Dry Crusaders Speak at North Carolina Methodist Church
C A Upchurch of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League and Major F B Ebbert addressed about fifty at a Thursday service. They defended the league as nonpolitical and urged opposition to liquor modification, urging repeal of the 18th amendment rather than permitting light wines and beer. Donations followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Upchurch
North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League
F. B. Ebbert
Methodist’ Church
Asheville
Smith
Major Ebbert
Upchurch
Pennsylvania
William B. Wilson
Mr. Ware
Mr. Coolidge
Cool
Wataugan Killed in Virginia Coal Mine
Vance McCoy Norris son of Mr and Mrs John Norris of Mabel North Carolina was killed by falling slate in a Virginia Coal mine last Wednesday evening. Funeral services were held Friday at Union Baptist church with Rev Ed Hodges and Rev R C Eggers officiating. He leaves a widow and two small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance McCoy Norris
John Norris
Mabel
Virginia
Ed Hodges
R. C. Eggers
Union Baptist Church
Red Cross Roll Call Urges Higher 1928 Membership
John Barton Payne, national Red Cross chairman, calls for five million members nationwide for 1928 due to rising disaster relief needs. The Watauga Chapter aims for a 100 member quota with a roll call from November 11 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Rivers
Watauga
American Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Washington, D. C
Central Committee
United States
National Red Cross
National and International
Red Cross
Noveber
Gas Tax Breaks Record in September North Carolina
Raleigh reports a record gasoline tax collection of 816115.23 dollars for September by the automobile bureau of the state department of revenue. Officials say the month marks the largest gas tax intake for North Carolina and the first quarter of the current fiscal year exceed the same period last year by about a quarter of a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Automobile Bureau
State Department of Revenue
North Carolina
Old trunk hides 1762 London Public Ledger papers
A hardwood trunk owned by H C Hayes of Blowing Rock contains copies of the London Public Ledger from 1762. The papers recount Admiral Saunders punishing a frigate captain, Royal Navy notes, Rochefort and Petersburgh dispatches, and a spinning reel with a counting device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Gillett
Admiral Saunders
Passero
London Public Ledger
H. C. Hayes
Blowing Rock
Jersey
Fairchilds
George III
Britain
Rochenfort
Rochefort
Une Cherente
Petersburgh
Poland
Elector of
Saxony
Westphalia
Preachers Lead Joint Religious Campaign In Hickory
The First Baptist and Methodist churches in Hickory launch a town wide religious drive with Rev. M B Woosley and Rev R J Parker aiding. Services run daily at 2 30 and 7 30 with a union meeting held last Wednesday and other churches expected to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Hickory
Baptist Church
R. J. Parker
Methodist Church
South
M. B. Woosley
Three Forks Missionary Motorcade Plans Oct 11 Trip
Three Forks Baptist Association women meet at Cove Creek Church on October 11 for a full program with reports, devotions, and an address by Dr. Lumpkin. Civitan and community members plan a Friday motorcade of about 50 cars from Mountain City and North Wilkesboro to Winston-Salem for a Boone Trail highway aid event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Forks
Union
Twin-City
Woman’s Missionary Union of
Jesus
J. D. Brown
Enoch Swift
Blanche Williams
Boone W. M. S
J. L. Qualls
Blowing Rock
Hodges
Bethel
Clara Farthing
Beaver Dam
Lee Swift
Cove Creek
D. F. Horton
Cove Creek Y. W. A
Sam Horton
Boone Y. W. A
P. A. Hicks
Boone G. A
Floy Mass
Boone R. A
Cliff McConnell
Boone Sunbeams
Emma Moore
Smith Hagaman
Edna R. Harris
Raleigh
Dr. Lumpkin
the Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
G. A. Wilson
L. A Hurst
R. D. Hodges
D. D. Dougherty
Sunbeams
Civitan Club
Mountain City
North Wilkesboro
Boone Trail
Charlotte
Alex Hanes
Forsyth County Fair Association
Legion Auxiliary Meeting At Commercial Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting at the Commercial Hotel next Friday night. All members are urged to attend. Mrs. Smith Hagaman, President. Mrs. Fae Hodges, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Commercial Hotel
Smith Hagaman
Fae Hodges
Gov Austin Peay Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nashville reports Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee died at 8 05 p m at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered earlier. He had served as governor since 1923 and was the first Tennessee chief executive to win a third term. Senator Henry Horton, next in line, hurried to Nashville after the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Henry Horton
Senate
Marshall
Peay
Clever girls spark district gossip and geology joke
A local exchange flips from gossip about a girl named Mary to a quip about geology. The remark links her reputation to being a clever social archer and a supposed geologist, reflecting everyday small-town humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Two Men Dead After Fog Bound Wreck on Grandfather Mountain
In thick fog near Coffey Gap on the Grandfather Mountain route between Linville and Blowing Rock, Leland Hunt and Walter Talley died when their car left the road and overturned down the mountainside. Four women, one injured, were riders in the vehicle. The crash was reported to Blowing Rock authorities, with bodies sent to Johnson City for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Talley
Leland Hunt
Johnson City
Linville
Blowing Rock
Grandfather Mountain
Yondalassee
Son City
Coffey's Gap
Pie Supper At Cove Creek High To Aid Water Supply
Sugar Grove report notes a pie supper Friday October 7 at Cove Creek high school to raise funds for improving the water system. Attendance in early October shows high school 174 and grades 168, beating last year’s marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Cove Creek High School
D. T. Banner
D. F. Horton
A. B. Curtis
W. M. Phillips
Gaffney
S. C
S. F. Horton
W. T. Payne
Horton
L. M. Farthing
Religion Amid Jail Bars Promises Faithful Service
Dewey Harmon, inmate in Watauga county jail on charges of robbery assault with deadly weapon and forgery, proclaimed a fervent conversion during a visit by Rev. J. L. Watts. He said he would forgo lawyers and pardons, seek no release, and devote his life to the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
Dewey Harmon
Valle Crucis
J. L. Watts
Harmon
Careful Chester Jeweler Engraving Dispute
A toast of dialogue shows William and a jeweler debating engraving a girl’s name on a ring. The exchange hints at hesitation and a playful concern about the wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Jeweler
William
Club Women Gather Here Third District Meeting
The Third District meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs was held in the Administration building with delegates from most counties except Ashe and Alleghany. Mrs. J. M. Moretz presided, remarks were given by Mrs. Thomas O Berry, and Crossnore Worth White club won the attendance prize with seventeen delegates. North Wilkesboro will host the next gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Vis S
J. M. Moretz
Boone
M. B. Woosley
J. A. Williams
Annie Stanbury
B. B. Dougherty
Randolph Harper
Lenoir
O’berry
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thomas O’berry
Goldsboro
O. Berry
W. J Ogdon
Durham
Crossnore
Crossnore Worth
Moreiz
Carrie Gamble
Hickory
Statesville
Conover
North Wilkesboro
Taylorsville
Ashe
Alleghany
Moretz
Catawba County
B. F. Long
A. R. Smith
Lucy Moretz
I. G. Greer
Corner stone taken from Pilot Mountain in Boone
G. H. Winkler of Pilot Insurance Company announces the corner store for the main Pilot building at Sedgefield will be brought from Pilot Mountain the peak that gave the company its name and trademark A producers contest record a copy of policy No 1 and a history of the organization will be sealed in the stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Winkler
Pilot Insurance Company
Boone
Pilot Company
Sedgefield
Pilot Mountain
Special Term of Court for Wilkes County Set in December
Governor McLean called a special term of Wilkes county superior court to begin the second Monday in December for the Wilkes County Bank cases. Judge Barnhill will preside as the Wilkes county grand jury follows up indictments from forged notes tied to the county board of education investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wilkes County Superior Court
Wilkes County
McLean
John R. Jones
Barnhill
Wilkes County Grand Jury
Wilkes County Board of Education
Trice Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself Near Greensboro
In Groom town road area six miles SW of Greensboro Phillip D. Trice 23 fatally shoots his 17 year old wife with a 38 caliber pistol and then dies by his own gunfire. Authorities consider two theories with the deformity of the husband cited as a clue to a possible self destruction pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Phillip D. Trice
Groomtown
Trice
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Ebbert
M. E. Church
Wataugan
Boone Methodist Church
Boone Baptist Church
H. C. Haes
America
England
R. C. Campbell
Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Gov. Peay
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