Tax burden debate mirrors county youth focus
The essay argues taxes shift to young and poor residents while praising the Appalachian Training School opening May 20 with record enrollment. It notes faculty additions, civic welcome, a planned baseball team, and a mainly female student body, plus state-wide registration efficiency and concerns over road funding fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Training School
Harwell
Louisburg College
Wilson
Lumberton
McCauley
Winston- Salem
Wortham
Randolph
Charlotte
Minnie Lee Peedin
Gastonia
A. T. Allen
Raleigh
T. E. Johnson
Balisbury
Allen
Hillman
Boone
Ile
Blue Ridge
Mr. Greer
Blowing Rock Notes and Local Inquiries
Local items report Annie Crisp returns from Lenoir and a church play success. The Blowing Rock community welcomes Cameron A Williams and wife back from California. A letter-poised road tax proposal targets officials and teachers. William Harpe Dean cites Western North Carolina as ideal for orchards, predicting future regional prominence in apple markets. Asheville Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron A. Williams
California
Blowing Rock
Williams
Old North State
William Harpe Dean
North Carolina
Dean
United States
Country Gentleman
America
South
Asheville
Plans to Dive for Lost Treasure of Buccaneers
Cape May New Jersey resident Jay B Mc cay organizes a syndicate to recover the doubloons and pieces of eight from the Spanish ship Manizan eros sunk near Turtle Cut inlet about a century ago. The vessel carried pirates en route from the Spanish main to New York when wrecked in a gale off the inlet shoals seven miles north of Cape May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
N. J
Jay B. Mccay
Turtle Cut
New York
Two U S Army Aeroplanes To Boone For Fourth Celebration
Jefferson School board resolves farewell to President William L. Scott after nine years of leadership. Proposes sending two Army aeroplanes to Boone for the Fourth of July celebration with support from Ashe Recorder Watauga Democrat and North Carolina Christian Advocate. Also notes sale notice for a portable saw mill and other local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Boone
Jefferson School
Jefferson
North Carolina
William L. Scott
Scott
Western North Carolina Conference
Ashe County
Ashe Recorder
Watauga Democrat
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Professor Scott
Jno
F. Kirk
Pres
G.L. Wage
J. D. Thomas
W. E.johanoa
Humiliating confession calls for clean public life
The Landmark notes Josephus Daniels urging women voters at Carolina College in Maxton to blacklist candidates with unclean private lives. It argues men have failed to demand integrity, yet women are poised to take that role if they gain the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
Carolina College
Maxton
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Democrat
Watauga Anson
Ashe
Iredell
Rutherford
Mecklenburg
Johnson
Caldwell
Transylvania Burke
Wayne
Yancy
Montgomery
Polk
Alexander
Lincoln
Nash
Alleghany
Sampson
Chatham
Madison
Buncombe
Washington
Rockingham
Mitchell
Alamance
Stokes
Robeson
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Annie Lee Crisp
Lenoir
Methodist Church
Watauga County
N. D
WARD
Rominger
N.C
W. L. Alexander
the Rock
Mary Holfhouser
Presbyterian Church
Appee
Buccaneers
Lenoir American Legion Band
Jefferson, N. C
Farquhar
D. W. Winebarger
Zionville
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