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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat of Boone North Carolina, established 1888, weekly edition published by Rivers Printing Company. Includes standard notices, obituaries and paid notices at advertising rates. Printed May 11 1933 and entered as second class mail matter.
Next Sunday is Mothers Day and a grateful nation will honor those who have given life to an ultra modern civilization. Millions of Americans will wear a red flower if their mother lives or white if she is deceased, as a simple token of love and respect for God's greatest gift a mother.
The new city administration led by Mayor Moore urges residents to clean up premises next week with trucks provided to haul rubbish. Water users must now pay rents at city offices by the 15th or lose service, a move aimed at economy and reduced police costs.
A nine year old boy with appendicitis dies from peritonitis after a father refused immediate surgery. The eminent surgeon warned against delay, but the family did not consent, and the physician holds the family, not the physician, responsible for the death. The piece urges respect for medical judgment.
Raleigh NC House rejected the Senate amendments to the Revenue Bill on motion of Doughton. A conference was requested with conferees named from both chambers. Senate leaders later named three conferees to seek a compromise. Newsstands note jigsaw puzzle craze waning.
The narrative recalls Jesus healing a chronically ill woman who touched his garment and rising a dead girl with his touch. Witnesses spread the news, as the story emphasizes his service over preaching and the crowd’s awe at his power.
A grave marker in Boone’s marble orchard honors Rita Sheridan known as the snake charmer who died of pneumonia after a circus tour from Tennessee. Her husband cared for her until death. A later circus friend funded the marble headstone, and locals recall her with nostalgia while the ring goes on.
The article profiles Hard Thomas a long time pie eater from Valle Crucis who claims he can eat two pies per meal for over forty years. He prefers pies with various fillings and credits pie dining with his speed and health, earning the title champion pie eater of the world at large from the Amalgamated Pastry Masticators of America.
Mr and Mrs J R Mast of Sugar Grove announce the engagement of their daughter Doris to Sale Yeargain Jr of Memphis Tennessee. The wedding is planned for early summer.
Beginning June 1 1933 residents must visit the town hall on the first of each month to pay water bills. A 10 percent penalty is added after the 10th, and unpaid bills by the 15th will cut water service until settled. Past due accounts must be closed with reasonably dated notes to help pay town debts.
A detailed report on the First National Bank of Elizabethton Tennessee closed since 1931 shows assets totaling 1.501 million with 242 thousand in cash collected and 1.217 million remaining uncollected assets. Liabilities total 1.292 million with secured and unsecured claims and paid dividends noted.
The American Legion debate drew a large crowd despite bad weather and a Cove Creek High School play. The discussion focused on the resolution that the U.S. Government should immediately pay the remainder of adjusted compensation certificates or the bonus.
Report notes little winter kill in small grain across Piedmont Carolina with wheat growing well. The American Weekly features an article on brutal police methods and torture used to obtain confessions, distributed with Baltimore American next Sunday.
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