Deserter Attitudes From Civil War Echo in War Present
The Monroe Enquirer recalls Civil War deserters hiding near homes and being sheltered, drawing sharp lines between loyalty and disloyalty. The piece argues deserters are cowards who betray community trust, live hunted lives, and cannot regain respect, even after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Observer
Monroe Enquirer
Union County
United States Army
the Enquirer
Garret
Day of Fasting and Prayer Proclaimed by Wilson
President Wilson designates May 30 as a national day of public humiliation fasting and prayer to seek divine guidance for the war effort and peace. The order urges all faiths to assemble in worship and pray for victory for American arms and a just peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress of
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Those Who Save and Have
The piece argues nine tenths of people lack thrift and property owning virtues such as foresight and self-denial. It cites figures from 1916 about wealth, Liberty Loan bonds, probate, and burial costs to illustrate widespread financial imprudence and scarcity of prudent traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Commission of Industrial Relations
Durham
Aire
Raleigh
Thirty Years Ago Germany Planned to Invade America
An American student recalls German military training requiring invasion plans for the United States. He claims many well-developed plans exist in German General Staff archives ready for use. The piece argues the war is for American defense and urges awareness of the national stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
France
Belgium
Italy
America
Boys Entrain for Camp Jackson Training Next Saturday
A list names Watauga boys chosen for military training at Camp Jackson Alabama next Saturday. The roster includes John Floyd Warren John Oakes Charles Mecoy Wilson Iven Crnok Stacy Moody and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga
Camp Jackson
8. C
John Floyd Warren
John Oakes
Charles Mecoy Wilson
Iven Cnok
Farmers Set Apart Fields To Win The War
State Headquarters urged farmers to dedicate extra acres to the War Saving Campaign. Many pledged to set aside whole fields for this effort and invest proceeds in War Savings stamps, with some offering multiple acres and crops to aid the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes County
Episcopal Church in Watauga Co Schedule
Weekly services listed for Blowing Rock Sundays at 10 30 and 11 Boone follows on first and third Sundays at 3 30 p m Shulls Mille holds fourth Sunday service at 4 00 p m authorities and locations abbreviated in local church notices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Episcopal Church
Watauga CO
Blowing Rock
Shulls Mille
Red Cross Helps Return Wounded Soldier From France
A plea describes Billy Jones wounded on the front in France and cared for through America’s Red Cross network. Comrades risked life in No Man’s Land to retrieve him, then medical units and a nurse from the Red Cross aided his recovery as part of the war effort to keep volunteers overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Jones
France
No Man's Land
Watauga
Red Cross
Bank Statement for Watauga County Bank May 19 1918
Bank condition report for Watauga County Bank Boone North Carolina shows resources totaling 300 223 44 including loans 270 105 29 and deposits 117 763 77. Liabilities include capital 44 100 00 surplus 4441 0 undivided profits 6 722 33 and time deposits 109 809 06.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
Boone
N.C
North Carolina
U.S
Cuashier
Cks
State of
J. G. P. Hagaman
HaGaman
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War Department
Dayton
Ohio
Kingsport
Tenn
Lenoir
Chamberlain
Republican
Giliad
Morrow County
Chamberlain’s
Adv
Stacy Moody
Robert Castle
Frank Swoodring
Bono Wallace Aldridge Bun A Hodges
Daniel Webster Nutchieson Pon Thomas Bobshell
Solomon Towns and
Thomas Brownlow
Reece Charles William ‘Taylor
Robert Lee Calloway
Walter c Miller
Carl Everett Byers
Paniel William Phillips
DH Eggers Willard
Edgar Pay Virgil Arady Carroll
William Lafayette Cole
Oscar Cook
Walter Story
Wcrobert Teneil
John Omer Reach
Charles c Rogers Preston ii
Silk Robert Filmore Guy Calli
Eugene Pearson
WG Francum Wesley O Stephens
Charlie Isaacs
Granville Hawkins
Kennith Payne
Jobile Eggers Bonal Oliver Noah Townsend
George Washington Church
Albert Henderson Walser Thomas Jefferson Walls
Arthur 1
Jones Charlie Watson Cornelius Talmage
Hartley Alvin Theodore Cannon
James Warren Vines Earl Marion Eller Whomas Asbery Weaver
William Ponnelly Wilson
Edward Honeycutt
Jasper Layfatt
Story Samuel Edward Pay Gohn
Fletcher
Billy
Jones
Wright A. Patterson
E. Glenn Salmons
Critcker Hotel
P. Mn
Edisund Jones & Sawyer
Lenoir, N. O
L. D. Lowe
N. C
Pinedla
C. Lowe & Love
Avery
F. A, Linney
Attorney AT Law
Counies
Lia
ES Greene
W. D. Farthing
Whenzin
G. H. Hayes
Vilas, N. C
E. F.lovill
WSR
Jovis Lovill
Lovill
Law
Boone, N. C
T._E. Bingham, Lawyer
I. Alin
R. 0. Jennings
Bankers Ek, N.C
Office &T
Blackburn
Johnjk. Brown
Lovill & Lovill
Satise
Taltroad
Watanga Oo
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JW .Kdyva Graduate Jeweler and Watchuck Boonee
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