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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
1
The Appalachian State Normal College and the Boone public schools will reopen for the new term on Tuesday January 8 after a three week vacation. The start was postponed a week due to influenza with expectations the illness will have subsided by reopening.
Poultry expert C F Parrish urges prompt incubator prep to meet market demand for early broilers. Clean and disinfect the incubator room and the unit, sun trays, inspect thermostat pipes pans lamps and oil containers, avoid drafts and direct sun, run the machine a day before eggs and follow manufacturer directions carefully.
The army's tri motored Fokker endurance plane Question Mark lifted at 7 24 this morning in an aerial refuelling test to stay aloft until its engines wear out. The refuelling plane piloted by Odas Moon preceded it and Captain Ira C Baker commanded the endurance craft.
The secretary of agriculture announced an apportioned 73 125 000 to the states for the next fiscal year to fund federal aid road construction. Costs on roads within the federal system will be shared nearly equally by states and the federal government. Last year 8 184 miles of federal aid roads were completed where improvements had not existed.
A total of 67 marriage licenses were issued in Watauga County in 1928, 66 to white couples and one to a negro, down from 71 in 1927. The list includes couples such as Marshall Ward and Edna Farthing, Ralph Moore and Lottie Coffey, and many others with dates from January through December.
The article looks back at nineteen hundred twenty eight with warmth and thanks the reader for a successful year. It welcomes nineteen hundred twenty nine and expresses hope for continued friendship and patronage from supporters of the Democrat.
The North Carolina highway commission records show about 13,515,067.23 dollars spent in 1928 to build 1,171.14 miles of highways and bridges. About 7.4 million was for 329.39 miles of hard surface road including 6.78 miles of asphaltic concrete.
A mob of hundreds to two thousand men burned Charley Shepherd a Black man accused of murder and kidnapping. He admitted killing J G Duvall and abducting his 18 year old daughter, blaming two bunk mates. The pyre stood near Parchman prison area as the crowd dispersed.
Influenza conditions led to no regular services at local churches on Sunday except for a brief union prayer at the Baptist church. If the illness eases, normal services are planned for next Sunday.
The notice records couples from Carroll with wedding dates: William A. Davis and Lucy Moretz on December 14. Coy Earp and Ella Wall on December 14. E R Stephens and Lucille Lockabill on December 17. J Linney Walker and Annie Lee Sims on December 22. Conrad Hodges and Mary Lillian Greene on December 22. Sanders Shores and Lora Cook on December 24. Cornelius Watson and Roxhill Carroll on December 24. Bermon Miller and Snow listed with unspecified date.
Public health officials observed in reports for the week ending December 29 that the first influenza wave may have peaked or be near its crest. They warned a second, more severe wave could follow as about 90,000 new cases were reported in 24 states and New York City, down from 168,000 the prior week.
At Columbia University the American Association for the Advancement of Science heard Prof. Harry Elmer Barnes advocate revising religions. He urged replacing theology with mental hygiene and denying a Biblical God as basis for a new order, arguing science shows Earth as a small planet and happiness on earth should guide morals. Nobel laureate Robert Millikan presided as a speaker stressed new goals and a redefined heaven and hell.
Mrs Jeptha Bingham died at her Oak street home Friday afternoon after several days with pneumonia. Aged 36, she was born in Virginia and long-time Watauga resident. A short committal service by Rev C H Moser was held at Boone cemetery. Survived by husband and eight children. other ill family members improving.
Raleigh January 1 Dr C O H Laughinghouse state health officer said influenza would be reckoned with until about April. He advised heads of state institutions to resume normal schedules without delay as cases rise and the health situation improves only gradually.
Mr. C H Garland, who served about a year and a half as chief of police, has resigned and returned to his Shulls Mills home. The city council will appoint his successor and name a mayor to fill the late W R Gragg's term at tonight's meeting. Granville Norris acts as patrolman in the interim.
North Carolina Education Association committee says 1929 general assembly could cut four million dollars from property taxes and still fund an eight month term. They propose financing via indirect taxes and raising the equalization fund from 3.25 to 6.75 million, naming luxuries and resources as revenue sources.
The Boone Trail highway and memorial association will restore the dilapidated Boone home and surrounding park in Davidson county. J Hampton Rich will lead efforts with support from residents of Watauga Wilkes Yadkin and Davie counties to create a national shrine at the Yadkin headwaters near High Rock lake. The great state seal will be used by the Boone Trail Association and a marker at the state line near Zionville will bear the seal when the Boone Trail crosses into Tennessee.
Franklin D. Roosevelt became governor of New York today as a Democrat succeeding Alfred E. Smith who retires after four terms. The report notes Roosevelt’s relation to Theodore Roosevelt and mentions potential future plans while adding a health update on Mrs. J. C. Ray and a telegraphic reply from her brother R. R. Hodges of Paris Texas.
Local churches form a united relief committee to assess needs of influenza victims. J D Rankin chairs the panel with W D Farthing as secretary to report on poor families and advise on outside aid. Donations are urged to The Democrat or any committee member.
The Three Forks Stony Fork Baptist Pastors conference postpones its quarterly meeting due to county sickness. New date is Monday April 15 with Dr. J T Henderson of Knoxville and Laymen's Brotherhood expected to speak. Deacons and Sunday school leaders planned to attend along with pastors and association leaders.
Mrs. George W. Bottoms of Texarkana Ark donated 500000 to the Southern Baptist Convention home mission board. Dr L R Christie announced from Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist Church. Bottoms widow of a lumber industry figure has given several religious gifts. officials declined to comment pending a board conference amid recently disclosed financial difficulties involving former treasurer Clinton S Carnes.
Mr and Mrs V M Greer of Blowing Rock announce the birth of a daughter on New Years morning.
North Carolina closed 1928 with total receipts excluding gasoline tax and licenses at 14 453 599 61, up 2 532 210 98 from 1927. Gasoline tax net after refunds reached 9 787 010 73, more than a million above the prior year. New Year's Eve in Boone was quiet with few fireworks.
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