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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows a Boone North Carolina post office notice on mail rates with garbled pricing data. The readable bits indicate references to subscription or postage figures and conditions upon request, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
Local notes report Miss Verna Wilson visiting in Boone and James W. McGhee renting and moving to David Ray property east of town. Protracted Methodist services grow. corrections issued for a Sunday School convention date. Ode by Prof Vownum sung in chapel. Sheriff Wilson resignation noted. E R Eggare appointed to fill term. Watauga Bank directors plan fireproof vault and improvements.
Notice states the firm Swift Bros has been dissolved by mutual consent. Chas Swift will continue the business, collect all debts due the firm, and assume payment of all outstanding debts. Dated February 11, 1918.
By authority of Jont H. Brown tax collector for the bondsmen of D C Ragan the sheriff of Watauga county will sell at public auction at the court house door Boone on March 24 1913 between 10 am and 2 pm the following tracts for unpaid taxes for 1909 1910 and 1911 listed under the names shown including M Medhinnie for 1910 and 1911 and Lydia Meauire for 1911 64 acres tax 185 and other items as listed.
Tax rolls listing acreage and taxes for SHWREERAW WATAUGA BOONE MEAT CAMP and other townships. Entries name individuals such as DP Worley WM Andrews Lenoir heirs and J Lee Heyes with land values from 4 to 800 acres and taxes ranging from a few dollars to hundreds, across 1910 and 1911.
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