Local News Briefs From Wilkes County Courthouse Week
Frank Linney attends Jefferson court while Mrs Calvin Long remains ill. Hon R Z Linney visits town en route to Jefferson court. The Normal school grows in interest as sessions continue. Democratic county convention call urged. Mrs Z V Mayberry returns from Cove Creek visit. The Normal closes Saturday with exams Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Mary Sutherland visits in Ashe county. Prof B B Daugherty admired on mountain trip. Joe Ray of Todd falls ill at the Normal and is now bedbound with typhoid. Some teachers miss the Normal. A Farthing posts bond for Caldwell case. Seehorn improving. Dr R D Jennings offers dental care at Blackburn hotel court days. Korcoe Michael, 15, dies in Rutherford, burial follows. community grieves.
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A. ©. Farthing
Bond
Caldwell Superior Court
Lenoir
Seehorn
R. D. Jennings
Banner Elk
Blackburn Hotel
Korcoe
L. H. Michael
Rutherwood
Democratic Convention Called for Watauga County
A Democratic convention will meet at the Boone courthouse on Monday August 18 at 11 a.m. to nominate a candidate for the House of Representatives and a county ticket and to handle other business. Precinct chairmen should hold primaries Thursday August 14 at 2 p.m. Each township should elect a five member precinct committee. Other notes include Prof. W R Spainhour opening a Hibriton Academy school August 18, Hodges visiting from Oklahoma, a cyclone in Stony Fork doing timber damage, and J P Robbins reportedly considering an independent run but denying candidacy and affirming support for the party nominee.
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Democratic Party
Watauga Cola
Court Hovee
Boone
O’clork
House of Representatives
Offi Iers
J.C. Horton
Hhis
Montezuma
Mitchell County
Hibriton Academy
Caldwell County
Jon
Stony Fork Township
J.P. Robbins
Robbins
Jeter A. Pritchard
U. S. Senate
One Minute Cough Cure Advertised By Cofley Brothers
An advertisement asserts the One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs colds croup throat and lung trouble. It claims immediate action and absolute safety and is attributed to T. J. Cofley & Bro.
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T. J. Cofley & Bro
Forty four youths reach Howard's Knob summit after closing hours
After the Normal closed for the day a party of about forty four young people led by Professor B B Dougherty climbed to the summit of Howard's Knob to enjoy the invigorating air and view the surrounding country, the trip described as thoroughly enjoyed by all.
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B. B. Dougherty
Howard's Knob
Just a Word Please Trade Prices From Long Ago
The advertisement lists bargain prices on common goods including Arbuckle coffee at one dollar per pound, ten pounds of soda for 20 cents, shoes from 1.25 to 3.50, bacon 12 1/2 cents per pound, shirts 25 to 75 cents each, Bert linen collars 7 1/2 to 25 cents, lamps 20 to 80 cents, men’s bleached drawers 45 cents, soap 5 cents per pound, meal three boxes for 25 cents, butter dishes 10 cents, sole leather 38 cents per pound, and other items touted as low prices, with a promotional urging to act.
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Arbuckel
Bargain Sale Announces Deep Discounts Across Goods
A broad 60 day sale proclaims low prices on calicoes, outings, dress casimers, sodas, sugars, laundry soap, shirting, hats, shoes, pants, coffees, and wool. Sellers promise higher market prices for wool and fat cattle, inviting all to visit and save money with widely offered bargains and closeout lines.
Finest corps of teachers in Watauga praised by educator
A prominent educator this week lauded Watauga County as having the finest corps of teachers west of the Blue Ridge, Bancombe excepted. He praised local teachers for raising standards and placing them among the western state's peers. The Concord paper quotes J J Laughinghouse on Pritchard's pension deserters bill, calling it unfair. An Asheville leader had supported Senator Pritchard for reelection, but withdrew after the pension bill.
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Watauga
Blue Ridge
Bancombe
Concord Papera
J.J. Laughinghouse
Pritchard
Asheville
Appalachian Park
News and Observer
Public sale of Steele lands in Watauga County North Carolina
By decree of the Superior Court of Watauga County, a commissioner will sell on Monday August 4 between 12 and 3 PM lands described in the Miller vs Moretz and Grubb case. The 525 acre Steele tract lies on Meat Camp and Elk creeks near Riddle's Knob and Pine Orchard Mountain. prior sale June 2 was set aside and a new sale ordered.
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Superior Court
Watauga County
N.C
de Cree
E. B
Jane Miller
A. J. Moretz
Robert Grubb
Said
Meat Camp Creek
Elk Creek
B. R. Brown
K. Miller
A. F. Davis
Ee’d
Riddles Knob
Horton’s Gap
Long Hope Creek
Tompkin
Kil Creek
Finley
Pine Orchard
Steele
Notice of Public Auction of J P Councill Land in Watauga
By order of the Superior Court of Watauga County the defendants J P Councill and heirs of Amos Howell owe 951.87 plus interest to Cowan McClung Co and 155.85 plus interest to Chapman White Lyons Co. The sheriff will sell on Monday August 4, 1902 between 12 and 4 PM at Boone courthouse the rights to a tract of 388 acres on Brushy Fork Creek adjoining B J Councill J L Hayes Silas Adams dec F P Mast David Horton and the Amos Howell heirs, except the homestead of about 25 acres formerly deeded to J Councill on August 10 1977. Record reference book 6 page 842. July 2 1902 W B Baird Sheriff. J W Miller DS
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North Carolina
Watauga County
C. Potts
Eli Crimsley
Watauga Superior Court
Court House
Eli Grimsley
Geo. Grimsley
Thomas R. Smith
Benjamin
Superior Court of
Cowan, McClung & Co
Chapman, White, Lyons & Co
J. P. Councilland ZB. Buchanan
Chapman, White, Lyons and Co
Boone
J. P. Houncill
Said County
Brushy Fork Creek
B. J. Councill
J. L Hayes
Silas Adams
F. P. Mast
David Horton
Amos Howell
J. P
Benjamin Councils
Derby
W. B. Baird
J. .W. Miller
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Calvin Long
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Wilkesboro
Mary Sutherland
Sutherland
Ashe County
W. R. Logill
Prof
B. B. Daugherty
Joe Ray
Todd
Lackey
Elizabethton
Tenn
Maggie Church
Shell Creek
Bose
G. H. Hodges
Chyenne Oklahoma
Gill
CA Sestornri
Ricva
M. Green
Boone, May
Johnson & Robbins
Shull’s Mills
Ignacaro
Joan H. Bincaam
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EB. W. Grove
J.J. Cottrell
Boone, N. C
Coffes’s Hotel
Calla
Tomas H. Sutherland
Thomas S. Watson
Thomas H. Sutherland
Old Atand
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C. B. Reese
F. A. Linney
N. C
Edmund Jones,lawyer
N. O
V. J. Bower
B. Webb
Y. Illebr
Thomas L. Critcher, Surveyor
Deerfield, N. C
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