Deep Gap to Get Tourist Hotel and Local Boost Up
Deep Gap plans a modern tourist hotel to rise on the slope near the hills with bids out for foundation work. The Deep Gap Tie and Lumber Co. advances railroad grade work toward Deep Gap as steel rails arrive and construction speeds up. Local notes praise Blowing Rock’s boom, community clubs, and regional improvements while residents discuss visitors, notable residents, and a pestering peddler dispute over cotton seed advice.
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Deep Gap
Deep Gap Tie and Lumber Co., Inc
Gap Creek Baptist Church
Howard Steelman
A. G. Miller
W. T. Smith
Patterson
A. E. Wellborn
Watauga Democrat
Brother Rivers
Democrat
Picnic Draws 7000 Farmers At Piedmont Branch Farm
The annual big farmers picnic at the Piedmont Branch Station farm near Statesville is set for July 10. Last year the event drew over 7,000 farmers to the grounds.
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Piedmont Branch Station
Statesville
Auto Owners to File Certificate for Title Renewal
Sixty thousand automobile owners without registered titles must provide title certificates to renew licenses next year. About 200,000 have registered. 60,000 remain unregistered. Blank title identification forms will accompany license renewal notices. applications require the title number. The program aims to complete a state vehicle directory for the theft bureau.
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J. E. Sawyer
W. N. Everett
Theft Bureau
Department
Raleigh
Kinston
Wilmington
Charlottes Greensboro
Asheville
North Wilkesboro
Simmons Tax Bill To Be Law
Washington May 21 Senator Simmons wins unanimous conference approval placing the Simmons tax bill above the Mellon proposal and likely to be signed by the president. The measure cuts taxes for the public with a 25 percent horizontal reduction on 1923 rates and preserves tax returns with public disclosure of taxpayers and amounts.
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Washington
Simmons
Congress
Jones
New Mexico
Senate
House
Bonus Plans in North Carolina Yield Growth Shown
North Carolina leads southern states in corn yield gains since 1910 with 18.6 bushels rising to 22.5 in 1923. The increase, at $1 per bushel, is worth over ten million dollars to the state. Washington movers take up the soldier bonus bill, planning staff hires and tax adjustment talks as the Red Cross aids veterans.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
C. B. Williams
Division of Agronomy
Bonus payments denied to veterans amid program setup
Washington reports that a flood of veterans requests for adjusted compensation has been met with a War Department statement deeming bonus payments at present time. An order for 15 million application blanks is set for rapid distribution via post offices, The American Legion, military headquarters, and civic groups. Estimates of 127 million dollars for overhead and first year payments were submitted by the Veterans Bureau to the Budget Director for approval. A new Adjusted Compensation Service will handle certificates and disbursements, led by Major Owen Clark with H B Sterling taking over his prior post.
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Washington
Congress
Garner
Texas
House
Senate
Smooth
Coolidge
American Red Cross
Budget Bureau
War Department
Department
Post Office Department
American Legion
Hines
Veterans Bureau
Adjusted Compensation Service
Owen Clark
Bureau
Fifty room hotel rises as town hatches trout plan expands
Fort Myers hotel man H. C. Bardin supervises a new fifty room tourist hotel in Boone funded by progressive townspeople. Meanwhile North Carolina fisheries chief J. K. Dixon tours sites for five hatcheries in Piedmont and western counties to stock streams with bass and mountain trout, targeting fall operation.
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Gome
Henry Myers
H. C. Bardin
Fort Meyer
Fla
Boone
Hinson
Monroe
Hubbel
Mountain Park
Wilson
Lumberton
Howell
Todd
Smith
Abbeville
S. C
Richardson
Tennessee
Moore
Washington, D. C
Greensboro
Moretz
Lenoir
J. W. Williams
Methodist Church
Huggins
Southern Baptist Convention
Atlanta
Dougherty
Winston Salem Journal
J. K. Dixon
N. C. Fisheries Commission
Robert E. Lee
Dixon
Roaring Gap
Elkin
Bureau of Fisheries
Piedmont
Jmn
Haywood
Waynesville
Watauga County
Cumberland County
Fayetteville
McDowell County
Marion
Watauga
Fisheries Commission Board
Wake County farmer finds recleaning machine valuable
R A Wilder of Wake County reports good results from a recleaning machine bought in spring. He has cleaned his own cotton seed and thousands of bushels for neighbors. Seed from twelve miles away was brought for cleaning, improving cotton stands in the area says county agent Anderson.
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R. A. Wilder
Wake County
Reports
Anderson
Union County
T. W. Broom
Beauty and style debated by home demonstration agent
Miss Maude Wallace of the State College of Agriculture cautions that bobbing hair should be judged by its fit to an individual’s style of beauty rather than following fashion. She stresses personal suitability over trends.
Blow ing Rock to Get Post Office
Washington reports Representative Doughton pressed the Post Office Department for a new building and proper equipment at Blow ing Rock after a fire destroyed the prior facility. An inspector was assigned to study needs with a goal of prompt action for improved service.
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Washington
Doughton
Post Office Department
Blowing Rock
Postoffice Department
South
Buster Brown Draws Immense Crowds in Boone
The Davidson Department Store promotion featuring Buster Brown drew a packed courthouse crowd in Boone. A moving picture show and an address by a Brown Shoe Co. representative highlighted the event, despite Buster’s mood after learning his dog Tige had died.
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Buster Brown
Boone
Davidson Dept
Court House
Buster
Lexington
Tige
Davidson
Billy Mack Hardin
N. C. Uarsors
Mountain City
Brown Shoe Co
Watauga
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Blue Ridge
Caswell County
Mellon
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School OF Fish Hatchery
Goverment
Granville County
Agricultural Extension Division
J. H. Blackwell
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