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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat reports the American Legion offers a Fourth of July celebration promising a bushel of fun without patriotic addresses. Judge Bowie headlines a Winston-Salem merchants meeting urging retailers to push anti sale candidates as his gubernatorial bid appears underway.
A statewide contest over prohibition gels as the United Dry Forces organize and committees span the state. Prohibitionists defend a quarter century of dry law while repeal advocates push a new sentiment from national politics to county units. The fight promises heated campaigns before November with emphasis on merits over personalities.
The piece compares Franklin D Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, noting their shared zeal for recreation. It highlights Teddy’s constant gusto in hunting and travel and describes F D Roosevelt’s enjoyment of leisure on a yacht. The author praises the Roosevelt family's abundant enthusiasm for play.
Miss Anna E. Boiler of Rush Medical College told the National Livestock and Meat Board that fat persons who starve themselves to get thin are behind the times. She urged a normal energy appropriate diet and plenty to eat for reduction.
The piece notes President Garfield’s approach to public speaking in Ohio, explaining that repetition builds understanding as audiences react at successive raises. It links this to Jesus teaching with multiple parables, asserting enduring power of repeated ideas in doctrine and advertising.
The author warns readers against acidosis fears and vitamin hype, urging sensible eating. He criticizes the milk craze and quacks promoting skim milk, arguing that milk should stay in its proper place and that excessive reliance on marketed essentials misleads mothers and fathers.
Mrs. R B Scales traveled to Statesville for hospital treatment with Dr Scales and her sister Mrs Richard Maetzel. Mrs H C Martin recovers from mumps. Postmistress Mrs Harold De Bow resumes duty at Green Park office. Billy Merchant to Charleston for minor operation, due back week’s end. Captain W V Andrews left for Washington DC and to return to Blowing Rock soon. W A Talley built a $38 acre fish pond in Enterprise area with four fish kinds. C A Edmonson of Morganton guards against swarming bees for five years and yields good honey. Alexander Dumas quips on growing old gracefully by dedicating time to it.
The Raleigh News Letter reports a clash between old and young Democrats over repealing the eighteenth amendment at a July 8 meeting. Young Democrats favor repeal, while older leaders oppose political entanglement. Speakers include former Governor Woodring, Postmaster General Farley, Governor Ehringhaus, and Senator Reynolds. The piece also notes Cotton Acreage Reduction Week measures and plans to consolidate three North Carolina banks into a new entity.
Electors and stockholders across Raleigh and Charlotte will meet June 28 to elect representatives for a reorganized bank, with a June 30 organize and home bank location decisions. Governor Ehringhaus names judges and several agency heads, while the State School Commission outlines districts and questions superintendents' views on a new school law. United Dry Forces organize in Raleigh, and eastern forest land purchase and port bond issues are debated as part of state governance.
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