Room enough for all in praise of Boone Trail roads
The Winston-Salem Journal urges not to envy Boone Trail highway links to Watauga. It argues travelers from Winston-Salem can reach Boone in under five hours and Boone offers cooling mountain air, boosting Northwest North Carolina tourism and regional ties for all cities including Gastonia Ashe and Alleghany.
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Gastonia
Watauga
Winston-Salem
Boone Trail
Winston
Boone
Journal
Ashe
Alleghany
North Carolina
Ourity Health Department
County Commissioners to Meet for Tax Revision
In compliance with Section 71 of the Machi Act of North Carolina the County Commissioners of Watauza County will meet at their office in Borne NC on Monday July 9 the second Monday to revise and equalize the taxes of 1923 as required by law. L A Greene chair.
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North Carolina
Watauza County
Borne
N. C
L. A. Greene
Chm
Tragic Logging Road Death Claims Young Worker
Arley Cornett, about 20, a section crew member for Cherokee Lumber Co on the Rich Mountain logging road near Shulls Mills, was killed last Friday after falling between train trucks. He died shortly after reaching Community Hospital at Shulls Mills. Interment followed Sunday at Smith graveyard.
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Arley Cornett
Ann Norris
Mabel
Rich Mountain
Cherokee Lumber Co
Shulls Mills
Watauga County Farmers Plan Large Kraut Factory
The Blue Ridge farmers organize a kraut plant to be 60 by 40 feet, with modern facilities and stock from 130 investors led by County Agent John B. Steele as president. The board includes N. L. Mast and J. C. Miller among others. The venture targets cabbage for kraut and fresh markets, with plans to process apples and peaches and develop hauling routes to boost regional farm products.
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H. N. Mentievart
John B. Steele
AL. Winkler
H. N. Blair
Board of Cats
Watauga County
N. L. Mast
J. C. Miller
W. L. Winkler
N. H. Blair
C. J. Farthing
M. H. Norris
Watauga
Slo
Blue Ridge
Mers
North Carolina
Virginia
North Wilkesboro
Johnson City
Tenn
Goodman
Avery County
Avery
Mitchell
Buncombe
Ashe
Alleghany
Maine
Northwest Pacific
Pasquotank County
Molasses Jar Displayed At County Fair Exhibit
The North Carolina state fair in Watauga County featured a premier jar of molasses shown by Agent Steele in the county courthouse office. Superior Court Judge Smith commented on the display praising the county’s agricultural quality. The syrup was thick and golden with a rich flavor noted as superior.
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Watauga
Agent Steele
Steele
Superior Court
Smith Mn
Western North Carolina’s Blowing Rock Seen as Mecca of Travel
A travel essay extols Western North Carolina, praising Blowing Rock and surrounding towns from Taylorsville to Lenoir. It lauds the Blue Ridge scenery, the Yadkin River origin, and promoter W. L. Alexander’s park and hotel plans, predicting Blowing Rock’s rise as a national resort mecca.
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Agton News Dispatch
North Carolina
Western Carolina
Piedmont
Carolina
Blowing Rock
Boone
Blue Ridge
Highwellea
Laby
Lenoir
Yadkin
W. L. Alexander
Charlotte
Mecca
Prohibition Clash Complicates International Ship Liquor Debate
The article outlines a debate among Secretary Mellon Secretary Hughes and Anti-Saloon League counsel Wayne Wheeler over enforcing the national prohibition act on foreign ships and potentially extending a 12 mile search zone. Wheeler warns amendments may fail court tests and risk broader Volstead Act protections.
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Com Haynes
Hus
S¢ Y Mellon
Hanes
Britt
Mellon
Daugherty
Supreme Court
United States
Three Mile
Congress
Hughes
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
House
Senate
New York Herald
Wheeler
Job Printing of the Better Kind
Rivers Printing Co offers superior job printing services for businesses seeking high quality typography and reliable turnaround times. Standard items include handbills posters and letterheads with attentive presswork.
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Rivers Printing CO
Lovely Linville environment and resort plans praised
North Carolina’s Linville valley praised for scenery and climate. Editors note the bears trail route, rhododendrons and azaleas along Blowing Rock to Linville with waterfalls and pines. Proposes a modern resort hotel and 18 hole golf course at an estimated cost of 435000 dollars.
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Blowing Rock
Linville
Georges
Esceala
Southern
Appalachians
North Carolina
Mayview Manor
America
J. S. Robinson
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