Johnson City’s 1908 Prosperity Amid Panic and Growth
A retrospective on Johnson City in 1908 notes banks stood firm during the 1907 panic with no major failures. The city funded streets and sewers, built two new churches, numerous stores, two laundries, and hundreds of homes, totaling over 400000 in construction. The Commercial Club led reforms, fighting freight-rate discrimination and organizing the Watauga Valley Farmers Club, with the Soldiers Home expanding membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Road Lid
Main
Roan
Munsey Memorial
Market and
New Christian
East Main
St John’s Episcopal
Rock
Roan and
Fairview
Christian Church
Episcopal
Robert Burrow
King
Wecomer
Mair and
Stoany
Williams and Martin
Crumley
Walnut and
Spring
W.C. Lee
Standard Oak Veneer Co
New York
Uptegroves
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
City
Carnegie
Southern
Dante
Bostic
Commercial Club
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Watauga Valley Farmers’ Club
Great Soldiers’ Home
Finishing the Clinchfield Coal Line Promises Prosperity
Arrangements completed to finish the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad from Spartanburg to the southeast coast. Track already laid from Dante Virginia to Bostic North Carolina, with early summer arrival planned and passenger trains anticipated from Cincinnati to Charlotte by January.
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Dame Romor
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad
Spartanburg
D. C
Atlantic
Ihs
Seaboard
Clinchfield
Bostic
N. C
Spartanburg, & C
Dante
Cincinnati
Charlotte
J. J. Campion
Proxino
Tor Bostic
N.C
West
Johnson City
Nature
Gee
L. Carter
Hale in the Pew: Bristol Murder Suspect Begins Life Sentence
Ack Hale, charged with murdering his sweetheart Lillie Davis in 1906 Bristol, arrived at the state prison to begin a life term. He asks to share a cell with his brother Roy, a 20 year inmate for Irby Davis murder, but placement is pending rule compliance.
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Nashville
Tenn
Acb Hale
Lillie Davis
Bristol
Roy
Irby
Rice
Ack Hale
Panhandle Texas Letter Describes Rich Land and Farming
Mr. C. R. Mettetal writes on the Panhandle of Texas praising its climate and rainfall while detailing water access, elevations, and farm practices. He notes wheat and oat yields, corn and milo ranges, alfalfa production, steam plows, sulky plows, and fast daily plowing rates.
Panhandle land boom sparks buy now appeal near Stratford
The writer extols Stratford area near the Panhandle as a growing farming region with 1000 residents, three churches, a school, two banks, a flour mill, and rich water resources. He describes climate healthfulness, winter grazing for cattle, and easy land availability at ten to twenty dollars per acre. The note warns about titles and urges prompt land purchases with references to school and railroad land.
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Stratford
Mississippi
Aise
Panhandle
CR Meppetal
Jonesboro
Tenn
State to disperse record public school funds in Tennessee
On January 1 State Comptroller Frank Dibrell will issue warrants totaling about 701000 to Tennessee public schools across 96 counties. Most funds come from Chesnutt and Follett laws, plus general school fund interest and board equalization weighs in with 40000. The 582000 Chesnutt share boosts the total beyond prior years, with distributions based on scholastic population and county tax levies.
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Frank Dibrell
Tennesse
Tennessee
State Board of Education
Allis
Tolal
Nashville American
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Cargille’s
C. E. Cargille
Wgk Hale
Wm, Silver & Co
Santa
Silver &Wu
Chrismas Ikutar
Silver & Co
THE
C. R. Mettetal
Panhandie
Texas
Depot
United States
Grey-Sprowl Drug Company
State of
Washington County
Dibrell
Aamarais
Rsarae
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