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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
3
Copious rains and a county convention looming next Saturday headline a tide of community notes. Mentions include Holsclaw's specials on cookstoves and candies, arrivals like Dr. J W Jones, social visits across families, promising crops, a hail wind storm, and a July 3 auction by N L Mast. Tax issue involving G A Tate clarified by Sheriff Baird.
Cash Your Produce. Lom now at ey old atand Neva Tenn and want all your Poultry Eggs Butter Beeswax Dryhides Ginseng on the mail route from Le and all other salable produce noir to Trade seems to belat highest Cash Prices satisfactory to some of ourls G. B. REESE. Uncle Dave Adame paid his subscription and showed a green skin apple. Wm. Brinkley of Vilas found dead in bed from heart disease. Mr. Scarborough son of ex Superintendent J. Scarborough gave an address in court house. Calvin Earp, aged County Home inmate, died from paralysis and was buried.
Geo 8 Marsh, a well known Nacona attorney, writes of five years suffering from dyapepsin and failure with stock medicines. He found relief with Kodol, reporting improvement after a few bottles and eventual health. The ad claims Kodol replicates natural digestive juices and digests all foods to cure stomach troubles. T J Coffer & Bro.
RK A Linney offers legal services in Boone and surrounding counties. Prompt attention to the collection of claims and all other business of a legal nature. Office details provided as 612.
Dr W H Wakefield of Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist will spend part of his summer vacation in Watauga county with some family members. Consultations offered at Blowing Rock Hotel on Thursday July 10 and in Boone on Wednesday July 16 with dates listed for appointments.
A notice in Watagua county court states defendants Good Waters and William Waters must appear before the clerk in Boone on July 1, 1902, to answer a complaint in a case seeking to settle the estate of John W. Waters and related land rights in Wilkes County. July 16, 1902, JOBS H WINGHAM C. &
By order of the Superior Court of Watauga County North Carolina commissioner Joan O. Bincham will sell at public outcry between 12 and 3 PM on Monday August 4 1902 the Steele lands described in the Miller vs Morety and Grubb pleadings on the head waters of Meat Camp creek and Elk Creek bounded by Riddles Knob Pine Orchard Mountain and adjacent tracts totaling about 525 acres. The prior sale June 2 1902 was set aside and a new sale ordered.
Senator Simmons supports a Senate bill to spend 19 million dollars to acquire two million acres of forest lands across Virginia North and South Carolina Tennessee Georgia and Alabama. Pritchard and Depew also spoke on the matter. The forest denudation would harm rivers feeding the Atlantic and Gulf regions, and experts deem the bill essential.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for sores burns wounds and skin diseases claiming instant relief and cure. It cites a testimonial from A F Fuller and mentions T J Coffey & bro as sellers.
Look Here Friends offers sixty day sale with prices on calicoes at 50 cents, outings 18 cents, dress casimers 15 to 20 cents per yard, soda four for ten cents, sugar variety for $1, soap and hats, shoes and pants heavily discounted. They promise more value than rivals, with produce bought at peak prices and cattle trade.
Community land records reveal a roster of heirs and parcels in Meat Camp with numerous 1900 acre tracts. Names include Miller David heirs, Tomlinson heirs, Price Jesse heirs, and Harman Mc with varied acreages. The tally shows estates ranging from under 20 to several thousand acres, reflecting partition or inheritance.
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