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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
4
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General Electric chairman Owen D. Young, seen as a potential Democratic presidential nominee, definitively declines a nomination saying he cannot accept due to controlling reasons. His candor ends speculation from the pre convention campaign and removes one possible candidate from the race.
A Boone citizen urged officials to wash streets late Saturday night or early Sunday morning to present a tidy appearance for Sunday visitors and tourists. The suggestion aims to create a favorable impression on the motoring public and received general agreement as constructive.
Senator Bailey blocked political debate in the Senate to keep focus on tax legislation and business stability. He argued Democrats would not nominate or elect a candidate if discussions drifted into partisan politics, urging timely action on governing matters. The body returned to its duties, signaling news value for the session.
The decomposed Lindbergh baby body was found partially buried on the parents estate with a crushed skull and scant clothing. The nation reacts with intense indignation as a nationwide manhunt unfolds amid a wave of crime and violence targeting children.
In Tampa Florida Martha Weeks aged 104 registered to vote and provided proof of birth in St Augustine on August 4 1827. She tends a 20 acre farm with a garden chickens hogs and an orange grove. The report also notes 350 dairy cattle retested for tuberculosis in Burke County with no reactors found.
An essayist muses on death and the obituary page, urging readers to reflect in middle life. He recalls conversations about charity and argues life’s brevity demands generosity and purposeful living. Rousseau quotation frames the plea to give away before death.
A physician discusses a patient recovering from acute alcoholism who relapsed after meeting a traveling salesman with bootleg liquor. He laments ongoing access to illegal spirits and notes the difficulty of enforcement, urging readers to understand the doctor’s daily challenges in fighting drink.
A group gathers around a fountain outside a drug store as a clerk displays ornate bottles labeled Vermouth Manhattan Burgundy. The bottles are non alcoholic yet proclaimed preserved with less than one tenth of one percent alcohol, drawing comments from onlookers.
A county courthouse displays a large portrait of a political plan holder pushing a senatorial nomination while nearby narrow heralds on strings declare another aspirant’s platform. As wind blows the papers flutter and seem to mock the austere figure.
The audience roared at the cinema as Will Rogers entertained with his signature humor. A young man nearby, preoccupied with a brunette escort, whispered to her and neglected the comedy, stifling his own laughter while others enjoyed the spectacle.
In Boone courthouse lines for Red Cross flour draw varied responses from residents. A federal retiree accepts his free sack while others complain over charity versus business. One man claims sixty bushels of corn and no flour while another vows not to buy flour while free distribution continues.
Small boys and girls build a play house under a shade tree. Newsboy warns rivals where to head. Couple makes love on a running board. A wilting straw hat after a shower. Garbage piles await city truck. Quilts blankets and feather beds on lines. Newlyweds start their first garden. Primary supporters rally on Saturday. Woman eats a hot dog on Main Street. Spencer Miller tells post office crowd the Lindbergh baby slayers deserve harsh punishment. Local man warns against Epsom salts for poison oak harming sleep more than the poison itself. And so it goes.
St. Petersburg Florida The Southern Baptist Convention representing 4 000 000 persons on Monday stated opposition to any presidential or high office candidate who does not support maintenance and perpetuation of prohibition as our greatest national policy.
Washington. Speaker John Garner received an elaborately bound volume titled The Speaker of the House the Romantic Story of John Nance Garner. George Rothwell Brown presented the book on the east step of the capitol as newsreels and cameras clicked.
The department invites short letters from readers on general interest topics. Sign your name and keep submissions around 300 words. Contributions may be published with credit.
A Boone North Carolina writer urges strong action to save song birds from extermination. He cites robin, mockingbird, catbird and brown thrasher as vital insect controllers and laments birds killed by cats snakes and sportsmen. He calls for teaching children Birds value and for Boy Scout leaders to promote bird protection.
A reflective poem fragment by E. Guy Talbott questions life and mortality. It contrasts a fleeting human breath and name with a lasting divine flame, describing life as a transient piece of eternity and a spark that may fade.
A minister recalls swimming in a choppy bay at Stonehaven when exhaustion overwhelmed him. He describes sinking feelings and dwindling strength until a solid rock beneath him offered stability, saving him from peril and prompting thanks to God for the rock’s placement.
Letter-like excerpt recounts a spiritual awakening where Christ fixes the speaker’s sinking feet on the Rock. The passage uses personal testimony to describe salvation and the transformative moment of faith through religious imagery.
Professor A M Norton of Boone spent Friday with Professor A J Greene. Ernest Billings and wife of near Gastonia visited Vilas and plan a mountain vacation then Appalachian College summer term. Miss Maxie Greene aids Bethel Church vacation Bible school. Cove Creek to host one soon. Johnsie Brinkley back for summer with parents. Eugene Bingham improving after Grace Hospital visit. Jennie Mast returns home. taught at Griffith School near Winston-Salem previously. Ralph G Greene covers village post during Spencer Miller’s vacation. Mrs. W J Mast seriously ill but improving.
We extend heartfelt thanks for kindness and sympathy during the burial of our son Ralph Harris. May God's richest blessings rest upon each one of you.
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