. Proctor, just ap1
pointed an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co1
lumbia, succeeding the famous Justice
William Hitz, elevated to the Court of
Appeals.
TWO ROBBERIES^
AT SAME PLACE
WITHIN A WEEK
Grocery Store arid Filling Station at
Valle Crucis Burglarized Last
Thursday Evening. $400 Worth of
Merchandise Removed. Return
Trip Made Monday Night and Gaf
Pumps Yield Additional Harvest.
For a business house to be burglarized
is no uncommon occurrence
this day and time, Ixut when thieves
break in and steal twice within the
period of a week, the news ceases to
be of passing interest. And that is
Just what Has happened at the T'cwirsend
Filling Station, near the Mission
Schoo! at Valle Crucis.
On last Thursday evening the
building was entered and besides the
theft of a considerable stock of groceries
{only a package of "corn
flakes" left to teli the story), drums
containing motor oil were drained,
the net. results of the raid being
about $100. It seems that Mr. Townsoml's
place had yielded up its every
item of intrinsic value, but not so,
for on Monday night the same or a
different band of prowlers broke the
locics from his gasoline nunm<? and
helped themselves to the fluid. No
infovulation as. to the amount of gas
obtained li: available" Sthev'than tSst"
it Was in large quantities. No clues
as to the identity of the thieves have
been advanced.
As was-the case in the robbery of
McNeil's store at Rutherwood last
week, everything was removed from
its original containers and the cartons
left in the store, the robbers
having thus avoided to a large extent
the possibility of any of the goods
beipg identified. This lends credence
to the theory that the stores in this
section are being raided by a band
of organized criminals, there being
no indications that amateurs might
have been "involved.
Dr. Logan Farthinor In
.Endorsed for Board
Dr. L. E. Farthing of Wilmington,
former Whtpugan and son of Mrs.
Addie Farthing of Boone Route 1,
is being backed by members of the
medical pvofessior. of New Hanover
County for appointment as a member
of the State Board of Health. A
recent issue fo the Wilmington Star
tells of the campaign launched by
the medical society of that place a
few weeks back in support, of Dr.
Farthing. It follows: **
"A campaign for the selection 01
Dr. L. E. Farthing, Wilmington physician,
as a member of the State
Board of Health was launched last
night by the New Hanover Medical
Society. The county physicians' organization
adopted a formal resolu|
tion endorsing Dr. Farthing for the
place, and plans for a vigorous drive
| in his behalf were informally discussed.
! "Election cf a member of the State
Board of Health will be made by the
State Medical Society at its next
meeting in April, 1931. A vacancy
on the board occurred recently with
the death of Dr. Cyrus Thompson of
Jacksonville. Dr. James M. Parrott
was chosen by the State Board to
fill out the unexpired term of Dr.
Thompson, which Would have ended
in April."
Car Stolen from Tunnell;
Dismantled in Caldwell
Last Monday night a Chrysler car,
the property of Mr. BUI Tunneli.
who operates a restaurant on Route
17 in the edge of town, was stolen
from the highway where it was
parked near his place of business.
Search was instituted Tuesday morning,
and the remains were found
near the Hagaman Woolen Mills in
Caldwell County. Every movable part
of 4he car had been taken off by the
rogue or rogues, and but little, s-avo
the body and chassis, was left. Signs
^.indicated that the car had been
pushed much of the way down the
mountain-/
ewspaper. Devoted to the
iE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
LKiHTCRIM^Ifli
DURING FIRST TWO
COURT; CIVIL CALF
Watauga Superior Court, which
convened Monday with Judge H.
Hoyle Sink presiding, made short,
work of the criminal docket which
was of about the usual proportions,
and the State cases were cleaved up
by Tuesday afternoon. The more
than half-hundred cases which comprise
the civil docket are expected
to have been disposed of by sometime
Thursday. As the judgments would
indicate, few cases came up of a very
serious nature.
Deputies sheriff in North Carolina,
numbering approximately 2,200
in the one hundred counties of the
State, have an opportunity to be of
real service to the people of the
State in the enforcement of the highway
laws along with their regular
duties if they will but do it, dodge
Sink declared in his charge to the
Grand Jury;
His Honor is a firm believer in the
enforcement of all of the laws, but
the great number of fatalities on the
highways has so impressed him that
he is of the opinion that even with
an increased patrol personnel, it will
take something more to reduce to appreciable
extent the deaths and maimings
which occur daily on the roads
of Carolina.
Instead of devoting a major portion
of their lime, as seems apparent,
to the apprehension of the pint and
half-pint liquor law violators, Judge
Sink thinks the energy thus spent
could be more profitably expended
in trying to reduce the menace of
King Winter Takes Last
Fling as Spring Arrives
Saturday, the first day of spring,
witnessed the beginning of a snowstorm
which terminated Sunday afternoon
after approximately ten
inches of "the beautiful" had been
piled up on the ground around Boone;
King Winter, it seemed, was in one
of his capricious moods, and took
advantage of the dawn of spring to
"pitch a party"?and what a party
it was. Highway squads, worked all
during the Sabhath clearing the)
roadways, and malls from the east
did not arrive untile Monday raornIng.
Btowing^ Hoef\iiTuch has -tra.
altitude of around 4,200 feet, is said
to have had a fall of more than 12
inches, while the upper Cove Creek
section had only a trace. The storm
seemed to have centered over an area
of approximately twenty-five square
miles, and Monday court visitors,
many of them from short distances,
were surprised to find the streets
of Boone almost impassable.
Much of the snow melted as it fell
and Monday morning Old So! broke
through the clouds and the blanket
of white started, its retreat from
his torrid radiance. This (Wednesday)
morning much snow remains,
but skies are clear and prospects are
that spring has sure-enough arrived.
8'/'. %'"'** " S?* ~'
Legion Box Supper
Was Widely Attended
j The box slipper and old-time dance j
which was opivpti ?<- Rlnwi??o- Rrw?l
the American Legion and Auxiliary
Saturday night was one of the most
entertaining events of the season,
and the attendance included motor
parties from practically all.sections
of Watauga, with a considerable
sprinkling from adjacent counties.
The proceeds from the sale of boxes
reached a sum of more than one hundred
dollars, which will be-used for
the benefit of the American Legion
Band. All joined heartily into the
enjoyment of the ensuing dances,
music for which was furnished by!
the Blowing Rock Orchestra. Several'
large parties of Boone eitisens attended
the function.
BLACK DIAMONDIPIC
WILL PLACE PRODU<
Messrs. J. A. Sproles and R. M.
Owens are the sole owners of the
Black Diamond Pick and Handle
Company, Boones' newest enterprise,
which is now actively engaged in the
; m onnfoetn of o oool * ? - "'"
of superior qualities, which Was invented
and perfected by Mr. Owens
some time ago. Patents covering the
manufacture of the new tori have
just been granted through Clarence
O'Brien, Washington patent attorney,
who incidentally gives out the
information that there has been no
patent of a miner's pick since 1866.
The Black Diamond pick claims as
its principal feature of superiority
an elongated eye, which reduce? to
a minimum the possibility of handle
breakage. This improvement has been
made without incurring surplus
weight. The points arc fashioned of
Black Diamond steel, tempered to a
stage of wear-resistance hitherto unknown
in digging tools, and so designed
that new points may be
slipped on, or hammers substituted
for driving spikes when extending
&SSmS^SEOSRei I** V"i w! ?wi?' J
Best Interests of Northw<
? 1 ~tr AR0L1NA,
THURSDAY MARCH 2G,
SEwSPbSEDoT;
DAYS OF SUPERIOR
NDER IN PROGRESS
driving on the highway?. Or, in connection
with their regular duties, the
sheriffs and deputies sheriff could
incidentally help out in making the
highways safe. The automobile with
only one light, the reckless speeder,
the drunken and vicious driver?
these arc the ones, says the Judge,
who should be apprehended at all
cost.
Judge Sink, whose native county
is Davidson, says he has witnessed
in his driving to the courts over the
Scate numerous instances of hair- ]
breadth escapes and some mishaps
due principally to carelessness. Faul-I
ty brakes, ramshackled cars which j
ought to be in the junk pile, inex-i
peiienced and nervous drivers, these |
are some of the hazards which thej
average automobilist meets on the i
highway.
juuge JsinK oeiieves in helping the
school fund with fines upon small
offenders of the liquor law. Jails
are too full and road gangs are too
near capacity to send more prisoners
there except for graver offenses.
Criminal Docket
Following are the criminal,actions
disposed of and the judgments
passed:
Monroe Hampton and Belle Coffey.
f. and a., nol pros with leave.
Ctis Johnson, murder Andy Johnson,
nol pros with leave.
Ron Teaster, disturbing religious
congregation, nol pros with leave.
Anderson Atwood, larceny, nol
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Million Dollars Worth of j
Snap Beans Visualized
Mr. Renzo Ward, a farmer of the
'Laurel Creek section of the county
Jast year, was prevailed upon by
[some of his friends to raise a small
patch of snap bans?in other words,
to diversify his efforts, and have a
cash item & dispose of.
Accordingly, Mr. Ward seeded a
small acreage to beans, wholly a^. a
"side line," and therefrom sold $127
worth of the product. There are few
fanners in Watauga County who
w.n,i ??,* i??,i
,vruiu uu,v tmu u icimiaiib vr t lute inn"
on:^hich tq.produce a tow beans, and
do ? In ju<ian.io.the .regular cropps?e?
Tl<? gentleman informing The
Democrat of the incident used his
pencil for a moment and found that
if all farmers of the county had followed
Mr. Ward's example last year,
and could have sold the crop as advantageously,
the amount of money
coming into the county from this
source would have heen, to be exact,
$1,027,789.00. The gentleman added
that the beans could have been produced
without ithterfcving with other
agricultural efforts, and that doubtless
the product could have been disposed
of.
Mrs. Day Does Not
Receive War Stipend j
E A relative has called The Demo-j
crat's attention to a misstatement|
wnicn occurred in tr.ese coiumns last'
week in regard to the trial in Wilkesboro
of Sewell Webster for the killing
of S. E. Day, former Wataugan.
It was stated that Mrs. Day, who
was formerly Miss Mary Beach of
Boone, is mow receiving $57.50 per
month, as payment of the war risk
insurance held by her deceased ht's-j
band. This is not the case, it is. pointed
out, as Mrs. Day has never received
aid as a result of her husband's
military service. The Democrat
gladly makes the correction.
MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA
Mr. Judson E. Wagner, former
Wataugan and for many years a resident
of Fallston, Maryland, has
moved to Quavryville. Pa., where he
recently purchased a 126-udre stock
and dairy farm.
k and handle co
:t on market soon
tracks in coal mines. One hundred I
of the new picks have already beenj
manufactured and a representative of ]
the company is expected to go into
the coa regions of Virginia, West
Viivinin an/1 IfonfnAl-.. -
- 0 ? ?..V? >?viiLuVlv v 11CAI, >V t e&
to tost the market for the commodity,
which is being manufactured
strictly for mining purposes. However,
should the reaction to the new
tool be as favorable as is anticipated
it is the purpose of the concern to
extend their operations later so as
to include the manufacture of various
other kinds of digging tools,
hammers, etc. A handle making machine
is to be installed, and steam
hammers to be used in forging the
tools.
Enlargements of the manufacturing
facilities will be made just as|
rapidly as the sales of the tools justify.
It is pointed out that if the,
new instrument meets the approval
of the coal industry, a manufacturing
concern which will employ a rather
large force of men may develop
here.
sst North Carolina
1&31.
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Copies of Soil Survey j J
Will Be Available j
Hon. Jo.iah W. Bailey, U. 5.
Senator from North. Carolina, in
a oinmunicaiion to Dr. H. B. Per. |
ry, states that the Bureau of I
Chemistry has lodged with him | '
500 copies of the soil survey cf j
Watauga County which are available
to bhose who desire them.
Mr. Bailey has kindly agreed to
send the entire allotment to Dr.
Perry for distribution, and on
their receipt by him within the
next few days they will be turned '
j over to the editor of Tfie Demo- 1
| c.rat, who will pass them out as '
long as they last. '
The bulletin contains much val- 1
uable information concerning soil I
formations, etc., in Watauga, and 1
should prove very beneficial to
| mountain farmer*.
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40 LOCAL CLUBMEN!:
GUESTS OF BANNER;
ELK SERVICE CLUB:
1
International Secretary Arthur Cun- '
dy Delivers Principal Address at
Banquet Meeting. Boone Men on
Program. Dr. Chandler Tells of j j
Work -Done in Watauga County
I By Civitan. ^ |
? I j
On Tuesday r.ight of last week! ]
forty members of the Boone Civitan: {
Club met with the Men's Service!
Club of Banner Elk for a banquet!
at the Lowe Hotel. The meeting: wasj
one of good fellowship throughout.
Professor Zimmerman of Lees-McKaej
College acted as toastmastev. Re.vrr
J. A. Yount uf Boone returned thanks!
following which popular songs were
led b> Professor L. G. Greer.
Governor George K. Moose called
upon Professor Greer and Dr. O. .1.
Chandler to tell something of what
the Civitan organization has meant
to them and t<> Boone. Mr. Greer
mentioned the good citizenship essay
contest for high school pupils, the j a
Boy Scout movement, agricultural',^
cJuhs for boys, and other movements; c
Clvitan is sponsoring. j \
I)r. Chandler in his inimitable way j
brought a message of good cheer and (
i fellowship. He stressed the highly
I ideals of Civitan and stated that the'J1
; club has toned up the moral atmosphere
of Boone and has created L
greater visions and deeper apprecia- r
tion of each other's tasks. j
Following Dr. Chandlers' remarks v
Governor Moose introduced Interna- a
tional Secretary Arthur Curidy who t
delivered the address of the evening, jj
The Civitan official discussed the j t
three main objectives of Civitan? j t
namely, building of good citizenship, j
curbing of crifnb,' arid treatment and j _
care .Of tuberculosis. He stated that 1
Civitan is paying dividends in its saving
of the youth of the land, ard
mentioned the crime bill of-four billion
dollars a year and the work that
Civitan and other similar organiza- a
tions have in reducing this enormous 5
' amount. ?' c
Mr. Cur.dy also stated that every c
liComniunitv shrtfeld nHvorHw *
I sell itself to the rest of the world. <
"The natural beauty of Northwest 1,
j North Carolina is unsurpassed, its ?
! resources are uncalculable, then it
i is for Civitan to let the rest of the 3
1 world know of these advantages," he j i
| said in closing. I '
! Members of the Men's Club of
| Banner Elk were called upon and
| responses were made by Dr. Tate, 1
Dr. Hardin, President Tufts; Profes,
sor Pritchett, Professor Erickson,
I Mr. Stinson, Re\\ W. R. Smith and
I a number of others.
Evangelistic Services at
Boone Methodist Church;'
Beginning March 29th and con- ]
tinning through Holy Week, Dr. 0. |J
| J. C-handlev, pastor of the Boone;
Methodist Church, will hold two serv-j
| ices each day, running up to Easter;
Sunday. j (
The day service will be held at' l
the noon hour from 12:00 to 12:30. j
The theme for these discourses will ,
be "Studies in the Last Scenes of ,
I the T.ifo nf Joane " ? ........
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ices will be strictly evangelistic. All
services are open to the public.
: The noon-day services are an inI
novation in Boone worship, but. memhers
of Or. Chandler's congregation
are of the opinion that they will (
prove quite popular. Only thirty j
minutes will be consumed daily in ]
this brief period of worship. ,
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BANK DISTRIBUTES FREE
BULLETINS FOR FARMERS .
Through the co-operation of the
Department of Agriculture, the Watauga
County Bank now has a large
supply of the latest agricultural bul- i
letins for free distribution to the I
farmers. The bulletins cover the most '
grown crops of this region, their cju- !
ture and susceptible diseases, and
will provide authoritative reference!
books for even the most experienced! :
farmers. Those who desire these bul-11
letins are asked to call at the bank.'i
$1.50 PER YEAR
FARMERS MAKEDEF
HE PLAN
FO MARKETING
C
More Ihaug a Hundred Agrarian*
Gather J the Couuly-Wide
Commiit ? ind Formulate Plans
for Sys', ^ tic Marketing of bhe
County's 3 :>duce. Niswonger I*
Heard; / g; ' Produce Men.
More than one hundred farmers
>f Watauga County gathered at the
courthouse last Thursday afternoon,
laving been called there by the county-wide
marketing committee to work
3ut definite plans for placing the
produce of the county on the Southern
markets during the present season.
Mr. H. R. Niswonger of the
State Department of Marketing was
present, and presentee his views,
ivhile H. D. Andrews of the firm of
\ndrews and Knbwels, Mount Olive,
came to propose that his organization
take over the entire production
>f the county on a percentage basis.
\fter considerable discussion, mosty
of a favorable nature; it was
inaniniously decided that the only
vay Wataugans could hope to dispose
of the enormous crops to be
produced this year, would be through
trictly wholesale channels.
An executive committee was appointed
for the purpose of perfecting
the details of the plan. The memiers
are: Smith Hagaman, chairman;
jfe T. Greer. \V. W. Mast, Dwight
Sdmisten; Grady Togmait and W. Y.
earthing. It. is announced that complete
information and contract blanks
vill be given out just as soon as furire
r negotiations may be completed.
For a long time the problem of
.oiling the crops of Watauga County,
las been engaging the best thought
if this region, and the farmers arc
leterminod t.Ki? veur i??
he disposal of their surplus. Hereof
ore, it is pointed out, a large part
if the potatoes, cabbage, etc.. has
teen sold down the country indepenlently-?"peddled"
out to retailers
md consumers alike. The result has
?een that almost daily some truck
nan, away from home, aiid with only
i small part of his load remaining,
vould sell at any price, or practially
give away the remnant in order
o return home the same night Next
lay's business for other produce haulers
would then have to be in eonormity
to the sacrifice prices of the
evening before.
This has brought about a most
instable market condition, and from
low on, so the farmers say, produce
s going to be sold in big lots at preailing
market prices and strictly on
( ' commission basis. It. is predicted
hat when this plan is perfected a
lew era of prosperity will have
lawned upon those who till the mour.
ain soil. {
Mrs. Austin Passes
At Caldwell Home
Mrs. T. W. Austin. 08 years ot
ige, died ot her home in Lenior last
Thursday after an illness of several
lay.-. Pneumonia was the immediate
air--.- of her death. Fuoeval services
pAnrlmrf o/l ' fli.v A i!r.t
Hum uic nuvcuuau
Christian Church Sunday afternoon
>y Be v. Furlough, and interment waa
hade ii\ Lenoir Cemetery.
Mrs Austin^ before marriage was
Miss Sarah Hartley, member of a
prominent Caldwell County family,
ivas a popular and consecrated lady,
and for a number of years was a
member of the Shiloh Methodist
Church.
Surviving are the husband and five
daughters.. Mesdames Ella Suddreth
of Nebraska, Mary Hall of Lenoir,
Mrs. Alice Austin of Lenoir, Mrs.
Joe E. Greer of Boone, Mis. Nell
Pearson of Lenoir; two sons, Harvey
Austin of Lenoir and William Austin
?f Hock Creek, Idaho. The Greer family
of Boone attended the funeral.
Mrs. Davidson to Open
Business at Spruce Pine
Tuesday Was the last day of the
existence of the Davidson Depart
ment Stove in Bonne, and while the
final sales were being made, goods
sere being packed for removal to
Spruce Pine, where the owner and
manager, Mrs. J. N. Davidson, will
open a modern department store
within the next few days. The Removal
Sale, which was conducted
preliminary to the closing of the
Boone store, reduced the big stock
>f merchandise to a minimum, and it
is the intention of the owner to have
largely a brand-new line when she
spens at the new location. Mr. D. J.
Cottrell, pioneer merchant of Boone,
who assisted in the final Davidson
sale, has been employed to aid in
the opening of the Spruce Pine business.
For move than a decade the Davidson
Department Store : >.? filled
an important niche in tht lercoritile
circles of this region, and it is with
deep regret that the institution
=;ees fit tc. make a change. However,
the opening at Spruce Pine is said
to be ideal, and Mrs. Davidson' carries
with her to the new location the
best wishes of Wataugans generally
for a continued prosperous career.