Boone Baptist Church Dies for Fifty Years Progress Dedication
In 1871 Boone Baptist Church formed with 17 charter members. W L Bryan, the lone survivor, helps dedicate the 50 year old church building aided by W C Coffey and M A Adams. The text traces growth from 34 members in 1881 to 260 today and notes key past pastors and donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Baptist Church
UTS
I. G. Greer
Boone
Old Court House
W. M. Baldwin
Masonic Hall
Bryan
W. C. Coffey
W. R. Bradshaw
Notorious North Carolina figure faces renewed arrest
The arrest of Baxter Shemwell reopens a long history of crime and defiance of authority in North Carolina. He is charged with skipping bonds after a 30 month road sentence for assault on J C Bower and Wade H Phillips of Lexington, a figure famous for shootings and confrontations.
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Baxter Shemwell
Bar of Justice
North Carolina
Shemwell
J. C. Bower
Wade H. Phillips
Lexington
R. L. Payne
Dr. Payne
Southern
W. B. Smithers
Smithers
Greensboro
The
Guilford County
John N. Wilson
Shamwell
W. W. Kitchin
C. M. Thompson
Bower-Phillips
Asheville
Journalists Adopt Ethics Code and a Leavenworth Nephew Dies
The North Carolina Press Association adopts the national journalism code as a standard. In Fort Leavenworth, John E. Mason, 46, yardmaster and local resident, is killed when a sand-filled gondola car runs away after brakes fail. Mason died instantly after attempting to switch the car to a siding. He is survived by his widow Grace Marie Mason and a five week old daughter Esther Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Press Association
Blowing Rock
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Leavenworth
R. R. Johnson
John E. Mason
Fort Leavenworth
J. A. Bush
Kickapoo Street
Frank C. Rideout
National Cemetery
D. B
Mason
R. E. Haynes
Edgar King
Hospital Corps
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Mason
University of Tennessee
Appointment of J S Lockaby to Ashe County church work
Mr J S Lockaby of Gastonia formerly Buncombe County takes charge of Episcopal work in Ashe County replacing retired Mr Savage. Services at Beaver Creek Todd Glendale Springs on the 1st 3rd 4th Sundays at 11. He invites war veterans and others. Lockaby, a WWI veteran and Tar Heel, is studying for the ministry.
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J.S. Lockaby
Gastonia
Buncombe County
Horner
Episcopal Church
Ashe County
Savage
Beaver Creek
Todd
Glendale Springs
Lockaby
Detour Changeover Jockeys Between Boone and Blowing Rock
The Boone Fork Lumber Co. now Morgan Lumber Co. changes hands to Che rokee Lumber Co. with Mr. W. S. Whiting removed. The plant, large in the mountains, is overhauled before resuming cuts. District Highway Engineer Currier reconciles detour routes from Boone Hodges Gap toward Blowing Rock, with a shorter one via Deck Hill abandoned. Upon completion, Blowing Rock road travel will shift to the new detour temporarily.
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Morgan Lumber CO
Boone BY
Hodges Gap
Boone Fork Lumber Co
Skulls Mills
W. S. Whiting
Cherokee Lumber Co
The
Democrat
Blowing Rock
Boone
Poplar Grove
W. L. Winkler
Deck Hill
Currier
County Board
Lowing Rock Road
Mecklenburg Establishes Home for Women in Charlotte
Judge B F Lone and solicitor John G Carpenter praised the county industrial home for women nine miles from Charlotte on the Salisnaey road after a visit. Alfred W Brown outlined the home run by managers with 18 inmates and 3 staff from local courts seeking reform. The matron Mrs Clark is popular and inmates work, ranging from housekeeping to constructing a barn and another building. the institution is unique, experimental, and attracting attention, described as a definite success.
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B. F. Lone
John G. Carpenter
Charlotte
Salisnaey Road
Bote
Alfred W. Brown
D of Managers
Brown
Longit
Clark
United States
Charlotte Observer
Harding Party Members Die in Colorado CarCrash
Curtis of Washington, member of the Republican Western trip, was killed on the 22nd when the automobile they rode in plunged into Bear Creek Canyon about twenty five miles from Denver. Injured are Donald Craig manager of the Washington Bureau New York Herald and Thomas Dawson Colorado historian and Washington newspaper man.
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Harding
Curtis
Washington
Bear Creek Canyon
Denver
Donald Craig
The
New York Herald
Thomas Dawson
Colorado
National Forest Adds Land Across Several States
The National Forest Reservation Commission authorized purchases totaling about 11 457 acres across Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina and Georgia. The parcels include 5 309 acres in Pennsylvania and West Virginia additions to Alleghany Monongahela Pisgah Nantahala and other forests. Purchases cover headwaters and river basins along the James and Catawba rivers aiding water power and regional industry. Prices average about 95 an acre.
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National Forest Reservation Commission
McKean
Forest
Warren
Eennsylvania
Alleghany National Forest
Monongahela National Forest
Pocahontas
Pendleton
West Virginia
James River
Virginia
North Carolina
Catawba River
Tennessee
Green County
Pisgah National Forest
Nantahala National Forest
Oconee County
South Carolina
Rabun County
eGorgia
Savannah River
Upper
South Carolina andGorgia
Leviathan Crowned Queen of the Seas in Britain Victory
The Leviathan returns to home port with the title Queen of the Seas after a historic championship. Officials and crew celebrate as the battleship’s trial run reached a top speed of 104 knots and averaged 28 knots over six hours.
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Shipping Board
Great Britain
Harding Likely Fails to Win the West on Coast Trip
A Washington report says audiences in St. Louis and Kansas City were not enthused by President Harding’s world court and railway consolidation pitches. The dispatch notes no “Winning of the West” on his coast trip yet.
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Washington
St. Lewis
Kansas City
Harding
Stock Killed by Lightning in Watauga County
Heavy electric storms last week killed cattle and stock across Watauga. H H Greene of Boone lost two cows on Beaver Dam farm. Allen Story lost a bull, and Alex Roark three head. Dr H B Perry and Bynum Taylor near Valle Crucis lost young cattle. Mrs Jake Clawson near Virgil on Boone Trail Highway lost two milk cows.
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Watauga
H. H. Greene
Boone
Beaver Dam
Allen Story
Alex. Roark
Valle Crucis
H. B. Perry
Bynum Taylor
Virgil
Boone Trail
Jake Clawson
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J. M. Payne
M. A. Adams
Adams
G. H. Church
Stoneville
E. F. Ornes
Post Falls
Idaho
J. F. Davis
L. C. Wilson
J. H. Farthing
First Baptist Church
Rutherfordton
R. D. Cross
California
Pase
Hell
Greensboro Daily News
Banker’s Association
Mecklenburg
Antonio Moreno
Antonio Garrido Monteagudo Moreno
Madrid
Spain
America
Sale Cpaa Ui
U. S. National Forest
Leviathan
Queen OF
the Sea
West
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