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LOCAL AFFAIRS
Mr. W. F. Winkler of Valle Crucis
was a pleasant visitor with The Democrat
"force" last Friday.
Mrs. Smith Hagaman, of WinstonSalem,
was a visitor in Boone for a
short while Saturday.
Mr. C B. Angel, who for the past
severai months has been in poor
health, is again confined to his room,
suffering from a stomach ailment.
Mi?3 Margaretta Hartness, student
at Virginia-Intermont in Bristol, Va.,
spent the week-end visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Payne.
Mrs. Mary Brown? who has been
confined to her home for several
weeks, is said fo be somewhat improved
this (Wednesday) morning.
Mr. John Smith, of Vilas, accompanied
by his daughter, Mrs. Jennie
Jenkins of Bristol, Terin., was a business
visitor in Boone Monday.
Mrs. E. H. Greer of Yadkin Valley
1*3 reported as right seriously ill A
daughter, Mrs. Frank Critcher of
Boone, visited with her Tuesday.
Messrs. M. A. Giles, Bob Thompson,
Roddie Nelson and D. A. Shell,
of Hickory, were visitors with Mr. F.
M. Thompson Sunday.
Mr. J. W. McGhec was taken to
Duke Hospital, Durham, Tuesday for
treatment for a serious infection of
the skin which has so far baffled medical
skill. 1
Mr. W. F. Miller, whose serious ill- j
ness has been mentioned here from
time to time, while generally im- '
proved, is said to have been a little '
worse Monday, but is now showing* '
improvement.
Born to Mr. and Mrs Toatnio
k last week, a daughter. Mrs. Teague ,
has since undergone an operation at ]
a Statesville hospital and reports in- ,
dicate that her condition is critical. ]
Mr. W. H. Gragg of Boone and
Messrs. Edgar Tufts and J. M. Shoe- <
maker of Banner Elk, went to Ru
leigh Tuesday afternoon on business
and are expected to return today. j
Mr. J. S. Stanbury, who has been 1
right ill for the past few days, is still
confined 10 his home, no great, im- 1
provement being noted in the popular
gentleman's condition.
Miss Edith Hamby returned Sun- ]
day from Cincinnati, where she had i
just finished an extended course in 1
Beauty Culture. Miss Hamby has not :
yet acciaeu wtwc ohc will locate far 1
the practice of her vocation.
Miss Susie Bell Moody, local high .
school student, is recovering from a 1
serious illness with pneumonia at her
home near Lovill. The popular young j
ladv is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .
S. F. Moody. J
Mr. B. .1. Council!, who has been i
a patient for several days at a Char- .
lotte hospital, is reported as improved. ,
A son. Mayor Tracy Councill, went to
Charlotte Wednesday and his fa- ,
ther may be able to return with him. j
Mr. H. E. Clarke of Banner Elk
was a visitor in Boone last Friday i
and told The Democrat that his wifo )
has been seriously ill for several 1
months and little hope is entertained i
for her recovery. j ?
Messrs. John _Greer. Earl Greer and ;1
Edgar Brown went to Statesville jJ
Monday where Mr. Brown gave a!]
transfusion of blood to Mrs. Lee \1
Teague, who is seriously ill at the j}
is nospiuu.
Mr. J. B. Ward of Beech Creek,
while in town Monday took occasion
to pay The Democrat a visit. Incidentally,
this was Mr. Ward's first call
at the country newspaper plant, and
he entered a subscription before leaving.
Mr. Ward said he's been reading
a neighbor's paper for years, but
wanted one of his own from now on.
Mr. R. F. Coffey, who Mas oeen
seriously ill for the past several days,
was taken to the Baptist Hospital at
Winston-Salem Wednesday for examination
and treatment. The illness,
which followed an attack of influenza,
is described as critical, but physicians
have not satisfied themselves ,
with a diagnosis. 1
Peter McClelland, of Waco, Texas. ;
died two weeks after winning an inheritance
of $300,000 in a lawsuit that
lasted 38 years.
Seven Way
to Bettei
Then Secern Active Pitmi fooda.
Will go to work for ffom,
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When the waw1* fftromgh.
Each of the a*?n Active
riant Foods in the Amour )
fertiliser bee does its share i
to improve yonr pleats, your
yield, yonr soil and yonr ptof:!s.
Quickly available ele- a
meats give the young plants
a good start. t Aa they are
luovled. other dements become
available. prooue..._
stronger, healthier plants am f
jgvjvv root month. Non-acic g
forming. Armour's improves t
the soil. See us for fertilizer j
for your potatoes, cabba-e
and other crops.
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Mrs. Harris Entertains
Entre Nous Club.
Mrs. A. S. Harris entertained the
Entre Nous bridge club Wednesday
afternoon at her attractive home on
Main Street. High score prize was
won b3r Mrs. Sam Horton and Mrs.
J. Eubert Holshouser received the low
score.
At the conclusion of the game refreshments
were served.
The guests were Mesdames Sam
Horton, James Mast. Dave Mast, J.
Eubert Holshouser, James Horton, D.
J. Whitener, G. K. Moose and Paul
Coffey.
Etude Music Club Holds
Regular Meeting.
Tlie Etude Music Club met Wednesday,
March 13, with Misses Margaret
and Kathryn Smith. After the
roll call and business, Uie following
program vaa given:
"Dance of the Midgets," Helen Wilcox;
".Tolo," Carolyn Dowling; "The
Noble Duke of York," Willa Grey
Lewis and Mrs. Ruth Porter; "Melody
of Love" and "Melody in F." Grace
Councill; "Banjo Song," Clarica
White; "Fairy Bells," Margaret
Smith; "Bunnies." Kathryn Smith;
"Good Ship Lolly-pop," Mrs. Porter.
After the program delicious refreshments
were served.
Fide lis Class Holds an
Enjoyable Meeting.
On Friday evening. March 8th, 35
members of the Fidclis Class of the
Baptist Church met at the Moore Tea
Room with the president, Mrs. Thomas
Dunkley, Mrs. Charles Stevenson
md Mrs. William Tunnell as host-.
?sses.
After the devotional and business,
many games were enjoyed by the
guests. A potato contest and stunts
which covered everything from the
recitation of the "Psalm of Life" to
i proposal, made the room ring with
laughter.
The hostesses then served a most
delectable plate lunch in green and
Li'h 4 tr? CJf
Members of Worth While Club
Entertain Husbands.
The annual "open house' or "husbands'
dinner" of members of the;
Worth While Club was enjoyed byj
about forty people last Tuesday evening.
The affair was in the Irish spivit,
due deference being paid to at.
Patrick, and wit as well as color
scheme savored of his tribe The
rooms were tastefully decorated with
potted plants and various apiii.5:
blossoms suggestive of Erin's happy
island.
Welcome to the guests was very
graciously given by Mrs. Archie:
Quails, with responds by Mr. II. R.
Eggcrs, who in happy veing proclaimed
tho pleasure of the men at
being guests. Rev. W. L. Trivett made
i very felicitous talk on "Fellowship,"
followed by Rev. J. C. Canipe on
'South of the Seven Stars." a humorous
delineation of many matters,
ncluding club geography.
Miss Nancy Lewis, club president,
cad a pretty poem dealing with the
personnel of the club; Miss Carolyn
Weaver gave a brilliant toast to the
men, with Mr. Watt Gragg respond-:
ng in his usual inimitable" manner.
Lovely musical ni > ibers interspersed
die.talks and toasts. Mrs. Clyde Winelarger
and Miss Annie Dougherty
leing vocal soloists, while Mr. Gibbs
endered two violin solos. Mrs. B. W.
fallings gave an Irish reading. Several
of the guests made appropriate
short talks, among them Mrs. D. D.
Dougherty and Mr. George Hagaman.
Irish favors and place cards with
urograms within a green shamrock
:ont.ributed to the spirit of the good
>ld Iknd of "Erin go Braugh."
A delectable course dinner, ending
vith pie a la mode St. Patrick style,
vas served as the program progressed.
Committeewomen for Uiis affair
.vere Mesdantes W. H. Gragg, W. C.
Jreer and Robert Coffey.
VALLE CIUJCIS SCHOOL
Following is a record of perfect attendance
at Valle Crucis School for
the sixth month of the present term:
First Grade: Finley Cornell, Horace
Edmistcn, Roy Townscnd, John-;
rue Yates, Howard Yates, Russell I
Hodges, Mack Hicks, Mary Hicks.
Second Grade: Kimbert Cornell and
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER'
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Items front The Democrat of J v
March 19, 1896. jo
We are sorry to state that Mrs. t
John S. Williams is quite sick. h
Miss Nannie Rivers, who has been
teaching at Uhville for some months, tl
has returned. s
E. H. Dougherty, who has been in ii
the South all winter, arrived home h
Monday.
We are pleased to note that Col. h
Folk, who has I von in/liennoo/l Sr. ~
proving at his home in Lenoir. n
Richard Greene and wife, of Meat t<
Camp. are. proud of a fine boy, who
arrived on the 11th. He was a nine- o
pounder. h
Coffey Brothers of our town have tl
engaged the services of a fine shoe e
workman and are prepared to have S
any work in that line executed on
short notice. tt
The Elk Knob copper vein is now n
exposed 100 feet in thickness and is b
believed to be of unusual value, per- ei
haps worth a million dollars. s<
Mrs. Jane L. Rivers has the sad in- h
telligence that her brother. Dr. J. P. o
Rhea, of Island Mills. Tenn., died at w
his home on the 13th inst. of apo- a
plexy. si
Rev. Milner Jones of Valle Crucis tl
Frank Mast. IV
Third Grade: Mary Farthing, Bax- j
ter Farthing. Ernest Rowe, Fred ! hi
Smith. Annie Lou James, Una Love. I C
Fourth Grade: Piece Cornell, Wil- j
Ham Herman, Mastin Hodges. Earl ?<
jRowc, Blanche Greene, T<eatha Yates,
Eva Yates. Ifi
Fifth Grade: Murl Bumgarner, Lin
ville Michael, Dexter Yates, Albert ih
Yates. Margaret Yates. Virginia j c<
Love, Ivalee Henson.
Sixth Grade: Gilbert Edmisten, i r<
Dare Caudill, Myrtle Love, Reba ] w
Hodges Clara Hodges. Dorothy Herman,
Ruth Triplett. c
Seventh Grade: Glenn Farthing, h
Mary Herman, Grace Maltha, Tres- h
sie James.
WATAUGA FALLS NEWS
Mrs. Bcrnice Harman of Beech f?
Creek, spent a few days last week a
with her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. fJ
Lewis Glenn.
Miss Edna Harman of Sugar Grove fi
spr.r.t the ivee'' with relatives and vs
friends in this section. 01
Mr. Jerry Cook has been visiting
viuugiiu-l IUI a. IU'1U.U vvjiru. }'
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ward of Beaver d;
Dam visited Mr. and Mrs. Renzo Ward
Sunday. t\
Mr .foe Ward of Brushy Fork spent r<
the week end with his brothers John hi
and Renzo Ward.
Miss Rosedna Ward and Mr. Claud C1
Tester and Miss Beuiah Wyatt and ^
Mr. Ron Tester, all of this section, R
were married at Mountain City Sat- F
urday March 9.
Mr. Elbert Farthing of Beaver Dam G
has been visiting friends here and attending
the revival services. sc
Rev. W. C. Payne and Rev. W. D.
Ashley have been conducting a very h<
successful revival at Antioch Baptist a
Church. The meeting began Sunday ?<
: March 10 and from the beginning a
great spiritual interest has been man- j **
fested. A spirtual awakening has j ~~
swept the whole neighborhood. So far!
at this writing (Tuesday night) there,
have been forty-two candidates ap- j
proved for baptism in addition to a j
great number of renewals of faith, j
[Following the close of the meeting a
series of revival services will begin
at the Windy Cap Baptist Church.
TRADE ITEMS
; The farmers of this section have
been taking the advantage or ihc past
few days of nice weather for their
farm work.
Brady Potter and Burl Britt of
Trade started West last Wednesday.
Stanley Currey, of the Beaver Dam
section, spent the week-end with his
cousin, Ottis May.
Jack Reece, who underwent a serious
operation at Baltimore. Md.. has
returned home, and has been having
a host of visitors. Among those Sunday
afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. G.
N. Ragan, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Smith,
Bob Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Reece, Floyd Reece and Asa Recce
and Lola Reece.
Sunday School is progressing nicely
at Evererreen Bantist Church.
Mrs. Trilla Luther, of Butler visited
relatives at Trade last week.
Clyde Reece, of Beaver Dam. visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Asa
Reece last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Seehorn and
daughters of Mountain City were visitors
last Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Madron.
Edna Reece spent Sunday night
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa
Reece.
Mrs. Vergie Greer of Damascus
spent a few days with home folks
last week.
Miss Estelle Oliver was over from
Bristol last week.
Asa Jr. and Fred Smith visited their
cousins, Karl and Robert Reece, Sunday.
DEEP GAP NEWS
Mr. B. F. Watson and family of
Boone, visited Mr. F. L. Wilcox Sunday
afternoon.
Mr T E. Luther is spending a few
days with his daughter, Mrs. Cora
Moretz, of Fleetwood, this week. !
There will be a box supper at Deep
Gap School house Saturday night,'
March 22, the proceeds to be used to J
enlarge the library. Everyone is invited
to attend.
Mr. Hayes wellborn, who i? a alvtdent
of the Johnson City Business
College, spent the past week with his
mother, Mrs. B. F. Wellborn, who has ,
deen quite ill. wer friends will be glad
to learn she is improving.
Mr. Carl Winebarger, who has purchased
the Taylor apple orchard, i3
busy building roads through the orchard
in order to start spraying the
trees soon.
Mr. A. A. Greene has purchased the
Snllou boundary of timber and is now
having it manufactured.
Mr. J. A. Luther was a business visitor
in West Jefferson and North
y THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
orlktlvFtter
vas in town Monday and gave our
ffice a call. He says he has spent
he principal part of the winter in the
Torthern States and Canada.
It is reported, and we hope truly,
hat the Rev. E. F. Jones has reigned
the pastorate of his churches
i Gaston County and will return to
is home in Watauga.
J. R. Hodges of Elk informs us that
e has contracted his silver mine to
man in California at $30,000. The
lineral interest in Watauga is flat2ring
indeed.
There are plenty of wars now going
11 against the smaller nations. Eneind
has determined to advance up
tic Nile and crush the Mahdi's powr.
It is proposed to reconquer the
oudan.
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*> uuam ijicrviiuey or unio is cerlinlv
in the lead for the Republican
omination for President. Our humIc
opinion is that he will be a weakL
man than Reed or Morton and not;
> strong as Allison. The Republicans
ave Jots of material this year. Ten
r more of the stalwart Republicans
'ould be proud of the nomination
nd there wouid be no counting the
mailer fry, who would consider it
leir duty to accept if nominated.
/ilkesboro last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Moretz visited
trfc. Moretz's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
ain Thompson, at Harley, Sunday.
Mrs. M. E. Moretz has been sick
>r the past few
Mrs. Lee Watson visited her grandUher.
J. E. Euther, Thursday.
Mr. G. C. Moretz of Bessemer City
as been visiting relatives in this
ommunity.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. E. Greene visited
platives in Winston-Salem over the
reek-end.
Mr H. S. Stoelman, the R. F. D.
arrier. was seen building fence on
is farm last week. We hope to see
im continue the good work.
ZIONVIEI-K NEWS
Mr Blakey Younce left last week
ir his home in Great Falls, Mont.,
fter a visit among relatives and
iends for the past four months.
Mrs. Faye Warner has returned
*om Norfolk and Richmond, Va.,
here she spent two weeks as a guest
r rvmtrvea.
Miss Eillic Mae Smith, who is emloyod
at Mountain City, spent Sunay
with her parents here.
I. C. Greer, who has spent, the past
,vo weeks with relatives here, left
gently for Richmond, Va., where he
as employment.
Among those who spent the wecknd
with tlieir families here weie
liss Madge Recce of Bristol, Misses
uth and Madge Castle of Boone, and
red Castle of West Jefferson.
Mrs. W. S. Penn, Mrs. Howard
reer and Miss Doris Wilson attend1
a meeting for teachers of adult
:hool3 in Boone Saturday.
Miss Burilc Reece has returned to
;r home on the R. F. D. after being
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Tom Egn-s,
of Trade, for the past week.
.Take Holman, of Todd, spent some
mc here recently with his brother,
HBHNHMHHMBn
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BOONE, N. C.
"Pr-A.CE OF GOOD SHOWS"
Program for Week
Of MARCH 30th:
MONDAY, MARCH 25
'JUDGE PRIEST'
with
WILL ROGERS
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
"Enter, Madam!"
with
ELISSA 1ANDI and CART
GRANT
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
"CAR 99"
With
FRED MAC MURRAY and
ANN SHERIDAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
"Broadway Bill"
with
WARNER BAXTER and
MYRNA LOY
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
"The Gilded Lady"
with
CLACDF.TT COLBERT and
FRED MAC MURRAY
SATURDAY, MARCH SO
"Fighting Thru" I
with
BOB RUSSBUi
Special Bargain
Matinee, 10c, 15c
Night Shows, 10c and 35c.
EVENINGS, 7:15 and 8:45
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Reeves Holman.
Miss Charlotte Bingham of Aniantha,
N. C., was a guest Friday night
of Miss Betty Ruth Greer.
Mrs. Dula Winebargcr, who has
been reported as seriously ill for several
months, is somewhat worse at
. this writing. Her daughter, Mrs. Edd \
Hockedy. with Mr. Hockedy and
daughter Rozella, from Damascus,
Va., and Ed Winebarger of Mabel
spent Sunday at her bedside.
Mr. and Mrs. aro Davis and son,
Mack, of Bristol, were guests of Mrs.
Davis, mother, Mrs. Victoria Hodge,
Sunday.
Misses Alice ami t>?~
Of"- AfctCA-C ?1UU J
as their guests over the week-end (
their cousin. Miss Bonnie Wilson, of I
Silverstone. I
A small child of Mr. and Mrs. Ray I
Hodge is seriously ill with pneumo- j
nia at the home of her grandmother, '
Mrs. Mary Brown. Later: The child1
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Miss Peggy, of Mountain City, arc
guests of their grandparents, Mr. and
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