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JANUARY 17. 1924. <T<"- cSJataaiia democrat. Local Affairs Town and County Thu grading on Main Street ha been abandoned for the present ow ing to the unsettled weather. Mr. R. E. Johnson of Gastonia was ir? town last Saturday and Sun day. having c> ne to look after sorrr business matters. Mr. Johnson's lain ily spend the summer in Boone a the home formerly* occupied by ?>i L. it. Bingham. Regular meeting Watauga L.odg No. 27.*? at the Masonic Hall Friday night. All members expected to at tend and vl>iting brethren invited Much business to be transacted tha is of importance to the order am the membership at large. Mr. aiv1 Mr-. Jenkins, iio roeont. Iv ?!d their home to its former own er Mr. i'mk iloages ka.i re rnc< to Ashe C niiiiy, and Mr. ft >d: . ba mo ed ir; o tlx vacated i ?>r .*r;y. Mr Jam . L> on: . family <?f Bio*.-, rj Rock re* m par Y - M ! Vl ge.Y towi prop 1 y. r.iov< d las week. 4 MY v I-;.; h? I! ksor. Mir Combs. : Ct, ci:e M >odv, ai' dou.ts of ii-".' Cevi Creek Consoiidai; ed School v . :e viAtors in town Men day afternoon d remained ?01 >At< movies i'i ihe evening. Miss.- Hen son and Comhs were piea-ant a in appreciated caliers at ll is oiii v whili in town. Arnold. the eight year old n < Mr. Zeb May berry, who was take? from Boone to the Christian Ads en Orphanage at Live Oak. Florida some two months ago, died at tha institution on Jan 7, after a ver brief illness. He was out playing 01 the day preceding his death. Hear trouble is said to have been Ih cause of the eeming untimely em of the bright and much-lowd boy. Attorney K. S. Coffey has mow< his law horary and othce fixture- l< the now offices f District A'.iorne; Frank A. L: aney. and th? In tie build ing had not bee a vacated hut a fev hours untii Mr. Stark Lawieiuv am family moved in. The 'ast section - !" the Blair ol Hotel property is now being raz.*' to make room for come basinet building- that will be built the com ir.g summer. The block of building: itipliwliiw th?? thonli'.i KnilHintr ui extend from Mr. \Y. L. Bryan's lin to the aliy we^t of the post, office and will comprise another big addi tion to the town. Little Frank, son of Mr. and Mr: Noah Earp died last Friday, the ri suit of a fall he had a week previou to that time. He was buried in th town cemetery Saturday afternooi j. tor Woosley conducting a shoi burial service. He suuereo intense! during the week after his fall, an had no medical attention whntece However Dr. Perry was on the wa to see him when the end came. H was of very pour parentage and ha been raised in an unassuming bom but it is good to think that his ii heritance up yonder will be just i great as if he was the son of a mi lionaire. tlis parents are grief-striel en and have our sympathy. Mr. W. J. Woodring of Junctio City, Kansas is a visitor f< :< fe days to this, the county of m tivity. Twenty-two years ago, he : that time being only twelve yea: of age, the uneducated lad left Val Cruris for the west in quest of wor; his father Mr. John Woodring ha ing died previous to his departur He landed in Missouri and took wo with a farmer, and remained in th; stale ior fomo time, rrom mere i went to Kansas where he has swn made his home. This is his first vi it back, and now he comes l'ro Graham. N. <\ where he has bet engaged for some time as const ru tion foreman on stretch of co crete road, fie is now doing we making money, has a wife and ft children in Kansas, and will lea for his home wr.hin the next ft days. The boy who has the gi to run up against che world at t tender age this one did deserves succeed and that abundantly! i A LETTER FROM P1NEY FLA' Piney Flats. Tenn. Dec. Z Mr. Editor: Enclosed you \\ find check for which please send t Democrat another year. T have re your paper the past year with great deal of pleasure and intere It i?N like receiving letters from hoi folks. 1 think you deserve the p ronage and support of your ho: people. 1 see a great many things tl interest me and do me good in y< paper, from home folks and fr friends. Wishing you all the success a happiness possible for 1924, I rem Your friend, JONAS W1NEBARGI i ; I T V? j THE HOME PAPER IN VERSE I No news is said to be pood news, i And no kirks about the paper are 1 likely to be interpreted by the country editor as meaning: that he hadn't displeased too many people. But there one kind of a kick to which th< s editor object#?the kick that the pa nor V?*??s f.ii!ixl <? -?t tU<> . .r time. An unknown writer in the \Ya,, terbury American?we assume in . Connecticut, though the exchange ir e which we found the poem doesn't - i:idi< ate?has humorously described t a kicker of this kind: . My father says the paper he r: i ?s aint put up right; He finds a Jot of fault, he doe-, perusing it all night; ! He says there aint a single thing in it worth to read, ^ And that it doesn't print the kind of , off tin* people need; II.- tosses it aside and says its stii, y I on the bum, - I" it ?u fight to hear him l?? -! . h< u i* pa*. doesn't come! l.j II ( ; .' : the " eddiugfs a I hd <"'! gel-not; . ! social doin's wit j T<- k read ; \ - perte tvi , e jv y- *i'f??r;u: i it do?. .:*l have a crumb? But you nigr.i i<> 1::?;; him h ' ;er ,, ! when t) paper doesn't come; is cit"> ay> f:r-t to grab it and i: j read'1 it plu nb ek-m through? t. tit- ::y don't kno'- whai wt 1 ant, tbe ;<! n newspaper gu^-: m goiiig to take a day iom t me 1 ami go and out them *' ?e; 1 ."Sum- mes it s-.rin? as though hot 1 rriui-t be ritaf ami blind ami d nV' u But you ought to hear him ho,.- r if 1 the p.-.oer doesn't come, v I 1 SEMCR B. Y. P. U. * Til- follow! -g aii- the n? \v ffict rs elected Jan. Id, in our u ion. 1 ilerman Wilcox. President, Ruth I'ottrVll. Vice President; Carrie ? > ' ,i fe\ Secretary ami Treasurer: Mailt d la Rat ' Wilson, Corresponding S<-.v ivtary; Jerry Wlson. bibm r- aderLeader; Jeter Ramsey, Chorister: vj .my Moret/.. Pianist; Group CapJ; tains Samuel Hilton, Ruth Coffey. S. Iv Eggers, Kuln I lodges, l.ibraj ! nan to be appointed, j Y\ by not with litis Imro'li of youm: : have a real snappy Baptist Younv Peoples' Union" The lesson or pro1 | gram for Suiuly night Jan. 2vlth i lj j "The Bible the one Bai ls <,f Bapti.1 j Belief." What could be more inipor I taut than to study the beliefs of out ' j'lwn church? "Is a firm foundatior ' valuable? Study in B. V. P. I J. Sun day night at The Bible as tin Basis of Baptist Belief. The inten - tions of the president is to bcgii is | promptly on time as to give us am e | pie time for our programs befor >? . preacmng time, ana it is sincerei; rt ! requested that each member will y | ruahe an iimiest cuviv In V?*_ nil tir.i; d | This is to the visitors? We will tr; r. | to make our programs more interes y ting in the future and you are vel e corned. We also extend a hearty wel d come to those who wish to join ou ie union. Foreword: "Even though yoi n- fail today, keep at it! Ne\cr throv Is your dreams away, keep at it" Le 1- the thoughtless laugh and jeer thei t- pretend you do not hear, when yoi conquer they will cheer, keep at it.' n HERMAN WILCOX TRAINING SCHOOL NEWS ^ Rev. Uriah Farthing of Oklahoma was at the chapel exercises of th rs Appalachian Training School tw ^ days the past week. Aiso Rev. Hug v" ?rins came down to the school tw e days. They conducted devotional sei vices and made good talks to th at students. le Dr. J. I.. Morgan president of th North Carolina Lutheran Synod, w t s_ i Boone on Saturday a -1 preache m at the Kpiscopal Church on Sunda night. Just before the sermon th c Lutheran people organized a Luthc ,j league. elected oflUJ i: . and a!i jj plans for this important work fo ^ iln r y img people. The pastor an v officers . i the church met on Monda ;w morning to consider the location* c ^ church building and parsonage. lRl Professor CBappel Wilson of th to Normai School at the Traigin School, has been off the past wee by the direction of the Vocation; | Board of the Federal Govemmen A difficulty arose a f? v. days ag ^ between Mr. Cleve Johnson and > t drummer. The latter struck Mr. Joi *.jj son with an iron spoke, and was ha ^ tened away before the police ma | couid arrive. He will be brougl j back and hound over to court fi i using a deadly weapon. J. M. DOWNUM. mc | at"l me I lat | >url Farmers of Buncombe county ai oni! signing up in a five year contra i to sell strawberries, potatoes and t tnd matoes through the Farmers' Fede am ation. One variety of tomatoes, 01 ! of strawberries and two of Irish p 2R.I tatoes will be grown. THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E THREE-LEGGED BUR GIVE ' U. S. HIIHTER LIVELY TIME Bruin, Caught in Trap, Battles After Being Wounded. Washington.?When ?i hear loses one of his legs ho does not find it necessary to appeal to the keeper of a zoo for quarters and rations for the rest of his life. According to Goverament Hunter \V. H. Cay wood, a bear so crippled may destroy a great deal of live stork and pot up a stiff tight when caught. A recent report by one of the predatory animal Inspectors of the biqlogical Purvey of the United States Department of Agriculture contains an account of this banter's experience in trapping such a hear, which was one of three killed by him In a few months In the ranges of west! ern Colorado. For the hist two years stockmen In that region had complained of great losses of >heep and cattle through U e depred:-t:"ns of t?u? three killers, in .Tune ?,n- -n m lost oire -toers. Later }' "!<-r ' vood N\ns rait >?n the 1o'. it, Us !o. - .0.1 he trapped n ' all ..f ;Tr- fr!o. Tiro k:-t OTU- " - 1 brown n-a'e weighing about! ?> r- ' - ] ?? - ft .-J r-vjd My ; in a tra:- -.r s|Kd off I1 ' 1 1 Tn ? ? ; ;vrv-o this -,n ! hear wo: 1 : /?? rlM-' n \t ell-d'd' ? norma* * ' T?nt the fonr'i ntp.vh r? M where fh t:J j re! *'m* lmpr>nt of h:>r coah1 !?: This varl nt: *i in 1 or trades puzzled t'-" hunter for ^-vcrv! months and it was not until he 'rapped the animal that *h* mystery was "leared tip. After hot an eanght in the trap t* {? tough old rsiidi r. runnfua on three cylinders drairged the tin-pound trap nnd toggle three-quarters of a it? Me, and or the v.proaeh of the hunter took rrfttg 'ti a thleket of quaking aspen He;-, lie put tip what the hunt it enlte'l ?n honest to-goodness flpht xvhfch nearly ? n.led in a hand treelaw ene turter The old nv:?an?h-r, i minus one leg aiitl with another dragjrlng titan;. p?';!vls of trap and tngg?r. kept on coming e\en af'er a ritle had been emptied rtf- him. and was finally killed at range v ill a illher '.pitomntie pistol. This hear sun* lv ran he said to have died with his hoots on. Three IVIen Electrocuted While Working on Well PitrkhT-lMirj!, W. V:i. ThriH? mer won killed when fin In n pip* thej were lowering into a well ?Mmp lr contact with a hlch tension cleetrh wire. The three men. Worthy if Johnson. Karl (\>e and Opal Llglitner were knocked to the pronto! and diet' i a few minutes later. The three victims, employed at t local steel mill, had heen laid off fw a few days and were Installing t pump at Johnson's home on the first off-day. Another man, passing bj th< Johnson home, assisted in lower! nj L> the pipe. Tie was knocked to tin * ground, hut escaped Injury. The eontnet between the pipe an< z the c!fc?r!c u*'re hut n few :no y mentr, the pipe sliding off the wire As the contact was broken, the met were released from the pipe and wen carried Into the Johnson home, when they died, r 1 Ship Construction in i j Brit&in sit Lowest Ebl n ' London.?The tonnage of vessels act u j ually under construction in Britisi " ! yards at the end of September, 11>?3. i the smallest for fourteen years, accord Ing to an analysis of Lloyd's ship building returns by the transportatlot H'vlaWm of tlio Ifini rtniMii: of com l' merce. The figure given?1.271. lft tons?include 242.000 tons on whirl ? work has been suspended. A specific Illustration of the pre sen o' condition is shown by the fact tha : Inula-lungs on the Clyde during th e | quarter ended S. member SO totale i 27 vessels of press tons. Thus 1 for three months tonnage leavlne th ways was about equal to t-.vo meolun: . sized cargo vessels. Imt* netuallj wa spread over 27 craft. . t * Eats Standing Up Since He Defied A.rnaed Robbe a } Spencer. Tml. John Barge, a bakei d! eat* standing up n< :t result of his ei N perience with a lookout for u rob he ;l | band that held up the town, j The bandit told Barge to halt whe i he approached a "dead line" 'hat hit ( j been drawn, but the baker Ignored th ^ j comiannd. h j The bandit lirod one shot from hi i shotgun. l.?urge has been unable t t. sit down with comfort since then. ;o , a f?"? ? i- ; s-| ! Floating Palace of ' ? Tiberius Is Sought | * Rome.?An attempt is to lie y \ mode to recover from Lake ' 4 Nemi near Iton.e the floating J t palace of the Emperor Tiberius i * consisting of two-galleys which ; ! have been buried in the mud for * nineteen centuries and are be# lleved to contain marvels of anr<? J clent art equal to those fouad in ct I t the tomb of Tut'Ankli-Amen. o- J The expenses of the work will r.! 4 he borne by private Individuals ie! J in order not to burden the gov0 * eminent. Tlie project has the j \ approval of Premier Mussolini. VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. F Fortunes, like river a beginning somewhe denial is the means of ment of character. We cordially invite DIRECTORS N. L. I G. P. Hagaman. B. B. 1 / 3 I " " i i ?, j C \ > ,t jt j S.v /' (' . .?_?* . (k* - ... ?.. cU.it of tLc . a'.jcK' Iloie LiuilaiO; N. Y., io wKiclk for f?C op i i "iir suf fcrers Ka?" been 10 ^pecUl* : zed treatment iron- * ?>vc;r ibe U. S. A.. Canada ar.d forai^^ lends.) i Will Undo Much Evil By Dr. V. M. Pierce Kuo\. nig the va.s, amount of -\ ham. wrought hy diBvaatis of the . I kidtteys. and having nad opponuo, I ity to observe m?- uiin.'ysos and tne I successful methods of trimtuient In ; thousands of cast's of kidney '.rouble j at the lr.\&llds Hoi;:, i have re. ceittly giver. t?? the public the latest r j and perhaps most important of the t Dr. Pierce home remedies, "Ant i uric" tanti uric - acul > Tablets, ? which I now recommend to those ^ who suffer willi kidney backache, j irregularity of urination and tfe# j pains and disturbances that coffee from excess of uric acid in the blr-od. ' "An-uric" can be had now at all - i the drue stores. The mere drinking . ; of a cup of hot water each morning i i and a little "An-uric" before every s meal should bring remarkably quick improvement Y iu may have j kidney trouble and not know it. The danger sfgnais to he watched j for and quickly heedtd are hackI ache, depression, aches, pains, j heaviness. drowsiness dizziness. > irritability, headaches, chilliness, rheumatic twinges, swollen joints gout 1 a ? ' Office Phone Residence * 665 261 b Sugar When You t Want It t R. E. JOHNSON ^ P. O- Box 252 Gastonia, N. C. t, e ' - " ?? " 11 s STOCKHOLDERS MEETING All stockholders of the Brushy I Fork Cheese Factory are urged tc ;>* eot at an unreal meeting or Jan. 25, ): 2it the above name< * cheese f .?tory at 2 ?>. in. r* JL IL HAYES, Preaden r* -IAS. H. BINGHAM. S-cv. r n 'I | SR. &LFR!O W. sisla = * IK YE SPECIA1 Is! ? SEF- BK rrER * '7 Year's Experience ~ i The Best liquipmcnt Obtainable. + y x Glasses Fitted Exclusively i I ! I MART1K BLOCK, LEHOIR, H. t 1 a If you fof it Croio DULA. it's All RictiL 1 J 11 V- WATCH PAP CIX KOR DATES. * j IMPORTA J All persons who wis the h deral Land Bank I the ofttce of Brown & Bi ' tion before January 25, JOHN E. BRO ortune: 5. can be traced back to a re in little savings. Saving accumulating great fortu you to start your savings Mast, L. A. Greene, F A ! Dougherty, S. E. Gragg, . " WATAUG/ I , - O A ! L > / \ i 13 O O N :.M MEMORY Little Frr.uk Earp who died Jan-| ?y il. 101? 1. Our loss is heaven's! tie 1 > veaM-d to play on the j 's ar.d g. i ker J he flowers of spring P.*. :ias gone, and joined the an| to sing. little ruth b minks. CARD OF THANKS ! \W v. an* to extend oar most sin > - re thanks to our friends and neigh i..-is for theii kindness show n to ? - ' - ii .^ the sickness. u?h and burof our dear wife and mother, \ ore '?(! ha:- called out into the Great Beyond. It has been so hard I i ? give hci up but God knows besi and has called her home where per-. : r - He has a greater work for her. I I'; the graie and help of God we ! 'pc to meet her in the sweet bye, and bye. B. F. CARROL and FAMILY. i.<ji?iinc.Ki.iAL rKinunnj ui- tvt RY KIND BY RIVERS PRiNT. CO. NOTICE ! NORTH CAROLINA ! WATAUGA COUNTY By virtue of the provision of a i-erta.n deed of trust dated July 5, 1922, executed by G. F. Bingham and wife M. A. Bingham to William fr'. Sertoli, trustee, to secure ctrruuit sums therein mentioned and because of default made in the payments of the debts thereby secured at the request of the holders of the said indebtedness, I will on Saturday Feb. lt?. 1921 at twelve o'clock noon at the court house door at Boone, North Carolina, expose to sale and sell to (the highest bidder at public auction | for cash the lands described in said j deed, which is registered in Watau| ga county in Rook no. 1 of Mortgage ! Deeds at page 125, as follows: Lying in Cove Creek township, Watauga county. North Carolina, adjoin ing the lands of .1. M. Stokes heirs ar.d others: Beginning ?n a white walnut and run.- north do degrees west 21 poles :o a beech, then west 1 poles to a dogwood ots the top of ridge, then j north I degrees east IS poles to a | stake on top of th" ridge, then north .! 1 degrees cast _-i poles to a chestnut oil the top <;f the ridge, then ^sovth t>8 degrees east 40 poles to , bit iory at a spring, then south 45 l -ngrces east 12 poles to a stake l ihen south 21 degrees east 21 poles co ' ove v t*eeK, men uown * nc.> ureel i Souih '/'J degrees west 20 poles. Iher j outh 48 u^gjrees wot 20 poles sc jj ; -lake o. the center of rhe creek , .:. ?,* line; then norti. 20 degree; a \e.-i 8 poks to the beginning, eon [ taining 21 1-2 acres more or j? | Toe purchaser will be required I' comply with the terms of law rela I've to sales under deeds of trus and mortgages. This January 12. 1924. WILLIAM F SCHOLL. Trustee NT NOTICE h to borrow money frorr of Columbia will come tc ingham and make aDplica 1924. WN, Secy- Treas. PAGE FIVE O 3 very small source? the LITTLES by self nes am! the develop> account with us now Linney, J. W. Horton, J. H. Mast. I \ county ! M K ? . N C . " PIANO SACHfFICE i?, . (d .na'.tiity to keep up pay. hiYV - had ?. high grade ..he be t of condition, turn;1 back to ur>. This instrument, we < an s? for .i rare bargain, giving ternj: "i? resitonsibl; par. -s. For full particu ers addro.-s Ludd'en & Bate:-, Atlanta. Georgia. He WAN^fl-,so"5x5 5aw^ 1 T ri. I J-LiV LOCUST FENCE P- STS, 7 feci long. See or write V H. Gragg, Boone, N. C. ' f-'.'O TO-NICHT '31 ;. ;>i i< . lu. ""jkili, y I ton--iiot!: IV With > 1t prizing ?r n res? CHi M2-?LR!.,AINNS TABLETS Set you. 1 .on.;,. ;r.iy 25c NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified ;*s administrator of the estate of H. L. Greene deceased, this is t?? notify all persons having claims against said estate of deceased to present them for payment within twelve months of the date of : this notice or the same will bo g}cad in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please | make immediate payment. This January 10, 11)2-1. R. W. GREENE. ssyxptxiisiraior. Brown & Bingham, Attorneys. NOTICE is hereby given that we George Robinson and < Jyde Robinson have sold our part in the It. P. Robinson stock of merchandise to R. O. Robinson R. P. Robinson and R. A. Robinson collects and pays all debts due by mutual consent of all parties. This December 31, 1923. GEORGE ROBINSON CLYDE ROBINSON 1-10-2 t-2tc Hairs Catarrh Medicine rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. Sold by druggists for oyer 40 years F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohio | EXTTt A HNE PURE BRED MAM,m'!' ilronze Turkeys for sale h\Mi ! II. Pbillips, Sugar drove. ,! X. C. 12-13- It -p AN INVESTMENT ) : wh;:h assures sn ar-.nual return of } s! not less than 7 per cent. .and which _ pays an additional 2 per cent annually when net earnings on the total capita! amount to 9 per cent, . in a corporation under the direct 1 management of a group from among the most successful executives in the Piedmont section . .secured by one of the most mod- / ern and best equipped weaving mills r in the South manufacturing a consistently profitable line of goods IS WORTH LOOKING INTO For full particulars write 1 Bond Department k T&WnTlkT/X s mr ? abiwulan trust ' company CHARLOTTE, N. C. i FRANK B. GREEN, Manager. 12-20-tI
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