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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
1
A professional lawyer in Boone North Carolina offers attestation on all matters of a legal nature with collections as a specialty. The office operates with a solicitor named F. A. Lia bey. Fee noted as 1.99 per library year.
James Cline, practicing attorney from Sugar Grove North Carolina, announces he will practice regularly in the courts of Watauga and adjacent counties with special attention to collections. Contact number 227-1181.
Veterinary surgeon Hayes announces diploma and readiness to practice veterinary surgery in all branches in Vilas North Carolina. Claims to be the only practitioner in the county and provides contact at Vilas. Dated 6 17 1911 and 4 18 1911.
The 86th birthday of Joseph H. Mast drew children, grandchildren, and many friends to his Sugar Grove home on April 9. A long grassy lawn set for a grand meal with baskets of ample food, while Dr. J. B. Phillips and Mast shared memories of a life of service. Mast, of sturdy Dutch descent, married Chrisa Moore of Globe sixty four years ago, and nine children survive. no deaths in the family until after the golden wedding.
An Alabama man testifies his wife was bedridden with a stubborn cough but recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery. Marketed for forty three years as a remedy for coughs and colds, the product is sold at $1 by all dealers.
William Horton born 1684 and Carrie Shull Horton born 1888 were lifelong Watauga natives who joined the Southern Methodist church early and shared a devoted marriage. They moved to Roans Creek Tennessee, were widely loved, and died within 11 days of each other, both buried in Skull cemetery after a long Christian life.
John A. Denney of Elkville says work on the Watauga and Yadkin River Railway is progressing with about 600 employed. Grade nearly complete to Darby, tram road eight miles into the forest, timber for tanning removed, and anticipated train service to Boone by fall. Labor shortages hinder progress. State help for stone work could accelerate completion. Lieut Gov Newland to have a new residence built at Newland. contract awarded to R C Campbell. project to begin next month. Jacob J. Hanson of Mobile, Alabama, must serve three months hard labor for whiskey violation on the C road.
Pains in the stomach suggesting liver or kidney trouble are warned of possible dropsy or Bright's disease if ignored. Electric Bitters is claimed to be the best stomach and kidney medicine, with a Raleigh man praising it after relief began with the first dose. It is sold for 50 cents to $1, sold through dealers.
Route Iron mines advance as Capt. Phillipe, under Watauga and Yadkin River Railroad supervision, uses dynamite at Bullrafie Iron near Cook's Gap to develop the Hoke lands. Company owner says the site shows exceptionally fine ore and could stimulate rail extension, employment, and regional money circulation.
The writer travels county roads and finds them unworked this spring. Heavy rains left roads washed and full of loose stones, making travel difficult amid a busy crop season. They urge immediate road work to improve passability, noting local observers focus on Watauga and the link to future prosperity.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs. J. P. Wilkinson on a Friday morning in Silverstone. She was 8 survived children, aged sixteen at marriage, joined Cove Creek Baptist church at fourteen, and lived a Christian life. Funeral led by pastor L. A. Wilson, burial in family graveyard, with the question of readiness for death posed to readers.
Local items report Fayetteville purchasing a motor fire truck while other notes mention a May observance, a fire incident in a nearby town, and a series of regional updates. Walter Murphy is named secretary to Col. W. B. Osborne, and a quake event in New York and Canada is noted without major damage. Population figures for New York, medical experiments with crotalin, and several regional obituaries and political updates are included alongside local industry and infrastructure notes.
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