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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
4
The old Boone North Carolina weekly announces its Thursday edition with standard publisher and rate details. It notes subscription options one year six months and three months with advance payment and lists obituary and resolution notices among paid ads.
A Tennessee banker calculates that if every farm in Dver County had five cows producing 2.5 gallons daily for 300 days, total cash would cover taxes, auto licenses, tires, kitchen cabinets, sewing machines, school books, furniture, clothing, and paint for each farm. He notes omitted gains from soil fertility and calf sales.
The piece discusses Woodrow Wilson's stance on prohibition, citing Ray Stanard Baker's Left or Woodrow Wilson. It notes Wilson opposed prohibition and favored local option before his New Jersey governorship nomination. It clarifies the report aims to inform rather than judge his views.
The piece lauds Governor McLean as a prudent and capable manager who rebuilt the state’s business affairs while supporting spiritual welfare. It notes his retirement in good health and finances, better hospitality at the mansion, and asserts his steady stewardship positions North Carolina for a smooth transition to a successor.
Local notices report Mr. L L Critcher visiting relatives in Boomer Wilkes county and Mrs M B Blackburn improving from illness. Pete Muse of Johnson City visited Boone. G D Wellborn moves into a new home on Howard Street. January 20 church Loyalty Sunday urged attendance. Mr Ray of Paris Texas visiting his ill sister. Mrs J S Stanbury critically ill with pneumonia. Dr W A Stanbury and Mrs W W Scott with her. Billie Mack Hardin recovering at Long's Sanitarium Statesville from pneumonia. Watauga sheriff arrests Monroe Hampton and Belle Coffey near Bamboo on immorality charges. bond set at 500 each. Grady Moretz buys A G Miller stake in Miller Moretz Motor Co. Miller shifts to mercantile work. Work progresses on new Horton building beside Boone Drug Co. cream brick front. Mrs J C Fletcher improving after long hospital stay. visitors welcome. Paul Vance becomes Boone police chief, succeeding C H Garland. The Democrat reprints Governor Gardner's full legislative message for Democrat readers. Church services Sunday January 20 at Methodist church with sermons on God’s Call to Christian Leadership and The One Truly Great Ambition. junior and senior choirs singing. Senior choir practice at 4 pm. Mr P C Hodges appointed guardian for Mrs Mattie J Greene. restraining order to prevent sale of Greene properties tied to an Asheville auction contract case.
The annual meeting in the bank building elected a board for the coming year: L. Mast, L. A. Greene, B. B. Dougherty, J. H. Mast, S. E. Gras, J. F. Hardin, G. P. Hagaman, Baxter M. Linney, and James H. Councill. A 4 percent semi annual dividend was ordered. The stockholders show strong interest in county farming development.
Speaker Graham announced Monday the committee assignments for both houses. R C Rivers of Watauga will sit on six panels: Counties cities and towns education immigration insane asylum journal and library. Senator C W Higgins of Alleghany will chair Election Laws in the Senate and serve on seven panels: Public Welfare trustees University senate expenses salaries and fees game laws constitutional amendments and judiciary No 1.
Sheriff L M Farthing announces W R Anderson former county home keeper will become deputy sheriff in Boone and oversee the county jail He was to move his family and start this week but was delayed by his mother in law Marion Hodges' death The sheriff praises Anderson as well suited to enforce the law and care for inmates of the jail
The Carolinas district association executive committee in Charlotte selected committees for the annual Civitan state convention to be held in Raleigh in November. Boone’s Dr. G. K. Moore joined the extension committee and J. F. Moore was chosen to represent the district at the international convention in Atlanta in June.
County pupils who failed in the seventh grade have applied to enter the Demonstration school in Boone so they may continue to the high school next year. Principal Prof Chappel Wilson says arrangements allow entrants to enroll and take exams with regular classes at term’s end. passing makes them eligible for high school. Enroll at once, he urges.
Boone Baptist Church designates next Sunday January 20 as Church Loyalty Day. Pastor Hicks urges full attendance and notes sickness and loss among members while calling on the faithful to renew strength and faith. His sermon topic is Facing a Great Task.
At a Sunday morning church meeting J T C Wright was named Sunday school superintendent, succeeding the late W R Gragg. Two trustee seats became vacant by deaths of E S Coffey and W L Bryan and were filled by G P Hagaman and A Y Howell.
A direct descendant of the tree under which Daniel Boone held court at Femme Osage Missouri has been received at the California Botanic Garden and planted in the Forest of Fame. The account notes Boone built a log cabin at Femme Osage and served as syndic, settling civil and federal cases under the elm.
Local notice invites potato sellers to contact J. L. Qualls or E. L. Qualls at The Fashion Shop to arrange a sale.
James K Wood a prominent Shoans Tennessee resident died recently at age six. Survived by living children including Mrs Reese of Ille in this county.
E M Harmon of Laurel Creek section dies at 80 from pneumonia induced by influenza. Interment at Harmon grave yard. Mrs Joe Hayes, 58, dies at home near Lovill from pneumonia. funeral at Gragg graveyard near Boone. Mrs W A Auxier, 45, dies in Boone's Creek apartment after pneumonia. funeral in Boone Tennessee. survived by husband and daughter Juanita.
News reaches The Democrat of the death of Mrs Marion Hodges of Levill Tuesday night from pneumonia. She was about 70, survived by her husband and eight children: Will Anderson, Jeff Anderson, Barlow of Lenoir, Charles McGinnis, Harve, Lum, Bun and Carl Hodges. Funeral arrangements not completed. interment likely at Hines graveyard.
Mrs E F Vines 58 a prominent Beaver Dam resident died at home Tuesday January 8 from pneumonia Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 60 oclock conducted by Reverends Ed Farthing and Wellington Swift Burial was in Cable Graveyard near Bethel Church Surviving are her husband and eight children Mrs Roy Brown Mrs Stewart Brown Mrs Jake Harmon Sallie Laura and Hattie Vines Roby Roy and Clayton Vines
Jesse H. Brown died at his home near Adams post office on Monday night from pneumonia at age 68. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Baptist Church with Rev. E. C. Hodges officiating and burial in Hines Graveyard. He served for years as superintendent of the county home and is survived by his wife and seven children Stephen Edgar Jim Lee Jennie Miller Julia Hagaman Maude Hodges.
Report filed with the Corporation Commission showing the December 31 1928 condition of the Watauga County Bank of Boone North Carolina. G P Hagaman cashier N L Mast director and B B Dougherty director swore to the figures declaring the report true to the best of their knowledge and belief. Total assets and liabilities listed including cash loans and balances amount to 789726.88 dollars with specified figures for capital deposits and other items.
Community calendar lists Advent Christian and Lutheran services with pastors and times in Boone area. Also notes Boone city council session to address rats and a Pied Piper proposal. Greene Inn papers advertise winter sale at Goodwill Department Stores starting January 19 for 15 days.
Cove Creek Baptists schedule Saturday afternoon services led by the pastor with the topic The Old Fashioned Home. Sunday at 11 a.m. Dr Gordon preaches The Perpetual Process of Transformation in Human Life. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. B Y P P at 6 30 p m. The church offers a cordial welcome to all.
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