Fancy Gap road work starts as Carroll County backs plan
Carroll County officials sign contracts with the Virginia State Highway Commission to begin a tarvia bound rock road from Hillsville to the state line via Fancy Gap. An engineering crew surveys the route as two rock crushers supply material and work continues on the Hillsville to Mount Airy project.
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Carroll County
Hillsville
Virginia State Highway Commission
Mount Air
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Fancy Gap
Poplar Camp Road
Poplar Camp
Virginia
State Line
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Learn to Save Our Farmers In Dixie
A reader letter from The Progressive Farmer urges farmers to save as prosperity nears. It recalls neighbors buying a one horse wagon eight years ago and a similar purchase a year later, noting the neighbor kept his wagon under shed and it remains nearly new while theirs has fallen to junk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
C. C
86 496 Babies Born In North Carolina In 1924
North Carolina recorded 86 496 births in 1924, the highest rate in the nation, surpassing 1923 by 2306. December led with 8770 births, followed by June with 7898, and the state scored 92 on federal reporting. The data come from the state health board's vital statistics department.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Vital Statistics Department
State Board of Health
F. M. Register
Register
Vital Statistics Bureau
Federal Census Bureau
Liquor Car Camouflaged With Traps For Camping
Authorities seized liquor valued at $2000 or more from a twin-six Packard with a Massachusetts tag found camouflaged in camping gear. The car was being washed when suspected, but no owner was claimed for the automobile. Officers searched the area and found liquor in trunks and concealed compartments inside the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Massachusetts
Ford Company Alone Remains Ford Company Alone Remains
New York reports the Dodge Motor works sold for 146 million dollars to Dillion Read and associates leaving Ford Motor Co as the last major independent U.S. auto maker. The article notes Ford founded with 49 thousand dollars now worth near a billion with a large cash surplus and only two stockholders, Henry and Edsel Ford.
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New York
Dillion, Read & Co
Dodge Motor Works
Wall Street
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Dodge Company
Ford
Morgan
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford
Edsel B. Ford
Foundling Now Among Richest In Nation
Joy Louise Leeds born as a foundling in Mineola New York learns she is heir to more than four million dollars from Warner M Leeds and to a further four million from her foster mother Louise Hartshorne Leeds. Guardian Henry Abbott named. residence and origin details remain unknown.
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Mineola
N. Y
Joy Louise Leeds
Warner M. Leeds
Joy Louise
Louise Hartshorne Leeds
New York
United States
Gloria Caruso
William A. Clarke
John Jacob Astor
Emily
Edward
E. B. McLean
Washington
Henry Abbott
Abbott
Bellevue Hospital
Remains of Floyd Collins to be Taken From Sand Cave
Report from Sand Cave says Floyd Collins body, found Feb 16 after rock wedged him, is in fair condition. Work led by W H Hunt continues to reach the body through the old shaft and laterals but removal plans remain undisclosed due to danger. Homer Collins, Floyd’s brother, voices plans to fund removal and a monument upon return to Cave City.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
W. H. Hunt
Central City
Collins
Collina
Hunt
Stockton
Cal
Homer Collins
Floyd
Crystal Cave
Death car occupants to serve 10 to 15 years in prison
Newton April 11 Judge Stack sentenced Robert Michael and Wilfong Trott to terms of not less than ten nor more than fifteen years in the state penitentiary for second degree murder in the February 9 automobile collision that killed Miss Evelyn Rowe. Both defendants filed notices of appeal. appeal bonds set at 100 dollars and 20,000 dollars each.
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Newton
Stack
Robert Michael
Wilfong Trott
Catawba
Evelyn Rowe
Trott
Michael
North Carolina
Indorse Mixed Train on Wilkesboro Line
North Wilkesboro April 11 Kiwanis club members voted to back Southern railway plans to convert the existing daily morning and evening passenger train to a mixed train serving both freight and passenger needs. Proponents argued jitney lines have cut into passenger traffic.
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Indorse
Wilkesboro Line
North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis Club
Southern Railway
Winston-Salem
Winston
Jimison Fails to Break Into Jail for 60 day Prohibition Sentence
Tom P. Jimison former Methodist preacher editor and politician arrived at the Charlotte courthouse to surrender for a 60 day term for violation of the national prohibition law but could not be admitted due to missing papers and delaying maneuvers by supporters led by T L Kirkpatrick and former Governor Cameron Morrison. Officials planned a Tuesday rehearing that may reduce the sentence to a fine and release Jimison upon payment. He then left for Spencer to spend the weekend with his wife and son.
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Charlotte
Tom P. Jimison
Lnbor
Jimison
Superior Court
Friends
T. L. Kirkpatrick
Cameron Morrison
Cochran
Wade H. Williams
Spencer
Morrison
Wade Williams
Jesus
Jimison Announces Road Sentence After Liquor Conviction
Tom P. Jimison a former Methodist minister and editor, convicted liquor transporter, says he will surrender for a 60 day road sentence and go to the chain gang. He defends his actions and criticizes authorities and media while pledging to repay the state.
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Blue Ridge
Auto
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
Ind
Mr. Haynes
America
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Haynes
Chicago
Dodge Brothers
Foundling
Tom Jimison
Recorder’s Court
Judge Williams
Mee Auley
Hell
Col. Kirkpatrick
McAuley
Carolina Worker
County of
Mecklenburg
Bill Shakespeare
Tyron Street
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