Jury Chosen for Fall Term Superior Court
The fall term of Watauga superior court begins Monday September 2 with Judge John M. Oglesby presiding. Jurors for two weeks include lists from Bald Mountain Beaver Dam Blowing Rock Blue Ridge Boone Cove Creek Elk Laurel Creek Meat Camp Shawneehaw Stony Fork Watauga and more with numerous jurors named for each district.
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Watauga Superior Court
John M. Oglesby
Concord
Bald Mountain
G. C. Ragan
A. Parker
Beaver Dam
Donly Hagaman
Clyde Perry
C. J. Farthing
Blowing Rock
T. H. Coffey
Blue Ridge
R. F. Tate
Boone
Will Anderson
Geo. Austin
Fred C
Stony Fork
D. L. Stanberry
A. G. Moretz
C. D. McNeil
R. L. Gentry
M. D. Brown
Watauga
Don Shull
S. E. Gragg
E. B. Fox
W. W. Mast
R. F. Greene
John W. Hodges
H. L. Hockedy
C. C. Triplett
Roy Adams
J. R. Eggers
C. B. Reese
Will Wilson
J. E. Young
R. C. Greene
Nate Phillips
Hard Mast
Edgar Edminston
Alex Baird
W. R. McGuire
W. F. Winkler
J. R. Trivett
Jas. B. Mast
Hill Billies Bring Three Day Run to Pastime Theatre
Al Hopkins and the Hill Billies, natives of Watauga County, arrive after a Warner Brothers engagement and a season as radio and record stars. They will perform Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at Pastime Theatre with a six member company and a high quality program.
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al Hopkins
Hill Billies
Pastime Theatre
Watauga County
Warner Brothers
Worth While Club Meeting Plans Outdoor Picnic
Mrs. W. C. Greer hosted the Worth While Club with a decorated room and a brief business session. Members voted to plant flowering shrubs in memory of Prof. D. D. Dougherty and agreed to an outdoor picnic with husbands as guests. Special guests were Mrs. C. H. Moser and Mrs. Milton Greer.
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C. H. Moser
Milton Greer
Rev Pulliam Preaches At Courthouse This Week
Reverend J G Pulliam will preach at the courthouse each night this week starting at 8 oclock and next Sunday morning at 11 and Sunday night at 8. Further notices to be given Sunday. Next Sunday morning he will discuss old fashioned conversions including George W Truett and the Dallas First Baptist Church. He will also speak on subjects such as Be subject to the powers that be and The paramount and permanent importance of the gospel ministry.
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Pulliam
J. G. Pulliam
George W. Truett
Southern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Texas
West Beats East 20 18 In College Park Baseball Game
In the third game of the East vs West Boone series at College Park, West won 20 to 18 to take a 2 1 lead. The fourth game is set for next Tuesday afternoon. West players included Crawford Hardin Qualls Horton Watson Hodges Ikard South Bingham. East players included Hamby Winkler Hagaman Isaacs Hodges Hodges Greene Moretz Brinkley.
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West
East
West Boone
College Park
Westerners
Joe Crawford
H. J. Hardin
A. Qualls
J. D. Horton
C. Watson
Dave Hodges
Ikard
A. E. South
T. E. Bingham
Raleigh announces D F Giles as candidate for lieutenant governor
D F Giles of Marion is entered as a candidate for the North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary while Tom C Bowie of West Jefferson withdraws. The items also note census tabulation plans for 1930 and a mass mobilization of workers, plus a mass shooting incident in Spartanburg and political maneuvering in Washington.
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Raleigh
D. F. Giles
Marion
North Carolina
Tom C. Bowie
West Jefferson
Ofice
Principals Conference Planned in Boone by Ashe County Officials
County Superintendent Prof. R E L Plummer announces a High School Principals conference in Boone on Friday August 16. Superintendents and teachers from Ashe Watauga Avery Mitchell Caldwell and Yancey counties will attend with state education leaders to discuss improved teaching methods and a stronger western North Carolina school system. Dr J Henry Highsmith will preside as educators explore strategies for better schools across six counties.
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R. E. L. Plummer
Ashe County
Boone
B. B. Dougherty
The
Normal College
Ashe
Watauga
Avery
Mitchell, Caldwell and
Yancey
State Educational Department
North Carolina
J. Henry Highsmith
United States
Local Notes From Elk Park And Beaver Dams
John R Hodges of Middle Cane visits Elk. Elks expect corn yields to exceed prior two years. E Spencer Blackburn buys Mountain Post at Elk Park and will start a Republican paper in Jefferson. Dr J C Blair of Lenoir visits ill mother. O E Williamson family arrive from Indianapolis. Prof W M Francum may teach at Beaver Dams from Sept 1. Braxton Johnson of Beaver Dams dies after long illness. R L Councill and wife move from Tacoma to Boone. Ed Vanney moves telegraph gear to town to learn telegraphy. Mrs Pink Matheson visiting ill mother in Watauga. W C Newland nominated solicitor on sixth ballot. controversy over McDowell votes. Judge Bynum nominated by acclamation. J P Richards of Johnson City ill with fever at Bryan house, awaiting recovery. Hon John Richardson of South Carolina visits. Graf Zeppelin lands at Lakehurst after Atlantic crossing, salute from 100,000 crowd. 4175 miles, 95 hours, 19 minutes travel.
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John R. Hodges
Middle Cane
Elk
E. Spencer Blackburn
Mountain Post
Elk Park
Jefferson
J. C. Blair
Lenoir
O. E. Williamson
Indianapolis
Bryan House
W. M. Francum
Braxton Johnson
R. L. Councill
Tacoma
Wash
Boone
Ed Vanney
Pink Matheson
Taylorsville
Watauga
W. C. Newland
W. B. Councill
Newland
Councill
L. C. Reeves
John Richardson
South Carolina
Pollard Wins Virginia Democratic Primary Nomination
John Garland Pollard, a steadfast Byrd administration ally and prominent Democrat in 1928, is nominated for Virginia governor after defeating G. W. Mapp and Rosewall Page in Tuesday’s primary.
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John Garland Pollard
Byrd
Virginia
G. W. Mapp
Rosewall Page
Doughton Sees Progress On Yonahlassee Road to Linville
Rock Blowing Rock Aug 6 A Doughton chairman state highway commission after inspection of 22 miles of Yonahlassee road between Blowing Rock and Linville expressed himself well pleased with progress and believed October completion a reasonable goal in view of 30 days lost last spring due to contractor W E Graham.
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Blowing Rock
P A. Doughton
State Highway Commission
Yonahlessee Road
Linville
W. E. Graham
Mr. Coughton
C. S. Currier
Winston-Salem
R. L. Gwyn
T. H. Broyhill
Lenoir
Hugh Chatham
Elkin
A. B. Cole
Thomas H. Coffey
Avery
Caldwell Counties
Doughton
Sparta
Raleigh
Log School Houses Disappearing Across North Carolina
State department data show only 28 log schoolhouses in 1927 28 used by negro children with Caswell county hosting 25. statewide rural schools include 896 brick and 4 856 frame buildings totaling 5 780. Five year shift favors brick over log or frame as hundreds of brick schools rise and overall rural schools decline.
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North Carolina
State Department of Public Instruction
Caswell County
Alamance
Durham
Halifax
Person
Vance
Daniels to Speak at Appalachian State Teachers College
Hon. Josephus Daniels, editor of the News and Observer and former secretary of the navy, will deliver an address in the college auditorium Friday at 10 oclock.
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Josephus Daniels
The
News and Observer
Navy
Appalachian State Teachers’ College
College to Open Fall Quarter September 3
Officials at the Normal College announce the fall quarter opening for September 3. A registrar bulletin reports on the two summer school sessions with 906 students enrolled. Of these 807 were women and 99 men from 72 NC counties and 32 other states.
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Normal College
The
Appalachian College
North Carolina
Boone
Alabama
California
Colorado
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Much Business Done at Farm Convention
Raleigh August 4 Governor Gardner's farm program was endorsed a state wide plan for agricultural development adopted and a start made in promoting the plan for purebred crop seeds and purebred livestock at the 27th annual session of the state farmers' convention meeting at State College July 22 to 26 The delegates produced reports on state needs and solutions to agricultural problems and endorsed rural taxation eight months school term federal farm loan board and better research facilities Mrs Jane S McKimmon was urged for national honor by the ladies for her work
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Raleigh
Gardner
State Farmers’ Convention
State College
Agricultural Extension Service
Federal Farm Loan Board
Jane S. McKimmon
Oil Experts At Bowie Report Strong Prospect Signs
Oil specialists from Washington and Louisville inspected land owned by L. N. Keller near Bowie, Ashe County. They reported highly favorable indications and stated they have not seen better prospects anywhere. Locals are energized by the potential wealth from oil development in the county.
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Bowie
Ashe County
L. N. Keller
Washington, D. C
Louisville
Ashe County News
Hagaman Dies After Stroke At 73 In Beaver Dam
Longtime resident Alex Hagaman died at his Beaver Dam home from a stroke after several weeks of illness. Burial is today near Bethel church. Survived by a widow and children including Chas. Hagaman of Hickory. Hagaman was 73, described as public spirited and a devout Christian. In a separate note, 16 year old Wilbur Huston of Seattle was chosen as Edison protege at MIT with full funding, though his answers in the inventor's test will remain private.
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Alex Hagaman
Beaver Dam
Bethel Church
Hagaman
Chas. Hagaman
Hickory
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
States of the Union
District of Columbia
Wilbur B. Huston
Seattle
Wash
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Huston
Mr. Edison
Stock Raisers Organize Here in Watauga County
About 100 farmers and business leaders met in Boone to form a Livestock Association. G P Hagaman opened the session and county Superintendent Smith Hagaman presided noting past declines in cattle and rising county costs. Smith Hagaman was elected president with G P Hagaman as secretary. An executive committee representing each township was named to promote purebred cattle sheep and poultry and boost local fodder production.
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Boone
G. P. Hagaman
Smith Hagaman
Couny
Watauga County
E. M. Gragg
H. B. Perry
John Fox
The
Livestock Association
Cove Creek
J. B. Horton
Laurel Creek
F. M. Ward
Watauga
T. C. Baird
Shawneehaw
Floyd Welsh
Harrison Baker
Stony Fork
Arlie Brown
Elk
Bishop Cannon's Son Seeks Government Clerical Post
Edward Lee Cannon son of Bishop Cannon Jr a Southern Methodist figure in Virginia anti Smith efforts has applied to the commerce department for a clerical job He is 24 a Duke University graduate and qualified as a typist or general clerk The fate of the application is not yet decided
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Washington
Edward Lee Cannon
Bishop Cannon, Jr
Southern Methodist Church
Virginia
Department of Commerce
Duke University
Spainhour to Open Hickory Store Today
Spainhour and Sydnor announce the Hickory store opening with W R Spainhour as manager for about two months before Stainback takes over. The new shop will focus on ladies ready to wear shoes and accessories, expanding the chain to four Hickory links and connections to Winston-Salem Danville Petersburg Williamsburg Hopewell and Blackstone stores.
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Spainhour-Sydnor
Hickory
W. R. Spainhour
Stainback
Democrat
Baynard
Spain
Spain Hours
Winston-Salem
Danville
Petersburg
Williamsburg
Hopewell
Blackstone
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Superior Court
Census Bureau
Bureau
Jesse Harding Pomeroy
Charlestown
Mass
State Farm
Bridgewater
Pomeroy
East Boston
Manchuria
Associated Press
Moscow
Nanking
Foreign Affairs Administration of
Manchurian
Manchur
Republican National Committee
Dr. Work
Hoover
National Committee
Democratic Committee
Dehorse
Raskob
Simmons
Spartanburg
S. C
T. Earl Robinson
Columbia
Robertson
J. W. Bell Company
Grain and Flour Merchants
R. H. Day
Bell Company
J. L. Bussey
M. L. Davis
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Thad Shubert
Dan Dunlap
Graf Zeppelin
Graf
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Los Angeles
New York City
Carolinas
Long Island
N. Y
Carolina
Z. M. Koontz
Daniels
Watauga Livestock Association
Spainhour
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