Governor Gardner Outlines Two Year State Program
Gov Gardner urges NC Press Association to back a two year plan emphasizing agriculture and country living, shorter school term to eight months, tax reform, and stronger local government. He warns against sectional fights over funding, calls for press leadership to educate the public on the dangers of school funding battles and tax avoidance.
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Elizabeth City
Gardner
North Carolina Press Associaton
North Carolina
State College
Department of Agriculture
Hartsock Wins Hardware Convention Golf Tournament
J W Hartsock of Richmond Virginia won the hardware convention handicap golf event at Mayview golf course Blowing Rock with gross 83 handicap 12 and net 71. Second prize went to J W Patterson of Atlanta Georgia with cross score 90 handicap 18 and net 72. Weather was ideal and entries from the south attended. Mayview Manor course is noted as the highest east of the Rockies with views of the Blue Ridge. George Blegg the golf professional. associated with Olympia Country Club in Florida in winter.
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Blowing Rock
Carolinas
Mayview
J. W. Hartsock
Richmond
Hertsock
Mayview Manor
J. W. Patterson
Atlanta
Rocky Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
George Blegg
Blege
Olympia Country Club
Florida
Golf Shop
Mayview Golf Course
Two Blowing Rock Stores Looted In Burglary Spree
Blowing Rock reports two stores broken into Monday night. H C Hayes lost about 800 dollars worth of goods. T H Coffey’s shop saw the cash register opened and about 18 dollars taken with checks stacked atop the register. A truck was later seen abandoned with empty boxes, possibly linked to the haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hayes
T. H. Coffey
Park Commission
Mayview
Blowing Rock
I. E. Story
Kirby
Hudson
Miss Carolina Crashes Near Green Park Hotel at Blowing Rock
The Miss Carolina biplane No. 4309 from Dixie Airways made a forced landing Tuesday afternoon in Blowing Rock, crashing into trees in front of the Green Park hotel. No one was injured though the motor failed over the village and wires and trees prevented a landing on the golf course or lawn. One wing, landing gear and the propeller were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
Dixie Airways, Inc
Green Park Hotel
Spokesmen for Two Nations Plead for World Peace
London reports the British prime minister and U S ambassador urged world peace. Ramsay MacDonald spoke in Lossiemouth while Charles Dawes addressed the Pilgrims dinner in London calling for naval disarmament and a cooperative path for America and Britain.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Charles G. Dawes
America
Dawes
Nursing Career Offered to High School Girls at St Elizabeths
Washington June 19 urgent need for 50 student nurses at St Elizabeths Hospital. Applicants must have at least two years of high school and be 18 to under 30, in good health. The three year training leads to a nursing diploma with pay $288 annually plus quarters subsistence laundry and medical attention. Graduates are promoted to nurse at $1,620 per year with further advancement based on vacancies and performance. Apply via civil service representative, St Elizabeths Hospital.
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Washington
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Washington, D. C
Civil Service
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Gastonia Strikers Held for Grand Jury
Fourteen strikers, strike sympathizers and union leaders charged with murder were held without bail for the Mecklenburg Superior Court grand jury after writs of habeas corpus were denied. The case stems from the June 7 slaying of Gastonia police chief O F Aderholt at the National Textile Workers Union headquarters. Bail for eight other prisoners charged with attempted murder was set at 750 dollars each.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Harding
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
National Textile Workers Union
Mr and Mrs Councill Planned Boon Home After Shower
Mr Councill, son of Boone's prominent family, and his wife were honored with a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Henry Conrad in Blowing Rock. Many friends from Boone and Blowing Rock attended. They plan to live in Boone where Mr Councill works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Ward
Edward Ward
Blowing Rock
James Dudley Councill, Jr
Boone
Mountain City
Tenn
Ralph Ricketts
Winston-Salem
J. A.’ Panella
Blowing
Fourth of July Program Outlined for West Jefferson
The committee has nearly finished the Fourth of July program with two or three minor details left for the next Legion meeting. Events begin at 10 a.m. with a parade from Sprinkle Oil Station to American Legion Park, including ex service members and local groups. General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh delivers the main address at 11:50 a.m. Dinner at 1 p.m. serves about 200 plates of barbecue plus basket dinners. Field sports follow at 2:50 p.m., a 4 p.m. baseball game West Jefferson versus Boone, a 7 p.m. band concert near the courthouse, and at 9 p.m. fireworks or boxing. A dance wraps up at 10 p.m. at Critcher hotel or street site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Sprinkle Oil Company
American Legion
H. G. Farthing
R. S. Swift
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
West Jefferson
Boone
Critcher Hotel
Rominger Road Request Amid Flooded Trails
Dewey Rominger and family complain roads on Rush Branch are nearly impassable after heavy rains. They urge road work funding in their section while noting road taxes should fund local repairs. Local social updates mention fox chase, visits, and a diphtheria vaccination drive as well as potato and cabbage prospects. The Rominger Beech Creek route remains cited as nearly impassable.
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Rominger
Beech Creek
Cove Creek News Notes Highlight Local Moves and Education
Sugar Grove reports E F Sherwood and family moving into the Conley Glenn home on Brushy Fork while Glenn visits Charlotte. Teachers attend summer school at the Normal. Cove Creek high school students train at army camps. Vocational agriculture supervisor queries establishing a new agriculture course next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
E. F. Sherwood
Conley Glenn
Brushy Fork
Glenn
Charlotte
Willie Burt Fuller
Katherine Paterson
Marth Fuller
Greensboro
Estelle Fuller
Chapel Hill
S. F. Horton
H. E. Deal
Jennie Mast
Winston-Salem
Normal
Luther M. Bingham
Grace ‘Hospital
Banner Elk
Rebecca Taylor
Eton College
R. A. Taylor
Taylor
Amantha
Dean McBride
John Church
Cove Creek
Army
W. Y. Perry
Teachey
County Tax List Extension Announced by Tax Supervisor
Tax Supervisor Henry J. Hardin announces in The Democrats that the listing period for taxes, normally in May, is extended to July 1. After July 1 a penalty will be added for failure to list, urging county taxpayers to cooperate to save costs.
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Henry J. Hardin
Hardin
North Carolina Road Progress and Federal Aid Totals
North Carolina has 1,685.4 miles of federally aided highways and 86 miles under construction with $975,120.20 allotted. The state accounts for about 2 percent of U S federal aid highways, with total under construction cost $1,725,525 and federal share $862,761. Federal aid funds still available (state level) total $1,950,861.
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North Carolina
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
United States
Bible Presented to Cove Creek Church
At 11 o clock Sunday a large crowd witnessed Cove Creek Baptist church receive a pulpit Bible, presented by James McBride Jr. Deacon D F Horton accepted for the church. Dr Gord delivered a Masonry themed sermon on the altar, the square and compass, and Masonry as a builder of faith and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ambassadors
Cove Creek Baptist Church
James McBride
D. F. Horton
Snow Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Dr. Gord
Gordon
Confederate Pensioners to Receive Semi annual Checks
Checks totaling 4257.50 are distributed to 15 soldiers and 30 widows in the county. Soldiers receive 182.50 and widows 50 semi annually. New pensioners include Spainhour Greene Millsaps and Mrs Billings. several deaths and withdrawals noted. Those awaiting checks should call the clerk's office or designate a recipient.
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A. E. South
W. R. Spainhour
Lemuel Greene
Wm. M. Millsaps
Polly Billings
Wm. Hodges
Wm. Holler
Jas. C. Arrant
Albert P. Wilson
Martha A. Cole
Elizabeth Dyer
Judgments Rendered Against Bailey Brothers Tobacco Firm
Wilkes superior court last week disposed of cases charging misrepresentation of stock by Bailey Brothers, Winston-Salem tobacco manufacturers. Judge Cowper returned judgments against trustee Thos H Haskins in favor of seven stockholders. Trustees ordered to repay investments with interest from date. Sums ranged from 17000 dollars with interest over seven years to 1500 dollars.
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Bailey Brothers
Winston-Salem
Wilkes Superior Court
Cowper
Thos. H. Haskins
Man Hacked to Death with Axe in Beaver Dam Tragedy
Dewey Ward, a 23 year old resident of Beaver Dam in Watauga county, confessed before a coroner's jury to fatally striking Ralph Eggers with a two edged axe on Sunday around 10 30 am at Eggers homestead while Cherry picking. Eggers died from double axe blows to the left chest and upper left hip before neighbors arrived. Ward claims self defense after Eggers cursed him over a key. witnesses say both men had been drinking. A half gallon of whiskey and steel knucks were found at the scene. Eggers leaves a widow and three children. Ward is married with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Ward
Beaver Dam
Watauga County
Ralph Eggis
J. B. Hagaman
P. C. Wyke
Ward
Eggers
Bethel Baptist Church
Local marriages noted at Zionville and Trade
Zionville R F C reports Mr Larkin Pennell and Miss Lewes Isaacs wed recently. Also on June 9 Ray Pardue and Miss Edna Cook of Silverstone married in Trade Tennessee. Albert Wilson and Leander Wilson both ill with Leander confined to his room. Union choir sang at his home. Pleasant Grove church Sunday school thrives. Rev G W Sebastain set to preach June 29 30. Heavy rain damaged crops Friday.
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Zionville R
G. W. Sebastain
Pilot Life honors Frank M. Payne with convention trip
Frank M. Payne of Pilot Life Insurance in this territory has been named a member of the 1928-29 Pilot Club. He earns a company trip as a guest to Atlantic City June 26-28 for the annual agency convention at the Ambassador hotel.
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Atlantic City
Frank M. Payne
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
N. C
Pilot Club
Pilot Life
Ambassador _hotel
Bristol
Herald+ Courier
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Gov. Gardner
Hardware Convention
Hardware
J. F. Moore
Frazer
Queen’s College, Charlotte
D. J. Boyden
North Carolina and
Tennessee Park Commission
A. B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Asheville
Smoky Mountain Park
American Cotton Waste and Lint Association
Alpha Delta Phi
National Council
Southern Association of Court Clerks
W. H. Gragg
Convention of
North Carolina Building & Loan Associations
Cameron Williams
James Williams
W. L. Holfhouser
James
Mary Louise Williams
Bill and
Ernest
Howard Holfhouser, Jr
Louise Prevette
Katherine Underdown
Kathleen Foster
Lega Miller Robbins
Harry Robbins
Allen Klutz
Robert Ward
Jerome Pewitt
Margaret Miller
Jack Robbins
Hayden Pitts
Reeves Drug Store
Main Street
Cove Creek News
Ralph Eggers
Silverstone
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