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Items From Tha Democrat Of JiauttT I, IMS John F. Hardin left yesterday for Manning, S. C., where he went to handle horses and mules for T. F. Coffey. He will perhaps be gone for the remainder of the winter Neary Day, who taught at .CVM*ent, Rowna county, through the fall months, has spent the past two weeks in Watauga with relatives, making preparations for a trip to New Mexico, where he is advised to go by his phy sician for the benefit of his hdUh. Rev. J. G. Pulliam of Big Stone Gap, Va., who spent the holidays here, left for his home on Mon- . day, taking his family with him. i Mrs. Pulliam and children had i been here for more than a year, i Mr. W. L. Bryan received the sad intelligence Tuesday morning ( that her brother, Ransom Hayes, t had died at his home in Denton, < Texas, on December 30th, it 1 being his 01st birthday. The ( funeral services were conducted 1 from the M. E. Church, South, in that city, and the remains were 1 HOTICE or ADMIJCISTR ATIOW j Having qualified ai the administra tor of the estate of A. Cory, late of 1 the county of Watauga, state of North Carolina, this la to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the ?aid deceased to present them to me , for payment within 11 months of the ! data hereof, or this notice will be pled 1 In bar of their recovery. All those In- ' debted to the said estate are asked to make Immediate payment. This Dec ember 16. IMS. C. L. DULA. Administrator 12-)?-?c WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE laid to rest with masonic honors. | L. M. Waters was here this week, and told us that his son Dixon, well-known in Watauga, but now conductor on the Great Northern Railroad, happened to a moat serious accident on the 10th, as a result of which he is j now confined in Columbus Hos- I pital. Great Falls, Mont While ] at his post of duty an engine ran into his train, crushing his right ' foot in such a horrible manner it I was amputated three inches 1 above the ankle Joint. He is get- ( ting on well, but his father will J go there soon to look after his interests. ( Prof. Brown, a student at the 1 A T. S. has been employed as one I jf the teachers in the public J school here for the remainder of ' the session. 1 Prof. W. F. Perry, who has just 1 :losed a very successful term of ichool at Forest Grove, has ac- } repted the position of second > eacher In the High School at ' Zove Creek Academy, beginning ' lis work on Tuesday. Mr. L. A. Greene left Monday ! 'or Missouri. lie will be gone for ' >ome time, as he anticipates buy- ! ng some more real estate in that lection while there. CANCELS GROCERY DEBTS Yynn, Mass. In observance Df Christmas, the Jewish Chanu kah and the birth of a grandchild, Benjamin B. Feinberg, of Los Angeles, Cal., operator of a Yynn market for 30 years, wrote his lawyers that he was cancelling all debts owed him for groceries by many Yynn residents. ABSENTMINDEDNES8 COSTLY Worcester, Mass. ? On Decem ber 2, Mrs. Maurice Ecker tele phoned a laundry to pick up ten of her husband's shirts for clean ing. They obliged. Now Mrs. Ecker is looking for the shirts ? she forgot the name of the laun dry. About two-thirds of the pop corn grown in the iJnited States these days is produced from hy brid seed. Iowa is the leading popcorn state and Indiana is second. nos WEEK Uf WASHINGTON \ Rnumt of OoTimiMBl Hap pMings in th? National Capita 1 rn-tt a n iL-j-iLaat-iBwapgc Washington, D. C. ? President rruman has received both praise ind censure for his new veterans lousing program since the forced resignation of Wilson Wyatt, his lousing expediter. But whatever he result, his program almost >araliels the recommendations of he American Legion housing rommittee, which organization vas the bitterest critic of the Wyatt program. And so, if vet trans are dissatisfied with the iltimate result of the present >lan, they can bear in mind that he program now in force was leartily endorsed by the Ameri can Legion, the most powerful reter?ns group. However, with the demise of ?aul Porter in OPA and Wyatt n veterans housing and the Presi lent's liquidation of these agenci ;s in his newly formed office of emporary controls, if the pres sure groups had any idea they would move in and take over, .hey were sadly mistaken. For the new boss of OTC, Gen. Philip B. Fleming, public works idminjstrator, has thrown down he gauntlet to selfish interests, (lis words before the senate imall business committee were ioughty and refreshing. Said Sen. Fleming: "We can now be freed of the almost ceaseless clamor of the various pressure groups that has bedeviled every kind of controls since the war ended. These groups have mage life miserable for hard-working and conscientious public officials. They have never been satisfied. If given an inch they immediately started de manding a mile. Some have chosen to ignore the fact that rigid controls which five years of war made imperative cannot all be abolished overnight. It will be our purpose to wind up all controls as quickly as we aan, but I should like to serve notice now that while we shall remain atten tive to the legitimate needs of business, we do not intend to sway in every passing breeze e Apartment Store CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES All Men's and Boys' Leather f i COATS AND JACKETS Lid /|| Oil One lot of Women's DRESS SHOES and OXFORDS re duced as follows: Regular price $5.95, sale price $3.00 Regular price $4.95, sale price $2.50 Regular price $3.95, sale price $2.00 Regular price $3.45, sale price $1.75 Wide variety of styles, colors and sizes to select from. Entire stock of Ladies Hand Bags V2 price We are continuing our price reductions on Women's Coats, Dresses and Suits o When in Boone make Belle's your headquarters. Prompt and courteous service at all times by a competent ar^l well trained sales force. o Belk-White Company The Home of Better Values Boone, N. C. kicked up by special interests." Thus the old army veteran, a proven administrator, serves no tice to these selfish interests that he does not intend to be kicked around as others have been. | Sen. Robert A. Taft (K., Ohio), shrewd thinker, has decided to take the chairmanship of the senate lebor committee, probably deciding that the importance of labor Legislation in the ?coming congress may prove the necessary ipringboard to the GOP presi dential nomination. And in spite it his denial that he is a candi date for that, nomination. Senator Taft has employed a smart pub licity man and opened up offices :n a downtown Washington build ing, so folks here are taking his ienial with tongue in cheek. At any rate Senator Taft poses this jolution ? why not reduce prices instead of raising wages? ? and if anyone can top that they will have answered the 164-dollar question. % I A 20 percent or more reduction in prices of the commodities labor buys would be the same thing as a 20 percen increase in wages. It would be welcome not only to organized labor but to the con suming public as a whole . . . and moreover it tests the sincerity of the NAM and other industrial manufacturing leaders who de clare they cannot pay increase wages without increasing prices. Senator Taft's proposal may not be popular with the Big Boys, but it may prove a solution to halt the threatened strikes which [are in the offing. The fight is already out in the open . . . the traditional fight be tween Republicans and Democrats over the tariff issue. Representa tives Woodruff (R. Mich.). Gear hart (R., Cal.), and Jenkins (R., Ohio) have declared they will instigate an immediate investiga tion of Democratic tariff policies and performance with a view to repealing existing reciprocal trade agreements and at the same time halting further agreements which are now in process of in stallation. The three GOP con gressmen are backed up by Sena tor Butler (R., Neb.) who de mands that the state department suspend all negotiations now in progress with other nations for reciprocal tariff reductions. JUST IN TIME Newark, N. J. ? Ralph Brennan, returning home from a visit to his mother, found his wife and their two children unconscious on the floor of the kitchen and the stove turned on. Police said the stove failed to light as Mrs. Bren nan was preparing to cook a Christmas dinner. They were re vived by an emergency squad. PLEAS UNHEEDED Waldorf, Md. ? While his hor rified wife plead with him vainly not to jump. Carlton Atchison, 36, father of five children, hanged himself from a tree. Police of ficials said the man calmly climb ed a tree, adjusted a noose around his neck, lighted a cigarette and, after saying, "here goes," leaped. ONE WAY TO DO IT MoUltrie,, Ga. ? While Prank Shaw and a friend were fishing in a rowboat in Little 'Rivei the boat struck a hidden log and a hole nearly a foot in diameter was torn in the boat's bottom. Shaw promptly sat in the hole and, aided by rapid bailing, he and his friend made it to shore safely. REAL NEIGHBORS Palmyra, 111. ? Neighborliness is not a thing of the past The neigh bors of Mrs. Harry Wood, whose husband was killed recently in a fire which destroyed their farm home, gathered at her farm and, in less than a day, using tractors, 10 trucks, 20 wagons and 10 cornpickers, had harvested 65 acres of corn, shelled about 5,000 bushels and trucked it to an elevator. A COINCIDENCE Hollywood ? Driving home in a borrowed car, after someone had stolen his automobile, Mason J. Nurick was bumped in a minor crash at an intersection. Alight ing to inspect the damage, he was I surprised to find the offending car was his own. Its driver was booked on suspicion of grand theft Paris spring hats are wide brimmed shallow-crowned. Boone Flower Shop Cut Flowers, Corsages and Funeral Designs GIFT ITEMS Phoo? 214-J E. Kins 8m* For Immediate Delivery: 24x24 ? 3 1 1 top windows White asbestos siding Fiber Plaster Window weights Z4" plywood Electric motors Bath tubs Brick PARKER TIE COMPANY West Jefferson, N. C. Wilson's Feed Store WWWVWWMWWVWVWWWWVWVWWVWWWAMA/WWWVSAn/VS/WVWWVWM Don't let a sudden cold snap freeze your radiator or crack your engine block. Now's the time to fill up with anti-free/.e, to get sluggish summer oil drained, to install that heater and defroster and to repair nil those little things which can give you cold weather trouble. Come in for a check-up and the expert service of our 1. Ford-trained Mechanics 1. Genuine Ford Parts 3. Factory-approved Repair Methods 4. Specialized Ford Equipment # AVOID WINTER TROUBLES Chang* to fresh winter oil Fill tho radiator with antl-freeze Check your battery for dead cells * Check your generator and set charge Install a heater and defroster Check your brskss and tires | Gel better service for your Ford | and better service from your Ford! Winkler Motor Co. Boone, N. C. Telephone 69
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