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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription rates and submission charges for cards of thanks resolutions and obituaries. It states these items are billed at the regular advertising rate and notes the paper is entered at the Boone post office as second class matter.
Judge Suddreth condemns drinking and driving with fines from 50 to 100 dollars and potential road sentences for aggravated cases. He supports swift court action to clear frivolous indictments, praising the Recorders Court as a popular local government component.
The Congress has legalized non-intoxicating beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. Pre-prohibition brands ranged from 2.5 to 3.8 percent. The act asserts no intoxicating beer ever existed and mocks arguments about Congress’s power to regulate mood.
A winter weather advisory urges everyone to wear a wrap even on short outings. A housewife’s quick bakery run leads to a sore throat and cough, showing how cold exposure can cause illness. Men and women should keep the body warm, as modern homes are warmer and clothes thinner.
The narrative portrays Jesus as a master of the situation during public work. He deflects a challenge from Pharisees and scribes by posing a question about John the Baptist, exposing their reluctance to answer. Despite repeated encounters, he outsmarts his opponents, leaving crowds amused and rivals frustrated.
The piece revels in spring in the mountains with images of bloom, birds, and children. It jokes about beer laws and home brew under Prohibition while ribbing local lawmakers and celebrating warm days, sunshine, and the revival of outdoor life. The tone is breezy and humorous.
The era's mood shows farmers trading potatoes for fertilizer while money stays tight. Elderly matrons wash clothes, and amateur gardeners prepare vacant lots for planting as the post office faces money order doubts. A bank loyalist touts its "best personality" in North Carolina amid children asking for a penny.
A colorful tale praises Abe Hewett who credits daily prayer with healing cramps after a cabbage binge. He says the Lord told him what to do and the pains vanished. The piece contrasts faith with medical reliance and ends with a jab at skeptical churchgoers.
Extension nutrition specialist Miss Mary Thomas notes that home demonstration club women across 22 counties make food studies a major project. Clubs work with men to secure food production and study food conservation, planning balanced diets using home-grown supplies and cheaper, nutritious options.
A poultry expert from State College stresses clean brooder houses as crucial for healthy chicks. He urges thorough cleaning before a new crop and moving portable houses to fresh ground, noting soil unused by poultry for at least three years aids cleanliness.
Mr Parrish recommends sweeping walls floors and ceilings then scraping and washing with hot lye solution, scrubbing walls to 18 inches, using one can of lye per ten gallons of water, avoiding concrete floors, drying and spraying with disinfectant, cleaning all equipment, and placing a disinfectant mat at the brooder house door to prevent disease spread.
Agronomy information circulars numbers 77 and 78 present soil type value for crops and three year cotton variety test results. Available to North Carolina residents on request to C B Williams head of agronomy department State College.
Carteret County farmers report 1100 acres planted with the early Irish potato crop, up 200 acres from last season as growers seek an earlier harvest and market demand in the region.
A young boy visits multiple shops trading a baked potato for small sweets as economic hardship weighs on the community. A Negro youth borrows a quarter “just till the banks open” while bootleggers mourn ongoing shortages and bleak prospects.
Five people died and two others were critically burned when a gasoline stove used for whiskey mash exploded at Roy Smith home near Fargo Oklahoma. The fire trapped victims in their beds as flames spread, killing Mr and Mrs Nick Smith their daughter and Mrs Stein man. Roy Smith and his two year old son suffered severe burns.
A family barely escapes as a blaze consumes their home after Donald and a helper run out with him. Firefighters report the house fully engulfed and residents unable to reenter to rescue others. Authorities say the family had resorted to illicit whiskey production to survive prior to the fire.
Germany’s beekeeping industry faces the loss of more than 400000 hives as the Finance Ministry’s tax policy raises beet sugar prices. The Deutsche Tageseitung warns the move endangers a thriving sector relied on by 200000 beekeepers, noting reduced sugar affordability and dwindling hive numbers.
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