IS HER
CHOICE
BEAUTY
? and yours, for a real
ly different gift. Our
Gift Certificate in
cludes any beauty
treatment she prefers.
Priced from 75c up.
MANY OTHER GIFT ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM
Four Experienced operators ready to serve you.
McGUIRE'S BEAUTY SALON
Phone 91 * Boone, N. C.
FOR SALE
Good going business for sale. The best location for this type of
business. New equipment and large amount of stock. Confidential
' listing. Selling because of bad health.
Good 7 -room house, located % mile west of Boone. Large lot,
double garage. A real home and the price is right.
Beauty ' Shop for sale. New equipment, good location. Can be
bought at actual cost. Long lease on building. Quick sale.
Good 6 bed room house with two baths. Located in the heart
of Boone. Terms can be arranged.
New brick house with private apartment upstairs. Two baths,
steam heat, hardwood floors, garage. Located on Blowing Rack
road. This home will almost pay for itself.
Finance your homes through the F. H. A. at 4% interest. Long
term from 10 to 20 years to pay.
Have buyeT for farm, 30 or 40 acres, priced $7,000 to $10,000.
New five room house, large lot, located about 1 mile from
* Boone on Blowing Rock road. G. I. loan can be assumed.
Small down payment will buy this home. Owner leaving
town.
49 acre farm near Sherwood, N. C. Can be financed. Small
down payment will buy this farm. Price $5,000.00.
IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY AND THE
PRICE IS RIGHT, SEE US
TRI-COUHTY REALTY CO.
Depot Street Phone 146-M P. O. Box 12
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
E. F. COE, Manager.
Tile iuri miWui
History usually Is considered to
be recorded between book covers.
But, much of the history of the
world has been obtained from
study of buildings in which ancient
peoples lived and worked. Long
lasting building materials such as
clay tile have recorded customs
and ideas of days gone by. His
torians have gained knowledge of
Persia of the Middle Ages from
the tile murals and building decor
ations found in Near Eastern ruins.
Ceramic tiles used in Persia for
decorations of floors and walls In
dwellings and public buildings
were often dated. Those dates,
stamped into the tiles which re
mained unchanged lqng after the
buildings themselves crumbled,
have enabled historian! to fix the
time of the happenings depicted on
them and to date many Persian
works of art bearing similar decor
ations.
Early Days of Express Companies
Modern express has transported
about everything from a baby chick
to a 3,000-pound elephant and from
a crate of lettuce to a hogshead of
tobacco. In one year, more than
300 million items are shipped by
express. But it haa not always been
smooth rolling for express com
panies. Silas Tyler, early New Eng
land expressman, used a trailer
car attached to the rear of the
Boston ft Lowell railroad's pass
enger trains, while William F.
Hamden, the first ervressman,
began business with a carpet bag,
paying his fare wherever he went
on his rounds. On April 3, I860,
little Johnny Frey, first pony ax
press rider, set off from St. Jo
seph, Mo., on the first lap of the
pony express route to Sacramento,
|Calif. ?
New Dock Btamp Issue
Buffle-head ducks grace the new
IMS migratory bird hunting stamp,
which shows two male and one fe
male buffle-heads in flight. Hie
stamp, which sells for 31.00, is the
15th In the series Issued annually
to help provide funds to help fi
nance the federal government's
wild life refuge program. Ninety
per cent of the funds realized
from the sale of the stamps is
used by the U. S. fish and wildlife
service to supplement other funds
for the purchase and maintenance
of waterfowl refuges throughout
the country. The remaining 10 per
cent is 'J b-; used for printing and
distribution of the stamps, en
forcement of the migratory bird
hunting stamp act, and other fed
eral activities for migratory bird
conservation.
Des Moines, world's most
powerful cruiser, gets last testing
Trucking Now Big Bnsiaeas
Trucking It one of the biggest in
dustries in America today. More
than 4,500.000 vehicles, private and
far hire, take cart of Ibis business.
Last year, according to the public
roads administration, these trucks
rolled up a total of M billion too
miles for 1944. This covers inter
city haulage only. Local cartage
within city limits probably add*
another 30 billion ton miles. Trucks
give employment to more than Stt
million men ? 4.7 million of them
directly at drivers and employees
of trucking concerns. There are
14.000 commercial fleets of eight
trucks or more, and some 4,000
companies haul furniture alone.
FMCB^ise Damage te Fereete
Porcupines have been blamed
for much damage to forest trees.
In a case study on the Kawiihiwi
experimental fore it in northeast
ern Minnesota, it was estimated
that 34 porcupines caused damage
amounting to $14.94 annually to 109
jack pine trees, or an average of
47 cents per porcupine. In addition
to Jack pine, tree species most
commonly dsmaged are tamarack,
white pine, sugar maple, yellow
birch and red pine. A single ani
mal may cause considerable dam
age when it works a long time in
one location. Areas wrll supplied
with natural dens, such as are pro- 1
vlded by overhanging rock ledgea
or wlndthrown trees, appear to
harbor the greatest populations.
hach and Judy. Ancient Idea
There were Charlie McCarthys
years before Christ. Archaeologist*
confirm this. Xenophon, for ex
ample, introduces a wealthy pup
pet player of Syracute, who bragt:
"Many come to look at my puppets
because there are so many fools
about." Cleopatra's ton, the king
of Syria, was fascinated by such
marionettes. So much so that he
lost the esteem of the people. In
the 14th century, Europe's puppet
thesters delighted royalty and
commoners alike. Leonardo da
Vinci was highly interested in
mechanized puppets.
FM? Radio At Its Very Best
To the technically-minded, FM
means frequency modulation. But
to the millions who turn their ra
dios on for pure enjoyment, FM
means broadcasting without statiCi
radio without noise. FM brings to
radio a realism and clarity of tone
that hat never been approached by
standard AM broadcasting. Sounds
that are made in a radio studio, or
concert hall, or wherever the pro
gram is coming from, reach the
listener exactly as they are when
made. There is no distortion, no
interference or noise to msr the
real sound.
DEMOCRAT ADS PAY
WELCOME, TOBACCO FARMERS!
Below are a few of the many toys we have in stock now:
ELECTRIC TOYS TOY PIANOS
TRICYCLES TRUCKS
SLEDS . DOLLS
WAGONS
I
Parkway Hardware
Co]
pany
RULANE GAS SERVICE
Phone 46- J Boone, N. C.
GIFTS
Of Distinction .
As has been the case for the past twenty-eight years, your REXALL Drug Store is
headquarters for a wide variety of useful and appreciated gift items. A few sug
gestions will be of value to you in solving your gift problems.
\W CHRISTMAS WIS
Try the drug store fint!
? CARA NOME SETS
? EVENING IN PARIS SETS
? DuBARRY SETS
? TOILET WATER
? PERFUME
? SEAFORTH FOR MEN
? SPORTSMAN FOR MEN
? YARDLEY
? COTY
? REVLON SETS
? CHEN-YU SETS
? PARKER "51" PENS
? LARGE LINE OF GIFT STATIONERY
? MANY OTHER BRANDS OF FINE GIFTS
TOYS
BILL FOLDS
FITTED CASES
COMB AND BRUSH SETS
SHAVING BOWLS
KAYWOODIE, YELLOW BOLE PIPES
EVERSHARP PENS AND PENCILS
GREETING CARDS
GIFT SOAP PACKAGES .
DOLLS
STUFFED ANIMALS
WRIST WATCHES
? CANDIES IN WIDE VARIETY
Whitman's, Hollingsworth's, Pangburn's, Rexall
$64.00 EVERSHARP PENCIL AND PEN SET $40.00
FOR THE MAN Finest Brands of Fishing Rods and Reels
OUR LINE OF GIFT ITEMS is by far the most comprehensive we have
shown since before the war . . . but we urge you to buy early, since, many of
- our lines may be depleted early in the shopping season.
* "
BOONE DRUG COMPANY
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THE REXALL STORE
BOONE, N. CAROLINA
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