North Carolina Newspapers

ggs^wgnnmrapr Ktjoone... q jlj sketched PLEASE PAGE PIED PIPER! Speaking of ra:r . . . here's a story. * local story concerning the peaky rodents. that recently oozed from the pen o? Ler-oy Sos.samoii. verbose writer and sometimes poet of A. Sl T. C.: Tv.o freshman at Appalachian State College introduced themselves to a new diversion T use day night when a gigantic wharf rat made bold to enter New land Hall, finds Its way to second floor, and proceed nonchalantly down a corridor,?apparently in search of a few crumbs for its dinner. Crushed under the dainty slipper of Fred W. "Feet" L<entz, who wears only a number 13 shoe, the rat measured over IS inches from tip to tip. Had it been allowed to become a great great gandpapa. this particular college rat, figures "Feet," would have by early summer been responsible for p* rhaps a million little baby rattles, ali with the family background of a college grand-dad. and the burning ambition within each "wee, cow'ring timorous breruiiiv"' U> become college rata themselves before fall registration, 1933. Nomination for the Pied Piper of the college campus: Mr. Fred TV. "Feet" Lentz. His number thJrteens havv an irresistable charm?for rats! * * * Thanks. Brother Sossamon, and now let us ask a few: Arc "colics** rats" born bareheaded? . . . Do "college rots" drive speckle*! Model nr'si? r?.^ H.O- ? ? _ . . * .'?r >3?i. j mi > i <i |/a^" sioii Tor choc'Iut sodas? A nil, arc they pood hands at (huiublu^rlflcs from passing motorist?? * ? * FLOUR VS. TERBACKER .She paused before the Carolina Store, and carefully deposited her sack of Red Cross flour against the door facing. She walked inside, and leaned her shabbily clad carcass against the counter. A wistful look oamc into her eyes as she gazed ttt the neat and attractive rows of canned beans, peas, meat, fruits and what-have-you arranged along the shelves ... but she saw r.ot that which she sought. Milt Greer came i*: her?-?n.i in his sweetest tones asked. "What will it be today, please? she told him! Serenely he walked to a cabinet. and took therefrom three iarge black plugs of Apple siittrcured, and a forty-cent tack of gCKKl old Bruion's Scotch From an apron pocket the "depressed" lady extracted a brand-new dollar bill, re-j ceived thirty cents in change, strode! from the store, shouldered her "gov'-. mvTit biscuits" and faded out of the picture. ?i * ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE Brother Ester Seiner whetted his old double-bitted axe- tho other day, and with the kind permission of the: "copyright owners." as broadcasters say. cut down the ancient locust tree: whif>h lin??,l -l>?? ?? ? ?' "*? Orvrviiiiu vvii'w, - - titf* - . v/Iilc ?r.c?utn ^ r~ ? Anil's. >V.m; door 1>1" Jtilgj old V?eiiioorai office fnr more years' than ihc Sketch man -has dwelled with in this r^&lm of tears nnd-aui--\ row. This tree was tine of the few, remaining local landmarks, and its; kindly shade brought comfort to; untold thousands of folks during its! sixty or more summe-s of unrewarded i service. Storms more numerous thun! the plagues of Pharoah twisted its branCHea arid gnarled Its laps, and j I ignoring had v-.^ujcd the. rugged I trunk once, m&ybe twice. But Xa-j turf, or something, healed its wounds . . . and the tree continued to put forth leaf and hlossom, year in and year out. Villagers, many of| whom have long since passed, would pause to discuss the Cleveland, panic, i or the .Kinking of the battleship Maine, or wars with alien powers, or the ad-i vent of the motor car with The Democrat man. They'd mop their brows in' the cool green gloom of the locust, W^T'r cut off a slab of Its soft; baric for "whittiin' material," and move on. Bui the tree didn't mind . . . for trees pay little attention to the passing show. Year upon year rolled by . . babies were born, grew to manhood, or womanhood, got married, raised families, and "kicked the bucket" . . . but the tree just hung around! Empires crumbled and republics flourished . . . mankind ifuit walking and tooi; to wneeis . . . vney cnanged tne name of "panic" to "depression" ? . . Prohibition took likker out of the saloons and gave Federal judges a lot of trouble . . . .politicians "saved the country" and the country went busted .. . and the girls took to painting and cigarette smoking . . . bui xh? locust tree just stood there, nonchalantiik?. The rigors of too many -winters and too many summers finally made an impression or. the locust. Few leaves appeared .on the wasted -branches last spring, and lire became extinct, or apparently so, some months before Es v tor's axe laid low this worthy patriarch. Well, old tree, you stayed with us a kmg time, and we're mights1 sorry you're gy>ne. Yes. you saw lots of things happen . . . Perchance, at one time or another, you witne*a?Hl Mu\U a few sedate -married men running wild with pretty misses; and astute ma^ msSih?:: eye* at >*omel>ody else's husbands; and guilty-faced kids playing hookey from school; and temperance crusaders taking wee small drinks . . . but you never said a single -word. You just stood there, pending ix) your own business, like folks ought to do! So long, old tree, goodBHBE8BflBMi^ra5BiiMiM'iiw5^EB5MB?a5B5s * ? John Shcrrill is particularly worried about the locust, for it lays where It fell, right across the imih that leads to his wood-work ing efltaMishincut. And the Lord only knows wbfn the sound of fitter** trusty axe will make glad the heart of him who, thus far, has waited in vain for an aggravating barricade to be removed. The Caro Jean Coffee Shop is the name of Boone's newest dining salon and is conducted by Mrs. Bowling in connection with the inn she operates of the s&xnfe name. An announcement ? of the opening is carried in The Deinocrat today. ' '' v VOLOIE XL.1V. XUMBEK ?5. FIVE THOUSAND ' DOLLARS MAILED TO SHAREHOLDERS < . - a Bnlidlnjr and Lorni Turns I^ooso 200 Interests Checks on Prepaid Stock i as Christmas Approaches. $20,000 s Earned by l>oca| Citizens During a the Ycnr Through B. & Li. Chan- t ncls. Prospects Bright. s I Two hundred bank checks aggre- f gating approximately $5,000 were mailed out Tuesday to residents of t this Recti oh. as the Watauga Building e' and Loan Association passed out the r semi-annual profits due holders or prepaid stock in the institution. K 4 was pointed out Wednesday by W. H. fi Gragg. secretary, that never during the ten years existence of the local association had there been failure to ; meet these payments on the dividend I date. Commenting on the 24th series. < which will open on January 1st. Mr. Gragg says that the prospects for the sale of installment shares are the brightest in several years and that a number of sales have already been made, the certificates to he issued lm- 0 mediately the series opens. He con- ^ tinues that this activity, in his opin- (1 ion. conies as a result of the fact that t people have come to realize that B. 0 & 1 j. represents the only security in e the United States to be worth par t value under all conditions. r It is revealed that the local asso- < ciation during the yc*ar about to close ^ matured sio.ono in installment stock. c and cancelled the mortgages hold, and ^ that a like amount lias been earned , by holdeis of prepaid stock. Almost this entire sum represents earnings and savings of Watauga County poo- 1 plo. Two hundred homes, housing; \ about one thousand men, women and ? children, have been erected in "Watau- |i ga County (by building; and loan in- 1' vestment, few. if any of which could have been provided without this institution. There lias been a Minimum ^ of foreclosures, 'Mr. Gragg states, hut adds that property possessed, is paying more than G per cent, interest hi addition to taxes and insurance. There are 2$fi building and loan associations in North Carolina, it Is n found, and not a failure is recorded. U They have maintained a record of 93.S per cent for safety, and since the si (inception of the organization in 1831 11 I has erected 8,000,000 homes. There '' I arc 13,01)0,000 sharehoMers, and the ? national assets ore in excess of nine a muittn IrdBsarth Qu'bHna the assets f< are 02,005,^".- ?! .In :?imu"ur.?r>er SgSSSSSfiS nvieu tnu c of the hew series the Association puti- H eight a giving pertinent building and loan -? facts and suggesting a campaign for trading and dealing with .home people 11 as one way to remedy the ills of the ? country. The announcement provides interesting reading. n Rat Poison May Be Had For Farm Eradication u Officials o( Civitan Cluh, who h sponsored the rat eradication cam- 11 paign in Boone recently, announce -J that a supply of the government poison. bait Is available for farmers, and j, is being dispensed at City Meat Market at absolute cost. The government is conducting an anti-rat campaign throughout the western part of the State; and in the absence of a county J.' agent, thj local market will seek, to place the poison, without profit. It ,, is stating that a supply costing 50 cents is sufficient for the average lc farm. Santa Claus Loses Job For Kissing a 'Big Girl' Memphis, Tenn.?A Santa Claus. who became so enthusiastically efficient that he kissed a 17-year-old girl while on the job, was fired this week. Santa Claus was being impersonated by Harvey E. "He" Mann, world champion bull-lifter. He lost hi3 job in a aepurnnuui a?-urv :.vre me j father of a 17-year-old girl complained to store officials Ms daughter went j to seo Santa Claus and was kissed. l} "He" Mann first came Into fame c by his bull lifting. A few years ago n he started off with a bull calf and r lifted it every day. The calf grew n into an 800-pound bull and Mann r could still lift it. Ho went on the road j. lifting the hull. They go to Florida J and the bull walked out on the show. ^ Mann hitch-hiked back to Memphis. ( Mann made a statement about the v Wssir.g episode"Santa Claus didn't even remem- J her anything about the incident. Xx>ts g of boys and girte have been .sitting ^ knee during the past week and j, ho kissed some of them when they t put their arms about his neck and a twirled his whiskers. j, "He remembered that two big girls e sat on his knee but he felt sure tUey j hadn't complained because he was t wolJ acquainted with them. Anyway, Sai*U Claua mighty sorry that he offended anyone. He didn t mean to. He was just putting himself 1 into his work." * Prowlers Loot Ott'? t Place Second Time ' IV Last Saturday night some unknown r person forced entrance through the c front door at Ott's Place, local cafe, j: and removed from the cash drawer J the sum of $11. The rohber also made c away with a considerable amount of I candy, etc. This is the second time c within a few months that the establishment has been entered, no arrests s having yet been effected. e ^Partisan Newspaper. Dei BOONE, WATAUGA COUN To Manufacture Lumber je For the Furniture Trade | | 1 JB The P. C. Moore 'Lumber Company $ s erecting a circular saw mill on the ? 3ross property near Oak Grove Bap- * ist Church, and expect to begin oper- J utlons within the next tew days. Mr. .Moore, a resident of Lenoir, is g n charge of the work K and state? thai J evernl men will ?be employed as soon is manufacture begins. A" few smalj g >oundaries of hardwood have been *| ecured. and the company expect? to ^ ?urchase logs enough to keep the out- ff it moving Indefinitely. 2 The output of the mill will go to 5 he furniture trade, says .Mr. Moore, C ind a high grade of lumber will be S nanutaciureu. ? iHECKSPORaVIL ! WARRIORS ARRIVE f s _ m Inly Kiglit Veterans on Pension Roll. ? Willie 27 Widows Draw State Stl- | pond. More than $2,900 Repro- ? sented in Checks. ? '2 Pension checks for the followers! || f Lee and Jackson and for a num- * or of widows of late Confederate sol- J J iers arrived last week and have nrac- I R Ically all been distributed by Clerk s f the Court Austin K. Couth. Only * ight Civil War veterans from Wa- fc :tuga County are on the pension rolls, g ecei ving $182.50 each, or a total of J 1,460. Twenty-seven widows of vet- | runs are allowed pensions In this ? ounty. 25 of whom receive $50, while ? wo are in the $100 class. The total ^ or the widows is $:,450. ^ MINERAL OF DEAN I HAST HELD FRIDAY I ttgar Grove Resident Succumbs to ? Poisoning. Funeral at WIHowdale 2j Cliurcli. Surviwii by Parents. g Three Hrothcrs, Three Sisters. Dean .Mast, l7-year-o!d son of Mr. jl nil Mrs. Clyde Mast of'Sugar Grove, If ied at his home Thursday morning L-om what is believed to have been * om form of blood poisoning. Coninued trouble with ilia eyes caused he young man to enter the Caldwell iospital for treatment. a few weeks go. Surgeons there believed the de- ! ective vision came from a poison in .. |?H an effort to ..remove'.the aiiSe,~rMir? tonsil- ruxxrC^'ittji. 3t "t? nd died after having been ill for H< llitrc-fwu. Funeral services were conducted rom AViHowdale Baptist Church Frl- ? ay morning by Reverends P. A. Licks and G. C. Graham, and inter- ^ unu was in the family cemetery, ? Surviving are the parents, three rothers and three slaters. J! k ou<i? fAiast was 5E of oncp1 f the eouniy's iitosi iircnilnojit famies, and was won Known and -ar (J throughout his community. He had V een engaged through the summer nd early fall assisting his father in ** lie mercantile business. sc 1DD1K CANTOR GIVES BOOK tY TO (X)I;LET,K lilBBARY tl w Eddie Cantor, screen and radio star, al ecently contributed a volume to the A ovary of Appalachian State Teachers ol ollege at Boone. The bock is titled v< My 1-ife Is i 11 Your Hands." and it el ; the story of the life of the famous ci ctor himself. c< CHRISTMAS LA ] By IiEROY SOSSAMON C This year 1 shall observe Christmas hi Iffereatly. \F At least I i>lan to weed out what - nave come to consider some ol ine ? nost burdensome customs oi uii in- tl reasingly top-heavy America. You I* nay disagree with my decision. AH Ight, it's your purse and your busi- fi ess. As for me, these Inalienable h ights of a democracy apply only as o: ar as the business is concerned, my n urse having long since been worn q hreadbare. Only last month I pain- ir ully extracted from it the last dollar t) rhich I possessed in order to harmon- a ro as best I could my slim Fall bud- ri :ztwit* thVw rigors of an Old North it Itate mountain winter. Along with ? ? erfectly good check book, so far as i? ts entirely is concerned, you will find his relic of O. u. P. tucked tavmy <n dusty, inner recess of my ramshac- ^ de desk. I'll sell you both for a nick- ^ 1. The checkbook and purse, I mean. leallv, the desk should still be worth Q he price of a week's room rent. But c o much for that. Hortsiy hangs my talo. I believe tl hat for. once I shall observe Christ- d nas differently. Differently, did I say? Co! Sensibly! * I may be like the man who, seeing n he wolf coming hell-bent for the c font door, ran and coaxed htm h j-our.d to the back no the neighbors c. wouldn't see. I may only be beating n lecessity to It by making necessity a * hoicc. But what of that? The de- b >ressk>n has taught me lots of .things, b llthough I hope thai it Is the tail nd of it that T see just now vanish- *1 ng around a distant comer, the mem. n try lingers, tamgmij . . vcmhvlV Thug to all of my friends I her^y erve notice that they ?rt!l P,e"e * gate my handsome signature to their /V DE 'oted to the Best Interests TY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUl'llSDAY CHRIS h CHRISTMAS! The very word co * anil young. Tlie spirit of dolus for i itf Even the trees have caught this sp & helpful to munkind! ? l* was just before Christmas that fif waving their branches in the breeze |? Kan talking among themselves about SL this year." Their names w?rc Faith, 5s Faith said: "Well, even if we arc 0 our Iieiiu? able to serve some usefi | will become a Christmas tree ftud li l< it? ? ' ^ r I j? cms would he on lmnd for dislrtbuti ? Ihiiiis tlmt would remind them of I jtf of HojmV & Charity felt even uiorc charitable ? have ambitions to make many thou & in some public square?to Ik-; grit Sly ric h and poor, to enjoy and eelcbra j? wish eenld ?"?"?* true I would \va J* around me ami join it* the sinking ol fc mas. Then there would Ik> 'Peace on Thus, Faith. Hois1; and Charity esc h mas.?Selected. t 6Ss3s3i??<??i?i-S)S?rSiSfi IRS. SALLIE CABLE T DIES WEDNESDAY M "other of Mrs. it. s. Swift Suecatmlts o Heart Ailment. Widow of laitc Anderson Cable. Funeral at Bethel Baptist Churcli Thursday. -1 * ' . ' . - S'-,': n&sSSfiSSSl^ rear xoc died | rJi : the home of her daughter. Mrs. R.j i!*~ fionnfi _last -.Wednesday J e"? .-.-r.iinr after an illness ol sevevauwlirs w.ith heart trouble. Funeral serv- I - weris conducted Thursday -by Rev tSl< . A. Hlekft from Bethel Baptist :is hunch in >tho Beaver Dam HOC tic n id interment was In the Green com- ^ 11 cry near Timbered Ilidge. ,m Sui vivir.? ,iv<i two - sons, HurHcv ^ reene ana jConley Grw#i6, both of J\a caver Darn, one adopted ?f4*v Day- a >n Greene, anil one daughter, Mrs. iln S. Swift of Boone. Nine gr&ndchtl- ar' en and four great-grandchildren a I- . i survive, J11' Mrs. Cable was 'be last survivor of o> thirteen children of Dudley Fariliig, pioneer Watauga citizen. She CJ? aai first married to Warren Greene, 01 'ter his death becoming the bride of nderaon Oalble, prominent citizen of |j iter days. She was raised in the Bea- J' sr community. was a good and luriiabio woman, and had a wide ? rele or friends throughout the .1 lunly. Ffl BUDGETS^ da Fa hristmas "depression list." Thinking ow nice and obliging these particu- t ir friends of mine have always been, have 1t? my fondest dreams even oped that I could head that iisi, rn4 lereby making complete my role of loneeiing martyr. 1,11 Rgurlng in this frame of mind, I nd that in one masterful stroke I avc saved each of them 49c -worth - ' f valuable idleness (so prized just ^ ow by the modern American) that Qn therwfse would have been spent Iryic: to decide whether last Christmas ? ley sent me a "pair of suspend era or neckerchief. Invariably great minds j jn in the samp channel. Or maybe * 's the mffrgfti of wholesales. Any- ,.,r ^y, n.y pairs of e*rters from ist Santa'3 visit are adequate. Thanks. Moreover. I have saved myself the L mmC arsennr Of worry. Total saving: 8c. But wait a minute. Aa Paul BgSBM ^ ellawed to the British "Why. H ! F*e ain't yet ibegrun!" There's the price f two pair of suspenders: 60c. And tr. ountlng the Hoover tariff on checks, Oi ist in case my friend can sUll stand ca he overhead on a checkbook, an ad- op ittonat 2c i=? w^ Multiply this saving of $1.60 by 6, oo rhich is the number of my suspender a tinded friends, based on last season's lei ensus, and we have $9.60 saved. Add- sli ig >tags, string, paper and even con- he eding the fact, that we won't have to w! lail them (it's a ctnch. though, that or '? will) we have a cool ten spot s&fe/ tucked away in the jeans of the w rotherhcod. Now, of course, 'this method has Its n answerable drawbacks. Madge will ?iss her Mollingsworths and her bon- a ons at three bucks the hox (that's A rtvat. I paid for the last box, anyway) fc (Continued on Pagre 5) at MOC1 of Northwest North Caroli DECEMBER 22. 19S2 TMASlj njurcd tlte imagination of old Wg j thcrs and jrhlng Is in the air. JS * irit of service and want to be =?r 5 *)*j Bt three shapely evergreen trees, on ftrongit ui?m?Ui!n side be"doing something worth-while j Mope and Charity. fffo ' i isolated here, I have faith in ll purpose. Maybe each of us ^ e decorated with gaily colored ^ I>C1 lights and tinsel for the $5 jollification and liappine&g of some family. That would ^3 , he my idea or the spirit ^ b. Christmas '* Je r^j "I want to l>c of service \y too.** said Hope. "How ^ thrilling it would toe to rfft tj)*< grace a large room in -fa* >t < some institution for no- vri dcrprivllegcd children or old people, where my 33* scl green foliage would he **2? -pj, t decorated with brightly ag; s. colored ornaments niul the au, I sparkling lights. Just think Kei I how much joy and chccr ^ tja] k I could bring to those who Ag jov | arc denied the privilege of being with mothers and heJ fatl?ors. i'riencls and rcla- /to ^a, lives. To make the oeeas- J*? Ion complete, it would be gQ wo my hope thai many gaily tfS ^ wrapped boxes uud prosion to the old and (be young? PR lappier days. That is the spirit <?s| Y 'y-A b j than Iter sisters. She said: "1 j/a? ? > sands Ituppy. 1 want to stand \ lighted to help ol'.l and young, ite the Yuletide season. If my :(** nt great multitudes to gather i-R f enrols for the glory oi Ciirisi- ^ Mi; earth. good will toward men.' " i Tpplify the real spirit of (iirist- *?Ci s, EN-LNCHSNOW IS 1 IENACE TO TRAVEL " pel ghway Workers Battle Elements I-u hroughont Night to Keep High- tea ways Open. First Snow of Sea- sui son Conies from East, ftxi \ya the first [ s\VTtTTriwa^QA?ihrt lipnn+W^ eight oVrlyg ck highway maintenance crews!1 ,lv fr- *..-keening_trCfic going over | ^ * highways. Throughout"the nimhiSa ?y worked and into Saturday flight, ten inches or more of snow and et hid fair to isolate iliis section. IjF e heavy fall of snow was borne In Oil an east wind, and down state the meats poured forth more of their i "don iiuiu I., the mountain. rood on. hiu Uway trains, muses ami motor truck teres we-i'f forced ??? *?tlic-U* schedules Col d on Wednesday buses into Boone cor mi -the east were still running be- nat id time. .State crews have been tioi sy aiding in opening the streets of 1 one. and sidewalks were promptly wil ared by the city and co-operating old izens. nal OH^MJCETTE ? RiRIED IN BRISTOL s tor ttlvcr of Uocal Business Man Sue- *>r cumhs to lx>ng Illness. Native of ?a CajdweU and Ihrosldeut of th< Union Trust Bank. ly Wi Funeral services were conducted on y1 lesday in Bristol; Tenn., for John na irper Faucette. 67. who died Suny after a six-month's illness. Mr. av lUcelte was a native of Caldwell 19 unty, a son of the late Captain E. . Faucette. , ,, _ . . . . . x^enoir in ms early man- k-4' od. Mr. PaucjBtie .became one of the *Tr >?t substantial citizens of BrisI, a prominent merchant and pie*.- inmt of the Union Trust Bank of l*1"' ifctol. ac' Mr. Faucet to was well known In a" atauga County, especially among the ier people. A son, Robert E. Fau- SW tie, is pant -owner of a local five- ord-ten-cent store; a 1 Surviving are the widow and the r'*, e son: one brother. J. D. Faucetie, Bristol: and three su?U-r?, C. Beall of Bristol. Mrs. Laura Fan- an tie of lienolr, and Mrs. Frank Gar- 7/1 > #.f OrfiensborO. V ongres&man Butler is Dangerously 111 ^Hr ?TirihlliSgi Hon. Robert R. Butler, represeuta- A} e in Congress from the State of fo egon, lies near death's door In the xa pital city from complications devel- tii >ing from a case of pneumonia, it Df is learned Tuesday. Information w irilng -to ,Mrs J. v. -iovera of Ucnr.c, s.sister. is to the effect that Mr. Bute's condition Is grave, and that ght hope of his recovery is b?ing aa dd out. He is well known in Boone here he has visited bis sister at sov- ^ al different iimes. ATArOA liODT.F TO ELECT C], NEW OFFICERS FRIDAT i?, B: "W. T>. Farthing, master, announces of c^ll meeting of Watauga Lodge 273, er F. & A. M. on Friday evening for le -purpose cf electing new officers M >r the coining year. He urges a full I at tendance of members. jh* *1.50 PER YEAR ILLS OF JUSTICE 5ASE GRINDING AS IWY'RS STRICKEN ??? rial Term of SujMjrior Court AdMnlnuus Wedncsdajr. Four BeadingiWwriieja IIS. About OneTourth of Heavy Doekel. k Dlspo^ied of. Suit Tor Aiienatici! of Arrmioiu? Results in .Tudfjmettt of One IHdlnr. The special term of Watauga Sufior Court which had been in prog? since Monday of lust week came an abrupt adjournment at 11 o" ck Wednesday morning, when four vyers were unable to continue with ?ir cases due t?> severe cold3 or per- "" ??; Its influenza Those who are ill are R. Lovill, T. E. Dlngham. Wade Brown and J. E. HoJshouser. Al >ugn licicncr of the ban isters is in serious condition, the court was uaie to proceed further. About one-fourth of the eases iced uted for trial were disposed of. e action brought by S. M. Hartley linst Hill Henson on a charge of enatiorr of affections, created some feral interest, but while $10,010 images were asked, the court aired $1.00. Talk of another special term v.as trd about the courthouse Wednesbut no definite action has been' :en. Judge Sink, however, 3tated he ulcl be glad to return and finish ? work he has. started *> **'* summer. ;>uUl the Governor so direct. OSE-S EYlTWHEN rEST TUBE BURSTS SS* ElizAhciii Iladly Tnjnrrd I n Experiment at Boone High School. Xo Others Injured. Senior at A. S. T. diss Elizabeth Spears, of West Jefson, a senior In Appalachian State ichers College here, lest the sight her left, eye and suffered severe orations on thp face when a test ?e exploded In the general science oratory at the Boone High School essay. diss Spears was watching an iment -being conducted by Miss uric Stewart, who does practice ching in the high school under the jorvision. of the college, when the dosion occurred. The experiment s to show the manufacture of coal a, and coat was being heated in a jf-T.uiw j test [SBbe was J :-.r Miss Spears was tho only one In? ~ - SMw?Jit.. res tin g Ayell^ s (Wednesday) morning. ;KS-McHAK COIibEGl'. OttAXtm riWPIl or V ATmv \ i ?V?.. . HJ * ? k 1 J I Banner Elk.?L.oes Mcllao College > -been granted the Beta Tan Chapof the Phi Th"6ia Kappa .iuuuu |le|re Honorary Literary Society, ae ding To~a recent npilci fro jr. Hie Jonal secretary of the organisan. -.ees-McRae in receiving this honor I be the first college in North Cartia to be granted a chapter of tills 1'ional scholarship society. ?!bur me*mbers of last year's grad[ing class and one member of this tr's senior class will compose the irter member enrollment and new dges will be taken as soon as the ipter is 2 lis tailed and organized. The Phi Theta ICappa, which is pattied'after the Phi Beta Kappa Hon Society for senior colleges, was ornized in 19IS bv the presidents of > junior colleges of 'Missouri. L?arg'ethrough the efforts of Miss Eleanor tnfrey. faculty dean of William ood College-, to make tie society rional in its scope, the Phi Theta tppa was made the National Honory society for Junior Colleges in 29. Since this recognition a great pansion has taken place. Phi Theta tppa is now represented by active apt-ers in nineteen, states of the lion. The purpose of 4he society, accord r ?.<? me written constitution, ? to remote scholarship, w> develop charter, and to cultivate fellowship ions the students of both sexes in i> Junior Cottopre* of the United ites. To he-come & member of this caniEatiori a student must possess tigh. sound t*>holn*tfc record and be a good moral character. The emblem of the society is in therm of an old-fashioned watch key d embodies the Greek tetters, Phi, ' eta and Kappa. /inton Rankin Makes High Grades at College Or the 437 treshmuni eiiruncarir. ,>palachian State Teacher* College r the fall quarter, one of the Wauga County student- has the dislt-tion of scoring grades in the group the highest seven. This student 1? inton Kankin. of the Boone High IS;-...:,- .\C- ' & Holidays begin at noon on Thursiy. The new term begins on Tuesiy, January 3rd. EV. ED HODGES CLOSES MEETINGS IX TLNlifiSSSS Rev. Bd Hodges, of Oak Grove. /.* ; t?sed a most successful revival meet- - V % at Mllligan Baptist Church near utler Tenn., last Sunday- A number conversion^ were reported with seval additions to the church. : On the first Sunday in Decemhep^;^;iig r. Hodges closed a scries of Key Station, -which were tve been most successful.