Young People Conference Closes at Banner Elk Inn
The Mecklenburg Presbytery of the North Carolina Synod ended a successful session at Pinnacle Inn Banner Elk with about ninety youths, parents, and staff enjoying Lees-McRae College recreation facilities. Leaders included Rev E A Dillard Dr W H Frazer Dr W B Mclwaine Jr and Claude T Carr.
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Banner Elk
Pinnacle Inn
Mercury
Lees-McRae College
Beech Mountain
S. E. True
Williams Memorial
Charlotte
True
Box
Mecklenburg
Pet Elephant Bess of Ringling Circus Dies at 93
Bess the first elephant owned by John F. Ringling died in Poughkeepsie New York at age 93. The Peabody Museum at Yale is set to inherit Bess after a career that once saw the circus pull out of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin to dodge sheriff papers.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Bess
John F. Ringling
John Ringling
Prairie Due Chien
Wis
Peabody Museum
Yale
Father and son debate homework ethics
A boy asks his father for help with a math sum and the father declines, saying it wouldn’t be right. The boy retorts that he wishes he’d tried, hinting at a push for guidance rather than a handout.
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Dad
Lenoir on extended business trip. local notes update
The Democrat reports S F Lenoir on an extended business trip to South Carolina. John H. Councill resigns. Luna C Cook fills the vacancy efficiently. Mrs. Captain Coffey improves after illness under Dr. W B Councill. John L Saunders catches a 16 inch trout. Blowing Rock hires T L Hill as telegraph operator. Robert Dougherty captured in Texas after May 30 killing. governor offered a $200 reward. Jefferson gains a Democratic paper. subscribers urged to join. Mrs. Sallie Councill recovering from illness.
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Democrat
S. F. Lenoir
South Carolina
John H. Councill
Luna C Cook
Captain Coffey
W. B. Councill
Coffey
Robert Dougherty
Terrence
Galveston
Texas
Asheville
Jefferson
Sallie Councill
Aged Man Caldwell Helped Turn Kings Mountain Battle
An old man named Caldwell in York County aided the Patriots by capturing a dispatch revealing Ferguson’s plea for reinforcements. The episode altered Cornwallis’s tactics and helped the Kings Mountain victory, influencing the upcoming sesquicentennial celebration and Hoover’s planned visit.
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York, S. C
Caldwell
Kings Mountain
Ferguson
Bannister Tarleton
Mr. Caldwell
Battle of
Patrick Ferguson
Hell
Andill
Cornwallis
Charlotte
Abe Collins
Collins
the Catawba
Tarleton
Fewer Teachers Employed by State This Year
State School Facts shows 1929-30 public school staff at 23 550 including teachers principals and supervisors, down from 24 381 in 1928-29. Rural white and rural colored teachers declined while charter schools added white teachers, and enrollments rose to about 870 000 with higher daily attendance.
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Raleigh
Department of Public Instruction
Leaksville
Asheville
Lost hound seeks owner for reward in North Carolina
Special notice for a black and tan hound dog lost in Bamboo, N C. Finder to return to L C Greene and receive a justified reward. Also a medicinal ad for Milam Tonic claimed to aid high blood pressure and blood impurities with Boone Drug Store and Hodges Drug Co. listed.
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L. C. Greene, Bamboo
N. C
MILAM
Rhea
Boone Drug Store and
Hodges Drug Co
North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital Opens at Gastonia
The North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital in Gastonia opened in July 1921. A state owned facility valued at $405,000, it houses 135 beds and serves indigent crippled children under 16 regardless of creed or color. The Gaston County Board of Education runs a graded hospital school and an Occupational School with arts and crafts programs. The hospital emphasizes swimming pools, gymnasiums, and sunshine as part of treatment.
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North Carolina
Gaston County Board of Education
Ford proves value through performance and economy
Widespread user letters praise the Ford for sturdiness and reliability. Government bureaus, police departments, and large firms report low operating costs and strong daily cost records after exhaustive tests. Prices for various models are listed, plus delivery details and a plan of time payments offered by Universal Credit Company.
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Ford
Detroit
Universal Credit Company Plan of Time Paysments
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Banner Elk Hotel
Ringling Circus
Battle Kings Mountain
Kerr Mason
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co
State Orthopaedic Hospital
Gastonia
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