DECEMBER 23, 1937 LOCAL AFFAIRS Miss F.ilcn Coffey of Shu'.ls Mills, was a visitor in town last Friday. Miss Ma ho! Browr. of Valle Cruets is spending the holidays with friends ri Savannah, Ga. Mr J. E. Xorris has returned frort :\ visit at the home of a son. Mr. It.'o -io V/vwte ?? * 1 ' ' I>wiv .... e?v '/imiVWll, \ ('L. Mr. Xtack Houck of SUverton. Wash , is spending the holidays at the home of a brother. Mr. Chas. Houck, in Boone. Mr. George Tongue, who is critically ill with pneumonia, was rejected Monday evening to be slightly improved. Mr. Clopton Farthing, of Wake Forest College, hits returned and wall spend Christmas with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Farthing. Miss Mattie Topping? has gone to Asheville where she will spend the winter at the home of her daughter. Mrs. W. H. Anderson. Mir. Fred Michael, of Okanogan. Wash., arrived Sunday to spend the winter with his father, Mr. David Michael, of the Rutherwood section. Mrs. Jessie McGuire left this week for Wilmington, where she will spend Christmas with her daughter, &lss. C. L,. Holland. Air. and Mrs. I'Yank At Payne left, the first of the week for Sar.ford to spend the holidays with Mrs. Payne's parents. Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Matthews. Mass Ersel Presnell, who is a student at Mars Hili College, is spending the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. VVillard Presnell. at Sugar Grove. Atr. H. E. Deal, of Sherwood, went to Lenoir last week to qualify as the administrator of the estate of his deceased brother. J. C. Fletcher, and to look after some other business affairs Mrs. Roliert Honeycutt is in the Davis hospital. Statesvilte. where she underwent two serious operations Saturday. While her condition is serious, surgeons hoid out hope for i her early recovery. Airs. A. F. Parsons has returned to her home aftci having spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Gv.-yn Parsons and Gene Parsons of Landis. The Mesdames Parsons spent Saturday in Charlotte shopping. Mary and Jack Hcndrix, son and daughter of Mr. and MYs . Hooper Hemlrtx. of Shelby arc spending tho holidays here with their grandmother, Mrs. H. J. Hardin. Mr. and Mrs. Hendrlx will arrive later in the week. Mr. D. L. Wilcox, manager of the Boone Steam Laundry, is a patient at a Winston-Salem hospital, where ihe was taken last Friday for ti-eatment for a rather severe illness. Mr. Wilcox's condition is not thought to be necessarily serious. Mr. James Farthing, who is teaching at the Mills Home, Thomasville, is a patient at a Statesville hospital, where he recently underwent an appendix operation His parents, Mr. ami Mrs. W. D. Farthing, visited him Sunday and report his condition as being satisfactory. Mr. Marvin Deal, of the U. S Navy, who has been stationed at Portsmouth. Va., has arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Deal, Sherwood, where he will spend the holidays. A brother, Mr. Lester Deal, who is in the CCC camps near Franklin, N. CJ, is also expected to return home before Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Leake and family of Manila, P. I., accompanied by Mrs. Leake's sister, Miss Wilhelmina Shull of Valle Crucis, arrived here Monday from a round-theworld cruise, which began at Manila on October 28. Mr. and Mrs Leake, immediately upon their return, were called to Charleston, S. C., on account of the serious illness of Mr. Leake's mother, and will likely remain there until after Christmas. They have engaged passage on a ship sailing from New York early in March for their return to the Phillipines. Worth While Club Has Christmas Party The .beautiful home of Mrs. Arthur Hamby gave a perfect setting for the Christmas party of the Worth While ? lub on Friday night, December 17. The immense living room and dining rooms were thrown together and TBoftly aglow with Christmas candles and lights. Decorations appropriate to Christmas were in evidence everywhere. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. Hamby and Mis. W. O. Robertson, who were wearing most decoming hostess gowns of deep rich color of lace and satin, respectively. The roll was answered with scripture verses pertaining to the season and a Christmas program was given. The Origin of the Christmas Tree by Mrs. J. C. Canipe; The Celebra tion of Christmas in Other Lands by Mrs. M. !W. Beach followed by the club singing Silent Night. The hostesses, assisted by Mia A Million This authentic photo direct fri his immense stock of Christmas loj inspection of the children. 6?' f" Items from The Democrat of December 22, 1898 Mrs Mattie Green has qualified as the administratrix of the estate of her late husband, Judge Green.e There will be a Christmas tree at ; the courthouse next Saturday at 7 p. m. The tree will be dressed Sat urday morning-. Of course the little people will be delighted. R. C. Rivers of The Democrat is spending the holidays in Iredell. Hi3 wife and babe have been there for some days. We miss him, but hope he will have a pleasant time. Mr. Thomas Sherrill and Miss Sarah Sinims, both of Blowing Rock, were married in Boone last Friday evening, 'Squire Dougherty officiating. It will be remembered that Mr. Sherrill was in the naval unipeasantness off Santiago harbor. The Democrat extends best wishes to Earl Cook and Mrs. Vaught Mast, served two delicious courses of reI freshments. The first, plate consisti ed of creamed turkey in patties, hot rolls, butter, congealed apple rings in green and red colors, stuffed oranges and coffee. The second course was fruit cake topp'ed with whipped cream, along with a tiny Aladdin lamp cleverly fashioned from candies and small lighted candles. Soon afterwards Santa Claus was ushered into the room and with many jolly remarks v he distributed the Christmas gifts which were piled high around the glowing tree. Santa himself was the recipient of a most unusual gift. Alter another hour of enjoyable social discourse the guests reluctantly departed, each carrying besides her gifts the memory of the gracious hospitality of the hostesses and the joyous spirit of a most happy evening. Special guests were Mrs. Earl Cook and Mrs. Vaught Mast. The next meeting will be on January 7th with Mrs. John Howell and Mrs. Wade Brown, hostesses. North Carolina Couple Married in Michigan Miss Ola Winebarger, of Watauga county, was married to Mr. Glenn Barnwell, of Near Asheville, during the past summer in Pontiac, Michigan. Mrs. Barnwell was euucaiea ai Appalachian State Teachers College and for the past three year3 has taught in the public schools of this county. Mr. Barnwell was educated at the University of North Carolina and Appalachian, and is now employed at the Sears-Roebuck Company in Pontiac, Michigan, where the couple pian to make their temporary home. Maids and Matrons Hold Their Christmas Parly The members of the Maids and Matrons Cub held their annual Christmas party Thursday night, at the Daniel Boone Hotel. A delicious three-course dinner was served, consisting of fruit cocktail, fried chicken, baked apples, peas, beets, celery and olives, coffee, pecan ice cream and cake The table was beautifully decorated with a silver tree, hung with blue and silver balls, for centerpiece, and lighted blue candles in silver holders at each end of the table. Favors, consisting of a vat-i.-Kr of tovs were olaced at each place and these afforded a great deal of amusement during the dinner hour. Following the dinner "phony bridge" was played and losers from the first progression were crowned with dunce caps of Christmas colors which had to be worn for the remainder of the evening. Such was the order of progressions until the fined one, when winning depended upon playing by "fait means or foul," and the playing ended with much hilarity. Hi#h score prizes were awarded to Miss Rather rlne Harwell and Dr. Amos Abrams The last act of the gay party was the presenting of Christmas gifts : These were cleverly awarded by Mrs Baxter Linney calling in turn each . member of the party with some clev WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY Chri stmas Gifts (he North Pole shows Old Saint Ni s. Local stores have already received t i them and hopes their lives may be ' j happy. Mr. Holden Moody, who lives with j , i Ids son. Fin, on Brushj' Fork, was I L_ I i i iviui poratysis on jhsl oun-' day morning. He is seriously ill and his recovery is thought to be doubt- ( ful. Col. William J. Bryan is no iong- c er a warrior, but is now a civilian. ? He has resigned his position as col- u onel of the Third Nebraska regiment v His resignation has been accepted by c the war department Col. Bryan will stay in Washington this winter a * good part of his time watching po- 1 litical events. * We are pained to hear of the sc.- f rlous illness of Genera! R B. Vanco ' of Asheville. He is a brother of Sen- 1 aor Z. B. Vance, deceased. General Vance is favorably known by many Watauga people. er statement that was made appro- \ priate by bringing out some point of contrast to the personal characteris- i J tics of each individual. The club , members and their guests were as t follows: j Miss Louise Critcher, Mr. Manley Clarke. Mrs. Baxter Linney, Miss Virginia Webber, Alias Ruth Robeson, Air. Bernard Dougherty. Mrs Doug- j las Redmond, Mr. Tom Redmond, ] Mrs. David Greene, Miss Katharine .< Harwell, ATIss Virginia Wary, Air. i KennfAh Linney. Mr. ar>e Mrs Fium- \ niie Adams, Mr. and AlVs. Frank < Williams. Mr. and Mrs. J itn-.w Wink- \ ler, Mr. and Airs. A. R Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bingham, Mr. and i Mrs. Amos Abranvs. i FORMER CITIZEN' WRITES s Lenoir. K. C., Dec. 16. 1997. | Mr. R. C. Rivers, Editor, ITlie Watauga. Democrat. iDear Mr. Rivers: I found tiie inclosed clipping in ; i the Charlotte Observer a short time J ago and T would lilro so much to get a copy of the special edition depict- j 1 ing the opening: and celebrating- your j * beautiful new and modern building*, j | I am an old citizen, of Bocne and < the older 1 get rav heart turns back 1 to Dixie. 1 toll my friends I am 76 years young. Your dear faher and i I were the same age, both born in j '61. General Lee surrendered on the j i 9th of April, the day I was four j years old. Your father ('"Bob" as j I always called him) and I both I started to school together to Major. I Bingham in the first courthouse j Boone ever had, and I have seen the, third one. The first one stood on j the hill above where Mr. Morels j lives. I love dear old Watauga and Boone. Although so many of my old-time friends are not in Boone any more, I hope to make one more trip or visit over there. The last few times I have made that trip the modern way, I got deathly sick. I think if I could ride in a two-horse wagon with a spring seat, the way Dick Fiorton brought my dear boy and myself home at one time, I could make it j alright, but I think I will try it by automobile once more. I am so anxious to see your new office and all the improvements in Boone. {Wfe moved to Lenoir '.be j fall of '85, or near the time the Watauga Democrat began pubfica. tion. If you think this worthy of publication, please have your proofreader correct all mistakes and in that way J will let my dear fi iends j over there know where 1 will be at Christmas and would appreciate a card from them. My boy always brought the exchange Democrat home for me to see when he found something that would interest me especially. I have thought for quite a while I would subscribe for the Democrat and when I get located for the winter, I will do so. Please send the special copy to MRS. M. H. HORTON, Care Mrs. W. T. Dove, Gastonia, N. C. A bridge over the Zambest river, in South Africa, is one of the highest in the world, being 400 feet above the water. JTHUHSDAY?BOONE, N. C. ^re Ready ? st ck pulling the finishing touches on ! ? heir samples of these gifts for the i t Bethel High School J and Community News i So far, former students from Beth- i 1 high school who are spending the c lolidays at home are Barton Fnrthng and sister, Madeline, from Wake i ! forest College and Greensboro Col- e ege for Women, respectively; Royce. *erry of State College, Raleigh, and ? Cathryn Sherwood of Appalachian i College. Boone. t Considering the threatening wcath- i r, a large crowd attended the play ? riven by the Bethel high school } tudents Saturday night. The play vas a pronounced success. Tlie pi-o- l eeds amounted to $47.65. : Mr. Edsel Farthing, son of Mr. and ^ ?rs. Jack Farthing, of Butler, Tenn., } s visiting relatives in this communi- j v at present. He Is a former stu- J lent of Bethel high school. Our in- 3 ormation is that until recently ho . las been in the United States Army. ; Mr. C. M. Dickson took dinner with Jr. arid Mrs. Ray Wilson Sunday. 1 The lunch room which has recent- < v be on installed in the school build- j rig is growing both lit popularity and i ifllciency. Somehow or other the irr ina from the steaming viands ir.ds its way up stairs, and some of he teachers have become so ob- 1 essed with a desire to warm up their 'ccld affections'' that they have been 'descending the broad hall stairs'' md doing go. i Through and by the mechanical ; ngenuity of Messrs. I'crry and Ivan ; 'c Jhing, electric lights were installed and used the high school | mtiding Saturday mglit. Though one lad been disposed to commit evil ieods, there was no dark place in vbioii to do so. Mid-year examinations are how beng held: ] School will dismiss Wednesday for ho holidays and will reopen Janu- .. try J, 1338. , Dale Carnegie VXDKEW CAHN"Ef;lSS He Made More Millionaires Than Any Mar. Who lilver XJved Afl?mv carnegie was nor? I ui . Dunfermline, Scotland without heneH of doctor or midwife because, his . people were too poor to afford either. lie started working- for two;; cents an hour?and be made four; hundred million dollars. When the Carnegie family came |, to America, Andrew's father made j tablecloths and peddled them from door to door. His mother took in washing and stitched boots for a shoemaker. Andrew had only one shirt, so his mother washed and ironed that shirt every night after he had gone to bed. She worked for sixteen to eighteen hours a day, and Andrew adored her. When he was twenty-one, he promised her that he would never marry as long as she lived. And he didn't. He didn't marry until his mother died thirty years later. He was fifty-two when he married ami sixty-two when his first and only child was born. Carnegie got a job as a telegraph messenger boy in Pittsburgh. The pay was fifty cents a day. It seemed like a fortune. He longed to be an operator, so he studied telegraphy at night and rushed down to the j office early each morning to prae- . tice on the keys. Or.o morning the wire was hot | with big names. Philadelphia w-as calling Pittsburgh, calling frantically. There was ho operator on duty.; So Andrew Carnegie ruslic-d to the n uu, iwn un: lilcjou^c, uunvcreu tl, and was iiriniediatrly promoted to the position with his salary doubled. His restless energy, his sleepiess ambition attracted attention, lie Pennsylvania railroad erected a telegraph line of its own. Andrew Carnegie was made operator, then private secretary to the division superintendent.. Suddenly one day an event happened that started him on the way to fortune. An inventor came and sat down ibeside him in a railroad train and showed him the model of a new sleeping car he had invented Tlie sleeping cars of that day were crude bunks nailed to the nicies of freight cars. This new invention was made like the Pullman car of today. Carnegie had a shrewd Scotch foresight. He saw that the invention ic aid sensational dividends and when! B?. ndrew Carnegie reached twenty- lei ve. his annual income from this one lyestment ak>:>e was five, thousand >Hor$ a year. 7 o Once a wooden bridge burned on ga ic railroad and tied up traffic for r>. ays. Andrew Carnegie was a d;- 1 Su isior. impenntcruient at the time. | W Wooden bridges were doomed. He Br aw that. Iron was the coming thing lir o lie borrowed money, formed a 1 L ompany. started bunding" iron L: ridges - and the profits poured in ! ni: 0 fast that he was almost dizzy. This son of a weaver had the j H; olden touch. He and some friends j ought a farm amidst the oi1 fields lie f Western Pennsylvania for forty , It houaand dollars and made a million ?1 oilars out of It lit one year By the < irr?o this canny Scot, had reached j K wenty-seven, he liad an income of a j X housaod dollars a week. It was 3 ?62 now Abe Lincoln eas in the White House. The Civil 7 Var was raging. Prices were sky- j S) ocketing. Big things were happen- R ng. Frontiers were being pushed G jack. The far west, was opening up. H to- 'roads were soon to be thrown R icross the continent. Cities were to 1 T be built. America uemfoled on 1W he threshold of an astonishing j ra. j H Andy Carnegie, with the smoke j F md flames belching from his steel j B 'urnaces, rode up on a tidal wave | ? >f prosperity?rode and kept on rid- ] jig until he had acquired riches j _ such as had never been dreamed of I ~ jefore in the history of mankind. Yet he never worked very hard. Hfe played about half of the time. He said that he surrounded himself ATith assistants who knew more than ie did - and he spurred them on to ?ile up the millions for him. He was G Scotch, but he wasn't too Scotch. He let his partners share in his profits ind ho made more millionaires than my other man who has ever lived. He went to school lour years in F lis life; but in spite of that he wrote sight books of travel, biography, essays and economics and gave away sixty million dollars to public libraries. and seventy-oight ihilitons for ^ che advancement of education. He j ~ iyas not a member of any church, j but he gave away more than seven j thousand pipe organs to churches. All in ail, he gave away three hundred and sixty-five million dollars, a million dollars for every day in the v year, for he declared rothv Mast, Bonita Rominger, ily Greene, Billy Henson, J. V. MilFred Perry. Foy Parker. Arlis i>;ll. Cap Ward. Lewis Wilson. EiehtU grade: Bennte Baird Car II BairJ. Darren Baird Murl Summer, Carlton Cole. Jfijck Greene, vight Hayes. C. M Shore. Barton lUieriaud. M. L. Wane::. Ross inebargor, Dexter Yates, Alaxine ad ley, Lenziis Brown, Betty Col.s. Ethel Cook, Ruth Davis, Annie ic Eggers, Ruth Hodges; Virginia >ve, Zadie McGuire, Edith McGins. TJieo Oliver, Hattfe l orry. Mae imingcr, Margaret St ml ury Joyce acknpy, I^cuise Lewis. NluUi grade: Ruby Birghaxn. Bil: Brown Minhie Dare Greene. Nina ayes. Rachel Henson, Victoria Tilth, Fvar.ki.- Ward, Lavola Brown. ?.r! Anderson. Blaine Fletcher, phriam Fox, David Love, Harold ost, Honda Rominger, Worth Wilni. Tenth gviide: Clarence Berry, girthing, Mjacolm Glovier. Thomas h.eok, Fiidey Watson, Edna Baird, uth Campbell, Gladys Eggers, Floy reeiu'. Martha Harris. Thelma edges, Myrtle Johnson, Sue Mast, uth Miller, Marie Parker, Hazel eague, Reba Trivett, Rose Edna Fan-en. Eleven tli grade: Carroll Shook, toy Isaacs, Jack Grogan, Ernest letcher, Louis Farthing, Edgar lingham. SPECIAL MmCKS IEMI.OCK f ranting and sheeting, sized or in the rough. Any size or quantity. For prices write or see Lester Carroll, Boone Route 1, or Clarence Baker at Perkinsvllle, N. C. 12-2-8p ENERAL BUILDING ?Let us help you plan and give you an estimate on your building needs. W. C. Greene, Boone. 9-9-4p. 'REE! 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Low prices: good values, complete service. Rnwieigli's. Dept. NCL-23-CU Richmond, Va. Watch Repairing We are 'busy but have plenty time to repair your watch during: the Christmas rush. We have two I college trained watchmakers on I the job every day. B. W. STALLINGS "We Teach Your Watcli to Tell the Truth" ice of the many cour luring the year about jg u; best washes for a A rrMAS AND A i LW YEAR. 9 ; & CLAY I dent Grocers. A miimmHm