NOVEMBER 17, 1938
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UNIFORMS color
The new uniforms ir? which the
soldiers of the United St3tes fumy
are to he clothed seem to be a happy
combination of the blue and the
gray. They arc. described as being j
similar in color to the "horizon j
blue" of the PTench army. One reaeon
for changing the color is thai
the "O. I> " as army men abbreviate !
the olive drab of the present uni- ,
form, is difficult to dye. Another I
objection to "O. D." is that while its
color serves better than the old army
blue did to conceal the movement cf
troops at a distance, it is easily picked
out from Uie air; and a first consideration
in modem warfare is safety
from air attacks.
The new color is officially named
"elate blue." It is said to bo much
more becoming to the average soldier
than the old khaki or olive drab.
At 'least, all the soldiers will look
alike. The present uniforms fade
into so many different shades of
color that a detachment on parade
often gives the effect of a patchwork j
quilt.
CLOTHES distinction
While the army is engaged in the
effort to insure that all of its personnel
dress exactly alike, the civilian
sector of the masculine world is
experimenting more daringly than in
a hundred years with individual variations
from long-accepted standards
of color and style In clothes.
Men have long been content to
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j GRACE HONEYCUTT
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Saturday at the M
in Boone.
M. C. HOLLAR AA
leave bright colors anil novel styles
to the ladies. It is pleasing to me. I
::i view of all the talk about "regi- I
mentation of the American people j
*o utile ih inorea-.'ng popularity of
colored shirts, fancy socks, hantlker- I
ehie.is an:l neckties, and the growing '
tendency to gayly-coicrcd suits, hats 1
and overcoats among young men in j
the big cities. Blue and even green i
evening clothes for men no longer
attract undue attention. I approve of i
that departure from the somber Mack i
of formal evening dress for men. i
which makes it difficult to dislin- i
guish the guests ftcin the waiters.
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WOOD future
Anyone who -has seen pictures of
I "modem** architecture, or examples
j >t some of the steel-*:oucrete-glass !
buildings which are exploited as "the
House of the future," or has read the
numerous prophecies about the way
people will live a hundred years from
now, may easily have gained the
impression that it won't be long now
[ before nobody will have any mere
use for wood, and the carpenter';,
I trade will be obaolete.
Just the contrary is true, according
to L>. J. Markwardt of the U. S. ,
Forest Products I.aboratory. Scientific
study of wood as a building ma- j
tcrial has shown that it is much i
stronger and more durable, if properly
selected and treated, than had been
assumed. With half a3 much lumber
as is customarily used in framing
buildings, equally good and enduring
structures can be built, Mr. Markwardt
says.
Wood is easier to work with than
any other building material, it is less
costly than most, and our forest re- j
serves, far from being exhausted can |
supply all the lumber needed for an
indefinite time ahead Tiie standard
American dwelling is a "frame
house." It looks as if that might
continue to be the type of home in
which the typical American family
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE
London Welcon
Formerly sheriff of London, Sir
right) has been elected mayor of the
office November SI, at- the traditional
of a hundred years hence will still
be living.
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PRESIDENTS vanity
Gov. Alf. M. London has written
a series of newspaper articles in
which he says, in effect, that he is
I personally much happier than he
i would be if he had been elected
I President in 1936. Back from Euroj
pea?\ vacations, two other men who
were once candidates for the Prcsi|
dency talked to ship news reporters
I in the as me strain. Both Chief Justice
Hughes, who came very close to
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mg >?jiin: nwuac in ii'i, ana jonn
W. Davis, the Democratic candidate
in 1024, said they had never rcI
gretted being defeated,
I have heard other defeated Presidential
candidates, including some
who had occupied the White House,
talk in the same strain, with such
sincerity I was compelled to believe
them. Those who hail been through
the mill were the most emphatic in
their expressions of personal relief
from the responsibility of the Presidential
task.
"Why anyhody wants this job I
don't know," President Hoover remarked
to me, with emphasis, a few
weeks liefore he left the White
House. "I suppose it's a manifestation
of human vanity."
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GOVERNMENT administration
The job of administering the government
of the United States is too
big for any single individual to handle
and do it efficiently. It gots
harder as time goes on, with the
growth or the nation, the increasing
shifting of responsibility from the
states to Washington, and the enlargement
of the fields in which the j
central government functions.
President after President has asked i
congress for authority to reorganize
the administrative system, to give
him more help and authorize him to
delegate more authority to others.
Mr. Roosevelt is enrrying the largest
and most diversified burden that any
President so far has had to carry. It
is in the cards that the Presidential
task will continue to grow.
With all executive authority centered
in one Individual, as it is under
! the coustitution, I see only two possible
outcomes. One would be a oneI
matt onthAl-ito tiim * r.1*
1'iuii uuuiullmtutv quvi.1111iiv.iii, ciuv.11
as Italy and Germany have. The
other would be a complete revision
of the constitution, re-defining and
distributing the powers of the executive.
Bethel High School
and Community News
The Bethel high school students
won tliird place in dramatics at the
Harvest Festival in Boone Monday.
Much interest is being manifested
between and among the grade teams
in the various games, all of which
might be suggestive of wisdom of
what is known as intramural games,
especially when roads are bad and
expenses heavy.
The Bethel high school girls and
boys played Boone in a double-header
basketball game Thursday night.
The Bethel girls won and the boys
lost.
The Bethel high school faculty is
preparing to give the famous play,
"Ten Nights In a Bar Room," within
the next few weeks. The cast of
characters and further details will
be given later.
Engineers of the REA are now in
the community surveying the lines
where the electric light lines arc to
run in the community.
Zionville News
Mrs. Fred Castle and small son,
Lynn, have returned to their home
at Kingsport. Tenn., after spending
the past week here with Mrs. Castle's
father, Mr. W. B. Recce, and
other relatives.
Miss Helma Warner of Mountain
City, Tenn., spent the week-end here
with her aunt, Miss Etta Younce.
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and wiii visit relatives in Tennessee
for a few days.
Mr. Ray Hodge remains seriously
ill at his home here.
Mr. and Mirs. J. B. Ragan from
Meat Camp, were recent visitors
RY THURSDAY ?BOOKB, N. C.
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ies New Mayor
Frank H. Bowater (second from J
- English city and was sworn into
lord mayor's show. E
here with their daughter, ."Mrs. Frank *
LookabiJl and Mr. Lookahill. s
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ycnce, Mrs.
James Bowers and small son, Norman
Jack, of EMizabethton. Tenn,
were guests Sunday of their aunt. _
to .pennies, of -which, there are 6,600,000,000.
Felix Schlag, a poor young-, naturalized
German of Chicago, designed
the new coin. Participating in the
first public competition of its kind,
he won $1,000 just two weeks after
the death of his wife, who had helped
him in the work.
Airs. Polly Greer.
Mrs Mary Brown of Sutherland,
visited here Sunday with her daughter.
Mrs. Ray 'Hodge.
Among those visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cast le over the
week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Castle, Fred and Warren Castle of
Kingsport, Tcnn.( and Miss Madge
Castle of Congo, N. C.
Mr. J. C. Recce is in Cincinnati.
Ohio. this Week on 'business.
Mabel News |
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Mr. and Aim. Honda. YTounce of
Hickory. spent the week-end with
horbetolks.
Mlrs. Russell Oliver of Trade,
Tenn., spent a few days at the home
of All-, and AIis. Monroe Oliver.
Mrs. Robert Aiiderson of Zionville,
spent the day with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. .1. M. Burkott, here Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnie Oliver visited
Mr. and Mi-s. Ted Robinson Sunday.
Everyone in this community was
greatly saddened by the death of Mr.
Gordon Spalnhour
On Friday night. November 18, at
7 o'clock, there will be given an
amateur program at Mabel school.
The program will consist of string, a
music, piano solo, reading and 3ing- ing.
The public is invited. Admis- _
sion will be 10 and 1.5 cents.
Watauga Falls News
Sarah James has been qult.c
sick for sonnc time.
Mrs. J. L.. Glenn has been confined
to iter bed suffering' from a cold for
Lhe past few days.
Mr, and Mrs. Rayner- Matlioson are
the proud parents of a son, l>orn Saturday
night.
Married recently, Miss Jessie Mae
Haimon and Grovcr Harmon, by the
Rev. Roby Painter at the home of G.
W. Trivett at Vl.as.
Mr. and Mirs. Herbert Sain of
Mai-ion, were week-end visitors with
Mas. Sain's parents, Mr. and "Mrs. M.
L. Shepherd.
A successful series of revival services
closed at the Antioeh Baptist
church last week. The services were
conducted by Revs. W. C. Payne and
Will Cook. The ordinance of baptism
was administered to 13 candidates
Sunday.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
NICKEL. MAKES DEBUT
Washington, Nov. .15.?The new
Thomas Jefferaon nickel made its
debut today when 11,000,000 of the
coins went on sale at the nation's
banks, .litany more millions will be
minted as needed.
On one side of the coin is a profile
of the third President and author
of the Declaration of Independence,
while his beautiful MonticeUo home
is represented on the other.
Jefferson becomes the third person
to be pictured on a regular coin
of the United States. George Washington
has he en on several denominations
and since 1932 has adorned
the quarter, while Abraham Lincoln
has been on the penny since 1909.
The only other individuals honored
were on special coins.
For 25 years the Buffalo-Indian
head design was used for the nickel
and 1,212,916,248 of them were minted.
Before that was the Liberty head
five-center, but few of these are still
in circulation. Altogether, the mint
estimates that about 1,600,000,000
nickels are in use.
After experimenting with two and
three-cent pieces, the treasury began
making nickels in 1866. The coin's
popularity has grown steadily until,
in numbers, it .now ranks second only
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TJNKRAL RITSS FOR
ROBERT PAUL. REESE
HEED AT ZJONVIE1.E
Revert Paul Racso of Locklar.d.
fcio, age 23. was killed iti an auto
iofcile wreck in JLockland Ivayetmber?
The hotly *.vas brought to Xioniile
by Reins-StuixUvazit and inter-.
wr.t was made in the Zionviile ccme-;
sry November 8 The services were!
cmthicied at the ZloRville Baptist j
hurch by Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev.!
. iW. Parker. W. K. Wilson had j
barge of the obituary and gave a |
ho ft eulogy ox the deceased.
Surviving: are the parents and two j
Lsters, together with many other j
datives.
The beautiful floral offering was
v.'dence of the high esteem iu which
he deceased was held in the comnunity
and was carried by the fol:wiiig
flower bearers: Madge Wiliams,
Claude "vViliiams, Ix>uise Wilams,
Grace Williams, Sue Reese,
Madeline Reese, Mrs. .Marie Reese, j
lartha PermeH, Imogcne Castle, j
tfary Proffitt and Helen Henson.
Pallbearers were: Vaughn Reese, |
fugh Reese, Hermit Reese, Roy Wil- |
ianis, Ralph Williams, Fred Prof- j
it. Height Williams and John Hen-;
Oil.
The deceased was a man of com- j
nanding personality and always I
aade friends by showing himself to j
ie a friend to humanity.
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We have moved our
building next door to
where we are handlin;
trie appliances and F<
We are approved in \X
Electric Home and Fa
easy payment sales
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See Us Befor*
Electrical j
MORETZ BROS
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SATURDAY, 1
I Regular $69.50 Lr
Brand New
$49.5
Three pieces full size, re
ed in heavy jacquard or r
Other Living Roon
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Depot Street
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SURPLUS
Surplus agricultural products coating
about $5,145,000 were Iwwght by
i'se Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation in 24 state3 during- tlie
Ics ending November 2.
These products will be diverted into
relief channels.
<JOING I'P
The V. S. bureau of agricultural
economics expects poultry marketing:
during* 1931? to exceed those of 1938,
in the first half of the year -because
of the heavy 1938 hatch, and in the
last half because of the expected future
increases in the 1939 hatch.
An old farmhouse near Durham.
N. C., which served as headquarters
for the last Confederate army in the
field in 1865, has been restored and
opened as a southern shrine.
BOONE DRUG CO.
The REXALI, Store
RELIABLE
fKESCKIPTION
SERVICE
We meet all locally advertised
drug prices.
G. K. MOOSE, Manager
electric store in^o our
the Boone Trail Cafe,
g a larger line of Elecquipment.
Watauga county by the
rm Authority to make I
to members of the
e Buying any
Appliances
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FRIDAY AND
W. 18 and 19
fing Room Suites gj|
to close out for
ioCash
versible cushions, covernohair.
Choice of colors. H
a Suites $35.00 up
L'RNITURE CO. I
Boone, N. C.
L. OFFER BMBi
13 HOURS ONLY
lTURDAY, NOVEMBER 19
OUPON WORTH $4.51
ng Purchase
COUPON ONLY 49c
to One of Our Regular $5.00
EO, HEMATITE or
Facsimile
IAMOND RING
en. Women, Boys and Girls
on and 49c to our store and rer
regular $5.09 Facsimile Dia:e
or Cameo Rings. You save
Tlii3 49c merely helps pay for
tig, express, salespeople, etc.
o pay.
EAR GUARANTEE
met) or Single Head Intaglio
These facsimile diamonds are
ut^uuiy uy uie g?numc diamonds H
Is of dollars. Do not confuse
nary imitations or previous ring
SITE or YF.IAOW MOUNTING I
i Free if you can buy one else- B ]
ty for less than $5.00 Introduc- B 1
i ring will toe $5.00 after this sale,
to a Coupon.
end this sale leave money, string
ring and for person desired, in
mounting. Your ring will be held
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N. C.
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