8
I BOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
pass the potatoes:
Potatoes, the crop for which Watauga
County 13 noted, occupied the
minds of a group of haugers-around
at The Democrat office a few days
ago. And the culture of spuds, quite
naturally, involved the name of Waiter
(Watt) Beach who, with Cootei
Haiglcr, his dusky assistant, can
raise four hundred bushels to the
acre without much more than hail
trying . . . providing, of course, that
the elements are favorable. Wi'frcd
Davis, whose mind runs to figures,
reached for his pencil and a ragged
copy of the World Almanac . . . and
started calculations on a project
that would made the Hoover Dam
and the N'orris Dam and all the other
dams in the world look like a plugdime.
He proposed to drain the lakes
and the seas and the oceans, all of
them, any let Watt and Cooterseed
their tortile beds to good old Trish
I potatoes. Around 164.99U.09C squat e
miles of the globe's surface, or 6.599,960.000
acres . . . quite a sizeable
tract, and rich beyond compare . . .
was set aside by the Creator for the
propagation and amusement of sharks
and eeis and whales and 3easerpents
and bathing giris. Young Mr. Davis
multiplied these 6,509,960.000 acres
by the inevitable 400 bushels of spuds
raised by the Watt-C-ooter partnership,
and found that, just 2,639,934,009,000
hampers of the "fruit" could
and would be produced each year . . .
2,639 bushels for each and every
heathen and Hindoo and Christian on
earth . . . 13,195 bushels for ouch
family of five. Just then some simpleton
in the audience a3ked where
the devil you'd put the water . . . and
Wilfred, with a sweet little smile,
used that portion of the temple that
moves on hinges and scurried away
toward a nearby tavern.
NOTHING MUCH
Discarded, soaked with rain, an
inch-long Camel "duck" lay on the
sidewalk . just, an ordinary
littl- fag-end it was! Bui tne muzzle,
or that portion of the smoke
which rests in a smokec's lips, bore
the crimson stain of rouge ... a
feminine brand, as It were . . . and
the scriiK-'s imagination went on a
spree, as he tried to figger out
the identity of the fair one who
nonehalantly east It there. Perhaps
IflK a country loss, a giughanr-gowned
f blonde from the corawood belt, had
fetched a ito/.eu eggs over a dozen
miles of roeky trail to get herself
a smoke . . . and had. eagerly
,o[k,:;l that good cigarette In her
jaw, took a couple of inhales, and
ditched it just as Uncle Henry's
shambling lorm made its appearance
down, the street? Or maybe
a cute little doll, in the company
E". . -f hes?s.,a it- .
from a passing car in preparation
for the sweet "smootch" she gave
him? Or maybe a young mother
released the "duck" as she began
crooning a sweet melody to her
fretful youngun? Or maybe grandma,
she with the kind old face and
the suow-white hair, had quieted
her frayed nerves with nicotine as
she prepared for the evening bridge
game? Maybe a waitress, maybe
a nurse, maybe a stenographer,
maybe a black gal? It doesnt
made much difference anyway ... It
was just a cigarette "duck."
if you please:
Living is a bit tough, even when a
feilow is sailing along reasonably
well . . . but there are just lots of
things that mrfke it tougher . . . and
one of those things is a drunk man
who seeks your consolation and advice
when you aren't even taking one
little nip' The guy thai writes this
column has "wet-nursed" dozens oi
souses in his time . . . he's let 'em
cry on his shoulder . . . he's told 'cm
bed-time stories . . . he's taken 'em
home and been cussed out by thcii
wives . . . he's held their heads and
washed their clothes and run errand!
for 'em . . . and made himself miserable
in a thousand different ways! He'!
glad to render all these services . .
he's tickled pink at the confidence re>
posed in him by those inebriated
ones ... he likes to be ad assistance
to the down-and-outer ... he doesn't
like to rcfuBe any sont of a favor . .
but in bis "old age" he's getting just
ta trifle cranky . . . he's sorter burnt
out on the whole business . . . anc
hed' be much obliged if all his drunl
1 friends would first call on Chic:
Gross ... let Chief Gross lock then
in jail . . . and later call on him U
help get them out ... if you please
In other words, just have a sprci
on me on him ... If you please! An<
we thank you!
UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS LISTS VACANCIES
Savannah, Ga.?The Savannah Ma
rlne Corps office has been authorize!
to fill vacancies that will occu
throughout the United States Marin
Corps during the next several monthi
according to aD announcement b;
Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Drum, offi
cer in charge, Marine Office, Post
office building. Savannah, Ga.
Young men who are graduates o
thigh achool and are not lees tha
sixty-six iuvhes in heighth are ell
gible for acceptance. Applicants at
cepted are transferred tc the Marin
Base, Parri* Island, S. C.
An 1
I VOLUME XLV. NUMBER 46
'lAD^Isi^WILr
:j HAVE MOUNTAIN
] CAMPING GROUND
' Plan Institution Near Blowing Rock
i on Order of Montreal. Corporation
Organized. Camp Ground to Serve
' Conferences of Church in Six
States. Negotiations for Site Now
I Under Way.
' A permanent camp ground and re1
ligious center, with a tabernacle, cot
tages and other buildings, to serve
tbe same purpose for the Advent
: Christian Church that Mor,t reat does
for I'reSbyterians, and Ridgecrest for
j the Baptists, will be established on
the Blue Ridge near Blowing Rock.
! according to Hill L. Bolick of Lenoir,
I secretary-treasurer of the Appalach!
ian Advent Christian Assembly, a non
: nrnfit romnrnHnn .... ?.. .1111 - 1.1, -1 >- > 1. ?..' <
by the Stale of North Carolina to carry
out the project. The huge venture
is outlined in the following story, taken
from The Lenoir News-Topic:
Negotiations are now under way
for a suitable site in the mountains,
containing approximately 15 acres,
Mr. Bolick said Saturday, and it is
planned to begin construction this
summer. The work will be financed
J by donations and by loans from con!
fercnces of the church in West Vir!
ginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Ken!
tucky and Alabama, representing several
thousand members, and which
I do not at present have such an in|
stitution in the territory named.
| Refunding of construction loans
| from the several conferences, Mr. BoI
lick explained, will be accomplished
[ by revenue from long-term leases on
cottage sites to be laid out around
the tabernacle and by donations from
churches and individuals for that purpose.
Aims of Corporation
| The assembly is empowered by its
i charter to conduct missionary, wel|
fare and educational work, including
i financing and administration, in founding
non-profit institutions for the
"promotion of vital piety through the
promulgation of Biblical truth, especially
that the Bible is inspired by
God and inerrant in the original writings
and of supreme and final authorI
itv in faith and life."
j Sueli promulgation may be carried
I on under the charter bv means nf
missionary, trades and other training
schools, camp meetings, ^-conferences,
pa3tcraiea, radio broadcasts, issuance
and distribution of books, pamphlets,
and in other ways deemed advantageous
for the promotion of the proper
objects of the corporation. The
corporation is authorized to purchase
or otherwise acquire and dispose of
real estate and property in any State
or territory of the United States.
There is no capital stock and indebtedness,
after 1940, will be limited to
one-tenth of the value of the corporation's
property.
Hill Bolick an Officer
Incorporators named in the charter
are J. Fremont Whitman, Charleston,
W. Va., acting president; Frank J.
Woodrum, Charleston, W. Va.; Hill
L. Bolick, Lenoir, acting secretarytreasurer;
Charles J. Preslar, Hickory,
acting vice-president; and T. W.
Ferguson, Ferguson, N. C. Main office
of the corporation is in Lenoir,
and the charter authorizes establishment
of a branch office in Charleston,
W. Va. The officers named are
1.?it.?-..njr iv#i luv jiuijKMv ui getting
the project under way, Mr. Bolick
said, and a regular election of
officers wili be held later. Governing
| power 13 vested in a board of not
less than five nor more than nine
trustees, the five men named consti1
tuting the board until their successors
are named.
J Speakers of note from churches in
the six states interested in the proj'
ect will be heard at a camp meeting
' to be held August 4-12, this year, on
the ground to be acquired near Blow1
ing Rock by the assembly, following
' a custom of the past. This year the
' meetings . 11 be held under a large
tent, Mr. Bolick said, but it is ex'
pected that by the summer of 1935
" a commodious tabernacle will be
j available.
11 Garden Seed on Hand
J For Relief Families
' A number of packages of gardcr
, seed are still available for relief fam*
illes, states Miss Theodosia Watson
" director of relief, who urges those it
need or the seed to call at her office!
at the courthouse and secure then
without delay.
; The seed will be distributed to any.
one who how is or has been on df
- rect relief, regardless of whether 01
1 not they have received Federal seec
r leans.
e
,, TO PRESENT PAGEANT
Y A pageant, "The Good Samaritan,'
. will be given at Henson's Chape
. Methodist Church next Sunday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. The pageant dram
j atizes the Good Samaritan parable
n and is followed by a dramatizatioi
[. of the present program of hospital!
zatlon by the Methodist Church. Tb
e public is cordially invited to attem
this program.
Independent Weekly Nev
BOONE. WATAUGA C
| Wrote Best Editorial
Atlantic, Iowa.?Shown above i
j the raost recent photo of Edito
I E. P. Chase of the News-lelegrapl
Ihere, who has been awarded th
Pulitzer Prize for having writtej
the best editorial of 1933.
IflNALS PROGRAM
I AT BANNER ELK
j BEGINS SATURDA
j May Day Pageant to Open Event
Dr. Erdman to Deliver Buccal*
rente Sermon. Senior Supper Su
day Evening. Eighty-one Graduat
to Receive Diplomas. Watauga Wj
Represented in Enrollment.
Banner Elk. The program for t3
i Lces-McRae College commenccmei
i exercises, to be held May 19, 20 ai
21, was announced Tuesday. The e
crcises will begin at 5 o'clock Satj
day afternoon, May 19, with a Mi
Day pageant in which Miss LuCti
Ferrin, of Knoxville, Tenn., will 'J
queen, and many members of t!
senior class will take part. The pa9
ant is under the direction of Miss ?
rail Turlington, Mooresville, of U
faculty. Following the May feattVJ
senior class night will be held.
On Sunday morning the buccal
J route sermon will be preached in tJ
j Banner Elk Presbyterian Church S
j Rev. Dr. Charles R. Erdman of t!
] Princeton Theological Seminary, j
! Princeton, N. J. On Sunday evenS
j al 0 "o'clock there will be a ??
supper and at eight o'clock sen!
vespers w Ui, t?e CUM
ttor. of Edgar Greene, of G\ig
> u i,*i., ^iivsiuciu ui iue class. oa
Wiley, of Davidson College, will 1
the vespers speaker.
On Monday morning there will 1
a field day program at ten o'cloc
j At two o'clock that afternoon the
! will be an Informal meeting of alur
ni and alumnae, who will be taki
on a tour of the campus. At thr
o'clock the commencement exercis
will be held. The chief speaker
the occasion will be L L. Campbe
executive assistant to Dr. Arthur ;
Morgan, chairman of the Ter.ness
Valley Authority.
There are eighty-one graduates
all, one of whom is Eklgar Greene,
Sugar Grove, president of the seni
class. Young Greene is a brother
Mrs. L. K. Pritchett of Banner El
is a member of the Demostheni
Club, football team and basket bi
team.
High school graduates from W
.tailfffl nwe. "AT _ J sit
iLuuga IUV otuuc iivuia, uaugau'r
Mr. E. S. Norris, and Jack Zimm<
man, brother of Attorney .Charl
T. Zimmerman of Boone. Zirnmerm;
is vice-president of the senior cla
and a member of the football teen
Other students from Watauga
Loes-McRae this year are: Lucy Ft
thing. Sugar Grove: John Greene, S
gar Grove; Clara Norris, Boone.
Valle Crucis Church to
Give Special Prograi
At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon R<
A. C. Gibbs, presiding elder of t
Mount Airy District, will preach s
then conduct the 3econd quarte:
conference of the Watauga Charg
!i Valle Crucis Methodist Church v
: I observe annual Sunday School I)
next Sunday with a special progi'J
at the morning session. The progr;
is prepared on the theme, "Ch
lenges from the Past." This progri
1 is one in a series of special prograi
that are proposed for this year, whl
i is the 150th anniversary' of the c
- ganized existence of the Method
, Church in America. The program v
i be as follows:
I Introduction by Mr. J. M. Sh
i superintendent; prayer by the past
Rev. G. C, Graham; brief addre
. "Methodism's Part in the Early Si
. day School Movement," by Whee
: Farthing; short story, "The Chi
I tian Flagg," by Miss Trassa Jam
salute to the Christian Flag by
termediates, directed by Miss T1
ina Thomas; hymn, "The Christ
' Flag," Juniors and Tnterme-diat
1 Scripture reading, I Cor., third ch
- ter; brief address, "Fifty Years
- Southern Methodist Sunday Sell
; Development," by R. A. Farthil
i special ruusic; address, "Challen,
- of the Past," by a representative
s the Conference Sunday School Boa
3 offering for Sunday School Enter:
| Service; hymn and benediction.
vspaper?Established in th
?UNTT, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSi
SURVEY OF SCENIC
| HIGHWAY WILL
BEGIN ON FRIDAY
Expect to Complete Survey and Begin
Actual Construction Soon. Favor
North Carolina Route. Delay
in Survey Improves Chances for
Carolina Route. Huge Fund Appropriated
for Road.
1
Washington.?A. E. Deraaray, assistant
director of the National Park
Service, said Monday that plans for
another survey of the proposed routes
for the parkway connecting the Great
Snoky and Shenandoah national paries
s are now being made. The survey is
r scueoulea to ne^in nex:. rriaay, aviay
h 18th.
6 A late winter has delayed the park
n service from completing the survey
work necessary to locate the route
? of the parkway. But now with fail
and warm weather prevailing Demaray
is hoping that the surveys car
be completed at an early date anc
some of the $16,000,000 allocated by
. the PWA for the parkway can be pul
to work In providing for the unenv
y ployed.
* The survey party which will "o(
, t slated to begin work next Fr iday wil
ttk be composed of Thomas H. MacDon
Or> ale. chief of the United States liu
ih- reau of Public Roads; Thomas O
n. Vent, chief landscape architect of th(
?11 park service; Stanley Abbott, as
- sistant. to Gilmore Clarke, natec
? landscape architect, who is now em
ire ployed by the park service: official:
nt of the Virginia, North Carolina and
id Tennessee highway commission, and
x- Others.
ir- llemaray salti it has not been doty
corded whether Clarke will be In the
lie party.
be The more timer that is given te
tie surveying the proposed routes for the
c- parkway the better the chances arc
(i- for adopting the route proposed by
5e the North Carolina highway departu,:
then which takes in the famou:
l | ^scenery of Western North Carolina
t-' fjorlh Caroiiniar.s interested in thr
ere project are confident that if thr
inSlUBrkwav is to be a real scenic hie-h
then it musto follow the routs
jjtoposed by the North Carolina highly
department.
They believe the more time tin
o^p.irH. service gives to making the
^- jimzvevs o f the various proposec
jjr reuses the more they will be Impress
m ed with the scenery of Westerr
be North Carolina.
Unemployed of County
re Are Colled to Reregister
n
an Untmpioyeu who iiavr icghirivu al
ee the national re-employment office
es here ami whose applications have not
of been renewed within 90 days will bt
11, placed in the inactive file, states R
K. I... Wooten, director of the office her<
ee for five counties?Wilkes, Alexander
Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga,
in Renewal of the registration Is nee
of essary due to the fact that the offic<
or wishes to keep in the active file onlj
of the unemployed who still are inter
k, ested In getting work through the re
al employment office,
lil Applicants may have their name
restored to the active file by letter
a- telephone or personal call. Attentioi
of is called to the fact- that thoff'
x- desires all available information ii
es regard to any special quillfications o
an any applicants, especially in regar<
.<43 to machine operators. Machine oper
i. ators, when re-registering, shouli
at state the particular type of machine:
ir. with which he has had experience.
lu_ files from, the re-employment of
fice will furnish the list of laborer
and skilled workmen for contractor
on projects of the State highway am
public works commission.?Wilke
[jj Journal-Patriot.
ev. 3aturday Last Day
nd To Register Voter
rly
e. Saturday, May 19th, it is ruled b
dU the State Board of Elections, is th
ay iast day for the registration of vol
lm era for the primary on June 2nd. Reg
ltn istrars in the fourteen precincts c
ai_ the county will be at the pollinj
lm places all day Saturday for the pui
nis pose of registering those whos
icli name3 have not hitherto been on th
<<r- books. Those who have nrp-vimui
iat voted, of course, need no reregister,
rill Saturday, May 26th, will be chal
lenge day and no registration will t
jll. allowed at that time.
or,
IMOGKXE GREENE STANDS
in- FIRST IN SFEL1JNG C'ONTES
ler
lg. Students from eight elementar
ea; schools met at Mount Pleasant Hig
Tn- School in Wilkes County on Apr
l6l. 27th and held a district coramenei
inn mont. Among them was Map
es; Springs, where Mr. Z. T. Greene (
ap- Shulls Mills has taught for the pai
0f term. The students engaged in an ii
ool teresting spelling race, which was le
ng; hy Mr. Greene's daughter. Imogen
ges who spelled down all other partic
of pants. A number of other contes'
rd; were held in which Maple Sprini
iou stood first with 34 points and Mom
Pleasant sceond with 28 points
:moci
e \ ear Eighteen Eighty-Eig
JAY, MAY 17, 1934
^Returned to Her^Pare^ts^
m IN i ]
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WttSSfo* : .*S ; i t
, JUNE RUBLES
ROBLES CHILD IS i
FOUND IN CHAINS;:
i .i
Kidnaped Girl Chained V nder Heap j
of Cactus in Searching; Heat. Quite ; *
III. Attorney and Uncle Made
Find. No Ransom Paid.
I June Robles, Arizona child kid- !!
! napeel in April, was found Monday f
? j near Tuscon, chained in a shallow 1
IJ dugout under a heap or cactus, aiivc, ; 1
i j hut described as being quite 111.
The discovery was made by Coun- *
! ty Attorney Clarence Houston end 5
' Carlos Ftoblis, assistant county at- L
tortiey and uncle of the six-year-old ja
; girl. No ransom had beer, paid and j
the searchers say they made the find IL
by information aent them by the as-I *
sorted kidnapers. jJ
The little girl was chained by the 1
; ankles in a shallow grave-:ike hole, !
. covered with tin. dirty burlap and J *
: cactus. She was very sunburned from j 1
t the intense desert heat, dirty and j
covered with vermin. A key to the 1
? padlock on the chain bound about
- her ankles was found lying; on a piece
of tin near the torture hole.
-ALLEN SMS BANK ;
| SHOULD BE OPENED ^
! State Examiner Tells of luteal fnsti- i [
tutlnns at Meeting Tuesday Eve- ! E
llillg. Attorneys Zimmerman and
Bailou Make Remarks. t
I
' The opinion that the Watauga
County Bank would open within the ,
: next few weeks was expressed by |
John G. Allen Tuesday evening he- ,
! fore a representative group of cili- .
zens at the courthouse. The meeting j
, was called primarily to discuss with
" | interested parties the possibility of
: | reorganizing the Peoples Industrial .
'! Bank, and in expressing confidence. '
" | over the other institution, Mr. Allen
" | declared that be had opened bank3
which "were in worse shape than is
5 the Peoples," and called upon the ,
V I people to make an especial effort to
1 j pay their notes and thus aid in the
- I rpnrranization nf the institution. Mr.
' j Allen referred to the ill effect;] which
f i liquidation would bring, and thought |
1 concerted action could be made to I
- forego such a calamitous consequence. ;
1 The first step in reorganization, he 1
' stated, would be the payment of a '
balance of about six thousand dollars
- in stock assessments due by twenty3
two stockholders.
s Attorney Charles T. Zimmerman
1 was asked to speak on the subject
3 of liquidation, from experience gained
while employed in the settlement of
defunct banks. Mr. Zimmerman stated
that many good, honorable men
were financially destroyed through lift
quidation, whereas otherwise they
might he privileged to work themy
selves out of their financial plight,
e j Liquidating agents, attorneys, etc.,
> I usually get the remainder of the &31
j sets of an insolvent bank, declared
>f Mr Zimmerman, as he pleaded for
S fuller co-operation of the people to
'- save the younger of Boones' two bane
king institutions. 1
e Attorney R. L,. Ballou, who reprey
sents a number of the depositors of
the People's Bank, 3tated that while
1-; his clients were unable to furnish |
e more money?that ithey had lost their
all in the bank closing?they were
willing to be lenient in the matter of
time, and would co-operate in any
f other -way possible toward the solution
of the community and county
y i problem.
h j Attomey W. R. I^ovill cited liquidsil
tion as the gravest consequence of
:- any financial disturbance, and joined
le with the others in a plea for coif
operative action to forestall this
st method of procedure. Others in the
l- assemblage made brief remarks best
fore the conclusion of the meeting.
e,
i- In the early days of the World War
ts French airplanes carried brick throwjs
ing machines for hurling brickbats hilt
to an enemy's propeller. Two planes
were brought down in this way.
$1.50 PER y I.AR
1ELIEF GARDEN
WORK IS GOING
ON IN COUNTY
'omraunity Gardens Floated in Several
localities. Farm Superintend- a
cut Sees Much I'rogreas in Work.
Six of Seven Hundred Families Are
Provided with Seed and .Fertilizer.
Scarcity of Plow learns a Problem.
Work A3 progressing in several community
gardens, being cared for
brough relief' channels says Farm
Superintendent L. M. Farthing, who
Relieves that the relief authorities
ire now on the right road to the find
solution of some of the problems
u destitution. A 14-acre community
garden is being planted on the couny
farm, and seven acres ui Watauga
Ccwnship. Under this system a number
of different, families join in cultivating
the plot, each is given credt
for the number of hours worked
iuring the season, and at harvest time
:>nc-half the jield is divided between
the families or- the basis of time
tvorked. and the- remainder goes to
die relief fund to assist in next year's
cvork. Potaotes. cabbage, corn and
unions are some cf the crops predomnating
in the community gardens,
md some beans and corn will be set
aside for canning purposes to help
LVith the direct relief problem later
jn.
Mr. Farthing states that the origi al
plans called for the establishment
one of these gardens in each secion
of the county, but that, because
>f the lateness of the season it will
le impossible tc carry the program
hrougn on this scale. A marked
scarcity of plow teams has 3knved
lown the work in some sections, he
;ays.
At the same time about seven hun!red
families have secured seed and
Fertilizer for planting their own garlens,
and in these cases the relief administration
will recover payment
iext fait in work. Projects will be demised
to take care of the labor tints
provided.
Pour Cases Are Tried
r% r r x ? * ' *
rseroie Judge dudderth
Only ftiirfi cases came before Judge S
iudderth's Recorder's
ley: 1 month* suspended road, science,
assessed with the cost.
Adam Holler, violating prohibition
aw; i months suspended sentence, a?ies3ed
with the cost.
R. I.. Townscnd, violating prohibiten
law; 6 months suspended sen:ence,
assessed with cost.
Fred Yates, malicious destruction
)f property, damaging automobile
ires; ordered to pay automobile own;r
J25, to pay court costs, and given
suspended sentence of six months on
roads.
FARTHING GETS
FETkFDAf miTM
ruuLiiiiL riiUiTi
Boone Man Named Appraiser for the
Home Owners Loan Corporation.
Working: Out of Greensboro. Albert
Farthing Named Warden.
H. Grady Farthing, for several
years local State game and fish warden,
was recently, named as a preliminary
State appraiser for the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, and at
present is working out from the
Greensboro office. Mr. Farthing will
make his headquarters in Boone,
however, but will he subject to assignments
in any county in the State.
Mr. Farthing is being congratulated
upon having secured the patronage,
which came through the support
and rceommendations of Congressman
Doughton and Senators Bailey
and Meynolds.
Mr. Albert Farthing has taken over
the warden's position, temporarily,
and states that hunters who have paid
their fees will receive licenses within
the next few days.
,McDade New Manager
For Dry Goods Store
Mr. R. F. McDade assumed the
general managership of the Five-toFive
Store Tuesday, when Mr. J. B.
Brewer, Its founder, left for Sparta,
Tenn., where another Five-to-Five
establishment has been put up and is
reported as doing a splendid business.
Other stores are being added by Mr.
Brewers' company at Crossville and
Winchester, Tenn., and it is the ultimate
purpose of the concern to have
ten dry goods stores under the same
firm name and management. Mr.
Brewer will be general manager and
purchasing agent for all the stores.
Mr. McDade, who has been on the
sales force at the Five-to-Five for
two years, is well known to the people
throughout this trading territoryHe
came to Boone more than eight
years ago as manager for Spainhours,
and has been engaged in mercantile
activities here since that time. , j
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