Local News Highlights and County Updates
Community notes report Sunday services at a Baptist church led by Rev. E F Jones. Several residents visit relatives in Butler and Shull's Mills while others plan to attend Watauga Academy Summer School. Weather shows dryness with a local shower. crops and corn prices discussed. court a fortnight away and road repairs urged. A university catalog shows growth with 58 faculty, 562 students, and new departments.
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Baptist Church
E. F. Jones
J. &. Fletcher
Cove Creek
Johnson & Robbins
Shull’s Mills
Emma Taylor
Blowing Rock
Lenoir
J. D. Cornecill
Emma Winkler
Runner Elk
M. Corpening
Watauga Academy
J.C. Morton
Surry County
University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy
Looks Hare Friends sale at closing out prices
The notice advertises a sixty day sale with Calicoes at 5c, sugar specials, cheap fabrics, laundry soap, shirting and cottonades, hats, and a large clearance of shoes and pants at bargain prices. It urges customers to visit to get the best offers and mentions wholesale-like value.
Political Rivalry Flares Over Governor Major Wilson and Judge Clarke
The Asheville Citizen notes a heated political dispute as Major Wilson is ousted by the Governor and retaliates by criticizing the Governor. Judge Clarke allegedly offers advice in good faith, and Wilson and Russell allegedly plot to undermine the Judge while reuniting in a single cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dog
Russell
Major Wilson
Judge Clarke
Jndize
Wilson
Asheville
Notice of Tax Sale Redeemable Land Summary
In Boone at the court house door on July 1, 1901, a real estate tax sale was conducted by W A Calaway ex Sheriff of Watang county. The purchaser acquired land described for John I Eller with 1900 tax of $1.72. Redemption expires July 1, 1902. failure to redeem prompts deed transfer. April 28, 1902. Noan Winkler.
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W. A. Calaway
Watang County
W. H. Calaway
Watauga County
Court House
Boone
Blowing Rock
J. W. Hayes
Ashley
Asheley
B. Cabaway
Steele lands sold by order of Watange Superior Court
Notice of public sale by commissioner James Hy Hexerant under a 1902 decree. The property lies on Meat Camp and Elk creeks headwaters, near Riddle's Knob and Pine Orchard Mountain, described by a long metes and bounds survey totaling about 125 4 acres, known as the Steele lands. Sale set for 2 p.m. on June term day.
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Superior Court
Watange County
N.C
Twill
Watauga County
E. Be
Jane Miller
A. J.moretz
Robert Grubbling
Meat Camp Creek
Elk Creek
B. R. Brown
LK Miller
A. F P. Davis
Dee
Riddle’s Knob
Pine Orchard Mountain
Riddle’s Fork
Roaring Fork
Horton's Gap
Long Hope Creek
Compkin
Laurel Park
Finley Tract
Pine Orchard
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Boone, N.C
Coffey
Butler, Tnn
Conneill
Mary Cole
Alice
Masters Councill
Donald Boyden
Cote Creek
Smith Stansberry
Horton
Todd
BE Cottrell
Phete
Susarbe
Deerfield
Setipathy
Colorado
Belhim
Shull’s Milla
Edward of England
A. W. Penley
Penley
Maggie Boyden
J. B. Coun
Salisbury
Watauga
Spainhour
Montezuma
County Board of Road Supervisors
North Carolina
Henry A
Benjamin Hartly
Leason Aartey
Emily Hartley
Elizabeth Moody
D. C. Hartley
Benjamin Hartley
William Marcus
Leroy Marcus
Elisabeth Greene
Joseph Green
J. H. Hartley
James Hartly
Baird
Louisa Spears
Tate
Hoone
Walanga County
Soren Be Beng
Edmund Jones
W. I. Bower
N. C
Caldwell
Mitchell, Ashe
C. B. Weg
B. Miller
Wilkesboro
Skull's Mills
Cartor
Linimenti
Ake
Baltimore
Tits Tily
Jenially
New York
S. A. Werman
Broadway
Salle Aye
Chicago
Ill
B. W. Grove
James P. Taylor
Blowing Rock Hotel
Blowing Rock N.C
James P| ‘Taylor
Lovin
Adin
Linvite
L&ess
A. E. Moretz
Mabel
Thomas L. Critcher
Deerfield, N. C
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