Resolution condemns picking flowers on highways for park plan
A regional committee of Chambers of Commerce meeting at Blowing Rock urges protecting roadside flora in North Carolina Virginia and Tennessee. The resolution backs a proposed July or August session bill to make highway flower gathering a misdemeanor and empowers highway wardens to enforce it. The piece notes motorists increasingly pluck azaleas rhododendrons and mountain laurel, harming shrubs and blooms.
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Chambers of Commerce
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Blowing Rock
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian
General Assembly of
State of
State Highway Commission
Forest Division
North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
Chambers of Commerce Committee
Charlotte Observer
Last Words of Locke Craig Dying Governor’s Plea Be Good
In his final hours at the death bed of Locke Craig, former North Carolina governor, he tells his youngest son Locke Jr to be good to everybody. The revered orator urged universal kindness as his lasting counsel.
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Asheville
Locke Craig
North Carolina
Locke Jr
Locke
Governor Craig’s Parting Wisdom for His Sons and State
The passage portrays Governor Craig’s farewell guidance emphasizing forgiveness, compassion, and service. It frames the father’s counsel as a talisman against life’s ills, linking divine selfishness to helping others and to a Christian-based path to lasting success. He imparts these lessons as his legacy to his sons and to the state.
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Caliban
Craig
Raising Turkeys Must Be Handled With Care And Knowledge
County Agent John B. Steele notes turkey farming can yield profits with proper handling. He cites Mrs. Alvis Powell of Duplin county as an example and stresses cleanliness, protection from dampness and vermin, proper feeding, fresh water, grit, and daily charcoal.
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John B. Steele
Alvis Powell
Duplin County
Feeding and care plan for poult chicks and hen
The poults should have no feed for two days only water and sand for grit. Feed about every two hours starting seven or eight in the morning, increasing as weather warrants, and keep old bird to hover them. After a week, three daily feedings if on ground. otherwise greens and dandelion finely cut between meals. Provide a flat yard away from the hen, feed hen whole wheat, and make a custard of egg and milk for poults.
Rearing Poults Under Hen Care Instructions
The guidance covers incubating eggs under a broody hen, moistened eggs if dry weather, three days before hatch use warm water briefly, return eggs wet, avoid disturbing the nest, avoid strong insect powder, grease poults weekly with plain lard, and add permanganate of potash to drinking water on damp days plus a pinch of cayenne to feed to prevent colds.
Memories Treasures of a Minstrel Song
A reflective poem by W. A. Watson recalls a minstrel’s songs from a dream. The speaker cherishes old melodies that linger in memory and lift spirits, noting nostalgic tunes reveal stories and endure in the heart. Church bells toll and the minstrel’s voice fades as yearning remains.
Unclear Verse Reflecting Song and Heartfelt Harmony
A fragmentary meditation on singing with heartfelt harmony. The speaker urges cheerful songs that harmonize and reach listeners of all ages, contrasting genuine heart music with imitation that lacks soul.
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