Texas City Host to Thin Grey Lines Reunion Note
Dallas hosts 1930s Confederate veterans for their thirty fifth annual reunion with 4000 veterans expected. Cars and trains bring in men in gray to state fair park encampment crowded with tents, kitchens, hospitals, and a revival of old times. Attendees include Sons and Daughters of veterans and a visiting Negro pastor preacher.
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Dallas
Texas
George Waverly Biggs
The
Billy
William Slaughter
Culpepper
Grand Army of the Republic
Friday Afternoon Club Delights Members with McNeill Talk
The Friday Afternoon Club gathered last Friday with Mrs J D Rankin hosting. Dr Rankin spoke on John Charles McNeill as an interpreter of Negro character, followed by dialect readings such as Nigger Demus and Bluf fers. Mrs M B Woosley performed a Chaminade piano solo and a two course luncheon was served. Special guests were Mrs Dean Bingham and Mrs Kent, with the next meeting to be hosted by Miss Annie Stanbury.
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J. D. Rankin
John Charles McNeill
M. B. Woosley
Chaminade
Dean Bingham
Kent
Annie Stanbury
Local man asserts control at home in quiet moment
A man proclaims he is boss when his wife and children are away, reflecting a domestic moment of asserted authority within a quiet household setting. The remark captures a casual, personal stance on family dynamics.
Uncertain tone holds to tax cut rhetoric
The text praises a stubborn Japanese spirit and quotes the President aiming to cut $300 million more off the tax bill. It contrasts the “better element” with the rest and uses farm imagery to describe taxation and public sentiment.
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Dominick
County Agent Presents Series of Motion Pictures Countywide
Beginning June 1 a countywide series of free motion pictures will cover poultry and sheep topics. Shown are Selecting a Laying Hen Layers and Liars A Year With the Flock Up to the Hyalite and more at designated sites and dates. Attendees are urged to contribute to a pleasant, successful gathering. John B. Steele County Agent.
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Middle Fork
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Todd Brida
Sree Sutherland Imgnda
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I Tugman
Chesnut Grove
Whiting
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River View
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Cele Dersie
Boone
Upper Bur
Hackett
Ies
Foscoe Sts
Sandy Flats
CIGAR
Steve «Lei
John B. Steele
Methodist Notes on Boone Sunday School Attendance
The Boone Sunday School tally shows 494 attendees last Sunday with Baptists at 218, Methodists 195, Adventists 45, and Lutherans 36. The piece urges church attendance, stresses service over criticism, and notes the North Wilkesboro District conference convening next week with 75 to 100 delegates expected from Avery, Ashe, Wilkes, and Watauga counties.
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Boone
North Wilkesboro
Avery
Ashe Wilkes
Watauga
Denny
Opening of Daniel Boone Crowned With Success
The Daniel Boone Hotel hosted a grand opening and banquet drawing about four hundred guests from North Carolina states and nearby states and cities. The event featured dancing, praised management, and an outlook of strong patronage as tourism picks up.
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Daniel Boone
Boone
Trongs
Daniel Boone Hotel
Lenoir
Statesville
Morganton
North Wilkesboro
High Point
Elkin
Gastonia
Charlotte
Asheville
Winston Salem
Greensboro
Durham
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Virginia
New York
Sharp
Prohibition Officer Kills Second Man in Month
Lenoir May 18 federal prohibition agent J Reevs Pearson killed 19 year old Fred Mooney who interfered as Pearson was arresting Mooney's brother. Mooney drew a pistol and was killed en route to a town jail after being seized near his home. Pearson had previously killed Jesse Martin near Danville Va about three weeks earlier.
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Lenoir
Mooney
Fred Mooney
Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Walsh
Thompson
Officer Pearson
Danville
Jesse Martin
Community Conference Schedule at Local Church
An invited community conference runs Tuesday night through Thursday with Rev. A L Lucas of Sparta delivering the first sermon. Sessions begin Wednesday at 9 am, include daily church dinners, and feature Sunday services, Epworth League, and midweek services with choir practice.
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A. L. Lucas
Sparta
Epworth
Daniel Boone Hotel Opens Transform Boone as Resort Town
Charlotte observers note the Daniel Boone Hotel in Boone opens with a formal ceremony. The Coyle Pogue group, backed by Boone capital, expects Charlotte visitors this summer as a nine mile highway project nears completion. The town showcases paved streets, new tourism facilities, and strong educational institutions.
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Charlotte Observer
Boone
Daniel Boone
Coyle-Pogue
Nathan Sharp
Boone Capital
Watauga
Charlotte
Collie Dog Chases Suspect at Beech Mountain Whiskey Plant
Sheriff L M Farthing and Deputy Lee Gross raided a Beech Mountain whiskey plant near the Tennessee line. A pursuit left two men fleeing. Lee Presnell was captured by a police dog and jailed after a 150 gallon copper still and 600 gallons of beer were destroyed. Presnell posted an $800 bond for the fall term of Watauga Superior Court.
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L. M. Farthing
Lee Gross
Beech Mountain
Tennessee Line
Presnell
Watauga Superior Court
Ellen Lenoir Finley to Wed Lewis Mann Nelson
Mr and Mrs Thomas Brown Finley invite the public to witness the marriage of their daughter Ellen Lenoir Finley to Mr Lewis Mann Nelson at The Oaks North Wilkesboro North Carolina on Monday evening June 1 at eight o clock.
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Thomas Brown Finley
Miss Hazel Carriger Weds Dallas Cottrell At Hampton Home
Hazel Carriger, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. E. Carriger, married Dallas Cottrell son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cottrell of Boone at the bride’s Hampton Tennessee home last Sunday. The couple will reside in Boone where the groom works with Taylor Motor Co. The bride, formerly Heddeecker for Watauga Furniture & Lumber Co., is fondly remembered by local friends.
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Hazel Carriger
Dallas Cottrell
Hampton
Tenn
D. J. Cottrell
Boone
Taylor Motor Co
Democrat
Cynic Quips About Blush Measuring Machine
Dibble jokes about a college professor who allegedly perfected a device to register a maiden's blush. He adds skeptical quips on whether any blushes remain to test it in this era.
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Cynic
Dibble
County approves 60000 bond for new county jail
The Board of County Commissioners sold 60000 in Watauga county bonds to McNairy & Company of New York for a new three story jail behind the courthouse. Plans not finished yet but the lower floor will house living quarters and upper levels hold cells with separate races and sexes. The existing jail property will be sold as a whole and cells may be reused if possible.
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Board of County Commissioners
McNairy & Company of
New York
Watauga County
Court House
Ex Sheriff Moody Makes Voluntary Assignment
Ex Sheriff W P Moody of Watauga declares a voluntary assignment of all holdings for creditors. He bypassed homestead exemption and plans to seek work in Ohio while friends wish him success. Moody, once popular, faces liabilities from securities and mail contracts. family returns to the farm as he pursues potential earnings.
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W. P. Moody
Watauga
Moody
Ohio
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