North Carolina Newspapers

TODAY and FRANK PARKER t" stoocbki IT A I.Y . . . ricli in work 1 ha\e just got back from a rapli but rather comprehensive tour of It a J y. By railroad, automobile and air jpSane I covered nearly that e-utir peninsula. ar.d saw for myself the re suits of ten years of Mussolini. Italy today Is the least depressei nation in the would. Kveryfboefy Is a work; out of a population of 42.000. r.f.,, t xvnc told, there arc less thai a mil if on unemployed. Including tin aged and invalids. The whole natioi Is Thoroughly organized and a nev spirit of national pride- ar.d co-opera tion has been developed. The Italian people give every evidence cf being the happiest peopl< anywhere in the world today. Me&S ured in dollars, inev don't han-ih much mortey, but measured in term; of food, elo-thing and comfort, theh workers are better off, on the whole than those of any other nation. HOUSING ... in Italian cities One of the biggest things the Italian government has done is to im prove housing conditions for .workers in the cities In Milan, which is th: New York of Italy, the industrial an< financial center ami -the largest city I saw literally thousands of now ap avtment houses, bulk by private capital with government aid, modern ant sanitary sanitary in every respect where workers can rent four - roorr apartments for $3 a month. On th< outskirts of Home, along the famou* Appian Way and just over the caves known as the catacombs, where the bones of millions of Christian martyrs lie. I saw where the government had provided housing for sixty thousand workers who were moved from tic slums of the old city, which have been torn down and made into parks or new highways. The same thing is going on in many other Italian cities; and every one ol these housing developments as it; central feature a new and moderr, school house, with playgrounds and parks around it. The next generation of Italians will be 'better educacled than Its parents were. FARMING . . . every acre counts One reason why Italy has suffered less from the depression than other nations is that 55 per cent, of its population lives on the land. There is hardly a square inch ol kind'Mn Italy that is not under cult; vatioii. Even the moun.ta.in siuvs oi the Appe-iiines and the Maritime Alps ate terraced, in tiny tracts, as high ? > vegetation will grow. Pc-rha.ps the biggest thing- which tlu rti:-.clr^t^.ver n?P ui has ^undertaken is the reclaiming of air~*Iie wa&u lands. 1 saw the great drainage works whtjh haver^KutuvU . -"amai Pon laid ou( in fimul! holdings, wanr mtn utL'^v'.z breeding flats of the Campagna, Irl the vicinity <r>t Naples. Here again private capita. and the governmonl co-opertaed, the reclaimed land is sowed to crops stocked with cattle, sheep or poultry. laid out ir. small holdings, ouch?with. it? modern farmhouse and outbuildings, and sold on ?A?y terms to new fanners, while the National Institute of Agriculture-, organised much like the American system of county a gent a. gives intensive assistance in helping the people get a living from the land. WHEAT . . . and tobacco Italy has set out to grow all of its own wheat, both the duruf variety used for malting macaroni, and sof; wheat, im bread. Ten yeses ago Italy was Importing five-sixths cf Ms wheat. Today it Is growing five-sixths of its own wheat This is a result of what Mussolin! has dramatically named the "Battag iia de* Grano" the Battle of Grain. This is something- tor Am eric ax wheat growers to think about. On< of our nig export markets, which formerly took millions of bushels of grair annually, is no longer a. market foi the United State/* wheat grower. Something of the same sort is hap pening with tobacco. In Italy -the gov cm merit is the only .manufacturer o cigars and cigarettes. It used to im port tobacco, mainly from America Now 4n the Southern (pari -of -th. peninsula and In the African colonic: Italy Os growing five-sixth of Its owi tobacco. DISCIPLINE . . . honest dealings All Italy is regimented. Every bus inesu, industry and occupation is or ganiscd. The Italian Parliament i composed of members eleotod by 401 trade, industrial or agrlcultura or agricultural groups: they do no represent districts, they represent oc cu potions. Thcoc -occupational guilds or syn dicatea have absolute- freedom <o oom bine in any enterprise that Is for th public welfare, So iiw every in&lvfd usi I.xiv rigm. to niHHt) u* mucn niuno; <an. provided he does It hon estly. But there Is plenty of gcvem mental supervision?* to see that th public interest Is served. A number of iporsons who were no satisfied to do business honestly, bu persisted In dishonest methods, wer summarily removed toy the Fascist or 'v" Mussolini's government Is extreme ly practical In its methods. -ORPHANS GUESTS Of1 KOOSEVEI/ Albany, N. Y. -? President-eleo Roosevelt gave a Christmas party fo 60 orphans at the executive manslo Saturday, then piled Christmas gift into a big sedan and set out for Christmas reunion with his family a his home in Hyde Park. Before starting the 70-mile tri down the Hudson valley, Governc Roosevelt announced that Monda had been definitely .set for the vis: of Norman H. Davis. American rep \ raeemative ait the Geneva disarm* ipent conference. WA1 A No: VOLUME XUIV, NUMBER 26 ; MANY MARRIAGE ; LICENSES ISSUED ; DURING THE YEAR t _ Dr. Julius I. I'oust SwurCh License a from Rcgi?ler of Deeds. while NupL. thU tor Anno Cannon Hey 11i olds Are Issued Ilcre. XIwr c?f Mrs. i- Cone Amonjc Xanun Appearing on Record. Total of 57 Coiiplw. There were fifty-seven marriage lii censes issued trom the office of Reg later of Deeds Helen Underdown dur Inn the year 1932. a cheek of the re.cs ords indicate. Among tnose moat r widely known whose names appear on , the records are Dr. Julius I. Foust or Greensboro, head of N. C. C. W'., Anne Cannon Reynolds ot Concord, first. wife of the late Smith Reyn_ olds, heir to the tobacco millions, and . Dene L-indau of Baltimore, niece of 3 Mrs. Moses H. Cone. The complete, j list of those securing: licenses is pub1 lished below: January 2?T. T. Triplet* of Wa tauga, and Angelina Eradshaw of - Caldwell. t January 5?Weibster Felts of . Wilkes, and Nora Burke of Wilkes. ' February 4?Fred White of Caldi well, and Mary Walker of Caldwell. > February 6?Frank Dellirig-Cr of 5 Watauga, and Btella Dotson of Wa tauga. > February 19?Clyde Hodges of \Vai tauga, and Vera Idol of Watauga. I February 22?Roby Brown of Was tauga, and Rose Fries land, of Ashe; t Arnie Hicks -of Watauga, and Peurl ' Harmon of Watauga. February 25?George Noriis of Wa' tauga and Myrtle Grogun, Watauga. r- Marcli 2?Charles Thompson. Bart^ ley, ATa... and Roberta Stevc-nson. * Bartloy. W. Va. March 11?Con ley McElyea, Kitoxville. Tern., and Helen Barber. KnoxI ville. Tenn.: Glenn Morctz of Ashe, > and Elizabeth Johnson of Watauga. March IG?Beech Keller, of Watauga, and Blanche Cole of WataugaMarch 14?Charler? Co-ttreil of Caldwell, and Billie Winkler of Watauga. Ma?oh 21?Luther Hicks of Watauga. and Epsie Harman, Watauga. March 22?Ivermit Cornett of Wa tauga, and Minnie Do well. Watauga. April 2?Ray P. Reynolds. Princeton. W. Vn., and Elizabeth Price, of : Princeton, W. Va. April 10?Stuart Oxentine of Watauga. and Catlle Pitts of Watauga. April 11?Joseph Taylor of Lenoir, t and Edna Coffey of Lenoir, t ?Clnronori Greene of. Wav tauga, and Alma Sheppurd~b?~"Wilk.*Ki: ?1 Aprdl 22?F. Brandon Smith, Char; j laUe, and Aim^.vnnrtv" ^ -Ltffh/>krir:.v.*: ."vfe*? '"' ,JT''jr i May 26?Wade~ Bro>vn or "A?iiyi t and Oeorgia Norman of Avery. June 22?Itoacoe Cook of Watauga, s and Pearl Randall of Watauga. June 25?"Curtain Hicks of WatauI ga, and Viola Stines of Watauga. Juno 26?Floyd Hicks of Watauga, ; and Boiaii. Harmon, of Watangn. June 12?John 11. Johnson of Gate Ohy Va., and Mary P. Rowan of Armory, Mlsa. July 2?Allan Roos, New York, and . Dene Linda u. Baltlnxire July 10?Herbert I-.. MacCauley of Johnson City, Tenn., and Hazel Grace Love, Watauga. July 26?James Arrant of Watauga. and Margaret Hix of Watauga. July 60?.Toe Greer of Watauga and Teeler Parson of Ashe. August 13?Herbert Church of Watauga and Lula Coffey or Watauga; Hammer Howell of Ashe, and Agnes Morety of Watauga; David Minion of Watauga, and Berniee Danner of Watauga; lAtther Wood of Wilkes, and Ruby Felts of "Wilkes. August 22?rDr. Julius 1. Foust of Greensboro, and Clara McNeil, of Greensboro; Walter T. Jones of Renoir. and Gertrude Smythe of Mountain City, Tenn., Conrad Storle of Caldwell, and Ida Greer of Caldwell. August 24?William Coffey of Watauga, and Klma Gragg of Watauga. ! August 30?-Floyd T. Cox. of Benham. Kir., and Eula Hurd. of Blast g Sione Gap, Va. September 8?Fred W. Fuhrmeister of DesVoge, Mo., .and Louise Lehning of Nashville, Tenn. September 10?Coriley Trivette ot Watauga, and Ruth Glenn of Watauga; Raymond Eller of Watauga, and Rachel Wilson of Watauga. Serdember 18?Robert G. Wills of J Shouns ,Tenn.. and Belle Hawkins, of L Mountain City, Tenn. 1 September 24?Russell Hayes of * Wilkes, and Florence Revia of WlJkea. October 1?-Luufence Bolick of Watauga, and Mary Wooten of Watauga. October 6?Blan Greene of Watauga, and Mae Greene of Watauga. e October 14?Don Honeycutt of Waand Artje Aldrldge of Watauga. ^ October 23?B. Arney Foster ot ' Watauga, and Zora Champion, Shelby, if. c. 0 October 28?John L. Davis of Watauga. and Amie Johnson of Watauga. * October 31?-Stanley Hicks of Wa1 tauga, and Vdrgle Presnell of Wa0 tauga. November 18?Henry Puckett ol Plasterco, Va., and Kate Rickman ol " Plaaterco, Va. November 21?France McGulre ol Watauga, and Delia Isaacs of We * tauga. Noveniber 24?C. G. Almond of Abit Jngdon, Va., and Grace Morris, Brisr tol, Va.; G. B. Blackwelder, Stanley n County, and Hartsett Lee Little oi ? Stanley County. a November 30?Don Lookabill ol Lt Watauga and Edna Johnson of Watauga. I> December 3?Russell Bentley, Wa >r tauga, and Wynona Hollers, Watauga y December 21?Robert Toaster o: It Waitauga, and Alma Potts, Watauga. >- December 23?Chancle Holloway t- Butler, Tenn., and Annie Hicks, o Watauga. rAUG n-Partisan Newspaper, D? ' ^ BOONE. WATAUGA COU President Maker m-j -w "x Louie Mc Henry Howe, secretary and political adviser to Presidentelect Roosevelt, now dons the title of "President Maker," as it was his work which was all-powerful in bringing the nomination and election to Mr. Roosevelt. . . . Howe, a former newspaper man, will have a room in the White House, offices in March. MRS. L S. GREENE FUNERAL TODAY Welt-known Resident of Stony Fork Community Victim of Complication of Diseases. Services by Pastor. Six Immediate Survivors. Mrs. l. S. Greene, 61 years old{ member of one of the moat prominent: families of the fttnav pa.ssed away at her home Monday evening after an illness with a complication or ailments which had made her an invalid for the past two years. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at il o'clock from .Stony Pork by the pastor. Rev. Roe Payne, who was assisted by the Revs. 1?3 Hodges and Levi Greene. Interment was at .the Stony Pork cemetery. Surviving are the husband aftd five jcmiuicii ! Lllzejbethtoii; \yortb find Winfred. ot Vr.ytW.. M:.Q-ienn. Welch* ot IStony Pork; three brothers any a THB= I - sfmmabbv? rkj., I Willhun Wagner of Boone R. F. !>.; McD. Wagner o? * Brownavood; Mrs. Hynum MbNc-ll, of Rich Mountain. Mrs. Greene was a daughter of the late Blair Wagner and was horn and reared in the Stony Fork community. Shf> wa.?j--'a -memijjet' of the Stony Fork Church, and wni woi! liiU-Wn Us<>. county. 146 ARE KILLED IN HOLIDAY MISHAPS Autos, Trains, Firearms, Poison Tjfeditor, Drownings and Mine Disaster Take Toll. Southeast Deads In Fatalities Death was the unwelcome bystander at the nation's Christmas celebration. A survey Monday indicated that 140 persons-may have been killed over tbe week-end. Heading tragedies was the Mowea<iua (ill.) mine disaster. Fifty-four men were trapped there and officials expressed doubt that any wouiu be, brought out alive. Already several bodies have ibeen recovered. Automobiles, .trains, firearms, and drownings accounted for the mounting death list. A tabulation by sections of the nation showed: Six met death In New England, 16 in the east, 28 in the southeast, 21 in the midwest, seven in the west and southwest, 11 Jn the far west and 3 in the south. The tabulation does not include the 54 feared lost In the Illinois mine explosion. Included in .the deaths were six In New York attributed (by officials to poison liquor. Severely Injured in Automobile Crash Mr. Blaine Trivett, of Boone, is s patient in a iMjonganton hospital where "1 he was taken early:-Saturday morn ing, arter Having been found bcsidt his wrecked car near that city in ai unconscious condition. Young Trivet' was en route to Asheville' Frldaj ! night, and believes he must hav? V dozed, for an instant. The car left tin I a' tree, and cast it r driver.. onto the grouna. Aithoug? -l*i was unconscious for a time.' he is no believed to have been critically in jured. A badly bnoken nose, a severe - cut in the back of the head and ml r nor abrasions wnstftutc the. s.pnaren t injuries. r INJURED IN FAUIj H. F. Klncaid, of Valdese, driver o a "Waldensian Bakery truck, suffere< a broken arm Tuesday afternoon whei he slipped and fell at the Vilas Serv f ice Station, west of Boone. He cairn to Boone, where Dr. Hag&man set th> , fractured member, and this (Wednes f day) morning Is back on his route accompanied by an extra driver. 6? ? ?&r '" .' .~t'V? \ '" " . \ ""28?jfi svoted to the Best Interests ol NTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TrtURSPAY, >.W??tMWIWWWWMW>MWWW? ' [ HOLIDAY TRADE IS ?REPORTED LIVELY Merchants of Booee. vben quesI tlo^d the first of tlK> week as to the/ amount, of their Christmas trade. were practk^Hy unanimous fn .the report thai. iwiliday **les wore ?s large, or In some icrtanbes ltt*n ? 7"*** ?5o. The anion ut of money changing Iiands of course was smaller, but the volume of business was described In most places tm -^thoroughly soiisfactory, as?d better than was expected. The cold weather which preceded Christmas by a few days Helped a great deal I i? the disposal 4?r seasonal merchandise. g mrs. ira critcher! i succumbs after a . LENGTHY ILLNESS 2 ___________ Kt Well Known Resident or liaiuboo See tlon Passes Friday. Fanoriii Sunday. Ill for Several Weeks. Member |&/l ftj of jPromlnent Family Hurl Native J.V1X! Wfttuiifcan. Husband ami Several __ Sisters Anions Survivors. Mrs. Ira Critcher, 46 years old. died nit hcrr home In the Bamboo section ^yjfo last Friday after an illness which had ^ been considered critical for several weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the Mount Vernon Baptist Chunch Saturday by Rev. W. C. Payne . ' 1 and interment was in the Critcher " a was cemetery. surviving husband, ?<?vpn 0 ^ sisters and a throther: Mesd&mes Ros- "us ' eoe Little, Boone: John Downes. of Douglas, Wyo.: B. 1.. Stone, Dalton, ^ Oa : Joe Pearson. Moravian Falls: ?n Jim Ray, Boone: Roy Johnson, Bre- ,n vard; JMiSs Annie llou Kerley and Don Kevley. Blowing Rock R. F. P. ! Mrs. Critcher wns the daughter of .CC!,,1J Mr. and Mrs. lid Kerley of the Blow- 'ro ' Rock seotipn. She received lier|Rlc education ut the "old Appalachian 'nei> Training School, and was well known ?.r ? throughout this community and sec- ^ Ron. She was a.memibei of the Mount ' 0)1 ' Vernon Kaposi Church, a splendid lady, and her friends were numbered t ov 1 by, her acquaintances. W. W JOLUNS DIES 5? | j*. m. Myuftfbi Z Prominent Mcrcliant of Boone's Fork Comniuriltj' Smrumlw to !.on?r III- ia ncss. Funeral Held Friday. Wire ^-( and Three Children Survive. the s "W. \V. Collins, prominent citizen cxair and merchant, died n't his home in the I Boone's Fork sebiion of the county (.(>v i last Thursday after an illness which ' had its beginning- mure ihar. five years &go. A complication of diseases caused his death. He was 66 years l c old. K?n< Funeral services were conducted ^asl from the Blue Ridge Advent Chris- eVaJ tian Church Friday by the pastor, ding Rev. S. E. Onagg. who has assisted ter. in the rites by Rev. John Greene of nesd^ Boone, and Rev. Mr. 1 shell- of Renoir. AI*r. Interment was in -the Boone's Fork covei Cemetery. . "Ml The pallbearers were Ed Shoemaker, Raleigh i>avi?. Worth Davis. whei Herbert Estos, O. J. Coffey, Hahip day. Siriis. Carrol Hollifield Oar.t Runer.t. Murray Coffey, M'elvtn Calloway, Coy SQlSims, Sherman Henderson, Henry Hend?rgon, John Grass. Hubert Smith and Alfred Church. M Surviving are a widow and three is r> children, Silencer, TleRstie and Staple- fron: A great host of friends in Watauga. Cirri other sections of this state. Georgia licve and elsewhere -were very sad as they para received news of .iVr. Collins' death, frlen He will be remembered by the older gent' people of the county as an early teacher of both instrumental and vocal music, and made it a profession Mi for many years. Lately he has oper- Com ated a general store, ?ie wu? a r.a- whfc tive of Union County, Georgia, but a tri had liver in Watauga for thirty years. Bani He was well known and had many day. i friends, one of whom described his isho< life as one of "beauty, kindness and unln i Christian service." Long Illness Fatal to . M Mrs. Larkin Welborn mS ed a 1 Mrs. Larkin Welborn, of Stony jal? Fork, died at her home there 'Cues- ** i day at 11, after u. Io.-.g i!!r.t?, She s was about 70 years old. Funeral is to ^ - be held today and burial will be in M s Stony Fork Cemetery. Complete dn- of x i tails are unavailable. Con L Mrs. Welborn was a native Watau- hom r gan and a well known and highly re- port 5 apeoted lady. She was a consistent cbai i member of the Baptist Ohurch and a likel > mainstay in her community. She is i s-rvived by ohildren. her husband BI< t having died several years ago. p Can ^ MRS. RHODA HOIJUFEEXD port Funeral services were conducted tion t from the Boone's Fork Baptist church Qns. uii tnv ism iur uura. xwiuutL nuitt- says field, 75-year-old resident of that that carrtmunity. Rev. W. D. Ashley con- an ; t ducted the services and Interment was wM 1 near the church. Further information two 1 could not be obtained. .was F e Twenty-seven hogs dressing 9.261 stor ? pounds of ponk have been butohered ouei - at the Harnett County home and 21 a le . additional animals are available for is f slaughter. avej : Northwest North Cat DQDCEitBKR S3. 1931 "Fugitive" Author Robert E. Bums, author of tl\e faous story,'11 Am a Fugitive from a iiain Gang,'' who was apprehended 1 New Jersey and extradition asked >r him by Georgia, from which hffe's chain gang he escaped. IS. BRENDALL IS IJURED IN CRASH or LocsU Milliter Is Patient in ifoiTolk nospitai. Hroken Arm Is Said to lie Her Principal Injury. s. J. H. Drendkil Jr. is a patient Norfolk, Yu., hospital yhere she taken following an automobile ac>t in which the ear she and her ana occupied figured, ifeugf"* >nation Is to the effect that the ent occurred when another auto cd the highway front a side road 10 path of the Boone minister's tin". #>. Brendall'S principal injury. along to the information, was a i*n arm, and so far as is known is showier satisfactory i m pro ve . The couple lef.t Sunday evening i holiday visit with relatives and ds in Currituck County and in ilk. \ E CREEK sciiooi* TO OPEN MONDAY, JANCARY 2 ie Cove Oreek High School, which closed iiw'i) weeks ago on account flu epidemic, will, reopen or* Mencement main? yesrpfvfay oyrfrc fffirtn ri \ Hprton states thajt' the minhas pracucany u?~ very little sickness ha;* been rejd in his community for. several Hv urges that all . students of ichool be on hand the first week study reviews which lead up to dpations opening on January 9. RITJON OF ro\niufiss:dAN I'TIiKU SLKiHTLY IMPROVE!* mgressman R. Tt. Butler of Orewho has been critically ill in o ixington, D. C., hospital for sevdays. Is slightly 'improved, accorto n message received iby his sisMrs. Jim Rivers, of Boone, YVeday. Physicians now believe that Butler has a good chance for eery. *3. Rivers returned from his bedIn the capital city Saturday, e she had been called or. M'ednosIRE CUARUBS TAYIjOR SAll) TO UG RGOpVERlXG r. Charles Taylor, of Yalle Crucis, exported to be greatly improved i an illness which developed on atmas day and which was bed to have been a. light stroke ol lysis. It is now believed bs ids, however, that ihe venerabic [eman will recover. AUTO ACCIDENT p. Bud Hefner of the Boone Drup pany was the driver of a cai h was crowded from the road b> licit on the mountainside between ler Elk and Elk Park last FrlThe .machine was al-moac demoli, but Mr. Hefner was practically; jured. AGED LADY VERY ILL vs. Sallie Rasan. 38 years old tins seriously 111 at her home on t Camp, and her death is expectt any time. She is a sister of th W. L. Bryan of Boone, and tlit survivor or the Bryan old family JaFBDEKATE YETFR tV ILL r. Harve Davis, 92 years old, on* he few remaining veterans of th< federacy. is serious-ly ill at hi; te on Boone Route 2. Latest re s are that his condition is un iged and his recovery- seems un iy. S LEMONS GROWN IN STATE respects for a. new crop in Nortl >lina have been heightened by re a from -two widely separated sec s of the state. -This time it's "lem Hickory sends in a story whicl i -that Mrs. R. P. Huffman, of nea place, collected five lemons will aggregate weight of -over six lbs ch were grown on a two-year-ol" and one-half-foot <tree. The tre grown from a cutting, rom Gneenville comes a slmila y to the effect that Lebron Spenc rator of a floral house, has grow: mon in one of his hot houses tha our or five times the size of th rage California or Florida producl ? - -l.-; I D AT I\i\l olina $1.60 PKH YEAR HOLIDAY CHEER IS PROVIDED FOR DESTITUTE FOLK Welfare Agencies Supported by Individuals in Work of Seeing tl?at Santa Clans Made Wid^pni^ Appearance. Toys. Candies and Goodies Made Christmas Men*y for All the teas Fortrioate. Despite hard times and distress Christmas proved id-be very merry Indeed for WafctAUfsatvs in general, and perhaps never in any recent year have the festivities been enjoyed In as many homes of the destitute. The duly constituted "welfare department received thi' full cb-operation of organization* over 'the county In tlie work of dispelling gloom for :t period over the V.;! tid;-. and there were Ion# and candy and dolls and goodies for just about all the kiddies. Smith Hagaman, superintendent of welfare worlc. has issued a more or less detailed statement as to work done for the needy during Christmas, which Is published herewith: Mr. Htornmiin's Statement "Christinas which conies hut once a year h;ip come and gone. Many homes, no doubt, did not have the usual good cheer, owing to the pinch of the times, but despite the shadows that hovered over &o many homes, scores of hearts and lives were gladdened during the holidays. "We want to acknowledge with deep appreciation the unselfish and really heroic work of trie numerous crga nidations and individuals which made it possible for scores and even hundreds of tittle children to have some of the joys of this Christmastide that otherwise could not have been provided. "The organized relief agency of the county did ?voiy.lhihg pccslblc %*J reach every worthy ease in every section of the county but, of course, this was a physical impossibility. Howov it?, ik *v?w -(wwiuto reacn aocui intern hundred people in this way? fifteen hundred lighter hearts and brighter faces*! Reward enough! "Jt would be impossible to name all the people who so royally contributed in various ways to make this possible. Mr. R. M. Greene of Boone collected and reconditioned a vast number of" toys?-made them good arid bright ad ne\y. These went to scores of homos throughout the county. Many ;t little child will gratefully remember in year's to come .this very thoughtful act of Mr. Greene. "Jim Rivers of the Watauga Den*.i.. 5atHtc ?? .send Chan two huh- ; J dred "?*?** well flllwl with oranges. apples, nuts, candiesarid raisms. anrt lots of dolls ana toys. t;iv 1;'.tires won't soon forget th?? charitable citizens who contributed to this fund. "The Boone High School contributed in a large way to the relief of many families in different sections of the county. The College Y\ "W. C. A. furnished a box of dressed dollsMSf The Dclphiatr >^?cicry and-a college class each took a needy family for iiieii . "Money was scarce and problems difficult, hut aiover .was .the spirit finer. SMITH HAOAMAK, "Supt. of Public Welfak-e." Young Students Make Remarkable Records Mr. Kdaar Hardin of the Laxon i community w;is a visitor in town Friday and brought with him his two daughters, JLois, 7, and Ruth, 8, who have been students at the Deep Gap Consolidated School. Lois shows justifuoble pride hi a report card which sne has, snowing: tnat she has finished the fourth grade, receiving 4A's' on all studies, while Ruth has finished the second grade with "A" rating on everything except mathematics. The two little ladies are to ?be congratulated upon their spelndid accomplishment. CONGRKSS PASSES BEER BtLTj Washington.? The House last Wednesday afternoon, by a vote -b? ?30 _:p^. to 16&? passed the bill to legalize the sale of 3.2 per cent, beer (the Ways and Means Committee bill), equal to 4 per cent, by weight, and, accord-> Ing to most authorities. a very good pre-war beverage, whether or not it , is intoxicating "in fact'* under ordi nary conditions. This La the first "wet . ^fctory** since the 18th amendment ' waa adopted. The Senate iromedialc; _ly- promised earjy action, tbut this will not come up until late this week. ON J>EER HUNT J -Messrs. Prank Stutrt>s ana John ? Greer are enjoying a deer hunt in the 5 gitm- regions of South Carolina this - week. They are expected to return - to their homes here Wednesday eve ">"* - - CHRISTMAS PAGEANT l * .mJ_ ^WrlntmiiA ? MM* WM held at y - the Old Mount Pleasant - Church east of Boon? last Saturday - night. There was a good attendance, i a Christmas tr*?e with treats for 'the r members of the Sunday School, and n a general good itime was enjoyed. i. d WOULD FIX FIVE-DAY e WEEK IX NEW STATUTE r Washington.A bill to establish e the five-day week and six-hour day a in all industries was introduced last t week by Senator Black, Alabama, r/ho e said he would press lor iu early cqiiU sideration. : ? > : - M M