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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1908

Page

3

Advertising Rates Furnished On Application

The Watauga Democrat notes advertising rates are provided upon request. Rates detail availability and pricing are supplied by the newspaper upon inquiry.

Local News Items From Boone Area Bulletin

Roads in poor condition after thaw. Notable notices include new subscribers, court cases, travel salesmen in town, and upcoming events. E. Spencer Blackburn visits. Horton returns from Jefferson. poll tax reminder for the election. Births, deaths, and local notes on schools and doings of families fill the page along with promotions and ads.

Local Repair Service Ad by Silas M. Greene

A repair service advertises reliable work with quality materials on hand. Mainsprings are guaranteed for 12 months and all work guarantees customer satisfaction. Location listed at R. M. Green's store under Silas M. Greene.

R. M. Green Silas M. Greene

Store Ad Promises Low Prices on 5 and 10 Cent Goods

A shopkeeper named R M Green invites customers to visit and view a line of cheap goods, claiming cloth prices 20 to 30 percent lower than rivals and the lowest county prices. The letter-style notice asks readers to call at the store and see the offerings firsthand.

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Change in the Program Raises Poll Tax Warning

A historical note claims instructions to spellbinders and Republican speakers urge omission of phrases about the full dinner pail or Democratic soup houses. It states any voter who does not pay Sheritt’s poll tax by May 1, 1908 will be barred from voting in the November election.

F. A. Linney Wilkes Court Fin Moody Brendall Cone School I. G. Greer Sheritt Thoas Flood Draggiste Ual G.I. Hood Oo Lowell Maas Food and Drugs Act

Cattle Drown After Slip Into River on Dellaplane Farm

Six cattle on Col Felix Parks farm near Dellaplane in Wilkes county slipped from the bank into the river and drowned. Dr M C White pastor of Second Presbyterian Church Petersburg Va has been called to the First Presbyterian Church Raleigh.

Col. Felix Parks Dellaplane Wilkes County M. C. White Second Presbyterian Church Petersburg, Va First Presbyterian Church Raleigh

Man accused for wearing excessive clothing in St Louis

A St Louis exchange notes a young man wearing three coats and four pairs of trousers was taken into custody by police. It states the incident reflects a crime for wearing too many clothes in St Louis.

St. Louis

For Sale 85 Acres Rich Land with Timber and Water

Notice offers 85 acres of rich land with grass and cultivated 120 acres, orchard, house, proximity to railroad church and school, three springs, stream, 65 acres merchantable timber, settlement potential. Asking price 15.00 per acre. Contact A. B. Hicka Mitchell Co Minnesota North Carolina.

Hicka Minneapolia Mitchell Uo N.C

Warranty suit over Beech Mountain land in Watauga County NC

In the North Carolina Watauga Superior Court spring term L M Farthing and W D thing sue M I Church and M E Church. Plaintiffs seek cancellation of a mortgage and recovery on a warranty deed for land on Beech Mountain. Defendants must appear at the next term beginning the third Monday after the first Monday in March 1908 in Boone, NC, to answer or demur. Feb 24 1908. Thos Bingham C S C.

Carolina County Martha i McGuire Julia A. Davia M. M. Davis W. P. Davis J. D.davis Arthur Davis Roby Davis John Ca Elizabeth Triplett William Kerby Mary Kerby Charles Hilliard George Hilliard Watauga County Watauga North Carolina M. McGuire Enoch Fle Superior Court Boone N. C Bixcuan L. M. Farthing W. D. Thing M. I Church M. E. Church Beech Mountain Said Co Thos, Bingham

Public sale of four parcels in Watauga County

In the Superior Court L W Reece sues G T Lethco. By execution from the Superior Court of Watauga county the sheriff will sell at the courthouse door on a Monday in March 1908 between 10 a m and 4 p m the right title and interest of G T Lethco in four parcels of land adjoining Ervin Greeny P Sherrill L E B Stout and others on Beaver Dam creek. Parcels described by metes and bounds and containing about 254 acres. Deed recorded Book 5 pages 433 and 434. Judgment $64 79 plus interest from Feb 15 1906 and costs. John W Hodges Sheriff.

U. S. District Court Statesville N. C Court House Boone J. A. Denney Elk Township Jacob Hodges J. M. Millikan F. W. Young D. M Watauga County Thomas Watson Stony Fork Township Larkin Watson Warren Sanders Alex Welburn L. B. McNeil Thos, Watson Fifa and Cout Thos Watson A. S. Marshal F. W North Carolina L. W. Reece G. T. Lethco Aid County Ervin Greeny P, Sherrill L. EB. Stout Beaver Dam Creek N.C Johneon Ed Johnson Costa John W. Hodges

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The Watauga Democrat Boone, N Cottrell’s S. M. Green Meet Sels E. Spencer] Blackburn Greensboro Blackburn Hotel C. G. Horton Jefferson D. J. Cottrell Harley J. H. Brendall Jim Harman Gill Grayson Watt Gragg Hee Blackburn R. D. Jennings Aon Latham Jacob Latham Lenoir Creston Ashe County J. Clande Lovill Honey Grove Texas Capt. Lovill Clande Emma Rankin Lenoir News William Horton Shouns, Tenn Bob Congress of Kendall Wickus Caldwel Lawrence Nelson Caldwell County Sam Green OmeGreer Linney Hon. R. Z. Linney J. J. Britt Congres C. R. Norris Meat Camp Wake Forest College Instruc East Boone L. L. Critcher United States of America A. Denney Mountain City Farmers Supply Department Tennessee N. B Punoan P. L Bammo, Cashwr J. K. Ware Merchant & Traders Bank J. W. Wright I S. Rambo J. Parlier Bank OF Blowing Rock Shier Wilson Harry Baily Mitchell County Bank Elk Park Branch Capital and Surplus Mountain City Furniture Co Mountain City Furniture Company Teonesso
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