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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
1
A local newspaper expresses gratitude to Boone's City Council the Mayor the Chief of Police and aides for a productive year. It highlights water system expansion bond cancellations and urges a holiday gift of fire hose hydrants and trickling water to improve safety and cleanliness on Main Street.
Dr. George K Moose of Boone Drug Company shifts into holiday ad humor after a printing mishap. Advertised toilet sets now appear in assorted sizes with holiday wrappings and a firm note they are not fur lined. Business gains as the apology spins into sales.
North Carolina political chatter centers on Solicitor Thomas A. McNeill of Lumberton reportedly considering a bid for Attorney General, with whispers of gubernatorial ambitions and potential clashes within the Democratic ranks over Brummitt’s handling of the administration. Brummitt has a strong, loyal base, especially on the party's left wing, as speculation swirls about his future.
The 1935 General Assembly will have access to all available information on occupational diseases and a state fund for workmen's compensation insurance. Studies on asbestosis and other conditions are underway by Dr. G P Schwenning and Dr. John S Bradway. Insurers are reportedly refusing to cover many worker classes in the state.
John B. Hopkins, 76, native of Ashe County, died at his Washington City home Tuesday. A longtime Census Department worker, he had lived in Washington for 30 years after representing Ashe in 1895. Surviving are his wife, four sons, two daughters, and several siblings. Funeral planned in Washington Friday. he was a Methodist, Mason, and Shriner.
Four cases were tried by Judge John H. Bingham in Recorders Court Tuesday. James Simmons received six months on the roads for violating a suspended sentence. Hagaman McGuire faced public drunkenness costs. Ed S Williams was ordered to pay costs and repair a damaged car for the prosecutor. Will Lawrance was assessed costs for carrying a concealed weapon.
Last week Sheriff A Y Howell and deputies seized an eighty gallon copper still in the Pick breeches settlement Beaver Dam Township Two men were arrested and about three hundred gallons of beer destroyed This makes forty two stills and twenty four men captured since Howell became sheriff of Watuga County
The Cove Creek Chapter of the Future Farmers of America met December 14 for its regular session. A program featured a talk on December on Virginia Farms by Howard Rowe and a discussion of a good livestock outlook led by Tommie Ward.
North Carolina State Utilities Commission ordered a 15 percent reduction in Southern Bell telephone rates, effective January 1, 1935. The company will seek an injunction to halt the change. failure to halt would advance the lower rates in Boone and Blowing Rock with detailed tiered charges for business and residential lines.
The Advisory Budget Commission drafted revenue and appropriation bills for the 1935 General Assembly, excluding general sales tax provisions. Governor Ehringhaus will focus on his message to the assembly after a busy week of speaking, including Duke Endowment anniversary, Crime Conference in Washington, and the Life Insurance Presidents convention in New York. Rural electrification studies report 736 projects in 77 counties, needing about 7.5 million dollars to complete and serving about 24 000 rural customers, with surveys funded by FERA and six months more for facts analysis.
North Carolina had 600 miles of highways built with 347.3 miles under construction and 94.7 miles approved. Bankhead Act support leaned about 10 to 1 nationwide, with NC at 117,080 for and 9,528 against. NC cotton output reached 588,141 bales by December 1, down from 662,647 in 1933.
The Democrat will be issued on Monday to allow staff a Christmas holiday. Contributors advertisers and others should note that nothing can be taken after Saturday for publication next week and should plan accordingly.
Burley tobacco growers in Wa tauga may vote on the tobacco tax tied to Agricultural Adjustment Administration crop reduction. A three-fourths acreage support in 1934 is needed to continue the tax for another year. Contract growers have blanks. others may visit W H Walker in Boone for a card. Votes must be mailed by December 22 with non growers excluded.
At a Watauga Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting at Mrs. Joe Cook's home on Tuesday afternoon the focus was on assembling baskets for the remaining Civil War veterans. Local merchants donated fruits, candies and other goodies for Christmas.
The two weeks term of Superior Court for civil cases adjourned Thursday afternoon by Judge N A Sinclair. About 45 cases were disposed of many long standing, leaving the civil calendar in the best shape in years.
Miss Victoria Bell of Wilkes County has been named ERA district administrator for the Watauga Wilkes and Yadkin district. The office will be in the Bank of North Wilkesboro building and expected to open this week. Other appointments in the new setup are said to be made but unnamed.
Pioneer Boone resident Mrs. Alice Councill is seriously ill at her Hickory home. She celebrated her 102nd birthday on December first and relatives in Boone are anxious about her condition due to her advanced age.
Eighty prisoners have recently taken up residence at the State Prison camp one mile west of Boone and will perform road work in this section. Seventy two are negroes and eight are white. Some were sent to the roads for serious charges, but most serve sentences for minor infractions and are not regarded as dangerous.
Engineers conduct preliminary surveys along the Park to Park Highway between Shenandoah Park Virginia and Blowing Rock. Some locations are near completion and actual construction may begin in the first weeks of the new year. Work will start at multiple points rather than sequentially from end to end.
The State Board of Elections seeks an opinion from Attorney General Brummitt on revoking election certificates for Watauga County Democratic winners after a disputed November vote. Republicans allege illegal votes and missing poll books while Democrats warn of retaliation and potential quo warranto actions if revocation is allowed.
Cove Creek and Boone High schools will field agricultural students for a state contest sponsored by the Division of Vocational Agriculture of the State Department of Education. Prizes from the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau will reward district and state winners, with hopes of twenty prize recipients this year.
Four Confederate veterans from Watauga County remain on the pension rolls per Clerk Austin E. South who has received checks for survivors. Elihu Luther Lemuel Greene Enoch Swift and W H Norris each get 182.50 twice yearly. Twenty one Class B widows receive 50 semi annually and two Class A widows receive 150 twice yearly.
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