Normal School Receives Visitors and Outlines 14 Educational Aims
Rev. C L Jackson and Rev F M Huggins visit the Normal School and share revival and devotional talks. Elon College leaders Bennett and Moore join discussions on teaching, athletics, and school philosophy. Faculty adopt 14 points stressing citizenship, teaching arts, thrift, health, teamwork, and character.
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Normal
C. L. Jackson
Wadesboro
F. M. Huggins
Boone Baptist Church
Jackson
Baptist Church
Renee A. Bennett
Elon College
Little Son
Arthur K. Moore
Elon
Bennett
I. G. Greer
the Normal
Hendrix
Ashe County
Dn Normal
Thanksgiving proclamation sets Thanksgiving date and gratitude themes
President Coolidge proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving, praising peace, wealth, productivity, and moral progress. Governor McLean names about fifty North Carolinians as delegates to the 18th National Conference on Taxation in New Orleans November 9, noting no travel allowances.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
McLean
New Orleans
Annual Canvass At Boone Baptist Church Plans Pledge Drive
The Boone Baptist Church calls all members to pledge weekly funds for local expenses and missions, aiming at a $1000 objective. A visiting committee will canvass from State Normal School to Blowing Rock, urging attendance, donations, and church revival reports.
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Boone Baptist Church
State Normal School
J. A. Williams
Emma Moore
Idabelle Ledbetter
Vance Howell
Jeter Ramsey
Dewey Mast
Baptist Church
Water Street
J. T. C. Wright
J. L. Qualls
Cove Creek
Oak Street
G. P. Hagaman
Clyde Greene
Mr. Winkler
Blowing Rock
W. D. Farthing
Smith Hagaman
Brother Griggs
Raleigh and State News Briefs Highlight Tragedy and Policy
Raleigh highlights include a Rex Hospital baby burn death and a hospital inquiry. Governor McLean addresses the Negro State Fair and Railroad Firemen, travels to Charlotte, and presses inheritance tax reform in Washington. Duke's will adds 17 million to Duke University and funds a medical school while expanding the Duke Foundation.
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M. L. Shipman
Raleigh
N. C
Rex Hospital
Charlotte
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Ways and Means Committee
Congress
J. B. Duke
Duke
North Carolina
James B. Duke
Duke University
Duke Foundation
North
South Carolina
Mr. Duke
Whisperings of Autumn by James M Downum
Poem reflects autumn hues on distant mountains and the changing seasons. It speaks of enduring scenes that guide toward a noble calling and the beauty that touches hearts with purity as leaves fall and spring returns.
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James M. Downum
County Teachers to Meet at Boone Public School
The Watauga Teachers' Association holds its next gathering on Saturday November 7 at Boone Public School. The morning session will be open for observers of Demonstration School classes. Afternoon program at 1 30 includes attendance, discipline without corporal punishment, treating the child as an individual, and music. Wilhelmina Hydrick chairs.
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Watauga Teachers’ Association
Boone Public School
I. G. Greer
Fatal Newland crash kills couple from Johnson City
Mrs. John H. Price of Johnson City died at Grace Hospital after a Monday afternoon automobile went off a roadside embankment near Newland. Her husband, instantly killed, was crushed beneath the car. The wreck tossed five occupants down a slope, then the vehicle turned over.
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John H. Price
Johnson City
Newland
Great Beyond
Grace Hospital
Banner Elk
Mr. Price
Non-standard teachers decline in North Carolina schools
The article notes a drop from 5 668 non standard white teachers in 1920 to 1 720 in recent counts, while Baptist missions report 90 000 received for denominational programs with a further 100 000 expected. It also cites North Carolina leading soy bean yield per acre and ranking third in acres under cultivation with a $5 098 767 crop value. harvests forecast lower than 1924.
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Charles E. Maddry
Baptist Board of Missions of North Carolina
Walters Durham
Charlotte
State Department of Agriculture
Good Judge Finley Emerges From Rockingham Trial
Judge Finley has emerged from the Rockingham trial with a clearcut charge to the jury. The judge is described as honest conscientious and discerning, and his closing remarks were impassioned and unmistakable to those bound by the law.
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Charlotte News
Finley
Rockingham
Black Bear Trail Meeting Gathers Delegates From Many States
A Boone dinner hosted by the Chamber of Commerce drew delegations from Virginia Maryland South Carolina Florida and North Carolina to discuss a proposed federal highway plan. The Black Bear Trail would run from Quebec to Miami with Boone as a mid point and a bear insignia along the route. The next gathering is set for Winchester Virginia.
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Boone
Daniel Boone Hotel
Boone Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
Florida
North Carolina
Spartanburg
S. C
Marion
N. C
Daniel Boone
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Gragg
I. G. Greer
B. B. Dougherty
Smith Hagaman
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
Quebec
Canada
United States
Miami
Carolinas
Winchester
Advent Christian Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday School begins at 10 o'clock in the morning. The preaching service starts at eleven. A Sunday evening service follows at eight. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
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Advent Christian Church
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