Watauga rally and county ticket for governor race
A large Boone audience heard Hon. W. W. Kitchin speak on Democratic principles during his gubernatorial bid. The Watauga Democratic convention endorsed Kitchin, nominated Smith Hagaman for House, Dr. Jack Love for Coroner, P. H. Stinson for Surveyor, and W. O. Coffey, C. D. Taylor, J. M. South for County Commissioners, with committee backings and calls to unite across factions.
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Watauga
W. W. Kitchin
North Carolina
Kitchin
Walnut Grove
Democratic Party
Watauga County
Court House
Boone
House of Representatives
Smith Hagaman
Jack Love
P. H. Stinson
Coffey
C. D. Taylor
J. M South
Democratic Executive Committee
Public Roads Proposal for Watauga County
Mr. Borror argues for reforming road maintenance. He proposes discontinuing unnecessary roads, permanently grading new ones, and selling road sections to bidders who post bonds and maintain them. This would shift responsibility to contractors and reduce court day crowding.
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Borror
Watauga
Woman of Brooklyn Claims 107 By Daily Cold Baths
Mrs Elizabeth Hunt of Brooklyn New York asserts she is 107 due to daily cold baths and never wearing a corset. For a century she has taken a cold plunge each morning and remains active walking five miles daily and climbing stairs nightly. Her only ailment is cataract blindness. She says General Lafayette kissed her 84 years ago.
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Elizabeth Hunt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gen. LaFayette
Automobile Collision Injures Man on Charlotte Street
Mr Zeb W Kendrick drove a car that collided with a Charlotte street car. The auto was wrecked and Kendrick was seriously injured. The incident underscores the need for careful driving and public safety.
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Zeb. W. Kendrick
Charlotte
Election Registrars and Judges Appointed for 1908 Vote
A list details registrars and judges appointed by the Election board on the 7th inst for the 1908 election. Names span Bald Mountain to Watauga with each registrar followed by two judges, including Beaverdams Beech Mountain Blue Ridge Blowing Rock Boone Cove Creek Elk Laurel Creek Meat Camp North Fork Shawneehaw Stony Fork and Watauga districts.
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Election Board
Bald Mountain
J. L. Tatum
Willett
Miller
C.M. Blackburn
Beaverdams
Thomas Farthing
Manley Williams
H. IH. Greene
Beech Mountain
G. W. Brown
Grant Reese
W. B. Norris
Blue Ridge
Joel Hayes
L. W. Triplett
Laurel Creek
Amos Ward
W H. Mast
W. J. Farthing
Solon Moretz
J. R. Bryan
Clay Hodges
North Fork
L. M. Thomas
J. M. South
John H. South
Shawneehaw
T. L. Lowe
Alfred Johnson
L. N. Banner
Stony Fork
W. H. Wagner
John Luther
CasTORr Beara the Tha Kind You Have fon Lifilliane
Some men treat their wives well and some wives help themselves in a terse reflective note from a damaged page. This item hints at personal conduct and social norms without clear sourcing. The readable text centers on marital dynamics and self reliance, framed in a casual, local newspaper tone.
Confederate Veterans Meet and Local Notices Compiled
The record lists the Sons and Daughters of Camp Nimrod No. 1273 meeting details with local musicians from Confederate regiments and notes a Walnut Grove reunion. It also reports a cyclone near Wadesboro, a mortgage sale in Boone, and a land description for 43 acres to satisfy notes dated 1904 1908.
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Camp Nimrod
Watauga County
N.C
Walnut Grove Academy
Noah Tsanes
T. B. Vetcher
Co D
58Th North Carolina Regiment
L. D. Miller
Co. I
Watauga Deanery
Callvin Miller
North Carolina Regiment
Thomas Miller
Walnut Grove
Sale of Store House and Lot in Meat Camp Township
Under a mortgage deed dated January 28 1908 John A Vanney mortgaged $500 with interest to 1998 to us. On Monday September 14 1903 at Boone NC court house door the store house and lot in Watauga county Meat Camp township acre adjoining Hodges and others will be sold for cash to satisfy debt costs. Deed in fee simple to purchaser. August 13 1905 JJS Hager Dry Goods.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
Collins Horton
M. B. Blackburn
Colling Horton
Court House
Boone
Intract
Horton
Hayes
Hayts
H Dougoerty
EF Lovitt
Hayes’ Old Corner
Councill
J. C.pleteber
Joe E. Jestes
Minnie Jesus
John L. Springs
N. C
Watauga
Watauga Township
Gragg
Springs
Mootensee
Fanner
LD Lowe
John A Vanney
Boone N
Meat Camp
Hodges
Register
JJS Hager Dry Speehare
Notice of suit in Watauga Superior Court 1908
In Watauga County North Carolina Superior Court Fall term 1908 M L McGheers N M Noebbin C H Hulcher A Hulcher Maggie Hulcher D Taylor Levy Morphew M B F Morphew A J Moretz W L Hendrix. The defendant C H Hulcher and A Hulcher will appear at the next term to answer a suit for the plaintiff advancement of twelve hundred dollars as distributive share of the estate of W L Hulcher deceased. July 26 1908 Thos Bingiam Clerk.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
Hammons
Catherine Hammons
Watanga County
Suerior Court of Watauga Co
Boone
Thomas Bingham
CSC
M. L. McGheers
N. M. Noebbin
C. H. Hulcher
A. Hulcher
Maggie Hulcher
D. Taylor
Levy Morphew
M. BF. Morphew
A.J. Moretz
W. L. Hendrix
W. L. Hulcher
Watanga Superior Court
Boone N. C
Thos, Bingiam
Beech Hargis Murder Trial Moves to Another County
The trial of Beech Hargis for the murder of his father, Judge Hargis, which recently arose in Jackson Kentucky, was removed to a different county for continued proceedings.
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Beech Hargis
Judge Hargis
Jackson
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Watauga Democrat
R. G. Rivers
Turraway
30. Fletcher
T. P. Adams
J. W. Holsclaw
Bryan
Cleveland
Erie
Philadelphia Record
Charlotte Observer
Lenow
W. H. Bailey, Sr
Seabrook
Texas
Zeb Vance
W. W. Shipp
Carbarras
Wadesboro Messenger
Alc
Avery
Chicamauga Park Commission
Scott
A. P. Brinkley
H. Stapp
Citizens Bank
Elk Park
Tennessee Farms
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown
Tenn
East Tennessee
Past Tenn, Real Estate Company
Tennessee
N. L. Mast, Pres
W. C. Correy, V. P. G. P. Hargasan, Cash
Watauga County Bank
Ally
Talso
Talways
Boone, N.C
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
Knoxville
Mein Pike Road
Firat Clags
Broom House
Young Orchard
Russellville
Robert Wood
Morristown Tenn
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