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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
2
The Boone paper discusses the town’s colored population living on the north side. It portrays them as peaceful, industrious, religious and well paid ministers, with two churches and improving homes. It notes few ex ante relations and claims the community is an asset rather than a threat.
J Hamp ton Rich reports strong support for paving the Boone Trail route 60 from the mountains to the sea after traveling eastern counties. Schools and citizens unveil tablets funded by association members and friends, honoring America with a flag ceremony.
A eastern newspaper quote by Co. N. Grieg extols home town papers as intimate and trusted sources for advertising. It contrasts them with big city dailies and magazines, urging readers to offer messages to local readers who value community relevance over mass reach.
Poem by James Monroe Downam praising a sacred song and its divine flow. It extols pure notes rising through peaceful hills toward nobler heights as universal regions echo the strains.
The Boone school pupils with help from the Parent-Teacher Association will stage a play between now and Christmas to raise the first funds to equip the new school. Town residents and surrounding patrons are urged to attend and support the event.
The Gap Creek section reports a large crowd at Rocky Point school house where Watauga Post of the American Legion gave speeches and the local string band played. A Christmas entertainment and tree are planned for December 28 with invitations extended and expected good order.
The two smallest children of Prof Wright of the Appalachian Training School have been ill but are improving. President B B Dougherty and Miss Mary Jerrell attended the North Carolina Teacher's conference in Raleigh. Miss Carrie Horton left for Miami Florida to spend the winter with her uncle. Thanksgiving services were held by Methodists in the morning and Baptists in the evening with offerings to the Children's Home and the Baptist Orphanage.
Local supporters report rapid progress on the Boone Methodist Church project with efforts focused on finishing the main auditorium. They state the $19,000 figure cited refers not only to the foundation but also to framing sheeting brickwork blocks windows doors tools and borrowed money interest.
The writer describes General W. P. Nye's private collection in Radford Virginia. It includes Confederate portraits ranging from the President to privates, wartime papers and maps, Confederate currency and bonds, conscription and railroad timetables, fur loughs, Indian relief items, rare books, and a 1682 glass from the Welcome. Notable names include William Rutherford Savage and David Ogden Murray.
Frank Parker of North Carolina and the U S Department of Agriculture laments city leisure and praises farm life. He contrasts urban entertainment with a farmer’s dawn to dusk work, noting how equipment values and winter repairs strip profits despite education.
A statistician praises a farm lifestyle in a county visit stressing health, hard work, and family education. He notes seven family members educated in colleges and contrasts country toil with city life while acknowledging hidden hardships. Newspaper men plan a weekend country trip.
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