Attorney Mark Squires of Lenoir transacted legal business in Boone Tuesday.
James C. Rivers is
spending the week with relatives in Iredell County.
Robert Moretz
returned from Butler, Tenn., last week where he was in school during the
session just closed.
Mr. J.M. Moretz is
having constructed a flight of cement steps reaching form the sidewalk to his
pretty home on the hill.
Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence A. Ellis left Tuesday for Knoxville, Tenn., where Mrs. Ellis, who has
been in rather poor health, will take hospital treatment.
Mr. Hartley Hunt of
Kings Creek, N.C., was a pleasant business caller at the Democrat office
Tuesday.
Mr. Roger Robbins
and Miss Florence Teague, both of Caldwell County, were married at the
Methodist parsonage in Boone last Sunday, the Rev. G.C. Brinkman officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. O.L.
Brown left last week for Peoria, Ill., where Mr. Brown will study manual
training for the summer. Mrs. Brown will visit relatives in Vermillion County,
Indiana, and return after a few weeks.
Nobels W.R. Gragg,
E.S. Coffey, A.E. South and I.G. Greer are to leave for Asheville to attend the
Shriners' Ceremonial to be held there Friday and Saturday.
Mr. J.W. Hodges and
family left in their car yesterday morning for a pleasure trip to Asheville,
Knoxville and other cities and town in Tennessee.
Mr. J."G.
Norris Jr. was cruelly hurt Monday by his team running away with him. He was
thrown from the wagon and his left lower jaw was broken, the left cheek
crushed, and his condition is fearful. Dr. J.W. Jones was called, who removed
the crushed bones, wired the jaw bones together, and he hopes that the
unfortunate sufferer will eventually recover, but, of course, it will take
time.
A big delegation
from Boone and the county at large will leave Friday morning for the district
road meeting to be held in North Wilkesboro.
Atty. J.C. Fletcher
of Lenoir spent Sunday with his family in Boone and on his return Monday took
with him his daughter, Miss Lina, who will remain with him a few days.
The Watauga
Furniture and Lumber Co. is erecting another large building at their plant to
accommodate their rapidly growing business, this being the second enlargement
since their opening.
Friend F.P. Jennings
was in to see us this week and started an advertising campaign with us for the
Hupmobile car. He just came over form Lenoir with a new roadster and is ready
to demonstrate. He came all the way from Lenoir to Blowing Rock in high gear,
which feat proves that the Hup is a car of exceptional merit.
The membership of
the Boone Commercial Club has been increased from about 40 to 137. As it now
stands there are 75 men and 62 ladies, representing nearly every business and
most of the homes in Boone, and some in the county. A complete list is being
prepared. Everybody should join, not only in Boone but all over the county, for
the club is working for the whole county.
The dues are $1 to
join and $1.50 each quarter; ladies free. Please hand your dues to W.D.
Farthing, Treasurer, at the Watauga County Bank.
Road matters, a
clean-up campaign and forest preservation were discussed at a called meeting
Monday night. There will be a regular meeting next Monday night at the court
house. Everybody, whether member of not, is invited.
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