Touring Northwest North Carolina
Following a tour of Northwest Carolina Mr A L Stockton writes that the region west of the Piedmont offers unexcelled scenery and new roads. He highlights Valle Crucis Boone Blowing Rock Linville and Linville Gorge plus the Sugar Grove cooperative cheese factory and local apples. The piece notes tourism growth summer visitors and improving roads and schools, with a calm view of forest fire risks and local industry like dairy and kraut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Carolina
A. L. Stockton
Greensboro Daily News
States
Piedmont
Virginia and
Tennessee Lines
W. K
North Carolina
Bounee
Aty
Episcor
Greens College
Sugar Grove Cooperative
Cove Creek
Boone
Valle Crucis
Mr. Burke
Reidsville
Valle Cr
Burke
Chapel Rock
Hickory
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Daniel Boone
Appalachian Training School
Blowing Rock
Lenoir
Linville
Green Park
Mayview Manor
Grandfather Mountain
Mortimer
Yonahlossee
Johns River
Protect the Fish in the North Carolina Mountains
Winston-Salem Journal reports a North Carolina conference with the State Fish Commission advocating strict sport fishing protections. Mountain counties push to curb dynamite and sawdust pollution, promoting hatcheries and enforcement to safeguard young trout and bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
America
State Fishs Commission Board
Roaring Gap
Fisheries Board
Watauga
Avery
Fisheries Commission
Burke
McDowell
Blowing Rock seeks bids for 100000 water system bonds
The Town of Blowing Rock invites sealed bids by June 1 1926 at 8 PM for 100000 in Water Supply System Bonds. Bonds dated April 1 1926 run 1929 to 1966 with 6 percent interest paid semiannually. Payable at Hanover National Bank NY. Bid security 2 percent of face value. Right to reject. Clerk A Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
N. C
North Carolina
Hanover National Bank
New York
A. Williams
The Next Half Century Belongs to the South
A condensed historical reflection on the southern United States from 1810 to the post Civil War era, noting slavery's impact on industry and agriculture, wartime depopulation, economic upheaval, and Reconstruction debts. It argues the South faced massive handicaps but foresees a future emergence of a powerful, symmetrical civilization. The piece references figures like Appomattox, Sidney Lanier, Grant, and Raleigh, and discusses pensions, debts, and impaired wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Smith
North Carolina
New England
South
Appomattox
Israel
Sidney Lanier
North
Florida
Grant
Louisiana
Benjamin Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
North Carolina and Florida tied by progress and people
Palm Beach Times lauds North Carolina and Florida as premier Southern states. It notes joint gains from good government and roads, compares growth, and highlights NC’s industry furniture, tobacco, cotton, timber, and mineral resources, plus strong educational and highway systems and a resilient populace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Palm Beach
Fla
South
Florida
Itas
Union
Michigan
America
Massachusetts
Pastures Seeded This Spring Held Back by Rain
Pastures seeded this spring have been held back by lack of rain and should not be grazed too closely. Authorities urge careful management to protect regrowth and sustain forage conditions through the coming weeks.
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Watauga Democrat
The
Rivers Printing Company
R. C. Rivers Rob
Rivers Editors and Publishers
Steeener
Winston-Salem Journal
White House
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
J. N. Davidson
B. Flint, Mich
Chevrolet
A. & B. Chevrolet Company
Boone, N. C
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