Local News Items Spanning Events At Blowing Rock
A compendium of notes from the region reports showers, travel and court actions. Mentions Mr T. H Coffey on a business trip to Asheville, Dr R D Jennings visiting Mooresville, and Judge Councill resuming duties in Asheville. Also notes school openings, examinations, choir services, local births and injuries, a sale postponement, and a forthcoming Clarermont College ad.
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Mr. T
Coffey
Asheville
Will Winkler
Moody
Dollar Power Storefront Ad in Boone
Newton L. Barnes promotes cash-only sales in Boone offering dimity dress goods seven to eight cents per yard, cotton plaids six cents, ginghams sixty-one and a half cents, muslins seven cents, men's socks fifteen cents, ladies hose eight to fifteen cents per pair, plus a full grocery line priced ten percent above cost.
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Newton L. Barnes
Boone
Notice to creditors of the estate of B F Baird
Executor administers the estate of B F Baird and notifies all claimants to present proofs within twelve months from July 1902. Creditors must file with proper authentication or be barred. Debtors are urged to pay promptly. July 8 1902, Cera Barro, Adm.
Potter estate notice calls claims and debts deadline
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Enoch Potter dec all persons having claims against said estate are notified to present the same duly authenticated within two years from the date hereof or this notice will be plead in their recovery and all persons indebted to said estate will please come forward and make immediate settlement July 29 1902 D B Potter Jr Administrator
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B. F. Baird
Cera Barro
Enoch Potter
D. B. Potter, Jr
Buggies and Wagons To Be Sold In Blowing Rock
On July 25 1902 two car loads of Buggies and Sur ries will be offered at Blowing Rock with a general assortment to suit any price. Studebaker and J I Nissen wagons will be shown along with some second hand wagons. The two vehicles will stay in Blowing Rock about twenty days at Blowing Rock Stable. Terms cash or time. Henkel Live Stock Lo.
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Blowing Rock
Studebaker
J. I. Nissen
Get What You Ask For Scarers Candy Cathartic Warns
A warning about scarers Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C C C. Do not buy in bulk. Substitutor is a cheat and fraud. All ists roc advertises a risky drug sale with cautionary advice.
Sale of Blowing Rock Hotel property in Watauga County
Pursuant to a July 1902 court decree E F Lovitt as administrator will sell the undivided half interest in the Blowing Rock Hotel property at public auction in Boone on September 1 1902 between noon and 3 pm The sale includes several adjoining lots totaling eight to ten acres with named parcels The terms are one third cash and the remainder in equal installments over 6 and 12 months
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Superior Court of Watauga Co. N. C
E. F. Lovill
J. P. Taylor
Emma C .Taylor
J.P. Taylor
Court House
Boone
Watauga
Blowing Rock
Said
S M
Clarke
King & Gray
Watauga County
Kenworthy
Councill & Taylor
Carter
Councill and Taylor
Dr. Whitehead
Ig Rock Hotel
Zoth
Igea
E. F. Levitt
Renutation of Thanks and County Superintendent Praise
Resolutions by John Will iame and unanimous adoption at the Institute closing express gratitude to the teachers of Watauga county and visiting ladies for uplifting efforts. They also commend County Superintendent for leadership and fair treatment, hoping for continued service. Rev J F Austin previously on the Watauga circuit is convicted of perjury in Asheboro and sentenced to five years on Randolph county roads.
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John
Williame
Watauga County
J. F. Austin
Watauga
Asheboro
Randolph County
Prosperity days echo as Schwab tests Steel Trust gains
Mr Schwabb testifies that the Steel Trust earned 140000000 dollars in the fiscal year. The remark questions who bore the costs of the freight as the case probes the distribution of profits and expenses amid the era’s industrial power.
We Will Sell Goods At Bargain Prices Countywide
A local ad proclaims sixty day sale prices on calicoes, sugar, coffee, and more. It asserts savings on every article, including hats, shoes, pants, and fabrics, with promises to pay more for wool and cattle and invites all to come and see.
Watauga Sheriff sale of 25 acre Ben Councill tract
Watauga County Sheriff W B Baird announces an execution sale in the Superior Court action J C Potts v Eli Crimsley. On Monday August 4 at 1 p m at the county courthouse door the Eli Grimsley interest in a 25 acre parcel adjoining Geo Grimsley Thomas R Smith will be sold for cash to satisfy the execution.
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North Carolin
Watauga County
J. C. Potts
Eli Crimsley
Superior Court
Watauga Superior Court
Court House
Eli Grimsley
Geo. Grimsley
Thomas R. Smith
Benjamin
Sheriff sale notice in Watauga County 1902
By virtue of two executions issued from the Superior court of Watauga county on June 24 1902 Cowan McClung Co and Chapman White Lyons Co plaintiffs name J P Councill and Z B Buchanan defendants suit for 951 87 with interest and 155 85 with interest the sale is set for Monday August 4 1902 between noon and 4 pm at the court house door in Boone to sell all right title and interest of J P Councill in tract of land on Brushy Fork creek adjoining Council Hayes Adams and others containing about 388 acres with homestead dwelling and about 25 acres omitted excepted the deed recorded August 10 1877 in book 6 page 342 and sheriff W B Baird July 2 1902 by J W Miller clerk deputy
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Superior Court
Watauga County
Cowan, McClung & Co
Chapman, White, Lyons & Co
J. P. Gouncill
Z. B. Buchanan
Chapman, White, Lyons and Co
Silas Adams
Dee
F. P
David Horton
Amos Howell
J. P. Councill
Benjamin Councill
Derby
W. B. Baird
J. W. Miller
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R. Z. Linney
Alexander County
R. D. Jennings
Banner Elk
Hace HR County
St. M. Green
Henkel Live Stock Company
Episcopal Church
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W.L. Bryan
A. W. Hardin
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Thomas Binghaw
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Deerffield
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Rish Mountain
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J. L. Cottrell
Coffes’s Hotel
Thomas H. Sutherland
Thomas
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Thia
Thomas A. Sutherland
Atand
Neva
C. B. Reese
F. A. Linney
Attorney AT Law
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