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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
4
A Boone Chronicle note comments on the 1932 prohibition debate and local politics. Commissioner Grist cites Washington politicking and statesmen shortages while Lt Governor Fountain and Judge Bowie spark discussion as Morrison era fallout fuels primary chatter. The piece frames a boom erang of political contention.
The Republican party forms a young people’s organization while the Democrats revamp theirs this week. Indications point to a growing role for young men and women in county, state, and national political life.
Atlantic City reports quote a general conference endorsing strict racial equality and rejecting the color line in hotels and public spaces. The split between Northern and Southern Methodists deepens, ending renewed reunion hopes and reflecting an 88 year-long division over slavery.
Gordon Battle as sanitary inspector leads a campaign with the State Board of Health and local doctors and nurses to vaccinate Wataugans against typhoid and diphtheria. At Boone courthouse 500 people received the vaccine on Tuesday, with many arriving by foot, auto, or truck. Free of charge, the effort earns citizen praise for unselfish service and the aim to protect health, a precious mountain heritage.
People hesitate to plant seeds even when free seed is offered. They prefer to beg or rely on others, having lost initiative after long dependence on the pay envelope. One planted seed could yield a harvest, yet many will eat now and neglect tomorrow’s crops.
The speaker urges shifting focus from immediate grinding of seed corn to preserving and improving seed for the next planting season. Emphasizes patient preparation and planning for a bountiful harvest at seed time rather than short term needs.
The piece reflects on collective fear and optimism in cycles, noting Congress and bankers grew cautious leading to calmer, more constructive thinking. It argues progress comes through rhythm not line, urging simpler living, wiser education, and renewed humility as society moves from overconfidence to clear vision and hope.
The Family Doctor explains allergy as a varied response to foods and pollens. He suggests keeping a list of eaten items and avoiding them to test reactions, notes pollen vaccines may help hay fever, and cites a patient who reacts to quinine with a rash.
A comic column outlines Barber Bill Hodges as a candidate for high sheriff promising to collect taxes promptly or arrest debtors. He vows to wear a derby hat and red necktie and hints at rough methods while offering a free grooming if voters visit his shop. Also notes spring milk drive and grass motivated by Sanitary Officer Battle.
A garbled slice of urban life portrays a gangling youth with a goslin voice singing love songs at dusk, an elderly man in a garden sipping Coca Cola, Luther Clay telling a fish tale, a colored youth with lilac scent, a couple kissing in a parked car, a mechanic failing to start a gasless auto, and a postmaster opening a round tin box. Other fragments show a mother receiving candy for Mother's Day, a young woman urging vaccination, a mother in fur and dollar hose applying for Red Cross flour, embryo politicians debating the economy, a jobless wanderer worrying about stock reverses, and candidates selling themselves to voters.
A student pledge from Louis L. Wilson of Cornell College 1929 surveys belief in life health mind and body, free thought, love, truth, beauty, science, government, and a cooperative future. It elevates religious devotion to Jesus as the exemplar and ends with dedication to his way of life, even unto death.
An unsigned letter signed Arnold Coffey from Blowing Rock NC urges autoists to help stranded neighbors with lifts, arguing it costs nothing and could help others reach destinations. The piece references community mores and mentions a prior life in Kansas and a long biographical note about Uncle John Coffey and Aunt Lou.
John Stamey of Hickory North Carolina recalls Civil War service in Hatcher's Division Twelfth Cavalry Company I under Colonel Spaulding. He describes Lee's surrender revelry in Alabama and life guarding surveyors on Kansas plains with buffalo sightings and wagon trains.
A Winston-Salem resident writes to Banner Elk Mayor J C Shell praising recent press coverage and suggests mentioning the Southern Appalachian Music Camp. He describes the camp as unique with music at its core and aims to benefit North and Southern states, youth musicians, and cultural growth.
A letter from C D Kutschnski musical director of Winston Salem invites support for the Southern Appalachian Music Camp. He notes camps exist in other regions and aims to bring opportunities to Southland youth. The note praises Banner Elk as its home and asks for favorable publicity and cooperation. Also listed are local sales: Curly Poland-China pigs, a Collie pup, and a Jersey cow in Vilas, N C.
The Board of Education will meet on Saturday May 21 1932 to prepare the May budget. A committee from each school district is requested to attend with a list of repairs equipment and needs for the next school year. Smith Hagaman County Superintendent.
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