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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat weekly edition is issued Thursdays in Boone North Carolina. Published by R C Rivers Roe Rivers, the paper lists subscription rates and notices that cards of thanks resolutions of regret and obituaries are charged at advertising rates.
Mr Winborne the receivership head for Carolina Stores says the retail sales tax may prove fair and just if collectors pull in payments from all required. He urges managers to assist in tax collection and expects no adverse business impact.
The Laurel Creek road from Sugar Grove to Butler would connect Watauga and Avery counties to Elizabethton and Tennessee cities, boosting fertile land access and intra state commerce. Federal funds are hoped to start permanent construction, improving a key artery long planned for standard grade highway status.
A physician laments Prohibition chaos and the illicit alcohol trade while warning against broadening medicinal whiskey prescriptions. He asserts fidelity to temperance and warns he will not adopt wholesale three month whiskey prescriptions despite reports of pending policy changes. He calls for government of the people and moral welfare.
The article reflects on Jesus childhood moment in the temple defining his career aim. It contrasts worldly ambition with his business like view, citing the lesson that greatness comes from serving others. It mentions the idea that service precedes leadership and hints at a modern sales culture recognizing this principle. Next Week: Service and Success.
The piece argues that the new laws NIRA and FRA mark a revolutionary shift in U.S. economic policy. It contrasts the Roosevelt era approach with Hoover era beliefs, emphasizing wage and price controls, producer prosperity, and the wage earner as pivotal consumer. It notes cotton textile industry codes and aims to keep prices up to support factory and farm sectors.
Claude Farthing arrives back at Route 1 home following an extended stay with friends in Raleigh and other Eastern Carolina locations.
County classes for midwives held last week aimed at improving maternity and infant welfare. Some renewed registrations and new registrations occurred while several registrants were absent. County physician Dr. H. B. Perry urges those missing to attend and registrars to ensure all practicing midwives in their townships register.
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