Camp meeting prep and rural life in rustic county
The piece recalls dry heat and shade as locals prepare for an upcoming camp meeting at Wesley Chapel next Sunday. Farmers report little plowing due to drought, corn and cotton status, and a healthy overall community with aging residents and a few illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Alfred Jarret
Lincolnton Hospital
W. A. Deaton
Cline
Rusticus
Miller
Lenoir College
Chas. Yoder & Co
Grace Church
Newton Leatherman
Dolph Whitener
G. M. Yoder
Shady Grove
Kitchen
Craig
Henderson
George Mosteller
W. M. Huffman
L. S. Richie & Co
Blackburn
Clampitt
Serence
Plateau
Jacob's Fork
Sessing
Jacob's Fork River
Ramseur Bridge
J. M. Yoder
South Carolina
C. M. Yojee
Blowing Rock
Linville
J. A. Yoder
Morganton
German Reformed’ Church
St. Matthews
Weston Finger
Texas
Reformed Church Herald
E. C. Knapp
Iowa
Eldora
Reform School
Mitchellville
Gunpowder Dots
Local notes on weather and farming, camp meeting attendance, visiting relatives, and home improvements. Updates mention Mrs. D. S. Henkel, Mrs. W. N. Sherrill, Mrs. S. E. Link, G. W. Sherrill, and Mrs. B. G. Flowers with health concerns. Community health is generally good though Mrs. Flowers shows decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley’s
Catawba County
Robt. Huffman
Lenoir
W. S. Hallman
D. S. Henkel
Granite Falls
Mro
Lawson Jones
Charlotte
D. 8. Henkel
W. N. Sherrill
Jacob’s Fork
E. Link
Hudson
G. W. Sherrill
J. E. Webb
B. G. Flowers
H. J. Richard
Dotter
Peace-Maker Gets Into Trouble Court case collapses over elopement
Last Thursday evening Justice C L Whitener lacked both defendant and prosectrix for a seduction trial. Robt Benfield persuaded the couple to wed and warned them court attendance was unnecessary. Benfield pled guilty to contempt and paid a ten dollar fine and costs. the defendant’s five hundred dollar bond was forfeited and sent to Newton Superior Court for docketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
C. L. Whitener
Newton
Exposition Route to Norfolk Seaboard Line Schedules
Lincoln ton schedules show eastbound and westbound trains to Norfolk Portsmouth and connections at cr10e and Herlet to Fare nouth Richmond Washington and New York. Tickets include season ten day and weekend options with prices, sales limited to dates in December and October 1st. For timetables and information, address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Yortsmouth
Norfolk
Herlet
Farenouth
Richmond
Washingon
New York
Lincolnton
Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Amestown Exposition Opens on Hamp Roads Shoreline
Norfolk hosts the Jamestown Exposition from April 26 to November 30, 1907. The event, advertised as the year’s most important, sits on Hamp ton Roads near Norfolk and Old Point Comfort. Southern Railway promotes superior service to expo via Norfolk and Richmond with agents listed in Charlotte, Asheville, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Hampon Roads
Old Point Comfort
Southern Railway
Richmond
Miss Bessie Rainey Returns From Summer Vacation
Miss Bessie Rainey has returned from her summer vacation with plans to resume duties and share travel impressions with friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Rainey
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Claremont College
J. L. Murphy
J. B. Wright
John Sherrill
Cotton Mill Street
Rufas Deal
Dudley Shoals
Ed Starnes
Starnes and
Bowman
Musgraver
Granite
Lanier
Jno
Hickmas
M. C. Lefever
Main Street
W. T. Sherrill
Mill Street
J.B. Wright
J. W. Hoke
C. A. Teague
Asherville
A. E. Watts
Goldsboro
Eli Yount
Whisnant-Tilley & Co
Walter Whisnant
Marvin Mackie
Corpening
Granite High School
Prof. Hendren
Lucy Jones
Greensboro
Ethel Terrill H
Lingle
Henry Chester
Dudley Lumber Co
Mth
I. L. Lanier
H. T. Newland
Seaboard
Lincoln
Amestown
J. H. Wood
Asheville
N. C
J. H. Hardwick
W. H. Tayloe
Washington, D. C
J.B. Mulorew
A.M. Pa
de la ‘Atpet
Eal Sass
Sbacco
Dow
Huling
Ina
Democrat Printery
Hickory, N.C
Democrat
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