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I 11 ibm! VOLUME ALA. NO. "24 Today and jl oiiiorrow 8y FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE Speed Reports from England are t Flight Leader A. H. Orlebar, v flew ;!G8 miles an hour for Schtieider Cup, has achieved a spi ?>f ouu nuies un uviii Ii? S pnVi trial. At that rate a man could st westward around the world in latitude of London and never get < from under the sun. All human progress has arii from the effort to expand time a compress space. Think that ov With flight at 500 miles an he possible, space will mean nothii time everything. Many who read this will live to : airplanes running regularly on so j such time-schedule. lime "Time is Money," said Poor Rii ard. Few understand just what t) means. The new lacquer process of pai ing motor cars takes one day in I paint shop instead of a month. Pa shop floor-space is saved. Money t up in undelivered cars is refeai thirty days earlier, and capital turned over faster; result, cHeaj ears. A young railway clerk asked Cleveland bank to let him prove cauld save them $25,000 a year rerouting their mail exchange w other banks. The first year the sj ings amounted to nearly $100,000 terest on uncollected items in tn sit. Railroads run fast freight trai today on passenger schedules. M< chants can get goods in a week tl used to take a month in transit. Th do not have to carry such lai stocks, hence have less canital ti up, lower iittercat chiiV^M aliu G . ell cheaper. Every invention which moves m or merchandise faster cuts down t cost of living in this complex n chine age. Teachers Public education will never be good as it ought to he so long most school teachers never get 01 side of their home countries, sc Edward A. Filene, Boston merchs and philanthropist. Teachers cunr present a true view of the world thfir pupils unless they know son f thing about the world out of th> own exeprionce. This is true for others bestc teachers. The only really educat persons are those who have seen 01 or countries besides their own. It getting easier and easier to do th A trip to Europe with a week London and another week in Pa can ho hud for S250 from New Yoi Mr. Filcnc is working 011 a plan reduce this to $150 for teachers a the next step, he thinks, will be have such trips made cotnpulsory I every teacher above the prima grades. Wheat The most important news that; 1 come out of Russia is the report discovery by Russian botanists of new hybrid grain, a cross betwe wheat and rye. It is said to combi tne food qualities of wheat with t cold resistance of rye and to yi< three times as many bushels to t acre as ordinary wheat. Not all the news that comes c of Russia can be credited; and tl may be exaggerated. Jt must be meir,bered, however, that Russia ga the world new grains before the w: Murum wheat originated Ml It mi cc try as well as other valuable var ties. If this latest report is true, tl discovery may have revolutions consequences for the whole world. Color Men's clothes are becoming mc Bl"o J L v...v>^u.. wiui., ecu aiiu ieu sm are the latest. Why not? In a wo of color why should man's appa strike the only somber note? 0 ancestors dressed as gaily as th purses permitted. When Geoi a Washington went courting in a 1 coat, to wear plain clothes met that the wearer was a Quaker else too poor to buy gay garment Anyone who doubts that men 1: to wear bright colors need only vi a fashionable country club. Won subdue their color schemes for spo men get more gorgeous. With everything else becomi more colorful, men's wear will f low, in time. Mountains Motorists driving from llarrisbt (spelled without a final "h") Pittsburgh (with the final "h") i interested in the signboards on 1 peaks of the Alleghany Mounta (spelled with an "a" after the "1 as they cross into the valley of i Allegheny River (spelled with an * instead of an "a"). Hifferences of spelling aside, sign tells the height above sea-ie of each high spot on the road. Ti is something we all like to know, is surprising that the idea of mark the high places has not spread f ther. Eight pure-bred Guernsey hi were sold recently in Cumberli County for an average price of i each. t; V&lAl A Non-Partisan Ne ?QQW ~Imrs7w.p.pendley succumbs sunday Tribute is Paid to Memory of Widely Known Blowing Rock Lady, Who Died Suddenly Sunday Morning. _ Funeral Services Tuesday. ycuiio ago, m hat Globe Valley, Caldwell County, there ho v;as b?rn Mr. and Mis. Luther the! Moore a daughter, little Miss Lou-| . j ellen. The child grow, passed from I infancy to childhood; from childhood! art to ^'ounp womanhood, ail the while, ., > developing into one of the strongest . Christian characters known in this part of Northwestern North Caro-j lina. In her early childhood she tledi>c , cated her life, her efforts, her whole! Cpr physical being to the services of her God and humanity. In after years! >ur she was married to Mr. Patterson! n^' Pendley, of the same neighborhood,! and the twain long fought the bat-i aee ties of life together. But, this past! me: summer, "Daddy Pat" was called up ? higher. TCas? Sunday morning, just after 8 o'clock, the office phone rang to cjx_ announce the death of Mrs. Pencils t *oy? which had occurred in the night while loved ones were at rest all nf_ about her. not knowing that the spirit of the "queen of the house nl hold*4 had been wafted away on anjecj gels wings to the Celestian City. The ,f-i news, as it spread, cast a gloom over ' the* entire town )cr | a character like this, after a long life of usefulness, conscious of duty well a| done, to lie down for rest, temporal-, ho' t0 awaken, spiritually, in the! jjy Land of Eternal Rest! ith *The funeral services were conductiv ?d at the home at 10 o'clock Tuesin day morning by her pastor, the Rev. in- P. A. Hix, assisted by Rev. F. M. Muggins, a former pastor of Blowing ins Rock Baptist Church, after which ei> the long procession of heart-broken lat. loved ones and friends from far ar.d! iey near wended its way to the burying: jr*o ground near Coffey's Gap, where the ed remains were interred 'neath a bank an of flowers, which spoke in ^indisputable "language of the esteem in which en she was held by the donors, and othhe ers who assembled to pay their last ia- respects to one who was truly a lover of humanity. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Pendley moved to Linville City, during its early developments, and as opened a hotel, where they remained; as for several years, doing a good busiut-j ness. Thirty years or more ago, they I tfs moved to Blowing Rock where theyj intj went into the hotel business on a! iot| larger scale. Mr. T. H. Coffey mar-! y-l ricrt the eldest daughter, Miss Annie, 19* and through the years the Watauga B,r Inn justly won for itself the name of the most charming hostelry in that wonderful resort section, under ed the management of Mr. Coffey and j th- Mrs. Pendley. Three years ago in Oc?s tober the old Watauga Inn burned, at. but the demand was so gr eat for them \n reopcr. that the new Watauga Inn ris was soon doing business in the rk. Boogher building, where Mrs. Pondto ley died Sunday morning, 'jjj When the most lowly or the most - prosperous within her radius (which ? was a wide one) were in trouble, it 1 was this messenger of love, hospitality, and good cheer, with open purse, if necessary, who could always he seen as a ministering angel, helping the poor, or speaking a word of ,a:J cheer to those who were in trouble. : . Her church and Sunday School were a her earthly ideals, as this story will prove: Mrs. Pendley was always ;jjej thrifty, and out of her abundant funds she was always building, as 7* the story goes, a sum to be used when she became unable to longer . earn. This sum had grown to $1,500, which was highly prized by her. A ^ few years ago the need of a new Baptist Church became imperative for Blowing Rock, and it was decided to make the effort. As was expected, ?r* Mrs. Fcnuivy tool: the lead in colie" lections, much being given by sum, . mer tourists. The work progressed, to the delight of all, until the dark L1*y day came when the funds were exhausted. Then it was that this good woman, this lover of hev church and its membership, being willing to-aisle all to the dear ones at home and her >re God when old age and weakness came, dropped the whole sum into rlc! the church treasury and the beauti* fnl building now stands lareelv as a "* monument to her untiring energy and I e,r willingness to sacrifice all for its | -completion. We are caused to won-| pc? der if, in the still morning hours of | ' < last Sunday, while she was in thej ol" presence of the God whom she had | s" served. He did not say to ncr, "You shall have.no more troubles or sors rows, old age shall not weaken you; you have done your part; you have won your crown ? come up and claim it" o? Mrs. Pendley was the mother of three children, Mrs, T. H. Coffey and Mrs. Herman Deal. The onlyson, Marshall Pendley, died in the State of Washington several yea?-s ir? ago. Two grandchildren also survive, Mr. Thomas Coffey Jr. and jre Miss Ellen Coffey, the former a [j,e member of the Board of Education | :ns and the latter assistant cashier of; the-Bank of Blowing Rock. vv? ^5 THE LONA COOK FUND Previously reported 1_$169.87 the Miss Effie Winebarger 1.00 vei Mrs. N. C. Watson ?_" 1.00 hat Dr. J. D. Rankin 1.00 It Mrs. G. T. Eggers i.60 ine J. T. C. Wright 1.00 ar- J. N. Norton 1.00 Miss Lcdbetter 1.50 A. J. Grenc- 1.00 ills Mr. Antonakos 1.00 rod Miss Jennie Todd 1.00 581 Total *180.87 JGA :wspaper, Devoted to the E, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH Local M For Big i i American Legion Hold j An Important Meetini By H. C! FARTHING / PuMi.'ity OfflCRU) Watauga Post 130, American L< I gion, met in regular session on Fr j day night, December 6. The meet ing was called to order by Gommanc | er Spencer Miller. The minutes o Ih previous meeting were read b Adjutant L. D. Wocdard. A large number of the ex-servic men were there and it was a ver interesting arid instructive meeting During the business session the oi ficial staff was completed and a organization set to work that bid fair to be one of the best that th Legion has ever liuu. Lloyd Isaacs was reappointed a service officer. He will gladly hel heal the sick and lead the blind. Ca on him. Buddy; he is your friend an will aid you in adjusting your com pensation. Charles L. Stevenson was elccte ost historian. His jol> is to write history of the post. He wants you, i you are an ex-service man. to let hir know your dog tag or serial niimbet a . hen you entered the service, ivha sort of action you had during th war; were you in the mess kit skit mish of Camp -Jackson Cor slum-gul lion and coffee, or were you in th Argonne strife for liberty and peac of all civilization? And what day air from what camp were you dis charged? No matter where you wer or what you were doing, just so yot were in uniform you helped to wi the War and you should have you name in this history. Your childre will be proud of your name. Som in the dope, boys. There were nnmhrnus other thing of interest discussed, such as a bras band for the post; a monument fo those gone before, and other thing of which you will hear when the de tails are completed. Come out t these meetings, hoys; you will eh joy them. The next one will be bet Friday, January 1930. Watauga Teachers Are Above Average in Stati Raleigh, Dec. 11?Since 1982-2 the average training of the teacher of Watauga County has greatly in creased, it is learned from the Stat Department o*' Public fttstrucfibr which has just completed a study o the scholastic preparation of whit tp'i^horc in oil ' ? m u? mt CUUUWjCS una ?V of the largest cities of the State. In 1922-23 the index of trainin; of the white teachers in the schoc system was 3.99, whereas the pas year, 1928-29, the index of the teach ers employed was 5.42. In othe words, better prepared teachers av now employed than were six year ago. The average training of all rura white teachers of the State is noi 2.19 college years, and of city teacli ers 3.44 years in college. Thus, it i noted that the training of teacher in the Watauga stysem is above t.h State average of all rural teachers. COMPENSATIOM cacc UP* IN ASHET'COUNT1 The first case coming up in Ash County under the new workmen' compensation law which was passe by the last General Assembly- \va heard in Jefferson by Cominissione T. A. Wilson, of the North Carolin Industrial Commission, Thursday uecemuer 5,' according to a di spate from the Ashe County capital to th Winston-Salem Journal. The estate of Lloyd Parsons, \vh was killed while working on a schoo building at Todd several weeks age is seeking to secure compensatio: under the new law. The school build ing at Todd is operated jointly b; Ashe and Watauga counties and th two counties arc defendants in th suits. At the hearing, the plaintiff, rep resented by Attorney W. R. Bau guess, claimed that the late Lloy Parsons was employed by the schoc committee at Todd and therefore i entitled to the full $6,000 allowe under the law. Mr. Parsons died i a Lenoir hospital the day followin the accident. Watauga County was represer.te at the hearing by the attorney fo the insurance company with whic the county is insured. Judge T. C Bowie represented Ashe, that count by its failure to take action havin elected fcn hrrnmo It is expected that a decision wi: I be rendered shortly. $12,000 Paid Out as Result of Executioi On Monday Sheriff L. M. Farthing paid out in oool cash the inm of $12,000 <?s a result of the execution sale of the H. W. Horton Suijdinj: to Mr A. W Hodgson of Meat Camp on the first Monday. The greater part of the money went tot laborers and to . firms in this section who furnished materials for the building, and who had never been paid due to the fact tfat the original owner of the building had failed to get sufficient loans to carry the project through. i, DEMC i Best Interests of Northwest 1 CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 erchants I \ Holiday 1 ?j . - COOPERATION of business i { , MEN HELPS THE DEMOCRAT i ? i The publishers of the Democrat wish to thank the business men of the city for their unusually fine cooperation in furnishing early i_ copy for their advertisements appearing in this issue. Practically I [. all the Christmas ads were placed j ,f in type the latter part of last ' y week and the overworked force 1 Was thus able to give a more e complete service. ' y The Democrat would insist that j r. those having advertisments for the next issue, let us have copy and | n instructions this week, as the tim|3 ited force cannot possibly take q care of the excess business if a chl ? ?!? part of the work is held ins si for the "last minute." I p Those who have special public- . ' [j ity incidental to Christmas are re- J minded that the next issue of the the I, Democrat is the last one before the 25th. is j jj toy n Basketball Season Opens 11)e l At State Normal College e do\ Thirty-five men reported for the scr! initial basketball practice Monday at >T?l G State Teachers College, under the di4j rectum ol" Coach .Johnston, in prep- see a ration for the heavy schedule un- toil ~ dertaken by the Mountaineers. The this "| workout was confined to fundanieii-| s,'t; u tals of handling the ball, passing and !?<!*" n shooting drills. The correct methods| sea! r of each fundamental was gone ovei >?es 'j in detail, followed by the proper ex-j at a edition. All the men out showed: jus , some aptitude for the drills. j Hir ^ j An outline of theoffensive .system? *J j*. was detailed before the practice. afl-| hor ^ or which an intensive floor drill was the " run through by the various candi-' ?f 0" dates* The men were divided into! An squads of five according to their 'C 'j positions so that greater range and! anc 1 study of their abilities could be? Jy judged and niso to get a line on their I general co-ordination. i kne ! l-t .. .. ' j v uHi.ii .iwiiuHiiMi niumaicu uwt a l"11 I large squad would be kept on luind the ?S durjng the entire season with the wo: ' idea' of developing material for fu- the tore tennis and also to stimulate in- tvo terest in the game. "Basketball is a W1 s eome-ali proposition ond the game " cannot he learned in a day or a tioi e year: experience is a liic asset, and l>af l: cxpcricr.ee cannot be gtuneiS unless 1 f the men are olil getting practice and run J game drills. What seems like poor pie I material for a year or two will du- oui velop surprisingly with the proper ant K amount of drill and practice. to ' The Mountaineers will face one of Tin t the. hardest schedules in the history Be " of the school, in that nearly all the tail >' member., of the "Little Six" are to ant e he faced on a home ami home basis, tra s besides some of the best of the small- > . or colleges from Virginia and Ten- KO, II r.essec. The schedule is not eomplet-i |?S| v ed as yet, but about twenty or twen-j ;rr - ty-tv.o games will bo on the card. A | . j1(. s few practice games will be played, jto, s before the Holidays, but the collegei " season will not open until the Christ-J to mas vacation is over. jnR A number of letter men have re- tioi ported for the practice and around lt.a { this nucleus the team will tie built. si,? Among the letter men reporting are 0 K. Hinson. Canipe, Fulkcvsoii, C. Hin- , s son. Williams, Waters, and Certifier.: 1, ^ Four of the men mentioned were leg- j ^ s nlars last year, namely Hinson, Ful-1 ! r kerson, Canipe nn<i C. Hinson. | ' ' a A likely, looking number of fresh-j t men are also out and show proniisel n of developing into variety material.] ^rl The following men nave been snow-i ing up wen in the daily drills con-J 0 ducted in the college gym every aft-i * ernoon. Ross, Waters, Livingston, I ,, Fortiner, Hinson, Canipe, K. Hinson, .'<T Fulkerson, Williams, Dabbs. McKin- ? \ L ney, O'Hare. Vance, Pyattc, C. Wa- J y te?- ?o" 0 J i e SUPT. ALLEN TALKS ON SAFETY I ' OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN STATE n,r "The safety .of ouv school children " d should be constantly looked after," >1 State Superintendent A. T. Allen s points out in a statement given out d today. "North Carolina." he says, "is n now transporting nearly 150,000 pug pils to school. Tlie lives of these children as well as those who walk must p d be protected at nil times. It is a sad VJ r thin to hear of an accident happenh ing to one of these little ones." Superintendent Allen believes that y if care and diligence is observed on i g the part of the motoring public that loe such occurrences may be kept at a ioi ill minimum. In order to acquaint the Ed public with the traffic laws in force, wil - the General Assembly of 1927 passed gin an act requiring that such laws shall wil be read and explained in the public 3 : V,; ,.i. ?l i_ tl- ?1 < . Ui<ii 0V.11UU13. iiie ruies reierring spccifically to school buses, and which Bo are not always observed, are: of Rule 63 (section 5). "Before pass- re( ing or attempting to pass a public wa school bus while it is standing: upon ? anv public road and taking on or put- cr( ting off school children, the operator of the passing viehicie must mi bring it to a full stop at least fifty cai feet from the bus." The responsibil- scl itv, however, does not all rest upon Sti the driver of the passing vehicle, for ral section 3 of this rule states. "Every school truck, and every passenger dri bus, is required to come to a com- pn nlete stop at every railroad crossing, wil whether designated as a 'full stop' at )CRA North Carolina , 1929 . - y" , ?gjg* r 1 *repare I ^ __ i Jitsmess j iborate Displays of Gift Goods; C-eet ihc Eve on Every Hand, j Hundreds of Worth-while Articles! Dffered at Moderate Prices. aone Merchants Due [ Patronage of Citizens j ney Spent With Local Merchants : Remains at Home With Home Peo- j ale. Urge Shoppers lo Examine: Home Values First. Boone's shopping district has tak-l on a mcst festive atmosphere. The >w windows are packed with tlie >icest of Christmas goods, and an pection of the prices proves that ues to be obtained here are equalas good as those to be found in larger cities. \ stroll through down-town Boone lust like a trip to Fairyland. Dolls, s, gift haberdashery, gift candies t sweetmeats, choice ladies' garnts and men's clothing with a ho!y note greet jon on every hantl. CTciYic litMc nas Deep use a in winv decorations, and the scene protect by some of them just makes i know that there IS a Santa us. Your walk continues and you choice holiday books on display, let mods in ft boxes, Kodaks, ( >hlights. mechanical toys, shaving *- phonographs, radios, gift lin-j ie, iate-model shoes fot the Yule{' son. and hundreds of other sug-j tions for gift buyers. You pauses this window and that,' wondering t what you will pick for Her or n from such wide varieties. Viicl then there is furniture for the ne,'"automobiles for the family, ?s for the family car, and dozens useful automobile accessories, d jewelry?say. there's plenty of for father, mother, sistc, brother ; 1 sweetheart, each piece of i: fairradiating the Christmas spirit. 2 more you look the more you >\v that lloone is the ideal shopg center; that sieciions here are widest ever curried in Xorth>tern North Carolina, ami that merchants of the Watauga mopolis are offering you prices that 1 itlmlilnn I Udi I.......* IXWu - . n.?vuv.i m>- lautv nau lunvc kiw bankroll in "fairly good" condiw after the Christmas season has used. Joone merchants arc due the patiagc of Boone and Watauga peo. They have invested money in town, our schools, our churches; I every other enterprise that goes make up the model community, t- money spent with them enriches otic banks, helps build and mainw Boone's streets and sidewalks, i regularly is returned into local do channels. i Money spent in other towns is ic forever. Its value is absolutely t. It helps to build up foreign ccns of trade and drains, continually, enterprises of the home town, imc business men support Boone rities and extend the helping hand Boone people in need. After taknll fKJSWt" >?+' * ~ J .... biuM^o; 11<i>u tunsiuuin11; any fair-minded citizen will diW agree that Boone people uId trade in Boone. \ careful povusid the arretiscoiumns will greatiy aid ihe iitv shopper. Suggestions ranging m the lowly yo-yo to building and n stock and Christmas savings acmts are included In the lists. You I't go wrong: when you deal with al business men, for they are right p with us to hack up the merindise they sell, make refunds and ustments, and see to it, personally, t every piece of goods sold stands' tost of time and wear. Money! )ended in mail order buying purises, oftentimes, inferior goods at] ces very little smaller than those, itid in local stores. Remember, there are only eleven re shopping days till Christmas, u still have plenty of time to set your gifts, and make every prepition for the Yule season. Boone rchants insist that you make early uces while the stocks arc l'resh 1 time unlimited. And, bv all ans SPEND YOUR M O & E Y TH LOCAL MERCHANTS! rand Lecturer Will Be With Local Masons w_ r? ? _/-??/. ? nr. i- a. volley, Secretary of the al Masonic Lodge has received initiation to the effect that R. F. wnrdsJjlGrand Masonic T^ecturer 1 be in Boone for a full week homing Monday December 16th and 1 lecture at the lodge rooms at ind 7 o'clock p. m. each day. Mr. Edwards was to have been in one for a week at the culmination a series of lectures at Snow Lodge lently. However he became ill and s forced to return home. issing or not." Rule 84 (section 7). "Twenty-five j les an hour while operating a bus rrying school children to or from lool along any public highway or eet in this State, is the maximum .c of speed permissible. Rule 45 is one which applies to all vers and one which aims to imjss operators of motor vehicles th the necessity of exercising care all times. nn FIVE CENTS A COPY CffiHFlis ATiOiNIS GIVEN WATAUGAN W. L. SUuiburji, Who Wis ??jyw? at Saw Mill i* First Local Mail to Be Benefitted by the Workmen's Compensation Law. The first hearing on the newlyinaugurated workman's compensation law was held in Boone on December 5, when the case of W. L. Stansbury. who lost the sight of one eve on September 9, was investigated by Commissioner T. A. Wilson, of the Not tli Carolina Industrial Commission. The plaintiff was represented by the law firm of Trivetfce anc Holshouser. Stansbury received nfs injuries while in the employ of W. A. Harmait at a saw mill near Boone. Mr. Harmon had insurance in force to care lor the claim, but misunderstanding had arisen between the injured man and the insurance company regarding alleged disfigurements to the faccother than the loss of an eye. Stansbury has for several weeks been re vrivui^ utc sixty per cent. of his weekly wage from the insur ance company (seven dollars), but had received no remuneration for four weeks' time lost following his injuries. Commissioner Wilson ruled in favor of the plaintiff, allowing the four weeks for time lost and granting: an additional $150 for disfigurement. The latter amount will be hooked on to the 100 weeks allowed by the provisions of the compensation law. Stansbury receiving, in all, the approximate sum of $050. Commissioner Wilson was accompanied to Boone by Edward McEachern, court reporter for the Industrial Commission. Enoch Swift Celebrates Eighty-second Birthday Mr. Enoch Swift, of Amantha, today, Wednesday, rounds out his 82nd year, and is still "hale and hearty." In honor of that event, his children on iast on[u!.-y prepared for him s. most splendid birthday dinner, which iv.ns hv oil frVio nino vivitig children and their families, save Professor W. H. Swift, of Greensboro; I)r. David Swift, of Butler. Tenn., and oar Mr. Scott Swift, who was unable to attend. One brother, Mr. George Swift, of Beaver Date, now 78 years old, and his son, Deun^and family, were all the guests present except the immediate family and their descendants, thirteen grandchildren being present to enjoy the Xtstive occasion. The family has been a remarkable one. There was never a death in the largo family until two years ago, when young Max, the baby boy, died ill Tennessee, and up to that time only one grandchild had died. Uncle Enoch has ever been one of out best men. Ar. ex-Confederate soldier, a consecrated Christian gentleman, and the county has no better citizen. He is loved and esteemed, not only by his loved ones, but by all who know him. The Democrat, in behalf of all his friends, wishes for the grand old man the return of more such days as last Sunday was for him. JEFFERSON TO VOTE ON WATER AND SEWER BONDS The outcome of the election, which has been called to give the citizens of Jefferson a chance to vote upon the issuance of St 0,000 Worth of honds for the construction of a per KObci o.\ ottui, ?va? cuiisiuered a matter of conjecture the first of the week, according to dispatches from that town to State papers. Interest, however, is high and the elcctidn is expected to he close. The board of aldermen called the election at the request of a number ol citizens who were dissatisfied with the- nrc?crt o??nr#?o- ??f. wAter supply. The system now used is privately owned and those who favor the issuance of the bonds believe that some permanent system should be constructed. On December 17th the citizens will vote on the proposition. The bonds if voted, will bear not to exceed 6 per cent interest, payable semi-annually. The first bond will acme due five yeavs from the date of issuance, while the last one will be paid 25 years from the date issued. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION TO HOLD MEETING THURSDAY There will be a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association at tho Demonstration School building on inursaay aiternoon, 5:15 o'clock. Parents will be given an opportunity to see their children's teachers at this meeting. * ONLY ELEVEN MORE DAYS IN WHICH TO MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY SELECTIONS. Shop at home -vritS home people and halo build a Bigger and Better Boone!
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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