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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
4
The community weekly published in Boone North Carolina announces regular subscription rates and advertising charges. It notes obituaries resolutions of respect and cards of thanks are billed at standard rates. The paper is issued by Rivers Printing Company with R C Rivers as publisher.
The North Carolina Press Association marks its Fifty-eighth Annual Convention in Blowing Rock with a welcome to Boone. Journalists toured the Yonahlessee Trail to Linville Newland Banner Elk Valle Crucis and Boone, enjoying mountain scenery and local progress including Appalachian State Teachers College and the town’s modern services.
In a nostalgic riff the article praises unstructured rural summer adventures for boys, from barefoot explorations to mud, sun, and wildlife lore. It contrasts rough, hands on learning with supervised camps and notes enduring habits like whittling whistles and belly flops as essential experiences.
A reflective line recalls a boy with a dog and a jackknife in the country during summer, describing a simple scene as the source of enduring happiness. The brief evokes childhood contentment and universal longing for uncomplicated joys.
A speaker argues against excessive pity, sharing stories of a successful man who rejects crutches and sympathy, a mismatched couple who are happy, and readers in Manhattan versus a New England village. He urges action over emotion and urges helping others rather than feeling sorry for them.
In a strong stance the author argues whisky and alcohol are valuable medicines used in hospitals and clinics. They oppose dry zealots and insist physicians should decide alcohol use for patients, asserting alcohol aids lingering illness and patient comfort despite social divides over beverage policy.
Soak one and a half cups of white kidney beans overnight then boil in water with a quarter teaspoon of soda. Fry minced onion in dripping, add stewed tomatoes, salt, and two level teaspoons sugar. Barely cover with water and simmer in a double boiler until tender, about three hours. Beef and tomato pie uses meat left over from yesterday.
A casserole recipe describes layering beef with canned tomatoes and onion juice in a baking dish greased with bacon fat. Top with mashed potatoes brushed with milk and bake thirty minutes. Also includes a tomato egg ham onion mix served on buttered toast.
The text guides pairing appetizers with main courses from tomato canapes to bacon infused dishes. It recommends variety to add zest, reduce monotony, and keep costs low while providing character to meals. It notes tomato canape with fricassee chicken as a cheaper yet equally interesting option.
A motivational poem urges readers to be a steadfast sticker, persevere through life’s handicaps, trust in God, and stay honest. It counsels cool, level thinking, resisting temptations and avoiding chronic complaints while aiming for distant goals and personal ascent.
Frank Wishart, a longtime Lumberton storekeeper, runs in Robison County Democrat primary with a quirky platform. He vows not to expose himself in bed days or rain while patrolling. He promises a 48 hour notice before arresting whiskey stills and to share confiscated liquor with the county home and farm. If defeated he will run as an independent.
Brazilian exporters experiment with several kinds of paper containers to keep bananas in better condition during overseas shipping.
The lesson recounts Israel’s failure to fully drive out inhabitants under Joshua leading to renewed idolatry and conflict. Deborah and Jael are highlighted as deliverers, with a call to teach youth about God’s commands and the harms of alcohol, noting Prohibition enforcement and temperance themes.
A. H. Veray, a former Union soldier living in New York, has sent his federal pension totaling $240 annually to the Confederate Soldiers’ Home in Atlanta. Col. R. De T. Lawrence notes the donor’s regular support since retirement, with the gesture explained as aiding the “boys in gray.”
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