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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1933
Page
4
The Akron disaster underscores human limits with 73 dead as the Navy plans to abandon dirigibles. Morganton News-Herald editor Beatrice Cobb forecasts doubling frequency to twice weekly, signaling growth in the weekly newspaper field and confidence in future success.
The Board of County Commissioners enacted a ban on using courthouse grounds as a cow pasture and pledged a well kept lawn with future shrubbery. In Liberty Hill near Boone, Roe Keller and neighbors organize cooperative potato planting with 48 bushels set out last Friday and plans to finish planting without hired labor this week.
Local highway forces under Engineer James Councill completed modern bridges over Laurel and Beech creeks and improved county roads with limited funds. Maintenance crews protected surfaces all winter and ensured drainage and repairs, allowing Wataugans to travel principal thoroughfares satisfactorily.
The North Carolina Assembly passed the 3.2 percent beer measure after a unified push in both houses. Beer will be on tap May 1, with revenue expected to rise. the state moves from dry to a more permissive stance, reflecting voter mandates from primaries and last year’s election.
A preacher frames Jesus as outsmarting the Pharisees by asking whose image is on the coin and declaring Render unto Caesar and unto God. The piece contrasts ancient debate with modern conventions that overpromise and underdeliver, concluding with a tease for Next Week The Great Idea.
A reflective verse essay on spring’s arrival in Montgomery. It contrasts weather shifts with everyday routines and youth’s sense of longing, schooling, and outdoor play. The piece evokes seasons and childhood imagery, noting springtime activities and the lingering pull of summer plans.
The Gastonia Daily Gazette argues for legalizing beer in North Carolina. It claims beer would reduce bootlegged whiskey and create 10 000 jobs, with demand for 250 to 500 new delivery trucks and rail business, while bootleggers oppose the measure.
Agronomy Information Circular 77 explains the value of different soil types for various farm crops and is available free on request from the Department of Agronomy at State College.
Dr Gaines advises middle aged overweight sedentary individuals to prevent gall stones through exercise a plain nutritious diet and temperate eating with plenty of greens and coarser breads. He notes large silent gall stones can exist and recommends phosphate of soda as a safe daily bowel mover while reserving gall bladder surgery for the doctor.
Farmers report chick leg weakness linked to unbalanced grain feed corrected by adding animal protein from milk meat scraps fish meal or bugs. Suckling pigs lose flesh from iron mineral deficiency and can be aided by a syrup mixture applied to sow teats.
The method recommends sowing minerals twice daily to ensure each pig receives a good share, aiming to correct the mineral deficiency and improve overall health.
Ex tension agronomist Enos C. Blair reports crop rotation improves soil and raises yields in NC. Legumes like soybeans and lespedeza cut fertilizer needs while boosting corn, oats, wheat and hay yields. farmers in Bladen and Moore counties cite fertilizer savings and better 1932 crops.
Hog prices are forecast to rise by April 1 as cold pork stocks shrink and hogs are tight at major markets. Swine extension specialist W. W. Shay cites lower hog receipts across seven loading markets from October to February versus the prior year, and reduced cold storage of pork by March 1, 1933, versus 1932 and the five year average, signaling price gains above production costs.
The note cites the week ending March 11 price of 3.84 dollars per hundred pounds and urges North Carolina hog growers to market animals cooperatively next month. It stresses planning meals, proper diet, and keeping a simple food cost budget with well cooked, attractively served foods.
Two years of low farm prices push North Carolina farm women to study an adequate and balanced family food supply. In 1932, 22,089 women and 12,280 club girls enrolled in food studies. 16,438 women and 7,349 girls completed the program. They focus on home production, better meal planning, and food selection. The four goals: sufficient variety on every farm, proper selection by all family members, nutrition awareness, and improved meal preparation to combat health issues like pellagra and anemia.
Former North Carolina governor C Max Gardner is reported to head a legal staff for the rayon industry with offices in Washington and New York. He leads the Cleveland Cloth Mills at Shelby and will handle rayon issues nationwide.
Augusta Georgia mayor leads a council committee to study nullifying the bone dry law to permit 3.2 per cent beer sales. The group will confer with Richmond county commissioners on feasibility and tax potential if South Carolina adopts a beer bill across the Savannah River. Councilman R E Allen Jr chairs the committee. he notes Augusta previously nullified the 1906 1917 state law.
The Hob-Nob Inn in Blowing Rock reopened Monday marking the start of the summer season. Management expects strong business on the mountain through the coming months.
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