sri 22Jatat:ca Democrat, j
Town an:! County.
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t . .1 i ki c .Ti'ia.. tliia U....L:
j, ; ,ll .M .... , ,. IV WIU U It t(l
b.H .l-f't " ,v:,',"r- ; ''-" thf N hM, ,.lnf. removed
tt. !l.i til.' bi'JT lot Kl. Mt ,'' """''i"" 'ff..UI..l.uht..wt wlV
T(MI,i , .u tli.- IV Pig nl in this:'1 ''"'"it.It.ni.'tutv by doing
r1,.r i s,, "s ,lw' wrk tm in nil hli-
1 ir.- itt withstand Mifh tin imuifiise
tut vii nurds of ni., -r.ui ri. . if , ,
. . , L- si .mi .,,.1. ... ""'""r.ll.vjt.l.HMth.uJy
U1"V " :hh1ii... ,f it,,,,, i. ,.ollllrte,i
l;!a, "1"i:" "livii tliv watvr i normal.
i ljri-tni.i" approaches and! Mr. C. M. Criuhr, who?
th.- litTb folks n iv hilarious own 't.ii of otfW t-xpirvd lust .Mou
the .i"-l"' ts wvii this far in nd-jday. was in to w us. and ensu-
vuniv
S-imv to Ivarn that Mr. I'vu-
h,.n;r.t'n.'f Stony Folk, is n
vet v mi-'k man. 1 Iv N suffering frtnn
n st v. tv attack of pneumonia.
1. Jon-s Cottivll. is adverti
sing a big th-anuice salv of his
stock f merchandise in this issue.
Maiiv bargains there.
Tli.it little amount you owe:
the iS'iiiovrat woiiM (tmie iiMiitvj
lv just now. ns the holidays are i
ajijin a fiinr.
-R.-sn-inber that new and s. a-1
soiiahle goods are arriving twice
a week, (.'oaie in. Examine them,
feck A: Cailton.
Mr. K. M. Uiven. Librarian.
Kflvsthat llieie are quite a num
ber of books missing from his
shelves, and most earnestly re
quests that they be returned at
once.
-We doff our rap to a goodly !
number of out- patrons who so
kimlly settled their accounts on
Monthly and to others win) join
eil the artny of Ilcuiocrnt renti
ers. The war is not so bad in
some respects ns it has been. Ar-
but klf's coffee, othergrain coff t I
as well as " round, can be bought
mil- 1 i.. . i
nt P.hiekbum s at JO cents per:
' ;
jiouiul lor cash.
It i entirely out of the com
mon fur I'.ooiie, but there is some!
jn'tty stealing going on here and
the pel " -t rators aw going to be
cauii-ht upwith and th?U s'poed.
ily. if they don't abstain.
Mr. Charles ,J:Iodgos. jiost
master at Sands, has gone to
Union county, this State, where
he will teach during the winter,
his assistant, Mrs. Hodgcsv act
ing as jiost master during' his
absence.
It is not long until Christ
mas. and if you are intending to
buy that new suit of clothes at
Blackburn's at cost ju ice or be
low, it will not do to delay much
longer. You can find something
nice, all right. ;
-('apt. K. F. LoviH left Mon
day tin a business trip to lial
eigh. H. goes before the (invent
or in In-half of the Snyder boys
who nr- serving a term in the
St-it. jTi in for the killing of
tliei, lat ii-r, W'illburn Snyder.
From -our belated Mowing
Rock correspondent, we learn
that Mr. W. II. Weedon, the ven-
eruhle proprietor of the Weedon
House (Grand View) at Mowing
nock, tiled nt his home on lues, i
Ja.v of last week.
Ciur sjileiitlid news letterfrom
iMouiug It,,.,;, which makes its
Wtvidy appearance in these col
umns, caine' in on Wednesday
luorniiig, too late for insertion,
a mI sorry we are of it, for it is al
wiiys interesting."
I. M. May. our former Rvgis-.
t i tif Dee-ls, now of Tra.lo II. F.
I'-, "as in the village Monday,
shaking hands with his many
fi-Mids hero. Jake hasentiivly re
gaineil his former good health,
oud is looking Us well as we have
ever seen him.
-The newly elected Hoard of
county commissioners Messrs.
L-A. Green. Uov Hoilinger nnd
L. Glenn, who took hohl of
tlii' reins of county government
ast Mondav,st'entstoireside
with dignity, and as thev are all
men of f.,,0,1 natural abilitv, wc
p'lio reason why we hhal'l not
nave a clt-.-m. economical admin
Juration ,,f the countv nffairsfoi
-i--t v to th."-Ko.
"I'liiii n ..I .v K,v,.rf wit,
pr.wp,-,tnf jt rniiti much
li i-lt.-r. tli.. uiirkiiifii on th mi.
1-h.tl .l;itn Mng built l.y th
Stat.-f.rth.purpo ,,f pra-
titur ..I ..: . . .
ally remarked: -I have iimde inv
final svttI'Miiviit with all parties
!'"'" - '"""L the Board of Educa-
tion iiwhJ inv evntsand lhnve
thvir voucher for it. I am even
w ith th.- county un.'l have my
tax ntvij.it in my pocket. Hut
what jilvasvtl tat? best of h11 wa
whin thv Hoard of Education
told me that our business rela-
t ions during my term of ottice
had been most ileasnnt." Mr.
Cntchvr has served his countv
well in the'ivsj.onsible ottice- and
f-r,,"s t with the best.of feel
ms lor his fellow-jfHciaLs and
the jxtjjjle renerally.
Why is it that, after all
thi'jiictty weather we have had
this full, the Hjijjroaches to the
steel bridp on New River huve
not btt-u conijleted so that- the
structure might beutlized? The
bridge across the Watauga has
lvn in use several wwk, -and in
its absence tin wl would have
been juactn ally cut oft m that
direction ns it liasbtt'iim the .New
Iliver section ior the jmst several
days, owing to high water. It
seems then- is a lack of duty
somewhere. If hands have been
assigned to the task they should
do the work," and if not thecoun-
', , , - , i .
shouM assign a force sufficient
, " , , . ..
to coiuiilete the work at the ear-
1 1 i 'i .tii in wen itDfc it uouiiio t n nu
liest date jiossihle.
Ray-Kerley.
A beautiful home wedding took
jjlacc. at the home of Mr. Ed. ICer
ley of mowing Hock Dee. 3. Thf
brhle was Miss Eva Kerley and
the groom was Mr. J. G. Hay of
Ilorton. Hev. I).;F. Waters pastor
ofthe Methodist church at Hoone
otticiating. The ceremony was
witnessed bv onlv a few of the
friends and ivlatives of the bride
and groom.
Immediately after the wedding
thev left for Tennessee where they
will visit for a few days. The
bride ami groom are both jiojiu
lar and have many friends in this
conununitv.
A Good Woman Passes. "
On Thursday evening last, af
ter an illness of only a few hours,
Mrs. Wilson, the beloved wife of
Rev. L. C. Wilson of H p.a-v w r
Dams, fell on sleep that knows no
waking this side the grave, and
loved ones mourn.
Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of
the late Rev.' A. C. Farthing, and
her whole life has been one wor
thy of emulation. Truly a loving
;lI1d helpful comjianion: a devo-
mother, an obliging neigh
bor and. best of all. a consecra
ted, christian lady, has "been
joined to the great majority."
Mrs. Wilson lias reared li family
of several children, nll'-grown
now,' and Watauga can boast of
no letter jeople than they, Two
s ins, Rev. Arthur . llson and
Mr. Cih'y Wilson,' now reside" in
Missouri, the reniainder living nn-
.l..n tin. tin nn tal roof and in oth-
er narts of their native county
The Democrat, in behalf of their
many friends in Watanga, ex-
temls'to those who are crushed by
this heavv blow, its deejest and
most unselfish sympathy in this,
the darkes ienod through which
anv family is called to jiass.
For Sale!
Vtwohundivd (i200)norefarm
on the top of the Hlue Uidge,
known as the Long farm. Loca
ted :V.i miles from (Jiwn 1'iirk;
well timbered ami g'-od water.
v rite to
J. W. LOMi, Le-noiu, X C.
ranners Onioa Mteu'nj.
Th Wata.mn v Fidon
wi!Ii.,.,.tat Todd. .. C., iS;il.
u.uay.,,. Ill, l!U . Ml J0
cloth. Jhv iiiis.tinjr W1j i,,. ..j.4t
thw,:aU,j,u. ...
jliva.ioi,,,.. ,.,.., &
ltaiJroa., f.- a ,,., .,, j,..,
, and the I niou is,lu.1Ill;r;, .,;
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r.ivtluvn, thUUth,. i,Kt i.n-l-ortai.t
nuvii,,-,,, ,,.x,Ml. u.
wnwlu haw 3-.nr itt.nl ,..,,.
t-d. 1
M. II. NulxiS. I'i. s.
H.Vivj
Aht of CiitAi .si usrirfM s
theet duysol keen c..iu..vi t-
ll 14 mi, .,....... .,
lit
tfotl
lie aiioulu
LllU see tliuL I ht-i ..nt t
ueriul
n'wCuugt, leiueOy'uiiil le.i
lake bubst
luit-s bun, lurli,.-ske
Lilotil I I,.
ui extra
t-ouult lieiueoy bus MouU i li e
tesi
una Let-u uppiond r Ull)ie
1 It II I f t'u . J k 1 1
tliau
try h
Lere,
Furm Fo Sale,
Extra bartra in in VtnlLi.i IS.-..,
Farm, ut Goshen Station, on the
Watauga Railway. Twent v-liw
acres of bottomnml m.lmi.1' l'....t
location for farm.storeand town
Mieax lavoramy located tlejiot
in State. SiM-i'mllviwl ii.t;.,!
general ami truck 'farming. Al-
.-...-.- t-iit i outer iarms ior salt
on favorable terms. Our clients
are forced to sell. So if interested
w rue ior niiortnaUon to,
Finley & Hcndrcn, Ally's.
Wilkesboro, N. ( '.
Children Cry '
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
50
Business
idencc
Located on Main St. Near
Depot. Desirable Lots.
ATT
This property is located on the
main street nearthedepot. Todd
is the terminal of the Virginia
Carolina Railroad, where prop
erty will always increase in val
ue. If you buy lots at this sale
Tuesday Dec. loth, you will feel
proud that you had a part in ma
king and building of this modern
city, and thereby hay-jug pros
pered njid grown rich by the en
hancement of its value..
' This property is nicely located
and will be a chance of a lifetime
.to buy.lots at your own price a
they are going to change hands.
Property at Todd will increase
in value and the town will grofl
as North Wilkesboro did. for it
is the terminal of the V. C. R. R,.
and has a goodlack count ry to
draw from. This is the best pro
perty in Ashe County ever ol'i'e;
ed for.snle at auction.
' ' nil T T 71 CZ "I
DECEMBER
11:00 A. j&Sl.
Band Concert, Valuable Prises Free!
$5.00 In gold
Bringing the
of People to
TERMS:-'., CASH, I'ALANCL- LAKY PAYMENTS.
ENGLAND REA
Books For All Ages,
I i
n::l tastes abound on our
shelves. There are l ooks for
the yo'inprsters, book for the
rumtir.ee loving young wo
man, and books for the ser
ious inmd.s of old age.
Here are jut a tew titles and
ptiit s: Win. .1. l'.ryans comjilete
works y-'J; l'.rvan's l'rinccof eace
value of an ideal. Price of u Soul.
Man. The boy Scout Jc Aunt
la lies N.-ii-es S-iies (jiic. Tin? I'o
ny Ili h-r Hoys & Tom Swift Se
ries lo.-: Frank Mt-rriweH's Hooks
"iOc: Helen's I'.abies 4-Me: Graus
fark. I 'oily of the Circus. Sheji
her.l of t he 1 1 ills: Sherh ck Holmes
ami .Tim lieckoiiing ."ic: Fin-lv
U-nius 7-"c; Fm le I, emus Toe; Cn
tie De'iiiHs' Songs and Sayings
The CI. 1 1 ion Sl The Lyes ol
the uoild s-l.'.j and hundreds ot
others.'
We can furnish you with
any book that is published
on receipt of list price. Write
or ccme and see us for youi
Christmas books- Picture
framing a specialty.
Very truly yours,
Lenoir Book Co.
LENOIR, -
N. C
anil Res
lots
Todd. "TUFqrHIvNCITYol
TIM: MOUNTAINS," the hub ol
Ashe county, the center of com
mercial Industries, the commer
cial center of that section ol
North Carolina, the Gateway ol
the many millions of dollars in
natural resources, the town with
a future. Where fori une awaits
you. the town of opportunity
Watch Todd Grow.
A building site will be donated
to the school: also lots will be re
served for a Rank and Hotel.
i:i:li:MIii:U-This property it
in the center of town, surround
ing the depot, and the most val
uable. . Tii is property has been
consigned to us to be soltFto tin
highest bidder, and your prict
is ours.
' The President of the V. C R. II
says the road will be completed
to. Todd, just as fast as the con
tractors get to it.
V r
given to Person
largest Number
Sale in Wagon
0 as!-;
& 'HUb ur
n nn
Sewing Iachine Free.
To the family trading the largtt amount in uiy sttnv during tin
nrmth of ht 1014 I w ill give frw of t !.argt, one Honey Moon Sew.
lug Machiiivuith free M-t of attachment
Guaranteed For Ten Years.
All merchandise will lie SOLD AT CASH PKHT.S, ami a correct
a rount kept of each purchase. Machine will l dvlivetvtj toowner
on Jan. 1st. 101",. Contest trade tickets w ill be furnished to ?acb
customer showing amount of purchase.
Respectfully.
L. Greer, - - - - Zionville, N. C.
GREAT
Of General
BEGINNING
Monday November 2nd, 1914,
AND CONTINUING FOR GO DAYS
I hate decided to ofier my entire stock of general merchundi6
jxcepting groceries, for sale at actual coat. I have 8n up to-date
stock of goods, consisting of nearly everything you can think of.
Worth from $10,000 to $12,000. Never was auoh a stock of val
ues offered for cash iu wattiuga county.
Women's Shoes.
1,."00 to 2,000 pnirs of Ladies Shoes to go at cost, and a great
many pairs to go at 10 to 2"t per ceut less than the wholesale price
lust think of this as the howling winter winds begin to blow, and
don't fail to take advantage of the same.
Ladies dress goods.
Thousands of yards of goods tor the ladies' consisting of Silk .
Woolen Goods, Cot ton Goods etc The very nicest goods for win
ter suits. Just think of all these goods at the beginning of winter
oing at cost. No reason for any one doing without a new suit.
MENS
Just as the price of woolen goods is advancing, 2Z0 to 300 real
nice woolen suits of clothing ar offered to you at the wholsesnle
prices, aud a great many can be bought from 20 to 30 per cent be
low cost. These are not old shelf worn gooda but are new and up
todate. You canuot buy the equal of these goods anywhere else
at such prices, so don't delay but buy a suit now
A larye stock of Underwear for men, women and children can
be found in this great bargnin sale.
Hardware, plows, repairs, axes, notions of every description;
in fact everything kept in a first-class store can be bought at cost.
No goods to be Sold on Credit.
Just think of saving from 25 to 40 per cent on your winter
supplies. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity, even if you
haye to come for miles. Don't take chances on waiting until the
last days of the sale as olten the best bargains go first.
Most respectfully
M. B. Blackburn,
BOONE, - N. C. .
New Store,
New
The place to get good goods and save money is the
place to buy. An investigation 6f our prices on flour, su
jar, coffee and all staple groceries will convince you that
it is to your interest to trade with us.
Why go Barefooted
while our stock of shoes and rubber goods is complete and
prices in reach of all? We carry an up to date line of dry
goods, notions, hats, ladies and gents furnishings, winter
uyderwear and hosiery, blankets, bed spieads and table -linen.
Examine our line of
Hardware And Feed Supplies
Visit our store examine our line of goods and let us
prove that it is to your advantage to trade with us. Come
buy a shot gun for your winter sports,
Yours for business,
COOK & CARLTON,
Br.nk Building - - Boone, N. C,'
Merchandise
SUITS
New goods,
Prices!
i lie
next two years, and we con-
MiEExarioi!", No. i'au.
litlent
y exjx-ct it.