Rural Watauga Notes Full Of Local Happenings
Regular services at the Lutheran Church were held with Rev. H W Jeffcoat preaching. Birth announced for Leola Lucy Moretz and several residents noted for trips, visits, and family news including A C Miller, Frank Main on Tamarack Todd route, and arrivals from Danville and Johnson City. Mild weather mention follows with reports of rainfall and ongoing school session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Jeffcoat
Lutheran Church
Edward Moretz
Leola Lucy
A.C. Miller
Boone
Henry Lewis
Danville
Lewis
A. G. Miller
Willie Proffit
Frank Main
Bettie Winebarger
John Lewis
Frank Hockedy
Tamarack
Fordland
California
Maude Winebarger
Messrs
Bart Ragan
Manley Moretz
Shulls Mills
Lemuel Townsend
Foscoe
Joseph Moretz
Local notes and visits in Rominger area highlight summer chores
Dwight Edmiston Grady Trivett and M P Trivett family visits reported. Cherry picking at Joe Trivett’s bumper crop. Roads damaged by rains delay mail service and township oversight. Zion Hill singing class to perform July third at Rominger school. Box supper at Windy Gap raises 49 dollars for Sunday School. Community members travel to Blowing Rock Beaver Dam and cheers for L M Farthing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Edmiston
Grady Trivett
Vilas
M. P. Trivett
Martha Mast
Emma Hicks
John Mast
Dewey Rominger
Joe Trivett
A. L. Presnell
Baird’s Creek
Beech Creek
Rominger
Lionel Ward
Beaver Dam
L. M. Farthing
Foscoe Visit Sees Walters Families On Quiet Day
Foscoe reports Mrs J C Walters and her California son visiting her mother Mrs Walker and other kin. Mr N R Walters and son from Seattle Wash visit sister Mrs D C Coffey. Sunday School thriving and a Linville trip planned for the third Sunday with all the school taking lunch and traveling by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Church
Todd
Foscoe
Mary Jane
Bessie Lee
Vada Fox
George Williams
Johnson City
Filmore Coffey
J. C. Walters
California
Strange lights across mountains noted by English writer
Charles Fort discusses reports of mysterious lights seen in North Carolina and other places. He cites World and local accounts, suggests spirits or unknown phenomena, and invites readers to send information to his London address for possible explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Democrat
New York World
Mauch Chunk
Beth
New York Evening Journal
Garrett P. Serviss
Brown Mountain
Watauga County
North
North Carolina
St. Elmo’s
Monthly Weather Review
Missouri
Iowa
Servis
Nature
Marchmont Street
Russell Square
London
England
Charles Fort
Ship Cuts Whale in Two Off Mexican Coast
A large sperm whale struck by the Panama Pacific liner Finland near the Mexican coast was cut in half, with a big portion of the carcass attaching to the bow for two days. The Finland, arriving at San Pedro, was delayed several hours by the collision reported by Captain Munroe.
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San Pedro
Cal
Finland
Munroe
1924 Free School Budget Prepared
The board of education met two days this week and prepared the 1924-25 budget totaling about $68,000 for public schools. The state will contribute over $17,000. Attendance incentives were approved for summer school and the existing work schedule will continue. The six month term will open July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Barley Good Crops for Western Carolina
Dr. R Winters notes Piedmont small grain growers in Davie Rowan and Davidson counties shift to barley for dairy cattle feed and grazing. A Tennessee hooded barley variety matured early proved superior during oats losses, but overall barley yields and food value trail oats. Farmers should not switch unless barley fits their aims after trials.
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Raleigh
N. C
Piedmont
Davie
Rowan
Davidson
R. ¥. Winters
State College of Agriculture
Division of Agronomy
Tennessee Experiment Station
Knoxville
Tennessee
Stop Law Cuts Accidents in North Carolina
The North Carolina Stop Law Cut grade crossing accidents and deaths in the first six months after its July 1 1923 start. Data from R O Self shows 160 accidents with 52 injuries and 16 deaths before the law and 109 accidents with 45 injuries and 10 deaths after. Farmers State Convention invites neighbors to State College July 23 24 25 with meals promised.
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North Carolina
R. O. Self
Corporation Commission
Southern Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
State College
Davis and Bryan Weighed in as Democratic Nominees
The Democratic convention ended its deadlock with John W. Davis of West Virginia nominated by acclamation for president and Charles W. Bryan, governor of Nebraska, chosen as the vice presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Young Calvin Coolidge Dead at Sixteen
Washington July 7 Calvin Coolidge Jr. son of the President died tonight at Walter Reed hospital of blood poisoning. He battled five days against the disease with courage as President and Mrs. Coolidge kept vigil at his bedside. The infection came from a broken blister after a tennis match on the White House courts. He was sixteen.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Walter Reed Hospital
John
White House
Young Coolidge
Kilgore cites need to protect Alabama lands after abroad tour
Raleigh July 1 The head of the North Carolina agriculture school says international observers noted NC as an agricultural leader while Kilgore criticizes crowded farms and crowded lives in Europe. He warns against waiting too long to terrace and forest inaccessible lands.
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Raleigh
N. C
Charlotte
Paris
Trinity
B. W. Kilgore
School of Agriculture
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
North Carolina
Scotland
England
France
Switzerland
London
Edinborough
Kilgore
Mr. Kilgore
National Park Plan Eyed for Southern Appalachians
North Carolina leaders rally for Linville Gorge and Grandfather Mountain as the site of a southern Appalachian national park. Delegates from NC Virginia Georgia and Tennessee vow to promote the proposal and seek civic backing for preservation and limited development. The convention approves a resolution urging serious consideration of the Linville Gorge Grandfather Mountain area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Observer
Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Yosemite
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Great Rockies
Weeping Mountains
California
Linville Gorge
Blue Ridge
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Evermore
Colonel Pratt
Southern Appalachian National Parks Committee
Linville ‘Gorge
Grandfather Mountain
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian
Watauga Bank Directors Order Semiannual Dividend
The Watauga Co Bank directors met Monday and ordered a four percent semiannual dividend. They plan installing an electric posting machine after the new power plant is completed to improve book keeping. Rural North Carolina kitchens are being transformed into efficient workshops by home demonstration agents of the State College extension division. A Beaufort County colored home demonstration worker began teaching club women how to rid homes of bed bugs flies and mosquitoes to improve living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Co. Bank
North Carolina
State College Extension Division
Beaufort County
Southern Appalachian park committee discusses candidates for national park
The conference endorsed presenting the resolution to the Chamber of Commerce and local civic groups seeking approval. Other potential areas Chimney Rock Caesar's Head Pisgah and the Rat Ball mountain Rome mountain Whitetop were reviewed. Colonel Pratt noted none fully meet government park standards as Congressmen Temple leads plans for a July 15 Washington meeting and regional visits. The conference adjourned at day’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chimney Rock
Caesar’s Head
Pisgah and the Rat
Ball Mountain
Rome Mountain
Whitetop
Pratt
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Watauga
Watauga County Board of Education
Carolina
Davis
Bryan
Calvin Coolidge
A. T.S
MORNT
National Park Convention Meets
Appalachian Training School
Col. Olds
M. E. Brown
East Tennessee State Normal
Wood
Kephart
Parent-Teachers Association
Watauga Post American Legion
Cove Creek
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