Locke Craig Dead Road Work Booms From Long Illness
Asheville and Lenoir NC report the death of former North Carolina Governor Locke Craig at his Swannanoa River home after a long illness. The obituary notes his 1913 17 governorship and his prominent family lineage. A separate Lenoir section highlights two major road projects in progress and a county meeting on moral and educational improvements.
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Long Ilness
Sister County
Asheville
North Carolina
Swannanoa River
Hatteras Shoals
Tennessee Line
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William Craig
Scotland
America
Orange County
John David
James
John Craig
Andrew Murdock Craig
Bertie County
State University
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Clarissa Rebecca Gillam
Locke
John Locke
Brief
Annie Burgin
Josph B. Burgin
McDowell County
Carlyle Craig
George W. Craig
Arthur Craig
Locke, Craig Jr
Governor’s Mansion
Lenoir
N. C
Lower Creek
Zack’s Fork
Lenoir-Wilkesboro
S. F. Horton
Wake Forest
Blanche Horton
Rivers
Court House
W. H. Sherril
County Betterment
Sherril
Miss Boyd
Miss Steele
Yadkin
Patterson School
Miss Russel
Granite Falls
Robert Barlow
R. L. Gwyn
Raleigh
Wake Stone
Josephus*Daniels
Miss Albertson
Parent Teachers Association
Greece
Rome
Palestine
Jesus Christ
Weevil Emergence Affects Cotton Crop Says State Entomologist
Franklin Sherman chief of the Division of Entomology warns that boll weevil emergence may be light but could still develop quickly and injure the cotton crop this season.
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Franklin Sherman
Division of Entomology
State College and Department
McLean Leading Bailey in North Carolina Primary Returns
Angus W. McLean of Lumberton leads Josiah Bailey with 141 472 to 78 030 votes based on 1 538 of 1 719 precincts. Second primaries likely for four races as many contests lack majorities with about 65 percent unofficial turnout.
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Stead
Josiah William Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Republican County Convention in Boone Chooses Slate
The county Republican convention met in Boone on a recent Monday afternoon with a large turnout. After organization and township balloting, nominees were: State Senate W L Winkler. Legislature I G Greer. Sheriff E L Holler. Register of Deeds Pearl Hartley. County Commissioners Sherman Wellborn S C Eggers O L Coffey. Surveyor J A Bumgarner. Coroner D M Moretz.
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Boone
State Senate
W. L. Winkler
I. G. Greer
E. L. Holler
Register of Deeds
Pearl Hartley
Sherman Wellborn
S. C. Eggers
O. L. Coffey
J. A. Bumgarner
D. M. Moretz
Miss Selma Fuller Named District Organizer
Mrs Selma Fuller was elected District Organizer of the First Congressional District of Tennessee by the League of Women Voters. The Knoxville convention heard her speech on mountain issues, and she visited Chattanooga and her sister Mrs Stanley Harris after returning home. A luncheon honor was hosted by Mrs Nathan Bachman of Chattanooga.
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Johnson Co. News
Selmer Fuller
League of Women Voters
Knoxville
Stanley Harris
Chattanooga
County Council selects officers for school betterment clubs
Miss Albertson outlined the county council's work and led a discussion on improvements. Miss Dora Anderson was elected president as the council will include the officers of the various betterment clubs in the County Association.
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Albertson
Dora Anderson
Local Lutheran leaders honored with visits and itinerary
Mrs Sydney R Kepner president of the Women’s Missionary Society and Mrs W F Morehead vice president of the Women of the United Lutheran Church will visit the Watauga Mission June 21 to 25. Their schedule includes Holy Communion services and talks at Banner Elk Deep Gap Boone Meat Camp Blowing Rock and an address in Boone on June 25.
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Womens Missionary Society of
The
United Lutheran Church of America
Sydney R. Kepner
Pottstown
W. F. Morehead
Salem
Virginia
Watauga Mission
Women of the
United Lutheran Church
Watauga
Banner Elk
Holy Trinity Deep Gap
Grace
Boone
Mt. Zion
Mt. Pleasant
St. Mark’s
Blowing Rock
Kepner
Episcopal Chapel
Boone Pastor Killed by Automobile in Los Angeles
News from Boone reports the death of Rev. R. D. Cross former pastor of the Baptist Church here. He died in a Los Angeles hospital three days after being struck by a speeding car in that city. Mr. Cross had many friends in Boone who mourn his passing.
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Boone
R. D. Cross
Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Cross
Big Educational Day on Meat Camp Planned
A large educational day is set for Friday June 20 in Meat Camp township one mile from Soda Hill toward Todd. State Superintendent A T Allen will speak at 10 30 am with afternoon talks by prominent men. A noon picnic will be served. rain venue Riverview schoolhouse. Community club music and leadership emphasis for children’s education.
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Sleat Camp Township
Soda Hill
Todd
A. T. Allen
Allen
Riverview
Watauga
Child of Former County Man Dies in Greensboro
The seven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Swift of Pomona died at 5 30 Friday morning at the Swift home Causey Street Greensboro Interment was in Pomona Cemetery She is survived by her parents two brothers Floyd and Jas and one sister Lonarean
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Greensboro Daily News
Swift
Greensboro
Watauga
Stacie Alma Swift
W. H. Swift
Pomona
Causey Street
Floyd
Jas
Lonarean
PTA Notes Honor State Field Worker Miss Albertson
The Parent Teachers Association welcomed Miss Albertson the state field worker who spoke Friday evening and shared broad school experience. Parents missed some neighbors but were urged to attend an informal reception for demonstration school teachers on Thursday June 13 from four to five. Buck adds a rural proverb about sowing wild oats.
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Miss Albertson
Paint-Teachers Association
Albertson
Parent Teachers Association
Summers term opens at Appalachian Training School amid growth
The first Summer term of the Appalachian Training School opened with about 350 reservations and 525 registered by Saturday. The new administration building hosts crowded halls of student teachers from across the state. Attendees note rapid growth, with churches filled for services and two former pastors, Rev. Harrison Farthing and R. D. Cross, passing away recently. Farthing is remembered as a prominent Baptist minister. Cross was reported killed in a car accident.
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J. M. Downum
Appalachian Training School
Dougherty
M. B. Woosley
Trinity College
Huggins
Harrison Farthing
R. D. Cross
Mr. Cross
Bethel Church
Ed. Farthing
B. B. Dougherty
T. Hill Farthing
Boone
A. C. Farthing
Lenoir
J. M. Moretz
Rev Harrison Farthing Dies Widely Respected Baptist Minister
Rev Harrison Farthing, longtime Baptist pastor in Watauga County, died at his Beaver Dam home Saturday. Interment was Sunday near Bethel Church. He influenced many as a Christian gentleman and church leader across the county. County Superintendent Hagaman praised his life in a forthcoming article.
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Harrison Farthing
Beaver Dam
Bethel Church
Farthing
Watauga County
Watauga
Hagaman
Statue of Gen Lee on Stone Mountain Measured in Gigantic Proportions
A historic note details the massive scale of the sculptures at Stone Mountain. The General Lee figure stands 140 feet from hat to hoof, with overall heights for the monument exceeding 111 feet to the Goddess of Liberty and 151.41 feet to the torch. The sculptor cites a 120 foot distance from horse knees to Lee’s hat top, a 20 foot relief depth at the extreme point, and an average surface removal height of about 4 feet.
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Gen. Lee
Goddess of Liberty
Robert E. Lee
Stone Mountain
General Lee
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Lumberton
War Finance
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Missioner of Agriculture and Attorney General
Angus Wilton McLean
Republican CO. Convention
Selma Fuller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Parent-Teachers Association Notes
Buck
Mr. Farthing
Rev. Harrison
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