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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1911

Page

3

Local notes from Boone and Blowing Rock

Solicitor Frank A. Linney visits Wilkes court this week. Miss Gertrude Hall of Le Noir stays at Critcker House. Maronie picnic set for Friday Aug 18. Mr. T. Finley Coffey and family visit. Weather station supplies shipped for Blowing Rock. Ninth Appalachian Training School open Aug 22. Little Lucy Moret seriously ill. Singer sewing contest for girls under twelve. Rains revive springlike grass growth. School census not taken this year. Roby Greer ill with typhoid fever. Rev. Wm. H. Hardin and Rev. C. F. Smith conduct Episcopal services. H. H. Farthing in declining health improves. Mrs. Edgar Shall improving after treatment in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardin welcomed relatives home. Prof. H. H. Hughes visiting Boone, to teach at Columbia University next year. Mrs. Rebeca Miller dies at Meat Camp. J. B. Horton plans Elkin-Sparta railroad extension. John Clewer jailed for assault on wife. Rev. J. J. L. Sherwood returns to Cove Creek. Confederate veterans reunion postponed to Sept 28-29. Ad. Green of Butler, Tenn. buys beef cattle locally. Masonic picnic Aug 18 near Boone for Oxford Orphanage. D. M. F. Morphew returns improved from Hot Springs, visiting New River. Meetings concluded with conversions and revival. Roy M. Brown reports county property tax increase. tax rate 80c per $100. Clay Winkler leaves for Lares, Va. County Supt. Dougherty reports 105 teacher certificates issued this week. Do not leave home without Chamberlain's Colic Remedy.

Wm. H. Hardin Gastonia Episcopal Church Blowing Rock C. F. Smith Elizabeth City N. C H. H. Farthing Beaver Dam Edgar Shall Charlotte J. F. Hardin C. C. Pennell Bluff City Tenn

Appalachian Training School opens ninth annual session

The ninth annual session of the Appalachian Training School will begin August 22, 2011. Several teachers have been added to the faculty. The Reference Hall will be ready for use. The course of study has been lengthened. The grounds improved. A sewerage custom is being installed. A catalogue will be sent on request. Mime et stem Boone.

Appalachian Training School

A Singer for the Little Girls Contest

A girl under 12 years old in Boone N. will sew a doll dress and deliver it by October 1, 1911. The best piece of work will win a Singer Sewing Machine.

Boone, N

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The Watauga Democrat Boone, N. G Frank A. Linney Wilkes Court Gertrude Hall Lenoir Critcker House Thomas Lillard W. C. Coffey Boone Lucy Moret Roby Greer H. H. Hughes New York City Roy M. iBrown Yorkville Columbia, University Rebeca Miller Isael J. B. Horton Ekin Horton Watauga Elkin-Sparta John Clewer J. J. L. Sherwood Granite Falls Cove Creek Watauga County Green Butler Oxford D. M. F. Morphew Marion N.C Hot Springs Ark W. L. Bryan New River Arthur Morphew Robbinaville A.J. Parker Durhan North Carolina Roy M. Brown Board of Commissioners Clay J. L Winkler Lares Va Chamberlain Mime Et Stem Boone White African Guinea W. W.stringfellow Miller-Reins CO North Wilkesboro Claude Y. Miller 8. N. Hodges F. M. Richarda, Jr Charlie Stechell F. M. Richards, Jr FM. Richards, Jr Bree FacSinile Signature of New York And Bears Brucerara Bhoans W. W. Blackburn Sands C. W. Fleenor Emmette, Tenn Coffey Deal & Co’s J.B Johnson London-Stoffel Hardware Coo Pioneer Hardware People Mountain City Tennessee R. D. Jennings Banners Elk Blackburn Hotel Ata N. L. Mast, Pres W. C. Correy V.P Hagaman Cash the Watauga County Bank Boone, N. C J. H. Mast J. W. Horton A. Greene T. P. Adams W. L, Lee W. C. Coffey N. L. Mast J. M. May D. F. Horton W. F. Sherwood Dr. E. F. Bingham A. N. Mast Hagaman & Go W ., Harmon Parlier Bs Clarke Uddeath Bank OF Blowing LL Critcher Dkealer II Hickory Yours Very Truly, RK. J. Greene D. J. Cottrell Cottrell Erand Pawebroker
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