Rural Watauga social round features picnics and parties
In Valle Crucis local Episcopal Sunday Schools held a lawn picnic with Chapel of the Holy Cross and St Johns crowds enjoying a music from Banner Elk Band and ice cream. The rector J P Burke hopes for an annual event as youth groups host marshmallow toasts and neighbor gatherings.
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J. P. Burke
D. C. Mast
Cove Creek
Gladys Taylor
Anne Moretz
Miss Moretz
Susie
Annie Taylor
J. M. Shull
Walter Spainhour
Morganton
P. G. Spainhour
Arthur Mast
Gibson and
Woodruff
Tennessee
Obituary and local notes from Foscoe and Shulls Mills
Walter Shull died Monday in Shulls Mills hospital after an operation. Willet Simson, 78, former Methodist preacher from Johnson City, preached here Sunday. Leander Norris and wife of Arkansas visit Watauga. Maggie Floyd Norris staying with Mrs Patrick. Carrie Waters visited Foscoe. Mrs Barber Hartley improving. Rainbow trout and bass caught in Watauga River by James Shoun. Foscoe Sunday School plans trip to Linville next Sunday.
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Foscoe
Walter Shull
Shulls Mills
Willet Simson
Johnson City
Wagner
Leander
Norris
Arkansas
Watau
James Shoun
Skulls Mills
Watauga River
Linville
Deep Gap Rail Line Near Completion Amid Local News
The Deep Gap Tie and Lumber Company races to finish the railroad link near the Daniel Moone Trail Highway. Mrs. Cordin Wellborn remains indisposed but hoped to recover soon. Traffic concerns rise as rain persists and crops enjoy the water supply. Patrolman C. M. Watson reports repairs and plans a new coat of paint on weak highway spots.
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Deep Gap
Deep Gap Tie and Lumber, Co
Daniel Moone Trail
Cordin Wellborn
Wilkes
Sol
C. M. Watson
Rainmaker Hatfield Strikes Eight Inches as He Sells Rain
Charles M Hatfield, famed rainmaker, pockets eight thousand dollars after delivering eight inches of rain in central California. He has operated for two decades promising minimum rainfall in drought areas, with fans citing cloud teasing and skeptics calling him lucky.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Hatfield
Hatfield
California
San Joaquin Valley
San Diego County
Alaska
Italy
Naples
San Diego
Moreno
American Legion Meeting Planned July 26 at Cove Creek School
A call meeting of the night is set for July 26 at Cove Creek School house. All veterans are urged to attend as the group will discuss adjusted compensation and other important matters.
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Cove Creek
Methodist Church Schedule Teaches Weekly Services
Sunday School at ten in the morning with preaching at eleven o clock and eight in the evening. Epworth League gathers at seven fifteen for fellowship and study. Wednesday prayer service begins at eight in the evening. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
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Epworth League
Costs to ride in automobile in North Carolina 1924
Raleigh July 15 report shows North Carolina automobile owners paid 53.7 million dollars to operate motor vehicles in the year ending July 1 1924. The figure includes gasoline at 23 cents per gallon state tax and license fees but excludes oils repairs and equipment.
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Raleigh
North
Carolina
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Patriotic Program and Refreshments
Mrs. H. L. Wilson hosted the Friday Afternoon Club with a patriotic program led by E S Coffey and O L Hardin. A red white and blue word contest crowned B J Councils with a silk flag prize. Guests Tom Forest, Mrs. Weber, and Miss Woosley joined the event. next meeting set with Mrs. Woosley.
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H. L. Wilson
Riley
E. S. Coffey
O. L. Hardin
B. J. Councils
Wilson
M. P. Crither
David Greene
Louise ,Critcher
Tom Forest
Greensboro
Weber
Danville
Va. and Miss Woosley
Durham
Woosley
New recruit called a bookkeeper by joke
Comic line notes a new recruit misusing a bayonet as a prop, joking that a recruit is a bookkeeper for trying to hide a bayonet behind his ear. The quip plays on the idea of misfit duties and slapstick military humor.
Rain Affects Farm Work And Community Help
Heavy rain slows farm labor as wheat crops suffer and community aid grows. Rev Levi Greene led services at Mount Ephraim with a box supper set for July 19 to raise funds for Virgil Cox and his ill wife and child. Local singing occurred at J M Walker's, and school opens Monday with Mr Brinkley from Cove Creek as principal. Some boys left for Cove Creek to play ball and plan to return by the 26th.
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J. M.I Walker
Brinkley
Cove Creek
Summer Team Happenings at the Training School
Mr. Shuford Duckworth visited Dr. J. D. Rankin and the Training School staff to review the plant. Miss Whaley of the Red Cross spoke to student teachers on the organization’s work. Hon. J. F. Spainhour urged licensure after study, school law reform, and redefining state education roles. Prof. J. A. Williams preached at the Baptist church on the duty to work.
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Shuford Duckworth
J. D. Rankin
Rankin
Miss Whaley
Red Cross
J. F. Spainhour
Morgantonfi
State Board of Education
J. A. Williams
Burlington
Baptist Church
Warrant Issued for Suspected Specialist Swindler
A warrant is sworn for a man posing as Dr Walker of Charlotte who sold Mrs. Mattie Harmon glasses and a treatment, claiming eye paralysis unless purchased. Dr A W Dula and W J Horton aided by reporting to police, with a $25 NC Optometric Society reward for leads. The suspect, possibly fictitious, is described as about five ten, 190 pounds, dark hair and a sandy mustache with a foreign accent.
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Mattie Harmon
Eye Hospital
Charlotte
Walker
O. J. Harman
A. W. Dula
Lenoir
W. J. Horton
Ferrell
Vilas
Box Supper for Bamboo School Ball Team
A box supper will be held at the Bamboo school house on July 26 to benefit the ball team and the school. The event aims to raise funds for equipment and school needs.
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Bamboo School
Many Arrests Made Locally
Up until just before the fourth of July, one arrest occurred during Moody's early tenure as Chief of Police. After Independence Day, a roundup led by Officer Hayes and the Sheriff produced the highest jail population yet, with about 18 inmates still detained. Offenses included speeding check flashing liquor handling, with arrests spanning from local to Charlotte. Citizens cooperated, and speed and bad check laws will be enforced more strictly going forward.
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Moody
George Hayes
Hayes
Charlotte
Lizzie
Boone
Tornado Causes Widespread Destruction Across South Carolina
Reports from the state Red Cross in Columbia document extreme cyclone damage in April events. A threshing machine and a two story home near Horatio, a 1200 pound safe near Dixiana, and a four ton motor at Highland mill were blown away. A mule’s corpse with a cow’s leg embedded was found in Spartanburg, and a Highland smokestack was displaced. Trees and houses were toppled. the storm is described as one of nature’s fiercest forces.
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Columbia S. C
American Red Cross
Columbia
J. W. Jackson
Horatio Sumter County
Walnut Grove
Spartanbury County
Highland Mill
Anderson
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Lewis Reese
Jennie Mast
Pearl
Ruth Bingham
Roe Warren
Butler Tennessee
Trade
Tenn
Fred Fletcher
Bina Eggers
Brittain
Link Culver
T. L. Junior
Butler
A. W. Smith
W. M. Thomas
Emmit Wilson
Sutherland
J. B. Jackson
Sarah Davis
I. G. Hodges
Blowing Rock
Griggs
Todd
Methodist Church
Mr. Williams
Sam Norris
Riddles Fork
A. W. Hodgson
Ashe
Frank Wagoner
Kingsport Tenn
W. A. Proffit
Bessie Proffit
Ola Moretz
Yuma
Poley Moretz
Sricken
American Legion Meeting
J. F. Spain
Box Supper
Highland Mills
Lowell
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