PAGE TEN New Auto Tag Is 1-1 Oth As Large, But Twice as Hard to Buy This Year Raleigh, Dec. i5.?Although Tai Heel auto owners will get only one tiny slip of precious metal for an auto tag?instead of the formidable two large tags of previous years? they will go to twice as much trouble and spenei three times a; much time in getting them. Anc they'll cost just as much. Consequently, it is anticipated that tens of thousands of last-minute applicants may be earless a; well as gasless January 1st. according to the N. C. motor vehicle department. which is rather frantically trying to warn motorists to start buying their tags now. Must Have Old Card In the first place, no 1943 tabs will be issued until the motorist has turned in his 1943 registration card. It die motorist has lost his 1942 card, there is only one way to get it replaced?via the motor vehicle office in Rak igh. Branch offices of the Carolina Motor Club, which is handling sales in about 60 cities, are forbidden to issue replacements for lost 1942 cards. This is the first year the autoist has had to turn in his last year's card, and officals estimate that some thousands of Tar Heels will siiddenlv discover that they do not have one. They recommend that motorists check now to see if they have such a card. and. if not, to make application for replacement immediately. Their concern over this come? rcm the experience they had during the OPA gasoline registration. At that time, some 40.000 North Carolinians discovered they had lost : eir 1942 registration cards, and r.e Raleigh motor vehicle office was flooded for weeks with applications r replacement.:. At one time, mound 1,000 letters and telegrams were being received each day. Musi List Occupation In the second place, each applit ant's occupation must bo written on rn> second or the four cards of the w registration strip?also a new ..trip, to same time when the 1943 >rds are received, applicants are isked to write their occupation ight above the line "Alphabetical ilo' which appears on the bottom PREPARING YULE GOODIES UNDER RATIONING A collection of old-time recipe! that will make the youngsters ash for more, prepared with ingredient! of affected by rationing. Don'l niss this timely feature in the De ember 20th issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY the Big Magazine Distributed with BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN On Sale at AU Newsstands ^jjjj Jj Santa Kn The Store That H 4 f?g Elgins ;'j Bulovas % n Jz Omens Walt hams IHamlitons Diamonds Stallings "A Good Store i With plenty of I 1 I I L of the second card. This is a re-1 ^ quirement of the war department! L ' this year. With these things done already, the applicant presents himself tc . the nearest license sale branch. There, the clerk will fill into the ( blanks the old 1942 license plate' , number which, of course, the motor-1 ist retains for another year. The; ( 1942 pocket card itself is left with . the clerk. I The tab the applicant will receive L> will be affixed to the rear license !: I plate, but the front license plate p must also be retained. Do not. caution the motor vehicle officials, P : throw away either of your old i plates?you will have the same old number that you had in 1942. Migration Worry I Another worry arising in this ^ i year's license plate sale comes from the fact that thousands of motor- ^ ists have moved into defense areas. ^ Many of these people. Ward thinks, : will not receive their new 1943 ''' j pocket registration cards. If any , motorist has not received such a card by December 10th he should. I get busy and notify the motor ve-1 tucle department in Raleigh of the I . 'fact so that the misdirected card ^ can be substituted and sent on to | i him at his new address. j 'We anticipate that it will take j three times as long to sell a tab this I year as it took to sell two plates j last year, " Ward explained. "There- j ^ i fore, unless motorists want to stand j m in line and even be without their ly, i plates for several days, every effort: should be made to clear up any I ^ : doubts at the start of the sale j , period. There will be no extension j " of time beyond December 31. 1942." j ,, U. S. BOMBERS AGAIN j BATTER JAP AIRDROME , .hi ' lc Washington. Dec. 15.?American f|_ I fliers turned loose a double-barrelI ed bombing assault on the Jap air! drome on New Georgia island Mon! day in an intensified effort to Ij. knock it out before the enemy can use it to menace Guadalcanal and ; challenge U. S. aerial supremacy in j the Southern Solomons. jj A navy communique today report- jj ing the continued attacks made it ( j plain that the New Munda airport. ^ 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal, is now the No. 1 American objeclive. With one exception it has been * pounded daily since last Wednesday. ^ Yesterday it was hammered twice, ( j in the morning and afternoon, by : the most devastating planes in Maj. ^ ;! Gen. A. A. Vandegrift's aerial reper- I' 11 toire. ' s? UNCHANGED ^ The general level of farm prices i received by farmers for agricultural | commodities remained unchanged during the month ending November 115 at 169 per cent of the 1909-1914 average. ^ I? CIS ... ir Lighters W g ^w? ? Fountain Pens fL fT Sftr ai Alarm Clocks W g Leather Goods sf Sterling Silver j|? ^4/id Jewelry W Jewelers p n a Good Town" 5^, VATCHESfor All! ? W ft WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER"! SMAWLEY HEADS !< LOCAL CAGERS ? i ? 'nusual Happens in That a Play- j cr is Full-Time Coach of Basketball Team For the first time in the long and slorful history of North Carolina asketball. a player is serving as a .ill-time coach of a college team, elus Smawley, brilliant center and ivot star of Appalachian College, . as teen appointed as cage mentor. $5 Smawley has been a member of j le Appalachian varsity for the past jp tree seasons. During that period I e has made the all-North State con- ft irence team for the past two sen- t >ns, being the unanimous choice ft is sophomore year. During his col- jL go career, Smawley flipped in 792 ft aints for an average ol 12 pGnls Jk L-r game. Most of these points ft ere scored from an especially ac- J irate hook-shot from the pivot potion and an overhead push-shot jf hile at the peak of a twisting imp. He is a senior in physical j (i lucation at the local institution and I ill report for the navy's V-7 pro-1 fx rain training upon his graduation i lis spring. R Sma'.vley has a group of 15 men j \ his 1942-43 varsity squad. He is essed by the return of four letter- i en and eight reserves. The other jj irec on Ihe squad are freshmen. i in his captain ami senior guard, fjL-ke Isaacs. Smawley possesses one ' the best ball handlers and defen- if ve men in the North State Jimmy iller. a junior, has stepped into the fr, iocs of his brother. Danny. Warren A aw kins, a lanky 190-pounder, will fe the other pivot along with Smav. J y. Willard Kaylor, soph.ontore anil ** irmer school boy scoring ace of A larion. is at the other forward slot. For reserves Smawley has a com- A etenl stock nf experienced men. hose with one or more years exsilence in the fast North State con- & fence are: J. C. Rotcn, Lloyd A ;aacs, Wayne Shoaf, Jimmy De- " art, Eugene Knott. Some of the A aming freshies are Sam Moir, liein Walters, Randy Brown, Tom A each and Francis Essie . j The Appalachian Mountaineers, A I ways a strong contender and usu- j lly champions of the North State, w 'ill definitely be the outstanding j am in ?ne coming season. They ff ill engage four out-of-state oppon- i nls on their schedule of 20 games. ft Core games are being sought, and J eycral are tentatively arranged with " inu- or North Carolina's stronger A drools. * LFGAL NOTICES j NOTICE fj forth Carolina, Watauga County; in , the Superior Court Lizzie Main vs. John A. Main. , The defendant. John A. Main, will fl ake notice that an action entitled , s above has been commenced in d lie superior court of Watauga coun- j v. North Carolina, for the purpose ? f securing an absolute divorce on , he grounds of two years separation, m nd the said defendant, John A. * lain, will take notice that he is re- d uired to appear at the office of the & lerk of the superior court of Wat- ?j uga county, in the courthouse in j ** toone. North Carolina, within 20. ,j ays from the 12th day of January. I ? 942. and answer or demur to the J omplaint of the plaintiff filed in I ft lis action, or the plaintiff will ap- j ly to the court for he relief de- ft landed in said complaint, which is j lat an absolute divorce be granted ft > the plaintiff. < This 12th day of December, 1942. fl A. E. SOUTH. j Clerk Superior Court. Watauga f< County. !2-17-4c-h f NOTICE 0 orth Caroima, Watauga County: J in the Superior Court it ames McNeil and wife, Verlee Mc- J Neil, and Grady McNeil and wife, ** Minnie McNeil, vs. Annie Belle Logan and Lucy Mae Logan, " Minors, and D. W. Logan. J The defendants will take notice >r lat an action entited as above has J cen commenced in the superior ft >urt of Watauga county, North J arolina, for partition of real estate, $ id being the lands of Bynum Mc- < eil, deceased, in Watauga county, i which the defendants have an in- / rest; and the said defendants will ft irther take notice that they are re- j tired to appear at the office of the fx erk of the superior court of said ^ >unty in the courthouse m Boone, A orth Carolina, within twenty days * om the 8th day of January, 1943. A id answer or demur to the comaint in said action, or the plain- J ffs will apply to the court for the PT dief demanded in said complaint, J This 8th day of December, 1942. fr A. E. SOUTH, I lerk Superior Courft for Watauga ft. County. 12-10-4c-h I BOONE DRUG COMPANY ? Boone, N. C. 1"% { THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. ^ The last-minute shopper can c ? ly at Belle's where there is still men, women and the kiddies. ^ latest gift items. Sa* s ?***>...--| ; ^ | L?dk 8 I 1 V^L J n -i H ^ \ ?fiten | Plenty of Gifts for the Ch I Toys we hi NS* 1 Gifts"/ y In our Men's Department you c (S for father, brother, husband, s H Men's Jackets $2:. to Men's Suits $15a % Overcoats $16.. Dress Shirts % Neckties | ^ Fine Hats $1 i ^ Handkerchiefs | Sox . car I OTHER MEN'S GIFT ITE Scarfs, Robes, Leather Goods, ^ Shoes, Shaving Sets . . . Score % C -c. . 1 . -Ill i or gircs cnar win please rum. | Use our convenient lay| posit holds any iten o ?????_______ | Tovs galore ... Hundreds c g You can fill your gift list c \ Be Ik - Willi ? Belk's 200 Stores Sell It For Le DECEMBER 17, 1942 omplete his or her gift list quick- 2p a large selection of everything for Shop all three big floors for the W LADIES' I eady-to-Wear w w Slips 79c to $2.95 7s" Fine Hats .... 98c to $4.95 ik