Local visitors and community notes from Boone area
Social visits include Master Tom Henry in Gastonia, W. Y. Warren party, and Dr. and Mrs. McG. Anders. Summer School terms, church postponements, funeral attendance, and health updates are reported. Watauga Lodge invites members. a new visitor arrives at Rev. Huggins home. Road-construction talks boost Boone Trail link. Independence Day crowds to four to five thousand. local police seize a small copper coffee pot still near Boone.
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Tom Henry
Gastonia
Fred Anders
W. Y. Warren
J. R
McG. Anders
W. R. Savage
Archdeacon Griffith
Episcopal Church
Ashe County
W. G. Hartzog
Bristol
Marion Thomas
Tenn
R.F. D
Shoans
Zionsville
N. C
Boone
Watauga
W. Green
J. D. Councill
Personal Liberty at Stake in Watauga County
A July 4 1922 letter urges repeal of the forced labor road system in Watauga County North Carolina. Chief Justice Walter Clark’s view is cited and mass meetings planned to protest the system and push for a pro liberty legislature. A later note mentions R B Hodges detained with beer destroyed and bail posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga
Walter Clark
Raleigh
Stony Fork Township
Big School Building Contract Won By Poe and Triplett
Trustees of the Appalachian Training School opened bids for a large administration building to be erected this fall. Poe and Triplett of Lenoir won with a bid of 38,000 dollars. The total project will cost considerably more and Boone has about 200,000 dollars worth of houses on the current building program.
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Appalachian Training School
Messrs
Poe & Triplett
Lenoir
Boone
Baptist Church Urges Full Attendance and Reports
The Baptist church calls all members to attend next Sunday with quarterly reports for April through June and a collection for Christian education. The pastor F. M. Huggins promises a special message, renewal of prayer meetings Thursday night, and installation of new B Y P U officers at 8 p.m.
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The
Baptist Church
Boone
M. Huggins
Proposal for coordinated lambing schedule in Watauga County
A letter to farmers in Watauga County urges breeding ewes to lamb late March or early April, castrating buck lambs, docking them, and pooling lambs to wait until August to avoid peak June July markets. The author asks for a one year trial to gauge benefits and potential repetition.
Lumber for Sale and Tanlac Advertisement in Boone NC
Lumber for sale offers sheeting framing boxing with prices right and inquiries to D W Cook Sands N C. Also a cheap sale listing in Boone fronting on the highway plus an advertisement praising Tanlac from Boone Drug Co highlighting its benefits.
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D. W. Cook
Sands
N. C
West End
Boone
Square Deal Salutation From W A Watson of Yuma NC
A brief closing note from W A Watson of Yuma North Carolina pledges “a square deal” as the writer signs off with a strong call for justice. The message emphasizes fair treatment and integrity.
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W. A. Watson
Boone merchant C A Ellis makes assignment receivership
On Thursday evening last Mr C A Ellis a Boone general merchant made an assignment and A W Smith was appointed receiver. Liabilities hover around 17000 dollars while assets invoiced near that amount. Loss to creditors expected to be light if assets are collected. Ellis’s Boone business had been flagging for weeks and family may move to Knoxville Tennessee. Boone Drug Co recommends Tanlac.
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C. A. Ellis
Boone
A. W. Smith
Et Ls
Ellis
Knoxville
Tenn
Bury woman with 2 pillows probate case in New York
The will of Miss Mary E. Connors aged sixty four directs her friend and executor Mrs. Katherine Rees to bury her in a single grave with an extra pillow and to see that no carriages follow the hearse. If relatives are found she leaves them only one dollar each. The estate residue goes to a hospital after small bequests. Also notices of sale and help wanted appear in the same item.
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New York
Mary E. Connors
Katherine Rees
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Batanga
State of North Carolina
Supreme Court
Most Truly Yours, Walter Clark
Benj, Franklin
Thos
Jefferson
Daniel Webster
R. B. Hodges
Hodges
Watauga County
Tanlac
Boone Drug Co
Yuma
A. Ellis Assibhs
H. W. Horton
W. J. Rowe, Jr. Boone
Blackburn Hotel
J. W. Bryan
P.O
Blowing Rock, N. 6
Bank of
Blowing Rock
Watauga Supply Co
Rivers Printing Co
Wrigleys
Wrigley
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