Prohibition Enforcement Shifts to Local Units
Washington reports Colonel Lincoln C. Andrews plans to decentralize dry law enforcement by shifting duties from Washington to state and zone heads. The plan creates 24 zones each led by a strong organizer, empowering division chiefs to issue permits and manage districts with appeals to a central board.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
The
Treasury
Andrews
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
Roy A. Haynes
North Carolina
North Caroline
Virginia
Prohibition Forces
Blair
Deep Gap News Highlights Illness Farm Sale Visitors
Mrs. Cordin Wellborn fell from a high perch and is in serious condition after an accident. Mr. A F Hampton bought part of the late W P Welch estate farm from Lillie R Welch and plans to buy another in Wilkes county. Tobacco travelers I W Day and J C Church visit on vacation. Ella Watson returns from Ohio. A G Miller promotes Oldsmobile agency. A F Day visits Deep Gap. business prospering in the area.
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J.C. Church
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Pennsylvania
Deep Gap
Ella Watson
Ohio
A. G. Miller
A. F. Day
Mr. Day
Farewell to Wisconsin Senator La Follette in Simple Burial
Madison June 22. In an unmarked hillside plot the body of Robert Marion Lafollette rests after a state funeral in the Wisconsin Capitol. Dr. A E Hayden of Chicago delivered the oration calling him embattled prophet of a new democracy and urging the people to carry forward his work. The service featured the hymn Nearer My God to Thee and Abide With Me, with family, lawmakers, judges, and bar members in attendance.
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Madison Wis
Robert Marion Lafollete
State House
A. E. Hayden
Chicago
Fist Unitarian Church
Madison
Senator LaFollette
Hayden
America
Congressional Committee of Honor
Supreme Court
Dane County Bar Association
Lafollette
Lutheran Church Services at St Luke’s Bp Church
Lutheran church holds services at St Luke’s Episcopal church with preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 11 a m Sunday School at 10 a m led by superintendent J M Moretz Luther League meets Sundays at 6 30 p m led by president Vilas Moretz Rev H W Jeffcoat serves as pastor Miss Cora Jeffcoat is parish helper.
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St. Luke’s
J. M. Moretz
Luther League
Vilas Moretz
H. W. Jeffcoat
Cora Jeffcoat
Local notes on farming, visits and work progress
Farmers expect good crop growth after rain and cheer up as farming spirits lift. Mr and Mrs Howard Steelman visited and transferred property deeds in Abingdon Virginia. Z T Watson gave a Bible history lecture at Laurel Springs Church last Sunday and spoke with authority. A E Wellborn made a business trip to North Wilkesboro. The writer expands advertising and copywriting business with nationwide clients and plans a mimeograph duplicator. Rocky Point Consolidated School awaits covering as contractors rush progress.
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Howard Steelman
Z. T. Watson
Laurel Springs Church
Watson
A. E. Wellborn
North Wilksboro
United States
Rocky Point Consolidated School
Deputy Wooten. Blowing Rock Ex-Chief Charged in Whiskey Raid
D W Wooten former Blowing Rock police chief and deputy sheriff is released on a ten thousand dollar bond after firing on Leonard Triplett during a whiskey raid near Sandy Flat two miles from Blowing Rock. Triplett 20, unarmed, died near the scene. Witness accounts clash over provocation and self defense, with trial scheduled for September.
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Wooten
Leonard Triplett
D. W. Wooten
Blowing Rock
Harding
Sandy Flat
Baugus
Triplett
Rock
Webster Davis Injured by Automobile Near Barnett Store
Webster Davis, an elderly man, was struck by a passing car near the Barnett store while returning from work. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition but slowly improving days later. The driver from Lexington, NC, was released after a mayoral hearing, with the accident deemed unavoidable. Davis’s dependents face hardship, and Boone is providing support.
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Webster Davis
Barnett
Perry
Lexington
N. C
Cottrell
Davis
Boone
Paint slogan contest draws large crowd and winner named
The Farmers Hardware and Supply Company held a Monarch $1000 slogan contest with a paint demonstration on June 6. Roy B. Greene won with the line Wears Long-Looks Better where Other Paints Have Faded and the entry has been sent to Martin-Senour Company in Chicago for final judging at the end of October.
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Farmers Hardware and Supply Company
Monarch
Roy B. Greene
Martin-Senour Company
Chicago
Business Gets Hope From Old Trade Records
New York reports steady trade with summer operations showing faster activity than a year ago. Steel in the Pittsburgh district runs at 60 percent capacity, rail freight remains active, and rate revisions hint at broader gains. Copper demand rises as sugar tariffs stay, farm equipment sales grow, and industry eyes continued moderate steel buying into fall and winter.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Interestate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Lutheran officials purchase six Boone church lots
Dr. A R Haucher of Richmond and Dr. Jacob L Morgan of Salisbury visited Boone from Saturday to Monday to oversee Lutheran church interests. They preached at Mt Pleasant and Holy Communion on Clark's Creek Mountain and installed Rev H W Jeffcoat as pastor of the Watauga Lutheran Mission. They bought six lots downtown for a new Lutheran church.
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R. Haucher
Richmond
Virginia
Home Missions Southern District
United Lutheran Church In America
Jacob L. Morgan
Salisbury
N. C
United Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
Lutheran Church
Morgan
W. A. Deaton
Mt. Pleasant
Haucher
Rural Exodus Turns Cityward
As soon as a man leaves the city for the country he proceeds to try to make the country like the city. Then he pays the bill.
Distinguished visitors fill week at State Normal College
A busy week at the State Normal College featured Rev Wagner Reese of Kentucky delivering chapel and talk, Senator J S Hargett giving remarks, Winston-Salem Journal staffer L J Hampton visiting, Judge Harding addressing students, Mrs Berta Orndorff performing songs, Ex-Lieutenant Governor W C Newland speaking on founding the Appalachian Training School, and county stunt displays by summer school delegates.
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State Normal College
Wagner Reese
Kentucky
J. S. Hargett
L. J. Hampton
Winston-Salem Journal
Dougherty
W. C. Newland
Lenoir
Newland
Appalachian Training School
State Farmers and Farm Womens Convention at Raleigh
The State Farmers and Farm Womens Convention will be held June 28 29 30 at the State College of Agriculture in Raleigh. A silver loving cup will be awarded to the county with the best overall score based on attendance and miles traveled. Meals cost 25 cents at the college dining hall, rooms are free with self supplied linen, and tent camping is available. Cars from Boone leave at 8 am and reach Raleigh by mid afternoon.
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College
State College
Boone
Raleigh
Dr Dula Prepares For Second Auction Sale
Dr A W Dula tears down fence and grand stand at Kentwood Park to prepare the largest sale of Lenoir real estate. Part of the ball park atop the knoll with shade trees to be auctioned on July 2 at 2:00 PM, led by American Real Estate and Auction Co and Thomas Brothers of Greensboro.
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A. W. Dula
Kentwod Park
Lenoir Real Estate
Ball Park
American Real Estate and Auction Co
Thomas Brothers
Greensboro
Lenoir
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Appalachian Normal
State Farmers and Farm Womens Convention
DR. Dula
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