Death of Woodrow Wilson Led Nation into Quiet Mourning
Washington reports former President Woodrow Wilson died at 11 am after a peaceful last day. The scene outside his home showed prayers and silent tribute as the nation remembered his eight years in office and the legacy of peace he sought. President Coolidge began plans to honor him.
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Associated Press
Wilson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Grim Reaper
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Mrs. Wilson
Margaret
Dr. Grayson
Central Presbyterian Church
Mecca
Mr. Wilson
Coolidge
Jury List for Wa tatuga Superior Court Spring Term
The Wa tatuga Superior Court under Judge Webb announces the spring term jury list. First week jurors include Howell Phillips Dugger Vines Phillips Wilson Triplett Storie Bingham Nedges Winkler Bradley Shore Moody Carroll Wheeler Brown Pendley Cook Eggers Wilson Ambrose Brown Michael South Moretz Brown Ward Ward Smith Baird Shook Townsend. Second week jurors include Austin Shore Eggers Wilson Ward Hampton Thomas Winebarger Clawson Hodges Moretz Townsend Calaway Trippett Greene Miller Greer Greene.
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Watauga Superior Court
Judge Webb
W. N. Howell
Joe C. Phillips
Sam Dugger
E. F. Vines
Chas Phillips
Jethro Wilson
R. W. Triplett
J. C. Storie
James H. Bingham
B. F. Nedges
W. L. Winkler
Grady Bradley
C. M. Shore
Charley Moody
P. G. Carroll
T. M. Wheeler
N. C. Brown
J. A. Pendley
D. W. Cook
R. C. Eggers
A. D. Wilson
Ambrose Brown
W. H. Michael
W. M. South
Jason Moretz
Will Brown
T. G. Miller
Linville Aldridge
W. H. Mast
John Fox
Wm. L. Ward
M. A. Ward
John C. Smith
John B. Baird
D. M. Shook
Charlie Townsend
W. A. Austin
D. S. Shore
J. R. Eggers
George Wilson
G. C. Ward Walter Hampton
Jas. S. Thomas
O. G. Winebarger
R. H. Clawson
Hard Hodges
L. M. Moretz
M. E. Townsend
W. C. Calaway
Alphus Triplett
W. L. Greene
W. H. Miller
E. G. Greer
A. A. Greene
Bettie Stephenson Seeks Carolina News From Georgia Foothills
Former A. T. S. associate Bettie Stephenson renewsDemocrat subscription while teaching in North Georgia foothills. She longs for real mountains and news of Carolina friends and former pupils near Atlanta, 25 miles away.
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Bettie Stephenson
The
Democrat
North Georgia Mountains
Atlanta
Carolina
Perfect Plans for Boll Weevil Fight
North Carolina state college extension workers released a condensed program on boll weevil control, to be distributed across cotton growing regions. The folder compiles the best methods to avoid confusion and will be available by applying to the extension division in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State
Gallege
Department
Division of
Agronomy
Entomology
Agriculural
Extension
The
State College
N. C
Blowing Rock and Epworth League Sunday Schedule
The Blowing Rock Methodist Church advertises Sunday School at 10 a m led by Grover Robbins with preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m The Epworth League session at 6 15 p m notes recent League study and invites attendance for next week's program, highlighting the church as a moral force.
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John B. Steele
Blowing Rock Methodist Church
Grover Robbins
Mitchell county groups plan cooperative Irish potato project
Four Mitchell county communities organize to grow one car of early Irish potatoes together. They will buy fertilizer, plant, harvest, and ship cooperatively. Six more communities are organizing similarly and two will produce certified seed for eastern growers next year.
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Mitchell County
Mourning Proclaimed After President Wilson Death
Word of Mr Wilson's death in church spread as Mr Coolidge acted. He visited the Wilson home, sent aid via his secretary, and Navy and Army posts lowered flags. A 30 day national mourning followed, with Congress adjourning, executive offices closed for the funeral, and White House social activities paused.
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Wilson
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Meeting on Kindergarten Work in Boone
A movement to establish kindergarten classes in Boone linked with Boone School invites parents and interested citizens to a meeting at the Critcher Hotel parlor on Saturday evening February 9 at seven thirty. Organizers include Smith Hagaman Gragg Farthing Hagaman and Rowe urging discussion even from those not currently interested.
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Boone
Critcher Hotel
Smith Hagaman
W. H. Gragg
W. D. Farthing
G. P. Hagaman
W. J. Rowe
Box Supper at Whiting School House Draws Small Turnout
A Whiting school house box supper on Saturday night drew few visitors due to bad roads. Several boxes and cakes were prepared for a beauty contest with Miss Georgia Coffey and Miss Virginia Dula named as finalists, though voting led to both girls sharing cake duties as Mr A Dula restrained his temper.
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Whiting School
Foscoe
Georgia Coffey
Virginia Dula
R. V. Dula
Mr. A. Dula
Firsts Claimed As Homegrown Achievements Across States
A letter from Miss Corr A Harris publishes a series of early American "firsts" attributed to states from Virginia to Maryland. Items include windmills in Virginia, the reaping machine by Cyrus McCormick in Virginia, the first endowed college in Henrico Virginia, and the first street cars by electricity in Maryland or Alabama, among others.
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Democrat
Cora A. Harris
Co. Wade Harris
Charlotte Observer
Harris
Mildred Rutherford
Athens
Boone
Blowing Rock
U. S
Charleston
S. C
Virginia
Henti
Cyrus McCormick
North Carolina
Lucas
U.S
Natchez, Miss
Richard Gatling
Elizabeth
Maryland
Walter
Baltimore
Montgomery
Ala
Ashe County to Get a Farm Agent
Ashe County farmers pressed district agent J W Goodman of Asheville to aid in securing a county agent. Goodman could not attend February meeting so John B Steele met Ashe citizens and secured a 1700 dollar appropriation. Work begins July first. the agent’s name has not yet been chosen.
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Ashe County
Jnc. W. Goodman
Asheville
Ashe
Live at Home Campaign Planned for North Carolina Farmers
Raleigh Feb 5 Extension workers plan a statewide live at home campaign starting Feb 22 with meetings at community centers and schoolhouses. Farmers will sign ten action blanks to boost self sufficiency for 1925 including raising corn and hay, milk and butter, a garden, and poultry. Those completing seven actions receive a 1925 certificate of honor.
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Raleigh
State Department and
College
Washington
North Carolina
Kilgore
State boosts progress with seed Irish potatoes shipment
Statesville Daily notes a trainload of seed Irish potatoes nine cars long left Boone for eastern North and South Carolina. This marks a shift from buying seed from Maine and New York to seed grown locally in Watauga and nearby mountain counties. Rail investment looms as railroads plan over a billion dollars in new equipment and trackage to meet current demand, signaling a strong year ahead.
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Statesville
Boone
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maine
Vermont
New York State
Watauga
Mountain
Public ownership plan could create vast public job base
The proposal argues that a program of public ownership of industries would generate a huge new cadre of public servants and taxpayers to support them, as public property pays no taxes.
Miles Love Seized in West Virginia Rumor Holds Him
Sheriff Critcher reports a telegram claiming Miles Love alias Miles Presnell is in custody in Wyoming County West Virginia. Love is wanted in Watauga for the murder of his own child and had previously escaped Boone jail before trial. A $250 reward is offered for his arrest and delivery to the Watauga sheriff.
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Critcher
Sizemore
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Miles Love
Miles Presnell
New Church Planned for Valle Crucis by Episcopal Diocese
Rev. James P. Burke backs a Ways and Means Committee to fund a Valle Crucis church costing at least 15000 dollars. Campaign runs from February 1 to Easter. Site on the knoll opposite the rectory near Bishop Ives Cottage. Valle Crucis School provides the site with 3300 dollars from the diocese. The church will seat 300 and include basement Sunday School rooms.
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James P. Burke
Episcopal Church
Watauga County
Ways and
Valle Crucis
Bishop Ives
Auchmuty Hall
Diocese of
Western North Carolina
Milestones in Woodrow Wilson’s life and era
A chronicle of Woodrow Wilson born in Straiton Virginia on December 28 1855 and the major milestones of his career from Princeton graduation in 1879 through presidency 1913 1919 to death in 1924. It also notes Mecklenburg county agriculture push by Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and advances in pilotless army aircraft and bomb bearing planes.
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Woodrow Wilson
Straiton
Princeton University
Princeon
Baltimore
Congress
Germany
France
American Peace Commission
Versailles
Senate
League of Nations
Wichita Kans
White House
Washington
New Jersey
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Advancement
Mecklenburg County
Bailey Camp School presents play Single Life
Bailey Camp School students perform Single Life at the school house on Saturday night February 9. Proceeds benefit the school. admission 15 and 25 cents. Virginia Dula, Teacher.
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Bailey Camp
Bailey Camp School
Training School notes and community events in North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis backs Boone Trail Highway linkage from Florida to the Northwest with shorter routes. Obituary notes report the sudden death of Andy Greer of Zionville. Library expert Miss Flourney visits the Training School. Basketball results show Senior boys lose to First-year, senior girls beat juniors 52 to 2. Mrs. Rivers injures a leg. Woodrow Wilson’s death mourned. reflections on Wilson and the League of Nations and historical评价 by the Associated Press.
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C. H. Grogan
Public School Methods Co
Florida
Andy Greer
Zionville
Miss Flourney
State Library Commission
Margaret ReMine
Tennesee
Richardson
Chappel Wilson
Lenoir
Baxter Linney
Trinity College
Boone
A. K. Moore
Trinity
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Associated Press
League of Nations
Doctor Journeys 100 Miles to Aid Sister
Dr. P. C. Jurney of Turnersburg Iredell county visited his sick sister Mrs. R. C. Rivers Saturday afternoon and night after crossing the mountains in four hours. He returned home Sunday morning.
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P. C. Jurney
Turnersburg
Iredell County
R. C. Rivers
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