Rural Watauga News Highlights Local Health and visits
Mr I S Greene returns from Wilkes Hospital and recovers well with thanks to friends. Mrs D L Wellborn improves. Rev Ed Hodges and Rev Finley Watts lead revival in Stony Fork. Local residents Lawrence Green Walter Watson update family, work, and travel as neighbors visit, with Cook and Greene family movements noted.
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I. S. Greene
Wilkes Hospital
D. L. Wellborn
Ed Hodges
Boone
Stony Fork
Finley Watts
New Hope Church
Lawrence Green
Walter Watson
Pearl Welch
Gurnie Smith
Valle Crucis
Flora Greene
Jennie Greene
A. W. Greene
North Wilkesboro
J. M. Cook
North Wilkesboro Hospital
Cook
Winnie Miller
L. M. Cook
Young Set Enjoy Picnic at Deep Gap
Deep Gap hosted a Monday evening picnic for the town youth with a bonfire and songs after supper. Attendees included Ruth Robbins Louise Coffey Ruth Johnson Ruby Cottrell Ruby Winkler and others with Una Corpening of Lenoir as a guest and chaperones Mr and Mrs Ed Qualls.
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Deep Gap
Ruth Robbins
Louise Coffey
Ruth Johnson
Ruby Cottrell
Ruby Winkler
Eric Greer
Alice Councill
Mary Annie Trivett
Margaret Hahn
Una Corpening
Lenoir
Fred Anders
Kenneth Linney
Blaine Trivet
Repeal Bowie R R Act Faces Court Test
Constitutional challenge to the Bowie act authorizing a 10 million dollar bond for a railroad into the Lost Provinces will be decided by the courts not by the attorney general. Attorney General Manning confirms no bond sales until a ruling. Rep Bowie's supporters vow ongoing fight, while Rep Burgwyn plans a repealer bill amid strong backing for Bowie.
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Raleigh
Bowie
James S. Manning
Manning
Tom C. Bowie
Ashe County
General Assembly
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Methodist Church Sunday School and Services Schedule
The Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 10 a m with the theme The School with the glad hand. Preaching at 11 a m. No evening service. Epworth League 7 15 p m. Wednesday prayer 8 p m. Blowing Rock church holds Sunday School 10 a m preaching 11 a m and 8 p m. A cordial welcome to all.
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Epworth League
Blowing Rock
Watauga Superior Court List of Jurors for Fall Term
Judge B. F. Long to preside as jurors drawn for the fall term of Watauga Superior Court convening September 1. First week jurors include Sylvester Phillips and 28 others. second week jurors include J F Potter Nathan Winebarger and additional names.
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Watauga Superior Court
Ren. F. Long
B. F. Long
Statesville
Sylvester Phillips
W L. Byland
S. A. Norris
W. A. Proffit
T. M. Jones
Lee Green
A. E. Wellborn
J. C. Ashley
Stacy Ford
J. A. Lentz
C. G. Hodges
Rodney Greene
Jacob
W. R. Anderson
Z. V. Brown
Miles A. Ward
J. M. Matheson
E. H. Perry
Horace Greer
Morrison urges road bond hike for North Carolina
Governor Morrison told Western North Carolina lawmakers and road enthusiasts that the state must continue highway construction until major routes are hard surfaced and Class A roads are complete. He backed increasing road bonds to 100 million dollars and indicated the plan would move whether in a special session or the next general assembly.
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Morrison
North Carolina
Special Assembly
General Assembly
Special Fish and Game Committee of
Western North Carolina
Special Excursion to Johnson City
A special excursion train runs from Boone to Johnson City next Monday for A T S students and others. Round trip tickets cost 1.50 dollars. The train departs Boone at 6 15 a m with stops possible and Johnson City Chamber of Commerce will meet the train with cars to tour visitors through key sites.
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Johnson City
Boone
General Interest Brief News Summary of Local Occurrences
Purchase of the Western North Carolina Times by New York and Florida investors shifts it to a daily under J. T. Graves as editor. Obit notes Oliver O. Provosty dies on his 72nd birthday in New Orleans. Raleigh opens a new Odd Fellows building with shops and offices. A Texan widow Rosalie Evans is shot near Texmelucan, Puebla. Caldwell bound over for forgery in Gastonia. Simmons tax bill rebates 25,000 filers, total statewide refunds near a quarter‑million. July auto thefts exceed 30,000 in value. 61 cars recovered. Honduras faces revolution. San Marcos de Colón attacked. Tennis champion William Tilden defeats A. H. Chapin Jr. in Los Angeles. Cloudburst damages roads in Chatham county. Yadkinville group visits Grandfather Mountain with引 attendees from Banner Elk and Johnson City. Judge Harriss condemns Brunswick county killing and condemns defense counsel as aiding justice erosion.
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Western North Carolina Times
Hendersonville
New York
Florida
J. T. Graves
Huggins to Return for Sunday Baptist Revival Services
Rev F M Huggins reports finishing a two week revival in Lockport Kentucky and baptizing six in the Kentucky River. He notes four others restored to watch care and hopes for further results as meetings continue across county Baptist churches. He plans to return home Tuesday after Easter.
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Lockport
Kentucky
Farmers Will Tour Watauga to Observe North Carolina Forest Work
A large group of farmers from western and Piedmont counties will tour Iredell Catawba Burke McDowell Buncombe Yancey Mitchell Avery and Watauga to view re foresting and fruit growing efforts. The trip begins in Statesville on the 19th with stops in Iredell Morganton and Asheville ending with a Swannanoa Test Farm picnic and visits to Linville Blowing Rock and Boone before returning home. John B. Steele Co. Agent invites strong Watauga representation and planning to meet in Morganton.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
Iredell
Catawba
Burke
McDowell
Buncombe
Yancey
Mitchell
Avery
Watauga
Statesville
Morganton
Hospital
Asheville
Biltmore Forest
Vanderbilt
Swannanoah Test Farm
Burnsville
Newland
Linville
Blowing Rock
Boone
Yancy
John B. Steele
Season de Luxe at Boone Brims With Visitors
Visitors from Morganton Tennessee Colorado and Chicago enjoy Boone week as season de luxe unfolds. Notable arrivals include J F Spainhour Rev W P Hamlet Carl Spainhour and Ernest Walker while new campus facilities near completion prompt optimism about Western North Carolina development.
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Boone
J. F. Spainhour
Morganton
W. P. Hamlet
China
Carl Spainhour
Chicago
Ernest Walker
Cecile
Mary Porter Parker
Tennessee
R. S. Roten
Colorado
Taylor
Harnett County
Walker
Forsyth County
North Carolina
Johnson City Tenn
Linville River Railway
Bowie Rail Survey Reported Favorable to Three Routes
T C Bowie returned from Greensboro where the Bowie railroad commission executive committee reviewed Chief Engineer Frank T Miller's report on surveys for three routes Elkin Sparta Jefferson North Wilkesboro to West Jefferson and North Wilkesboro to Boone Butler The report found all routes feasible with 1 percent grade and 8 percent curvature and noted a Boone to Butler path could use 2 percent grade and 10 percent curvature without tunnels The committee postponed route choice pending full committee action amid ongoing negotiations with multiple rail interests and a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission led by Congressmen Cough ton Bulwinkle and Abernethy The waterways commission and trunk line priorities were also discussed with Bowie urging stronger state powers to acquire or connect rail and terminal sites
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Jefferson
T. C. Bowie
Greensboro
Bowie Railroad Comission
Gate City
Benehan Cameron
W. C. Heath
Mr. Bowie
Frank T. Miller
Bowie
Miller
Elkin
Sparta
North Wilkesboro
West Jefferson
Boone
Butler
C. C. and O
C. C
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coughton
Bulwinkle
Abernethy
General Assembly
Waterways Commission
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Tarheel criticizes local leadership as unseen in community
Tom Tarheel argues the real leader in his community does not appear to be taking charge. He questions visibility and impact of current leadership amid local concerns and calls for clearer guidance.
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Tom Tarheel
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