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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
3
The Western North Carolina Conference Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets at First Methodist Church Lexington for a four day session. Leaders report 16 000 dollars contributed to Foreign Missions last year and plan for higher figures. Daisy Davies of Atlanta addresses with H K Bower of Statesville delivering the annual sermon.
An old promotional piece argues Cascarets ease billiousness and headaches without harsh drugs. It advises carrying a box, taking one tablet when needed, and contrasts Cascarets with calomel and castor oil, claiming a natural, pleasant effect on bowels and liver.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Western North Carolina annual conference heard the report of corresponding secretary Mrs. L. W. Crawford. Highlights include churchwide foreign missions donations of 274000, with 16082.33 from the Western North Carolina Conference, 18 new auxiliaries forming a 4311 membership, and 94 adult societies plus 40 Young People and 67 Juvenile bands. The group supports 5 Bible women, 21 scholarships, and seven missionaries in China, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba. The meeting emphasized recruiting 1000 new members next year and featured greetings from the Woman's Home Missionary Society and deaconess Ida Blackwell. The morning session closed with intercession for China as delegates exceed 200 registered attendees.
In Greensboro on June 10 the Superior court hears E W Starr suing the Southern Bell Telephone Co over a faulty wire connection to his country home. Starr says a lightning strike injured him and he barely survived. the company argues it is not responsible for the lightning. The trial continues through the week and calendar cases have been postponed to Monday.
A Punch joke about a girl explaining she broke the leg off Ella's new doll to avoid aggravation. The mother questions why she left others, and the child reveals the plan to cause a reaction.
A passerby comments on a woman’s worn look, speculating she is distressed by a real tragedy among relatives or by a missing fashionable bonnet, portraying a small scene of concern and gossip.
Reports from Salisbury note part of the Vance Cotton Mill roof torn off by a storm last Wednesday. The item lists other mills and related actions across the Carolinas and Georgia, including plant upgrades and shifts in operation.
Suffolk Virginia Carr Mill organized last week with a capital of 50000 dollars. Elected officers include President G Yound Bell. Vice President M Cress. Secretary F A Holiday. Treasurer E A Everett.
In Durham North Carolina the Chatham Company has idled roughly 100 employees due to a fire. Officials estimate damage at about 75 thousand dollars, with initial figures slightly higher.
Chester reports a plan to buy the old Cedar Shoals factory site on Fishing Creek along the L and C railroad to form a waste mill. Gen. W A Barber of New York, a major mill investor, is being consulted and future steps depend on his reaction.
In Cherryville North Carolina Howell Manufactur Company grows demand and will operate a night force to add over 50 percent capacity. Plant features 2600 ring spindles and 20s ply production powered by electricity.
The Liberty Cotton Mill board elected Ernest L. Linton to fill the unexpired term of deceased president A Julian Barbour. Easley auction draws crowds but sale of one share of Easley Cotton Mill stock captivates bidders, starting above one hundred dollars and closing at one hundred fifty. The June bride is in our midst.
The speaker denounces Charlotte as Baal worshipers not living for the living God. He cites Balaam and Balak to condemn church officers who mix worldliness with faith. He warns that national blessings depend on repentance and separation from worldly ties.
An odd promotional note asserts that a tasteless chill tonic is as strong as a bitter tonic but remains tasteless in the mouth because ingredients do not dissolve there. It promises effectiveness for both adults and children and mentions stomach dissolving.
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