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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
7
A lesson text on Matthew 27 and Hebrews 12 frames Jesus crucifixion at Golgotha, the garb casting, the accusation, and mockery. It covers the two criminals, derision by bystanders, Jesus refusing to save himself, and the depicted darkness as sin bearing the world’s guilt.
Advent Christian led by Rev Kenneth Barrs holds Sunday School at 9:45 morning worship at 11 and evening service at 8. Baptist under Rev P A Hicks offers Sunday School at 9:45 with W D Farthing as superintendent, preaching at 11 and 8, Y P U at 7, Brotherhood at 6, midweek prayer Wednesday at 8, and choir practices Friday with junior at 7 and senior at 8.
Rev. J. H. Brendall Jr. pastor leads Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. J. D. Rankin serves as superintendent with morning sermon at 11 a.m. and evening sermon at 8 p.m. World Club meets 6:45 p.m. Choir practice Friday at 8 p.m. Fellowship hour Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Rev J A Yount outlines Lutheran worship across Boone and Watauga Mission churches. Grace Boone and Valle Crucis schedule Sunday preaching and Sunday School at 9:45 am, with vesper and communion services on specified Sundays. Banner Elk and Deep Gap list monthly or biweekly services. Mt Pleasant and Mt Zion noted with interval supply. Public invitation to attend.
The notice lists church service timings for Watauga Methodist including Rev G C Graham at Henson's Chapel with 11 am services on 2nd and 4th Sundays and Sunday School at 8 45 am led by J B Horton. Valle Crucis holds 11 am preaching on 1st and 3rd Sundays with Sunday School at 10 am and Epworth League midweek. Mabel preaches 3 pm on 2nd and 4th Sundays with 10 am Sunday School led by Robert Castle. Salem conducts preaching on the first Sunday at 3 pm.
Schedule details leave Boone and Asheville routes with multiple stops and times. Advertises lowest fares and best highways with no dust and invites inquiries for fares and other points. The passage ends with a religious obituary line about a man’s death as sovereign will.
A concise exhortation that true victories for Jesus come through honorable means not by deceit. It asserts that God does not authorize ends achieved via insincerity or indirect methods and calls for integrity in pursuing faith-based goals.
A reflective meditation on lifting eyes to the hills and seeking divine vision to unseal the lips and fortify resolve against wandering thoughts, framing inner conflict as a spiritual battle. The piece emphasizes faith as strength for endurance and focus in prayerful life.
The Eden Valley water dispute between Joel Hensley and Robin Kershaw spirals into a decades long feud after a fatal exchange of gunfire in a dispute over irrigation and fence lines. A coroner's jury rules the first shooting justifiable, passing the conflict to Hensley's sons who carry the line forward. Gates Hyde and Hereford farmers embrace corn hog contracts for attractive payments.
Mrs. W. Eckoff reports dropping 41 pounds in about nine months after using Kruschen Salts daily. She cites lowered blood pressure from as high as 290 to 214 and claims improved health and energy. A half teaspoonful in warm water each morning, and a bottle lasts four weeks.
Delinquent taxpayers in Boone owe 1932 taxes and will be offered for sale on Monday July 2 1934 from 10 a m to 3 p m to the highest cash bidder. The list includes numerous individuals and businesses such as Boone Clothing Store Boone Ice & Fuel Co and J A Boldin with totals ranging from a few dollars to over a hundred. Public notice names many property holders and firms owing back taxes.
Notices announce parole petitions for Booner Grimes and Oliver Hampton with avenues for objections to the Governor or Parole Commissioner. Also listed are land entry actions by J. C. Smith, administration notices for John C. Dyer and J. A. Woody estates, a criminal parole petition for Fred McDaniel, and a summons with attachment in a county court case against Scott Swift and related parties.
The Virginia Trust Company as trustee will sell on June 12 1934 at 11 am at the courthouse door in Boone NC to satisfy a 10000 debt secured by a deed of trust from D J Boyden and wife Lucille K Boyden recorded in Book 14 page 275. The lands described include Fairview Lands lot 0 near Spring and Chestnut Streets and the turnpike road.
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