13 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1930
Page
1
A Moscow newspaper The Godless One publicizes an anti religious drive in Soviet Russia. It reports prohibiting religious teaching seizing churches converting them into museums and factories and confiscating church property. The piece warns of a broader war if Christianity fails to unite against godless rulers.
A Boston man hunted in Maine and paid 2700 for ninety ducks in US court. The article warns that the federal fine for killing migratory birds is high and stresses the need to know both federal and state game laws before hunting. It urges hunters to obtain licenses and seek information from state wardens to prevent depleting game.
The article notes about twenty seven million U S families and twenty two million registered vehicles including trucks and buses. It predicts cars will outnumber families, many families will own two cars, smaller cars will enter the market, and paved roads will boost car use while walking declines.
In Socus New York the Mills brothers who started a weekly paper and built power ventures gave radios to a crippled woman and then to shut ins. The act sparked a nationwide We Follow Him Club with thousands of radios donated to hospitals charities and prisoners. Members join by gifting a radio to a shut in or prisoner and sending the name to G R Mills.
The narrator recalls a party game naming five greatest men Buddha Julius Caesar St Paul Charles Darwin and Karl Marx and five greatest women Joan of Arc Queen Elizabeth Florence Nightingale Queen Victoria Susan B Anthony. The piece notes the game proves nothing and that unknown pioneers started world changing progress.
Dr Will 0 Gordon writer of the Sunday School lesson in The Democrat is at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville Kentucky so no lesson appears this week. A letter from the reverend gentleman says Cove Creek Baptist and Mountain City Baptist churches are covering his conference expenses and he will resume better lessons upon return.
William Howard Taft, the only person to hold two top federal posts, is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after state funeral rites in Washington. He lay in state at the Capitol rotunda for about two hours, viewed by over 8,000 people. Weather turned rainy but cleared briefly as taps sounded.
Former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft died at his Washington home after weeks of illness. He passed away at 5:15 p m after a stroke. He will be buried in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services were planned for Tuesday at All Souls Unitarian Church with President Hoover ordering a 30 day official mourning.
Timeline of William Howard Taft from birth in Cincinnati on September 15 1857 through death on March 8 1930. Includes Yale graduation 1878 judge appointment 1887 Solicitor General 1890 first Philippine civil governor 1901 Secretary of War 1904 Republican presidential nomination 1908 presidency 1909 inauguration 1909 major events policy and reforms and later roles Chief Justice 1921 resignation 1930.
B. F. Harmon of Sugar Grove urges Watauga County residents to expand tobacco farming noting profits of $250 to $500 per acre and a 1930 example of $295.38 from one acre. He says tobacco can raise county wealth without harming sheep and cattle farming and offers guidance to interested neighbors.
A Chicago Kenwood Presbyterian Men's Club presented Rev. McCoy Franklin, head of the Presbyterian National Missions School at Crossnore North Carolina, with one thousand dollars for the school’s work after a congregational dinner where Franklin spoke on Daybreak in the Mountains. The Kenwood church promotes various Christian projects. Reverend Alfred Lee Wilson hosted Dr. Hugh Black of New York as a guest preacher.
Announcement Tuesday for the Piedmont Evening Star Festival opening next Wednesday. The final performance Saturday features Vocal music Holland Bell Ringers light comedy and mystery. Boone PTA sponsors with the Piedmont Bureau selecting top talent. PTA ladies with men will sell tickets and profits benefit civic work. The Democrat carries further program details.
Mrs J C Fletcher 55 died at her Lenoir home after a years long illness. Funeral from the home followed by interment at Bellview Cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Lois Brittain and Lina Fletcher two brothers J H Bryan Edmonton Canada and B R Bryan Boone and sister Mrs Cora Councill Boone.
The college hosted several events led by Professor and Mrs Greer and classes by Miss Wary and Weaver. Two standout impromptu English stories by Mildred McDade and Edith Wagoner delighted attendees. Spring term enrollment rises to 656, up 121 from last year, driven mainly by freshmen and sophomores.
The county superintendent notes a burst of farming activity in February with plowing and risk taking amid hard times. He cites practical improvements from diversified holdings and urges citizens to help neighbors by sharing crops and offering encouragement to reduce taxpayer burdens.
The weekly Boone newspaper retracts a previous local column claim that students at Boone Graded School had whooping cough. Editors apologize to patrons, stating there is no illness at the school and that the report was circulated in error.
William Haynes of near Isleta Ohio was found guilty of driving while intoxicated by a common pleas jury on February 5. He was acquitted on a manslaughter indictment related to the November 30 crash that killed James Lovill. Judge J C Daugherty fined $300 and costs and suspended his driving privilege for one year.
Officials of the Watauga Independent Merchants Association announce a regular meeting Friday night at 7 30 in the courthouse to transact business and discuss plans. The association has placed an order with The Watauga Democrat for page advertisements to promote home merchants and a future group buying system for price concessions on open markets.
Earl Wallace is jailed on a charge of shooting Geo Osborne in the back of the head at Horse Creek. Osborne is recovering after the bullet grazed the head and avoided vital organs, while Wallace was found badly cut following a family dispute.
Local Republican leaders favor J. G. Greer of the Normal College faculty as potential permanent chairman for the convention to meet in Charlotte on April 17.
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 15 at the Demonstration School Auditorium. Attendance is urged as several important issues will be discussed.
At a Boone Civitan Club meeting a plan to air a local program on Station WBT Charlotte was approved. A June 18 half hour will feature twenty minutes of local talent music and two five minute civic addresses to be chosen.
Sheriff 5 M Moreland resigned effective March 10 after claimants and union action pressured him to enforce order during a textile workers strike. Pickets at American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff mills prompted a petition to oust him, which was later withdrawn.
The Raleigh report says the Charlotte convention on April 17 may nominate a dummy candidate to satisfy legal requirements and name the real nominee after Democrats pick theirs. If only one GOP candidate exists no primary is held and the committee can name a replacement if that candidate withdraws.
The City Flour and Feed Company opened on Depot Street in the former Howard W. Mast building. George W. McGimsey of Lenoir manages the store, offering flours feeds grains and fertilizer.
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