Duel on Morgan Lawn Sparks Family Feud Over Honor
Roddy Gordon declares he will duel to death to defend his sister Nancy against Richard Mor n s alleged insult. Major Lomax and banker Haddon attempt to mediate as Roddy challenges Mor n under moonlight on the Morgan grounds. The Gordons intervene, exposing a web of scandal and family pride.
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Roddy
Morgan Grounds
River Meadow
Major Lomax
Lomax
Nancy
Deliber
Angie
Rod
Richard Morn
Ed Nancy
Morgan
Rod Gordon
Morgan House
Haddon
Helena
Richard
Challenger
Rascal
Mr. Gordon
Gordon
Duel Ends with Confession and Wedding Revelation
A dramatic confrontation unfolds as Rod Gordon challenges Richard Lomax under moonlight. Nancy Virginia reveals she is Richard's wife, sparing Roddy from jail. Amid tears, Richard declares his love and the couple plans to return home together, while Roddy and his father face consequences and repentance. The piece closes with obituary and agricultural Q&A notes from The Charlotte Observer.
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Don
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Taxes Sold Result Of County Auction June Fourth
Delinquent lands in Bald Mountain Beaver Dam Blue Ridge Blowing Rock and Boone Townships go to public sale on Monday June 4 1934 between ten a.m. and three p.m. to satisfy 1932 taxes. List names Ella Blackburn Margaret Clawson Harley Cooke Cox Dobbins John Cox R. C. Cox F A Earnest David Moretz Lonnie Parker and many others with varying acreages and totals.
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Bald Mountain Township
Ella Blackburn
Margaret Clawson
Ek Harley Cooke
A. Coke
Cox
D. G. Houck
Fred
Vestal Miller
David Moretz
Lonnie Parker
Will Phillips
Ward Phillips
Vester Phillips
GOD Pimningg
Wiasecassics
John C. Phillips
Hiram Phillips
A. G. Tolliver
N. Wrenshaw
Charles T. Cornett
Blue Ridge
John Cornett
James E. Cornett
R. W. Ashley
Lula Baugis
Clinare
M. R. Dickens
J. Nelson Coffey
M. Dougherty
D. A. Cook
H. Clay Eggers
R. C. Crow
E. R. Eggers
F. A. Ernest
Bessie Eggers
J. E. Greene
Wers
Horton Dula Heirs
Mrs
Velma Nelson
Robert P. Guy
J. E. Propes
Fred C. Hagaman
C. M. Robbins
J. M. Harmon
Henry M. Setzer
A. Floyd Harmon
Ottis Harmon
G. M. Suddreth
A. Dave Henson
W. L. Turnmire
Henseirs
A. Beers
Clarence Allison
Leah Lethco
J. W. Aura
Nelson Lethco
I. S. Ayers
James R. Love
Joe Lines
Frank
Lawrence McGuire
S. J Barnett
Ks Barnett
Fred McGuire
R. J. Berry
Mack C. May
Sir K. Bingham
Sarah May
W.H. Bingham
B. H. May
Sue
MccCoy Bingham
Charles F. Moody
J. Bingham
Stacy Moody
T. E .Bingham
Ronda Norris
D. S. Blunt
Roy Norris
J. A. Again
Norris & Shull
J. H. Brawley
Willard Nor
G. D
Ira Scott
W. L. Brown
J. M. Sherwood
A. L. Shoun
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B. R. Bry
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Smitherman
A. James Carter
A. Ene
Manerman
S. Paul Coffey
Nitherman
A. Toger Colvard
Jer
A.B. Cooke
Marcus Ward
A. A. Councill Ward
A. M. P. Critcher
M. P. Critcher
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Alice Williams
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Rainaed
Amelia Wilson
Nellie Davidson
D. W. Winebarger
A. Deal
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Edna Ae
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J. W. Moore
S. C. Eggers & Co
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Roberson Heirs
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J. Thompson
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L. M. Farthing
A. C. Levering
E. M. Gragg
Claude Cornett
Pearl Greene
M. A. Hicks
M. J. Greene
S. J. Hodges
Etta Greene
Blowing Rock Township
Roe Greene
Ernest H. Abernethy
Rodney C. Greene
Ij. L. Adams
John Hagaman Pean
H. A. Hagaman
John T. Ashbee
Floyd Hagaman
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E. N. Hahn
E. T. Beatty
Luther Hardy
Ethel
Elise Boogher
Luther S. Hardy
Ernest
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W. G. Hartzog
Blowing Rock Improvement Co
Wright
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Sirte
Bom
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J. C. Bundy
Roscoe W. Hollers
John F. Bunn
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George Burnett
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H. W. Horton
R. L. Clay
Max E. Houck
T. H. Coffey
Charles Houck
Coffey & Penley
Vance C. Howell
Cecil A. Critcher
A. M. Critcher
Thomas A. Curry
H. H. Day
J. M. Deaton & Sons
J. M
Mattie Johnson
Saence
Mattie Jones
Cassie Keever
Carl Kuykendall
Randall Foster
Eston Lamberth
Spencer Galven
Harrison Potoigy
Thomas Gimble
Hessie
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Hugh Grant
J. H. Greene
McD. Little
J. C. Greene
W. R. Lovill
B Hartley
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Fr. M. Hatfield
J. S. Lyons
Annie B. Henkel
I. S. Miller
L. P. Henkel
A. Edd Moody
Ben H. Moody
C. V. Henkel
Rose Kellie
Vilas Moretz
C. J. Howell
W. H. Norris
D. Lampton
W. F. Parker
E. G. Landis
Frank Payne
John P. Lewis
J. M. Payne
J. H. Linebergher
G. C
A. S. Peeler
Effie Lowe
Peoples Industrial Bank
A. A. Perry
J. F. Mathews
W. M. Presnell
Myra Mebane
E. S. Qualls
S. F. Henzies
A. Spies of
Henry Ragan
H. C. Michael
C. C. Ragan
T. Miller
Ainsiensee
ASCC
Ragan
Richard Oxentine
L. S. Spainhour
June Page
Elizabeth Sproles
L . R. B. Page
S. B. Sullivan
Fred Penley
M. L. Tremore
Peoples Bank & Trust Co
Will C. Walker
Charles A. Proffitt
F. C. Ward
E. S. Reid Jr
Joel W. Ward
TIS As
Bac, Robbins
H. G. Coo
Roxie M. Ward
Townee
W. Y. Warren
Grover C. Robbins
Albert Watson
J. R. Robbins
W. E. Wehunt
F. G. Saizer
Fred White
L. T. Sharp
F. A. Winebarger
J. T. Simmons
J. S. Winkler
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Tom Woodring
R. W. Triplett
Parole Petition Filed in Watauga for Fred McDaniel
Notice from North Carolina Watauga County states a petition will be filed with the Commissioner of Paroles for parole of Fred McDaniel who was convicted at the spring term of the Watauga Session Court for possession of intoxicating beverages for sale. Dated May 25, 1934. J. E. Holshouser and W. C. Newland.
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Watauga County
Fred McDaniel
Commissioner of Paroles
Convic
Watauga | Serion
J. E. Holshouser
W. C. Newland
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