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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat outlines mountain industries and institutions from Berea College to the John C. Campbell Folk School and the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association. It argues the region can become an economic lab with a brighter future beyond basic needs.
Boone retailers show near unanimous backing of the New Deal recovery program as wages rise and employment expands. Citizens are urged to accept altered business hours without complaint, trusting the broader aim of restoring prosperity in Watauga County.
The Watauga County Merchants Association forms as a new local group. Merchants unite to aid cooperation under the National Recovery Act, aiming for uniform service and stronger trade. The move follows a long-held wish for an association and echoes the code of fair competition in its spirit and potential effectiveness.
In a Chapel Hill interview, S H Hobbs Jr renowned for North Carolina Economic and Social discusses mountain population trends from 1919 1920 influx to cotton mills to recent return home. He calls for diversified industry including cheese potato seed markets and tourism with conservation tied to growth.
A new NRA drafted code proposes a 36 hour week for oil fields and 40 hours in marketing, with minimum wages set across retail divisions. The blanket retail code allows many stores to join immediately with modifications for hardship, hearings begin August 15.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plans spending over a half million dollars on new power plant equipment and a separate brick steel building to house a large boiler. The project includes demolishing part of the old plant, employing about 100 workers during construction, and a $250,000 contract for a single 300000 pounds per hour boiler at 800 psi and 740 degrees F awarded to Babcox and Wilson of Barberton.
A man named Boone plans a day of fishing near Howards Creek but forgets tackle and hooks, walks five miles to retrieve them, and returns to fish unsuccessfully. The piece blends local humor with notes on residents, meetings, and a birthday party among neighbors.
By deed of trust dated July 1 1931 Mrs M L Greene pledged 2000 to Watauga Building and Loan Assn. Default triggers sale August 2 1933 with Blowing Rock parcels Lots 6 and 7 J F Cox lands. Trustee W H Gragg to sell at cash bid September 1 1933 at 1 p m to highest bidder. attorneys Lovill and Zimmerman.
Physicians claim Purification of the system builds health. Cleanse the blood by stimulating the liver kidneys stomach and bowels with Calotabs taken weekly for several weeks. Available in 10 cents and 35 cents from all dealers.
Mrs Maude Greene sues Hill Greene in the Superior Court of Watauga County for an absolute divorce. Hill Greene must appear at the Clerk of court in Boone, NC by Sept 1, 1933, and answer or demur to the complaint or relief will be granted. Dated August 1, 1933.
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