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LOCAL AFFAIRS
Mr. W. H. Gragg and family
have returned from a few days
visit to relatives In Jonesboro,
Tenn.
Mrs. A. W. P. Coffey, of Le
noir, was in town a few hours
last Saturday. The splendid lady
is always a welcome visitor here.
- Mr. George Phillips and fami
ly, of Sugar Grove, are prepar
ing to move back to their home
in Boone for the winter.
Mrs, J. C. Kay. who has been
so critically ill for some time is
but little if any improved. How
ever, it is yet hoped that she
may recover.
Mrs. J. Gordon Ballew, of Le
noir, with her charming little
daughter, is spending a few days
at the home of her brother, Mr.
H. Neal Blair, on New River. .
Mrs. James C. Rivers, who has
been taking hospital treatment
in Knoxville, Tenn., for some
weeks, has returned . very much
improved In health.
Our coal dealer, W. A. Wat
son, has been fortunate enough
to procure and deliver to his cus
tomers in Boone another stand
ard car of the much-coveted fuel.
Dr. L. E. Farthing, of Wilming
ton, who with his wife and son,
has been visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Farthing,
left for their home Monday mor
ning.
Mrs. Sarah G. Wagner, of Val
le Crucis, was in town Tuesday
and took out letters of adminis
tration of the estate of her hus
band, Mr. W. H. Wagner deceas
ed.
Mr. Robert Pulliam, of Wash
ington, D. C, after a mostde
lightful visit to relatives and
friends in and near Boone, left
Tuesday morning for his home
in the Capital City.
We are asked to announce that
there will be a very importann
, meeting of the American Legion
in Boone next Saturday night, to
which eaeh and every member
is invited.
Mrs. Mabel Toppings Ander
Bon, of Spruce Pine, is here for a
few weeks visit to her mother
Mrs. Mattie Toppings, and other
relatives and friends in Boone
' and Watauga.
Mrs. T. B. Moore, who has
been right seriousjy ill for some
days, is somewhat improved, we
are glad to note. Her sister, Miss
Blanch Blair, of Blowing Rock
has been at her bedside for sev
eral days.
The Sheriff of Cabarras coun
ty came up yesterday, paid off
all the court cost in the cases of
the five men who were sentenced
to the roads at the term of court
just closed, and took the prison
ers back with him and they will
begin the service of the several
sentences at once. .
The sale of the Estes Hartley
property on last Saturday by the
Harris Land Co., ofKingsport,
Tenn., is said to have passed off
in a manner satisfactory to the
owner and sellers. The property
brought $9,500. We learn that
Mr. Hartley will go to Tennessee
in quest of a new home.
About 11 o'clock Tuesday night
Jailer Greene heard some unusu
al noise without the building. He
arose and tipped out to di sco ver
a man at one of the cell windows,
pole in hand and through the
window, supposedly conveying
tools to the prisoners. The officer
got one shot at the man, but his
bullet went wild, and he made
good his escape. A guard was
called In for the remainder of the
night About 2, a. m., several
shots were fired within a few
hundred yards of the jail, on the
road leading to Shulls Mills, but
no other attempt to. liberate the
prisoners was made. The afore
said gentleman (?) had a close
call as he can attribute his whole
: hide to the bad marksmanship
Attend the Chautauqua to be
held in Boone, beginning tomor
row and closing Monday evening.
The Cbautauqa season 'has for
several seasons been one of our
best and most profitable enter
tainments. It promises much this
year. If you have'nt procured a
ticket yet, try to get one. s' ? (
Prof. A. J: Greene, of the fac
ulty of the A. T. S.. has purchas
ed the lots owned by Mr. A: W.
116 RAILIIA1 MUl-MEETIKI
; HELB II KOBTM W1LKESB0R0.
There wasamastmeetingheld
in North Wllkesboro, last Mon
day, composed very .largely ol
representative citizens from Wa
tauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes,
and a snaaUVepresentation from
several otbercounties in the Wes
tern part of the State,' the object
of the meeting being to discuss
ways and means looking to the
Smith, oniRivers street and will building of a standard gauge rail-
erect a handsome residence theie road across the Blue Ridge .and
into the "Lost Province" of North
Carolina. ,
As our readers well remember
Representative Bowie, of Ashe
county, introduced a bill in the
last Legislature to sell the North
Carolina Railroad Raleigh to
Goldsboro and complete the
road from Elkin to Sparta, and
from North Wilkesboro to Boone,
and make a connection with the
Southern at Maymead, Tenn., o-
ver the most practical route. The
bill did not pass, but a bill provi
ded for the Governor to appoint
a commmittoe of five men to in
vestigate the proposition and
make a survey. The committee,
composed of Messrs. Beneham
Cameron, of Durham, T. C. Bow
ie, of Jefferson, Mr. Heath, of
Monroe, A. J. Draper, of Char
lotte, and 0. D. B rod man, of
Newborn, was present at the
on in the very nearfuturer A
niece of Mrs. Greene is negotia
ting for an adjacent lot, and if
she gets the deal through will al
so build.
Messrs! Orville S. Martin, cir
culation manager of the Johnson
City Chronicle and C. E. Shorte,
of the same paper, were Intown
uesday in the interest of their
paper. They were pleasant call
ers at our office and expressed
hemselves as being highly pleas
ed with their first visit to ou r
'rapidly growing town," and
bespoke a great future for her.
Wo have just heard of the death
of Mrs. JohnT. Shull, of Digh
on, Kans., which occurred in a
hospital at Battle Creek, Michi
gan, a few days since. Mrs, Shull
was a daughter of the late Geo.
Hayes, of the Silverstone section
oi tnis county, ana was oorn ana meetinjr and aboeared favorable
reared in Watauga, and the news to the biiz scheme, and auite a
of her demise will bring sadness Lumber of smha favoring it
to the hearts of her many friends were made A Committee com
in Watauga, aed. of Bowie. Hackett and
Mr. Milton Greene, of Howards Dougherty were appointed to
Creek, died at his home last draft resolutions, and reported as
Thursday afternoon after sever- follows: Resolved, That the
al days ilness with milk sick, stock in this road should be used
eaving a wife and several small as security in nnancmg the new
children. His aged parents, Rev. road." The Engineer is. work
andMrs. Edmund Greene, were ing out the most practical route
argely under his care. Deceased for the line across the mountain.
was a man of wonderful physical To be sure there is to be more
build, but had an antipathy for legislation along, this important
working under a boss. Hence he line, and all this is preliminary
was never seen on public works I thereto.
of any kind. He was contented to Since the above was put in
wotk on his little farm, and at
odd spells he would would gath
er herbs and dig roots to fill in
his time. He made a good, com
fortable living, and was consi
ered a just and upright citizen
mums school mews.
Some special events at the
Appalachian Training School the
past few days:' Mr. W. M. Be
mis talk to the students on Rad
cliffe's Chautauqua and Chautau
quas in general; Rev. F. M. Hug
gins conducting devotional serr
vice; an interesting, reading by
Miss Dagenhart, a student of the
Normal Department; a piano Ju
et,by Misses Ruth Coffey' and
Elsie Farthing, and several read
ings from James Whitcomb Riley
by Miss Mary Jarrell, of -the
Normal Department
The Annual Reunion of the old
Confederate soldiers was an im
portant event on Thursday and
Friday of the past week, These
old veterans were entertained at
the Training school and seemed
most fully to enjoy their stay, as
the school was no less glad to
have them. A memorial service
was held on Friday in honor of a
half dozen of these heroes who
had passed to the beyond since
the last reunion. The remaining
ones of the fast thinning ranks
still retain the true patriotic
spirit and thrilled all with mar
tial music on fire' and drum.
The longest term of court in
this county in many years is now
in session, One of the main rea
sons for its length are the whls
key cases tried, resulting from
the vigilance of the officers who
. At A I. 5 1
seem aeterminea inai wnisKey
must go. The good Judge' Mc
Elroy joined heartily this deter
mination by sending the violators
to the penitentiary and roads in
stead of letting them off with
a fine.
J. M. D.
The J: GRIPPIE NORRIS LaND
at thg esst end o the muster field at
Boone l Koine to be offered for sale
by the Homo Land & Investment Co.
Saturday immediately followinz thoir
sale at Joe Hardin's.
Notice of Sals of Very
Valuable Personal Property
By virtue of a judgement xf the Su
perior Court of Stokes county, N. C.
rendered by Ills Honor, Win. P. Har-
in? at Jnly term 1922, in the case of
The Bank of Seokes County vs, Lind
say Patterson, appointing the. undor-
igned commissi c nor to make salo of
the hereinafter described personal
property which the plaintiff was ad
judged to bo the owner and cntiiled
to the immediate possession, I will
sell to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy the judgment in the above en
titled case, at the court lionse door in
Boone, N. 0., on
SATURDAY SKPT. 23, 1922
at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. the fol
lowing described personal proporly:
About 08 head of hclfors and cows,
about 10 yearling bulls two years old,
and about 20 calves, male and female,
Tho above doscribed cattle aro sup
posed tq be thoroughbred short horn
cattle. This the 28 day of August 1022.
J. V. HALL, Commissioner.
type, the committee appointed
by the Governor, together with
tho surveyor and the editor
the Greensboro News, have been
in Boone and wore perfectly car
ried away with the prospects
linking up this fertile mojntain
section, with the rest of the
State.
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Attention, Buyers
Mr. add jrwi;s: fe 'un 6rc:;
Iredell coudty,'iartst'rth!jr
of theif sistor, Mrs. R. 0,'RfVer?,' ,
.. Mr. and Mrs. Mtck Lattrelf," cf
Montezuma, were week-end Vttftori to
friends In Boone.-; !V, .; i :
, BoauUful, warm days and cool, bra
clog nights..,. ? .,.", j t y''
" The next thlnjf for Boone Is . '
trlbutlng station or Ute Standard Oil
Company. The surrey of the town was lJ
made for the Company Tuesday..' , ,)"
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LOST-Fountain Pe n , . Finder ',
. return to Jim Hardin and;ra
ceive'reward. '." ,? ' ): :r
FOR SALE: Registered Hf rferd bulls ;
of. any ago. Highost pedigrees, Hir
er Plain Firm, T. W. Ferguson
manager, Ferguson, Wilkes coun
ty, N. C. "
A 03 ACHE FARM, two houses one ' ,
not finished, about 100,000. feet Umber .
good water power, close to school. ,
Price only 12000. .Homo Land & In
vestment Co.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
MILLER-LEMLEY.
A quiet home wedding of unu
sual interest took place at the
home of H. II. Lemley, Fleet
wood, N. C, on Tuesday, of this
week when Mr. Lemly's sister,
Elizabeth, married Mr. J. Leon
ard Miller, of New Hartford, New
York. The interest centered in
the facts that Mr. Milier was for
one year a teacher' in the Appa
lachian Training School and Miss
Lemley was for some years ma
tron of Ljovill Home at the same
schooi. Mrs. Miller, who is a dau
ghter of the late Dr. Thos. Lem
ley, of Todd; has been engaged
in Home Demonstration Work in
E'ender county. Mr. Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lon E. Miller, of
New York State, holds a respon
sible place in a large textile plant
in New Hartford. Both of these
young people are most excellent
and popular, and have the best
wishes of their many friends
hero and in the northern State
where the.v will make their
home. They motored to Hicko
ry the same evening and took
the train for Washington, New
York Uity, and other places of
interest before'returning to their
home. Prof. Downum, of the
Training School, officiated at the
marriage.
Our sales arc growing daily.
You arc the cause and we ap
preciate it.
Our fall and winter line of cloth
ing, shoes, rubber goods, blankets,
comforts, etc. is arriving daily and
quality considered, we invite comparison.
Our Hobby is
good pods , , .
, . , nothing shoddy
and at as reasonable prices as can be had
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of thanking
our friends and neighbors and publlo
in general, for their assistance in the
death and burial of ourdaughter Ruth
who was so suddenly taken from us.
Mav the Lord's blessings rest on
each and every one.
" MR. AND MRS. W. W. MILLER
Boone, N. C. Route 1.
THE BIGGEST CROWD that has
ever attended a land salo Is expected
Saturday morning when the Hornet
Land & Investment Co. starts their
sale at "Hardinvllle" on the Joe Har
din Farm between Boone and the Per
We again call your attention to
our full line of groceries, candies,
meats; etc. also we will be glad to
show you our line of footwear,
clothing, hose, dry goods, notions,
etc.
Make our store headquarters and live us your
trade for ve will appreciate such courtesy
Watauga Supply Co.
We Have Reserved
THE BIGGEST BARGAINS
for the last week
OF OUR SEPTEMBER SALE
10 U2
81 -2c
89c
Sc
49c
19c
39c
Percale, 30 in. wide. yd.
Good apron gingham
Ladies' silk waists only
Men's and ladies heavy
cotton sweaters 89 C
Boys and misses sweaters
Extra good children's
white socks, only
Children's dresses
sizes up to 12, only
Boy's caps, only
Boys' blue denim overalls
Men's blue denim overalls
Men's every-day pants t 89c
Boys and misses winter
union suits WC
men's wool-mixed union
suits, only 1.20
Boys and misses summer
. union suits 1 9C
Ladies and misses khaki
middy suits, only 1-98
Good sewing thread, only 3c
Solid leather scout shoes 195
Solid leather army shoes Zm9S
Ladies s'ple shoes, oxfords 1.49
Ladies canvas oxfords 1.25
Misses white and black
sport oxfords 1m25
Table damask, 58" wide 39 C
Youth's khaki overalls 45c
Good hovs blouses, onlv 39 C
Good boys work shirts
Silk pongee, only
Baby's wool-mixed sweaters 98c
Rubber pants for the baby 21c
THOUSANDS OF
OTHER BARGAINS
Davidson's Dep't Store
BOONE, N.C
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