Great Decrease in the Lynching Across North Carolina
A Raleigh dispatch reports only one lynching in the state last year for assaulting a woman, down from eight in 1901–02 with cases in Martin, Northampton, Wayne, Moore, Anson, Buncombe and Rowan. Ex-Senator Matt Ransom predicts a short cotton crop this year at about 800 bales. Tobacco prices are rising as eastern growers sell, western hold. Smallpox cases surge in Davidson County with five deaths this week. Plans for a "tasonic" temple near the state capitol progress, costing about 136000. Whisky shipments blocked in prohibition zones. local officials seek dealer compliance. Vanderbilt forest roads debated. nonresident hunting requires $10 license. Audubon wardens enforcing laws. Partridge prices rise. edible game hunted heavily this season. Baptist Mission Board reports eight mountain schools now educating about 2000 students and expanding training for local ministers. Next Tuesday anti-saloon leader J W Bailey to announce 1904 campaign plans.
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Fits Thrown Over Hanna Talk At White House
Washington January 1 Special dispatch reports Perry Heath claiming President McKinley favored Marcus Hanna as successor. Roosevelt aides and White House supporters dispute the interview, noting McKinley’s final months and travel weeks separate from Washington. Heath’s account prompts counterclaims of timing inconsistencies and political maneuvering.
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North Carolina Mills Seek More Operatives Amid New York Labor Plan
North Carolina cotton mills report labor shortages as New York promoters push sending women and children from overcrowded tenements to work in state mills. About 60,000 workers are already employed in North Carolina cotton mills, with only one mill operated by and for Black workers. The plan would place New York labor under its own supervision, while restrictions bar any child under twelve.
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Damage to the strawberries and state politics in North Carolina
In North Carolina between Goldsboro and Wilmington a major strawberry area suffers losses from the strawberry weevil, with crops damaged up to a full harvest. Remedies hinge on pollenless varieties like Duff. The article also covers railroad mergers, liquor and dispensary politics, and regional road and rail projects impacting Durham, Raleigh, and surrounding counties.
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Wronged Wife Begs for Help at City Barracks
Mrs Rachel Pressly, of 32 Reinhart Street, cried to police last night that her husband deserted her and their six children. He took their three eldest boys to work, left her destitute, and she asked officers to locate him or furnish transport to Gainesville, Georgia to stay with a brother.
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Salvation Army Gives Christmas Toys to Atlanta Children
More than 200 of Atlanta’s poor children received gifts at the Salvation Army Christmas event. The hall at 40% Peachtree Street hosted about 250 youngsters aged 5 to 14 who enjoyed grapho phone and other music, cornet solos, and a vocal piece before each child received a clothing box and 2 to 3 toys. Afterward they left with larger candy and nut boxes, marks of a well attended, generous effort supported by the King’s Daughters ladies and city donors.
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A Lonesome Little Girl Describes Missing Mother’s Time
A child laments her mother’s long work hours and absence at home. She wishes for more play, prayers, and a mother’s song to ease bedtime fears, while recalling evenings filled with tea and dances that keep mom exhausted. The piece ends with a vignette about captivity and holiday spending.
Made of Lemons Lemon Elixir Promoted as Laxative Remedy
Morley's Lemon Elixir is advertised as the most pleasant laxative and the most effective. Sold by all druggists. STANDARD DIARIES for 1904 at Jno. M. Miller Co. By 39 Marietta ot.
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Cure for Consumption Through Fresh Air and Rest
Irving Tisher argues in The Outlook that consumption is preventable and curable with pure air good food and rest for body and mind. He cites cures among Napoleon Goethe Von Moltke Cecil Rhodes Emerson and others and notes sanitariums state by state led by Massachusetts New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland Michigan. He urges rest over overexertion and mental calm to reduce nervous depression and fear, claiming air cure can eradicate tuberculosis.
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Weather forecast by region for Saturday and Sunday
The forecast covers Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina with coastal rain and interior rain. Virginia sees rain and colder conditions with variable winds. Western Florida and Alabama forecast rain then much colder with south to westerly winds. Mississippi and Louisiana expect rain and much colder with winds shifting to northwest. Eastern Texas rain and much colder, coast fair, northerly winds. Kentucky rain turning to snow, fair later. Western Texas fair with very cold south portion, Saturday fair, Eastern Florida fair with rain and colder north at night.
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When Patti Sings The Nightingale Of Peaceful Warbies
The verse recalls Patti Sings with a skyward melody like a nightingale. It extols the singer’s voice from a high note to a joyous chorus, and laments missing seats and costs to attend the show by Charles K. The passage highlights the emotional pull and farewell themes of the performance.
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