Railroads and Republican talk shape Watauga outlook
The article notes Watauga County’s fixation on a railroad to Coffey's Gap despite local pride in agriculture. It praises the county's potential to feed markets with cabbage apples buckwheat syrup and corn while urging residents to awaken and invest, and it references Maryland Democratic platform praising tariff reform and states' rights.
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Charlotte Observer
Watauga Co
Boone
Blowing Rock
Coffey’s Gap
Watauga
Morestone
Charlotte
Piedmont
North Carolina
The
Observer
Chawin’ Terbacker
Maryland
Jefferson
Politicians and small fry clash echoing in Dixie politics
A Lexington Dispatch column cites a laid back citizen commenting on Governor race tensions while recalls of political dinners and rivalries surface. The piece notes Maj. J. G. Ballew’s death at 88 in Salisbury, Hauser’s vision loss in Memphis, and the Birmingham Confederate Veterans reunion where General Clement Evans becomes commander. It discusses Taft’s convention path, labor injunctions, and Georgia leaders amid state politics. It also includes local notes on cotton mills, the South and Western Railroad, federal court sentences, the American Stone Company contract, a Union Springs murder suicide, and Trinity College’s record 53 graduates.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Lee
Memphis
Tennessee
Montreat founded as religious retreat by founders to Presbyterian Synod
Ten years after its establishment by John S. Hayler and John Wanamaker and others as a religious retreat patterned after Lakewood the town has been transferred to the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina. The body plans a large religious assembly at Montreat, 1000 cottages, more schools, and a memorial auditorium to John Calvin costing 25000 dollars to be completed within a year.
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Montreat
John S. Hayler
John Wanamaker
Lakewood
Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina
Montreal
John Calvin
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Arts Prospectus
Practical education in agriculture civil electrical and mechanical engineering in cotton manufacturing dyeing and industrial chemistry. Tuition forty five dollars a year board eighteen dollars a month one hundred twenty scholarships examinations for admission at company seats on July ninth address.
Dry Goods and Miscellany Store Ad and Mortgage Notice
East Boone dry goods and groceries listing with school supplies and medicines plus a mortgage sale notice. Mortgagee Thomas and Tuomas announce public auction July 6 1908 of 136 acres in Watauga County NC to satisfy a $676.80 debt with interest and costs.
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H. Latham
F. M. Thomas
J. D. Thomas
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
F. M
J. H. Latham
Bank of Ashe
Jefferson
N.C
J. A. Latham
Jefferson, N. Y
Court House
Boone
Cove Creek
Gove Creek
J. H
Davis
Ellison’s Creek
N. C
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
Confederate Veterans Parade Brightens Birmingham Reunion
Ten thousand old Confederate Veterans marched through Birmingham Alabama as the reunion’s crowing feature. Spectators watched in tears while ice water and songs were generously shared by local volunteers. The event showcased patriotic devotion amid city support.
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Birmingham
Ala
Windig Say Sparks Public Spat in Chicago News
In a terse back and forth published by the Chicago News, Windig Say accuses Knox of defaming him as a liar while Biff dismisses the charge as misinformation. The exchange centers on a heated misunderstanding and personal dispute between the two individuals.
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Windig
Knox
Biff
Chicago News
75 Acre Farm For Sale Near Morristown Tennessee
75 acre farm for sale listed at 2000 with a four room house, branch through property, young orchard, rolling land with red clay and black loam soil, about 10 acres in timber. Proximity to Morristown and Russellville with rural mail service and a flouring mill store nearby. Immediate possession offered with $500 personal property included. Cash price 2500 with 1500 down and balance in one to two years.
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Morristown
First Close
Young Orchard
Russellville
Tenn
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Watauga Democrat
R. C. Rivers
Republican Congress
Ways and
Republican House
Roosevelt
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Bill
Locke
Greensboro
Lexington Dispatch
Pard
Democrat
Maj
J. G. Ballew
Lenoir
Salisbury
Eugene Hauser
Mr. Taft
Virginia
Taft
T Ryan
New York
Bryan
Nebraska
Asheville
Craig
Catawba County
Newton
Ivey
Hickory
Altapass
Mitchell County
Marion
Federal Court
Raleigh
Federal
American Stone Company
Chicago
Union Springs
A. C. Walter
Trinity College
North Carolina College OF Agriculture and Arts
East Boone
Tom
L. L. Critcher
J.D. Tuomas
Mortgayees, Lovill & Lovill Att'y
Nes
Shield
H.C. Miller
Blowing Rock, N. C
Hearst
Democratic Party
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Independence League
Scott
Tennessee Farms
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown Tonn
Valley of
East Tennessee
N. L. Mast, Pres
Halt Tenn. Real Estate Company
Wood & Johnson Proprietors
W. C. Corey
G. P. Hacasan
Cash
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N. C
Eale
Knoxville, Tenn
Main Pike
Robert Wood
Morristown Tenn
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