Better Roads Through Simple Drag Technology
The piece argues for lowering farm transport costs by reducing country road freight and passenger rates from twenty five to seven cents per mile. It credits S B Alexander of Mecklenburg for highway efforts, praises the split log drag as a cheap, effective roadmaker, and cites H H Williamson of Rockingham and Griffith dirt road near Monroe as examples of rapid, low cost road improvement using timber drags.
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S. B. Alexander
Mecklenburg
H. H. Williamson
Rockingham County
Griffith
Monroe
Notable Obituaries and Local Notices From Morganton Area
Mr and Mrs Joseph Taylor entertain a fine boy both mother and child well. The Deal left a wid ow and one child. Mrs Deal is grandmother to her son and is living with Andrew Morgan of Rollins. A maintenance suit progresses before Marion court. death may halt it. Rainhill church seeks Rev Thomas Hill from the Methodist conference. Bertha Martin, a Grace Hospital Morganton teacher, died recently at Glen Alpine Springs. respected as author and preacher at Rainhill church. Hotel Morgan Morganton praised for hospitality while Marion hotel failed from poor building.
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Joseph Taylor
Deal
Morganton
Andrew Morgan
Rollins
Marion
Rainhill Church
Methodist Conference
Thomas Hill
Bertha Martin
Grace Hospital
Glen Alpine Springs
Rainhill ‘ Church
Blackwelder-Martin Entertainment Course
The lyceum bureau's work gains note for educational recreation elevating local standards. Hickory residents favor high class concerts over usual shows and circuses and value their community benefits. Citizens urged to support the initiative to ensure success and civic impact.
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Lyceum Bureau
Hickory
You Are Paying for Good Roads, Now Get Them
In overstrained teams and worn wagons you pay for good roads yet have none. You endure lost time hauling to market and decline in land value while roads remain poor. The plea asks why pay for a needed utility and not receive it.
The Country Boys and State Reform
The piece extols country boys as future church and state builders, noting 81 of 100 boys in the state are rural and highlighting a reformatory with 45 town-born youths. It presents this as a rebuke to town boys while praising farm youth as the state's hope. Miss Beatrice Cobb visited from Hickory, returning home after weekend stay.
Murder in Blow ing Rock leads week in court
The Superior court sat a week with Baldwin found guilty of first degree murder for killing policeman Hillet Miller during a confrontation over a warrant for concealed whiskey in Blow ing Rock. Another murder trial involves Mrs Bennett. Death of Rev David Greene in Meat Camp on the 14th aged 61 years. Oscar Hardin of Tennessee and Sama Little of this county wed at Dr Little’s home on the 15th by Rev Saylage.
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Wm. Baldwin
Hillet Miller
Blowing Rock
Miller
Baldwin
Bennett
Mr. Hardin
Banner Elk
David Greene
Onj
Greene
Baptist Church
Oscar Hardin
Tennessee
Sama Little
Dr. Little
W. R. Saylage
Big Times at Winston-Salem Piedmont Fair Opens Soon
The Great Piedmont Fair runs October 5 through 8 in Winston-Salem. It features the Wild West Demon circus, a balloon race, the march king with a Philadelphia band, a funny clown, a large automobile parade, 150 YMCA boys exhibition, a tournament, horseshow, and fireworks. Everyone is urged to attend and enjoy the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Sousa
March King
Philadelphia
Winston-Salem Fair
Comet Sighted Amid Far Skies and Campus News
Brief items report a distant comet visible yet far off, Trinity students pledging to forgo hazing, a Rowan farmer charged with usury, Dr. Cook welcomed back, the university census noting 775 students, and Maran a Richmond county preacher claiming 128 years of life and a century as a Christian preacher. A Wilmington trial saw a lawyer strike the court bench with his fist as storms rage at sea.
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Trinity
Cook
University
Maran
Richmond County
Wilmington
U's Hirt Morea Ral Ell Lis
A brief unreadable fragment mentions names Hirt Morea Ral Ell Lis associated with a U unit. The readable text provides no clear event, action, or date to summarize. Further context is needed to craft a proper headline and summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U's
Hirt
Morea
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Hickory Banking & Trust Co
Setzer & Russell
Hickory, N. C
Geo. E. Bisanar
Watch Inspector Southern Ry
J. H. Willis
Willis’ Cafe
Union Square
Blackwelder-Martin Entertainment
the Country Boys
Beatrice Cobb
Hickory Insurance
Ut, C. A. Easterling
Mgr. Loan & Real Bate da
Charlotte
Asheville
McCoy Moretz
Burns & Martin
Park Place
Moser & Lutz
Coen Hickory
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