Watauga County reclassified in 1930 census and court terms adjust
Raleigh officials report Greers bill moves Watauga from the Seventeenth to the Sixteenth Judicial District with terms set for March and September. The act creates a two week spring term starting two Mondays after the first Monday in March and a one week fall term beginning second Monday after the first Monday in September. Washington releases census results showing 1930 farm data for Watauga with 1925 and 1920 comparisons. figures are preliminary pending corrections.
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Raleigh
N. C
Greer
Watauga
Watauga County
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Four Local Bills Ratified On Last Day of Session
Raleigh N C Four bills ratified on the last day of the 1931 session relate to Watauga County. They include amending Boone town charter salaries of officials shifting Watauga to different districts and fixing court terms. Two bills grant Confederate widows pension eligibility subject to State Pension Board approval. Senator Lovills bill to connect two highways in Watauga and Ashe counties passed the Senate but died in the House.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina General Assembly
Watauga County
W. R. Levill
R. T. Greer
Boone
Watauga
W. H. Hampton
William Payne
State Pension Board
Lovils
State Highway Commission
Ashe
Senate
House
Young Tarheel Farmers Play Elk Park at Mabel Saturday
Cove Creek youngsters meet Elk Park for a baseball game at Mabel on Saturday afternoon. The teams met last Saturday at Elk Park with Elk Park winning 3 to 2.
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Cove Creek
Elk Park
Mabel
Death of James Brown Johnson Tied to Tax Law Watauga Included
The clipping reports James Brown Johnson of Watauga died in Anchor-age Alaska on April 8 from ptomaine poisoning after eating canned fruit and mushrooms at his cabin. The Anchorage death notice notes his residence there, while the NC Senate bill by Rivers D Johnson includes 27 North Carolina counties, including Watauga, to levy a special five-cent tax per $100 valuation for quadriennial property assessments and jail costs.
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Watauga
James Brown Johnson
James Brown
Anchorage
Alaska
Jim Brown
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Rivers D. Johnson
DuplMm County
Johnson
Obituary Note on Aged Cook Buried April Twenty-Six
A man about 53 years old and a cook by trade is noted in an obituary. He has relatives in Boone North Carolina and a letter with the article states he was buried on April 26.
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Boone, N. C
Solicitorial Change Attacked by Linney at West Jefferson
Baxter Linney Boone attorney told Ashe County Republicans at their first meeting in West Jefferson Hotel that NC politics show incompetence in handling state affairs. He cited 4 782 89 in costly legislation and urged reevaluation of Watauga County removal from the Seventeenth Solicitorial District. Gwyn Graham elected club president with Perry Greed and Mary Johnson as officers. A banquet followed the organizational session. Also, Edgecombe County hogs sold since January totaled 1206 head bringing 18 19 13 in cash.
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West Jefferson
N. C
North Carolina
Baxter Linney
Boone
Ashe County
Republican Club
Linney
General Assembly
Watauga County
Seventeenth Solicitorial
Gwyn Graham
Perry Greed
Mary Johnson
West Jefferson Hotel
Ray Knight
Edgecombe County
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Sjacrest
Jefferson
Depot Street
Goodyear
Iwo
Central Tire Company
A. E. Hodges
Boone and
Blowing Rock, N. C
J. M. Dearmin Ice & Coal CO
Elk Park, North Carolina
Wheeling
U.S. Pat
Christian Tin & Metal Works
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