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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1925
Page
10
The Times invites letters from readers and requires full names for publication. On request, authors may have their names withheld from printing.
The piece contrasts the historical westward migration with a current Florida rush, noting mass moves of people to the South and Kingsport. It argues Florida may burst, while the broader South offers lasting opportunity, with textile shifts, new plants, and growing education, agriculture, and highway work. It emphasizes realism about outcomes.
President and Mrs. Coolidge mark a twenty year wedding anniversary as a contrast to earlier newspapers that celebrated many 25th or 50th milestones. The piece notes a shift toward quiet observances and suggests reasoned marriages can yield lasting, harmonious homes that influence communities.
Transportation expert Major Church of the Port Authority predicts the motor truck will become a new transportation system with private highways. He notes trucks rely on public roads funded by taxpayers, highlighting economic drawbacks for long distance service.
Railroads and motor trucks are seen as complementary but a duplicative trunk line system for long truck hauls would be uneconomical and unlikely due to private capital strain. Trucks remain a supplemental carrier under public roadbeds, while aviation debates push for reform and clearer military goals. Local notices report community movements and a pastor's upcoming sermon.
The Spartanburg Herald notes J B Duke as a man of simple habits who used his wealth to push major projects. It highlights his personal interest in the storage project on the Catawba River near Marion North Carolina, the resulting Lake James, and its role as flood control and a by product of industrial growth. The piece portrays Duke as a leading southern wealth creator who aided regional institutions.
A Kamloops Sentinel note hints the term Untold Wealth may have arisen right after the initial income tax law. A string of quips follows from various periodicals, including a burglar’s confession and a pulse joke from C N Y Mercury.
Busy farming area details visits and calls across Locust Springs. Thelma Good spent weekend with sister. multiple families, including Hicks Browder Ford Turner and Dillow, hosted guests from Bristol and Kingsport. Chestnut hunt among school girls and local church activity noted.
Kingsport residents share dinners and calls with relatives in Moccasin Gap and nearby homes. Several local folks, including Miss Anna Miller and Melisha Ring, are ill with some showing slow recovery while others enjoy cheerful visits and improvements.
Rev Hanks has preached six sermons at Harbours Chapel, with Sunday marking his last appointment before departure for Florida. R W Dillon returned home after visiting daughter Mrs Charlie Moody of Johnson City, who remains critically ill. Willie Gray visited family in Kingsport during weekend. People from here and Fall Creek attended Repews Chapel services Sunday. Mr and Mrs A V Cole visited relatives on Fall Creek Sunday morning.
Regular services with Rev C F Newland reported. Numerous guests visited locals including Mrs Delia Scott and Clara from Oklahoma, Mrs Winnie Newton of Chattanooga, Mrs Mary Barger from Fall Creek, and relatives from Johnson City Bristol and Rocky Springs. Local movements include Dr E M Freenor moving to Johnson City and Willie McKamey heading to Richmond Indiana.
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