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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
4
The Wetwigs Democrat lists weekly publication by The Rivers Printing Company with contact and subscription rates. Obituaries and resolutions are noted. Boone North Carolina post office has official second class mail status.
R C Rivers celebrated a forty year tenure as editor and publisher of the Watauga Democrat. He began with the July 4, 1889 issue founded a year earlier by J F Spainhour. He recounts early days of hand setting type, an oil lamp, and printing on a single sided Washington press with horse delivery from Lenoir and treacherous mountain roads to Boone.
Editor notes a misstatement from 1829 issue claiming a defeat for solicitor by W C Newland in 1890. The corrected record shows Mose Harshaw as the sole solicitor antagonist in 1898. The 1890 race involved Governor Newland opposing E Spencer Blackburn with Blackburn at 837 votes and Newland at 870 in Watauga.
Congressman Oscar DePriest assailed Southern legislators who censured Mrs. Hoover for inviting Mrs. DePriest to a White House reception. In Cleveland he called opponents cowards and defended equal rights for all congressmen, prompting regional reactions reflected in the Hickory Record.
The general assembly passed a marriage law on March 15 192% requiring that after July 1 applications for marriage licenses be filed five days before issuance for couples under 21. It does not apply to marriages publicized in the press at least five days prior. The county's superior court clerk may order faster issuance if there is seriousness and parental consent for minors.
A Columbus writer reports from Blowing Rock North Carolina where Alpha Delta Pi delegates stay at Mayview Manor. The piece recounts southern courtesy seen in Asheville Hickory and the scenic drive along mountain roads 4500 feet above sea level in the Land of the Sky with locals taking a leisurely pace and hard roads linking nearby towns Morganton and others.
A letter from Charles Hinkle of Magnolia New Jersey praises Boone and the 4th of July observances in Boone. It recalls Boone as Kentucky pioneer Findley and the 1777 Boonesborough siege, praising truth and simplicity in American history and linking Morehead's 1845 Kentucky address to the local monument.
The piece reflects on Daniel Boone and a Missouri Boone figure, praising pioneering courage and frontier influence. It links Boone to the South and the Westward empire idea, citing Charles McKnight and discussions of portraits and statues as part of honoring Boone’s legacy.
Henry Ford outlines future homes with electric power central utilities and climate control. He predicts country or suburban builds connected by wide highways and notes child access to land and sunshine as key benefits. The article notes some of his ideas may seem impractical yet many readers respond positively.
A fragmentary dialogue references a teacher named Doris and family remarks about thanking a mother for cake and a question about hitting a husband with a chair. The passage also promotes affordable factory specials from Smithey Henderson Furniture Co. in North Wilkesboro.
A speaker laments those who would erase religious heritage from the Constitution era and warns against abandoning the trust in God, urging readers to preserve the creed of the founders. He argues the majority still believes in divine guidance and condemns anti religious trends.
Smithey-Henders on Furniture Co promotes low prices in North Wilkesboro. In North Carolina, State and County notices warn Viola Carlton to appear by August 8 in the Superior Court of Watauga County, via Clerk M. Carlton, to answer a complaint seeking foreclosure of a tax certificate.
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