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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
3
The paper notes a Democratic county convention call for Monday July 6, discusses ongoing street improvements under Overseer Robbins, and lists local arrivals and events. It covers church and school notices, obituaries, farm updates, and community remarks from Boone and Blowing Rock, with brief personal anecdotes and local business mentions.
Rev C R Norris a prominent Baptist minister reared in Watuga died at his Pamplin City Virginia home at 88 from mengers. He left a wife and seven children. Burial was in Meat Camp cemetery this Wednesday morning with many mourners. He married a daughter of R G Gragg of Boone and had moved to Virginia years ago doing strong church work. The Democrat extends sympathy to the bereaved family and to his parents Mr and Mrs W H Norris of Soda Hill.
A Democratic county convention is called to meet in Boone on Monday July 6 1914 to nominate a legislative and county ticket and name delegates to the Senatorial convention. Primaries will be held Saturday July 4 at 1 pm to name delegates to the county convention. Township chairmen are urged to attend to elect a chairman. This June 16 1914.
At The Training School Rev J M Payne led chapel last week and the work this term is described as high order with earnest students and a faithful capable faculty. Professor Edgar Story alumnus and Bay Leaf High principal visited with Professor Greer. Van Alstyne has been tuning pianos at the school for several days.
A June 20 1914 document from Elk Park North Carolina outlines a furniture business recovery after a January fire. The letter notes stock saved with help from local residents, lenient sales, and a new showroom in the Walsh House with updated goods. It lists furnishings including furniture stoves ranges rugs drapery wall paper coffins and caskets.
In Lenoir on Saturday about 1 p.m. Lennie Houk, 20, a former employee, attempted to rob the Lenoir Chair Mig Co. while C. R. Stafford and Miss Lillie Tuttle were in charge. Houk fired, struck Stafford in the arm, and cut his hand while breaking a door glass. he fled after Miss Tuttle phoned for help. Officers tracked blood to his mother’s home two miles away where she brandished a Colt’s automatic before Houk was captured and jailed. The Watauga Democrat, Boone NC, April 1 1914.
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