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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

10000, fur coats again
- become a problem! We
lust got a couple out of sum-
mer storage - and they GER
tainly were a problem!
Right away I'm reminded of my
pet fur Story-about the time 1 re-
ceived petition or something of
the sort from a group of kind
hearted people who had turned
themselves the Anti-Something or
Other and requested that write
against the wearing of furs-the
poor little thingsl The fur-bearing
animals, I mean, not the petition
erS.
While giving the matter serious
! consideration, 1 attended charity
fete sans fur evening wrap-and
woke up ten days later on the last
lap of a trip to the moon on the
steamship Pneumonia.
Whereupon 1 decided with much
gusto that one lovely lady was worth
10000 rabbits or ermines or minks
or whatever Nature saw fit to pro-
vide her with for her protection.
And still think so.
DUT it must be understood by the
~ woman with the average peck
etbook that there is a sensible way
to be ur-coated and an extravaganza
way. A fur coat should be an in
veStment, properly undertaken after
| due consideration, and wisely han
died. Certain furs wear much better
than others, and there are certain
furs that are appropriate for every
day wear, others that are not.
If you feel that you can afford a
wrap of one of the delicate furs, for
instance, wear it only for dress, and
either have a harder fur for street
wear or a cloth sport coat. Sable,
squirrel and mink fashioned into
luxurious wraps and worn in the
morning are an admission-of oS-
| tentatious poor taste.
And then there is something to
be said on the same score regard
| ing the ermine evening wrap. 1t
would seem to me that if a woman
could afford an ermine wrap, she
could well afford to put that same
amount of money into something
less transparency elegant and more
subtle.
And then, our summer fox. When
it has rather reached the point
where it will not do for the coming
summer, it can and 1t should be
detailed. opened, cleaned and
combed. and used as trimming-the
inevitable end of all good little
foxes.
CO-O-O-O. that for our fur f1ut-
~ tiers of today And all the
/ time La Chic Secretaire was pound
ing that out on the typewriter. I
was sketching for you a goofy lady,
who is supposed to make you think
furnish" by just looking at her!
No, she's not wearing any particu-
lar fur coat, but you are supposed
to think of THE one you are 60
ing to get by just looking at it.
So much. my darlings, for modern
istic arti
| IRON furS to gorgeous lovely
Il goofy boudoir dolls is really
NOT such big step-for us. Be
cause, sh-h-h-h-h, we have an ador-
able boudoir doll, who sits in the
corner of our usually open window
serenely oblivious to Jack Frost's
sparkling Irritation. dressed as she
is in a fur negligee and nonchalant
fur-lined Russian boots.
And, sh-h-h-h. her furred
loneliness is due to nothing
more nor less than the fact that
we had that kind of fur coat
once. If you would like to know
how to make her and several other
equally interesting and exotic sis
tiers, send 2-cent stamp to the
Dare Department of The Times
for the illustrated leafiet of this
week.
- - An Resolrs - u.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Hold Luncheon Meeting

A business meeting OF the board
of directors of the Indiana branch
of the League of American Pen
Women will be held at IL o'clock
Saturday morning at the Columbia
Club. preceding the regular lunch
con meeting. Reservations may be
made with Mrs. Myron r. Williams
and Mrs. L. d. Owen. Miss Mar
iorie Alexander, accompanied by
Miss Constance johnson, win sing
q program of songs. -,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Schedule Monthly ting

Mrs. Ann Hickman, 1929 North
Alabama street, will be hostess for
the monthly meeting of the Indian
apolis Alumnae Club of Alpha Gam
ma Delta sorority at her home at
2:30 Saturday afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Strain Must
Be AUOided
at All Cost

with the startling news fashions have
rome New Modes in Beauty" They're
discussed inteIligently, Interestingly in a
series Of six articles which Claire Luce,
worid-famed American beauty, has writ
zen for The Times and NEA Service.
starting her stage career as dancer,
Miss Luce now has become noted on two
continents as an actress. In today's ar
ficie the first, she tells how to beautify
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Mrs. Sizes Talks

Mrs. Alice Corbin Sizes, president
of the Teachers college Of Indian
apolis, spoke on National Educa-
ton Week." before members Of the
student body Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

Miss Mary Jane Sturgeon spoke
Thursday night during the forum
hour before members of the Indi-
annapolis Business and Professional
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

Entertain Sorority Sisters
Miss Helen Van LEV will enter
tain members of the Gamma Phi
Rho sorority at her home, 315 Buck
ingham drive at tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Sorority Meeting Slated

Beta chapter, Theta Sigma Delta
sorority, will meet tonight at 8 at
the home of Miss Kathleen Spear,
728 Cottage avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

And, sh-h-h-h. her furred
loneliness is due to nothing
more nor less than the fact that
we had that kind of fur coat
once. If you would like to know
how to make her and several other
equally interesting and exotic sis
tiers, send 2-cent stamp to the
Dare Department of The Times
for the. illustrated leafiet Of this
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

azzzEszk An Resoars azG.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

IRON furs to gorgeous lovely
Il goofy boudoir dolls is really
NOT such a big step-for US. Be-
cause, sh-h-h-h-h, we have an ador-
able boudoir doll, who sits in the
corner of our usually open window,
serenely oblivious to Jack Frost's
sparkling Irritation, dressed as she
is in fur negligee and nonchalant
fur-lined Russian boots.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
CITY OF BOONE is
CITED FOR DEFAULT.
State Auditor Turns Cases of Con-
tinued Complaints Over to Solici-
tors for Action; No Information
as to Amount of Local Default

AS the result of rontinued COM
plants for default in principal or
interest payment on bonds of Sa-
luda, in Polk county, Boone, in
Watauga county, and Kenilworth
in Buncombe county, State Audi
tor Baxter Durham has turned the
complaints over to the solicitors of
the three judicial districts in
which the towns are located for
prosecution, according to infor-
nation made public at the audi
tors office in Raleigh yesterday.
Some years ago delay in paying
principal and interest on bonds
became so frequent as to embar-
rass the credit of the entire state
and in 1921 and 1923 drastic leg
islation was passed requiring reg
istration of all bonds with the
state auditor, who is required to
send notice 80 days before a pay
ment is due and failure to make
payment on time was made a
criminal offense. Even though the
principal or interest is paid the
next day, it is pointed out, de-
fault of even one day is regarded
as serious in bond circles and the
legislature has made strenuous eff
forts to protect the credit of the
counties and municipalities of the
state, "the overwhelming majori-
ty of which pay their Indebtedness
the day it is due"
The largest issue on which Au-
ditor Durham has received re-
port is on Carteret county, the re-
port being that interest due on
January 1 on $1,250,000 5 IA per
cent bonds had not been paid, the
payment due amounting to $32,-
862.50. In the case of the towns
of Boone and Kenilworth, the
state auditor has no information
as to the amount of the defaults
on January l, but since these
towns have before been reported
to him for the same offense, he
has deemed it wise to transmit the
cases to the solicitors of the re-
spective districts for appropriate
action.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
ASSESSMENTS AND TAXES IN
NORTH CAROLINA, 1927-192a

The department of rural social
economics, University of North Caro-
lima, in the current issue of the
University News Letter, gives
showing the assessed valuation If
each county in the state in 1927, the
total tax levy-county and district,
the county wide rate and the aver
age county and district rate. The
assessed valuations and the county
wide rates are those reported to the
commissioner of revenue. The total
tax levy in each county was the
amount reported to the field work.
ers OF the state tax commission.
The average county and district rate
was determined by dividing the levy
by the valuation.
The total amount of county and
district taxes levied in the state in
1929 was $45,695,731, and the
assessed valuation was S2,934,011,-
733. Hence the average tax rate on
the hundred dollars of property was
$1.56, though in only 20 counties
was the average rate as low as this.
There were, however, 80 other coun-
ties which, outside of special dis
tricts, had a rate as low as S1.56. In
Al counties the average county and
district rate was $500 or more, and
in II counties the countrywide rate
alone was at least $500. Forsyth
county had the lowest total average
rate, SO cents, and Clay the high
est, 1886.
Watauga county in 1927, ranked
25th among the counties, the asses
sed valuation of property that year
being $9,130,950, the total tax levy
$140,7S4. The countrywide rate that
year was S1.33 and the county and
district rate, $1.54. In 1928, the
Watauga county rate was reduced to
S1.3O per hundred, so that the
county and special district levies
for the year is about $1.51 per hum
dred.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
Big SUM PLEDGED
FOR NEW CHURCH
Boone Baptist Congregation Has
Subscribed Approximately $780,
600 For Erection of New Edifice;
Work to Begin in April

Approximately $4,000 in money
and land had been subscribed early
this week to the fund for building
the new Baptist church, it was said
by W. D. Farthing, chairman of the
finance committee. 1t is expected
that work on the new structure will
start in April, Mr.. Farthing said.
Last week the church leaders got
together and formed an organization
for prosecuting the campaign for the
building. So ready was the response
to the appeal for funds that $4,000
had been subscribed by Tuesday aft
ernoon.
In addition, lot 115 feet deep.
facing College street, adjacent to
the present church building, and 35
feet facing Main street, was donat-
ed, making the building site look
100. An architect donated the plans,
and some building material was do
mated, bringing the total up to
about $4,000.
The present plan calls for the
erection of the three-story Sunday
school building in the rear of the
present building. AS soon as this
unit is completed, it will be used for
all church purposes while the old
building is being razed and replaced
with modern structure.
The complete plan of the plant
has not been finished, but if dona-
tions continue at the present rate,
Boone will have a Baptist church
that will compare favorably with any
in this part of the state.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
HUMAN SACRIFICE VICTIMS
UNEARTHED IN ANCIENT PIT

Philadelphia, Jan. PA man.
moth death pit in which the bodies
of As victims, sacrificed in accord
ance with ancient Sumerian burial
rites, lay amid an amazing wealth of
gold, silver and semi-precious stones
has been discovered in one of the
Chaldees, home of Abraham, by
the joint archaeological expedition
of the University of Pennsylvania
museum and the British museum, it
was announced today.
The death pit is larger than any
found before in the 5,000-year old
cemetery at Ur and although it has
been only partly cleared it already
has yielded "a gold head-dresses, in
laid pendants, wreaths and hair rib
bons, many silver "combs" and 9TH
er ornaments, according to report
from C. l.. Wooley, director of the
exposition.
Three harps Of unusual design and
a pair of statues Of rams which are
made of gold, silver, white she'll and
lapis lazulle also were found. These
statues were described as 'two of
the most remarkable objects of an
tiquity that Sumeria has yet pro-
duced.
In reporting the discovery, Mr..
Wooley said that the pit should be
the introduction to an actual tomb
and that the workers were digging
down from the modern surface in
the hope of finding a tomb beneath
it.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
IRON MINE IN ASHE COUNTY
MAY BE PUT IN OPERATION

jefferson, Jan. 2O.-J. w. Ballou
of Crumpler, owner of what is de-
clared to be the most valuable iror
ore mine in this section, is under
stood to be negotiating with capital,
lists for sale of the property and it
is anticipated that deal may be
put through which may mean opera
ton of the mine.
Experts have assertained that mil
lions of tors of ore is buried in the
earth on Mr.. Ballou's property.
Samples of the ore have been tested
and found of highest quality. The
ore has won several prizes, including
first award at the worlds fair at
Paris, France, number of years
ago. Lack of transportation has pre-
vented development of the property
up until now, but it is expected that
activity will be started at no distant
date.
Ashe county is considered one of
the richest counties in the state in
mineral deposits but it's mines have
been handicapped by remoteness
from the market and lack of trans
portation facilities. In addition to
rich deposits of iron, copper in large
quantities and some gold have been
found in the county.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
:. Z. ELLER OPENS
PRODUCE HOUSE HERE

Mr.. E. E. Eller of North Wilkes
boro was in town yesterday and COM
pleted arrangements for opening a
produce station here. The business
at present will be operated at the
Barnett Garage near the end of the
pavement in the eastern limits of
town and Mr.. S. M. Norris has been
selected as the local manager of the
concern. An advertisement in this
issue gives the prices which will be
paid for produce for the week begin
ming the 28th. Prices will be an
nounced from week to week. Mr.. FL
ler basing them exactly on the prices
being paid by him in North Wilkes
boro, less actual transportation.
Mr.. Eller is the owner of the
Leading Poultry House of North
Carolina" at North Wilkesboro and
some idea of the extent to which his
business has grown in Wilkes is in
dicated by the fact that during the
Christmas season, his concern mark
eted 10000 turkeys, to say nothing
of other poultry, butter, eggs, dried
fruit, etc. Watauga farmers have
been doing business with Mr.. Eller
regularly for years and they will
welcome the opportunity of receiv-
ing his usual good prices for their
produce here in Boone and save
the long haul down the mountain to
North Wilkesboro. At the same
time citizens of Boone are delighted
that Mr.. Eller has opened business
here
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
INCREASED VALUE OF NORMAL.

The value of North Cardinals
state institutions has more than
doubled in the past eight years, ac-
cording to records on file in the
budget bureau office as compiled by
budget officials. This doubling of
valuations is figured on the basis of
permanent improvements alone. 1t
is interesting to note that the Appa-
lachian State Normal at Boone has
increased in value 2S5 per cent. It's
valuation in 1921 was $252,7OO,
while in 1929 it reaches S9S2,886.
Its appropriations were listed at
$615,000 and funds otherwise re-
ceived $115,1S6.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
<OW to Make More
Money ON the Farm
BY REAL FARMERS

,(Editor's note-For the next
three months The Democrat will
publish each week the expert
ences- of a Watauga county
farmer on some aspect of farm
ing which can be made to bring
in more profits to the farmer.
The articles will contain no
theories-only the actual ex-
periences of farmers in this
: county.
~ This series of articles is be-
ing sponsored by the Watauga
County Bank in the hope that
every farmer in the county
might get some ideas on how to
increase his own income and at
the same time to increase gen.
orally prosperity of the county.
If diversification of farm pro-
ducts can increase the average
farm income by only $50 year,
the buying power Of the county
will be increased by $100,000.)
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24
SENATE VOTES DRY MILLIONS

The president of the United States
has been voted $24,OOO,OOO by the
senate to be used in an attempt to
more strictly enforce prohibition.
The bill remains to be approved by
the house and President Coolidge
and if this is forthcoming, the ex-
penditure of the money is destined
to fall entirely to the lot of Herbert
Hoover, because of the short remain
ing time of the Coolidge administra-
ton. The measure was introduced
by Senator Harris of Georgia and
passed the upper house by vote of
SO to 27. The senate also voted an
additional $25O,OOO for presidential
investigation of the7 illicit liquor
problem.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24

One thousand seven hundred and
thirteen persons met violent deaths
in North Carolina during 1928, state
health department officials state in
giving out their yearly report. Of
this number PSI were homicides.
Cause and number of deaths follow:
Burns, 27S; automobile and railroad,
35; automobile accidents, Sol;
drowning, 146; railroad accidents,
3d. homicides, PSI; suicides, 281;
gunshot accidental, 62; gunshot
doubtful, 80; lightning, 16.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24

After two weeks of conferences
with Republican party leaders, Pres
ident-elect Hoover left Washington
Monday for Florida where he will
prepare his inaugural address and
rest up preparatory to taking over
the duties as the nations chief ex-
ecutive. Travelling on special
train, Mr.. Hoover arrived in Mi
ami Tuesday afternoon. There he
was greeted by the governor and
other state officials and accom-
panied to the j. C. Penny estate on
Belle island where he and Mrs.
Hoover are guests.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24

keeping them up in April, for dur
ing that month the sheep get rid
of most of the worms that have
formed in their stomachs. Keeping
them up during April prevents these
worms from falling on the grass. If
these precautions are used, there is
no danger that the sheep will de-
stroy the grass lands. .
AS an illustration of the improve
ments in sheep-raising, l shall cite
one of my own experiences. For
long time l bought my rams here
and there without regard to pedi-
gree, but just as an experiment l
decided to buy thoroughbred
Hampshire ram. He cost me $71
delivered at Shulls Mills. My neigh
bors were astounded. Even my
father said l was foolish for paying
such price for ram, WIN | could
buy one for SIS from my neighbors.
Nevertheless, l went ahead and
bred from that ram. The next
spring, not lamb that | sent to
market weighed less than 128
pounds. | brought eight ram lambs
on a wagon to Boone and offered
them for sac at 500 each. When a
few buyers looked them over, those
eight lambs were gone in thirty min
utes at a price of $12 above the
average price of SO. a few days
later l brought seven more ram
lambs to Boone and sold them in an
hour at the same price.
"This shows what can be done by
using thoroughbred stock. That is
why we are bringing these Hamp-
shire and Shropshire ewes to this
county-to shoy the farmers what
can be done with sheep when good
stock is used. The farmers are re-
l'sponding nobly, for, already we have
had to send a hurry order for two
carloads of ewes, and before long
we shall have allotted all of the ewes
to Watauga farmers.
"These ewes are brought from
Southern Michigan, where the eli
mate is practically the same as in
Watauga. There is no climate any
where that surpasses this for sheep
raising, because it has cool sum-
mers, comparatively mild winters
and a long grazing season.
"Watauga farmers who take up
sheep raising need have no fear
about the market, because we have
never had any trouble in getting our
wool and lambs to market. The
large companies of the north send
their buyers throughout the coun-
try; hence our wool and lambs get
to market very quickly and demand
the best prices. That is one reason
we have an advantage with our con-
nection with Mr.. Jones of Lenoir. He
represents one Of the largest buying
companies, and through him we can
market our products at the highest
prices and in the shortest time.
"If Watauga farmers will give
sheep raising their serious atten-
ton, they will find that the profits
more than pay for the small amount
of trouble necessary to care for the
sheep Every farmer knows how
welcome an extra $50 or 500 or
$400 will be just at the time of year
that taxes fall due. When we are
living in one of the finest sheep
raising districts in the country, it is
not wisdom to let the opportunity
of gaining this extra profit pass"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24

This is our conception of the truly
human man: man in whom there
is a just balance of faculties, a
catholic sympathy; no brawler, no
fanatic, no pharisee, not too credu-
lous in hope, not too desperate in
purpose; warm, but not hasty; ard
ent and full of definite power, but
not running around to be pleased
and deceived by every new thing
Woodrow Wilson.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-01-24

A Duroc Jersey hog weighing
LILO pounds was killed by Herbert
Dickson, Wayne county farmer, last
week. After the hog was dressed it
weighed $50 pounds and the liver
20 pounds, making 1000 pounds of
meat.