Alexander homicide report and local whiskey issues
The issue includes a report on the Alexander homicide and commentary on whiskey laws near Taylorsville. Justices Matheson and Phart bound Gant at $500 after manslaughter verdict, with Gant recently released from a chain gang. The article attributed drinking to local conditions and urged duty against the whiskey curse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Matheson
J. W. Phart
Gant
Stafford
Alexander
W. P. H.cor
Water Power and Electric Co advances Hickory dam bids
Engineer C B Wenger leads a Hickory hydro electric project with 3000 HP planned initially. Bids for dam turbines and electrical equipment were reviewed with General Electric proposals accepted. 11000 volt direct current will feed a town sub station. Awards planned to be made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenger
Water Power Electric Company
Hickcory
Col.Thornton
Catawba River
General Electric
Hickory
A. C
Thornton L.&p. Co
Barroom killing in Alexander County murder case reported
Barroom affray three miles south of Taylorsville in Alexander County ends with the killing of Bill Stafford and wounding of his assailant Jake Gant. Gant later arrested. authorities note a long-standing feud and a confrontation over liquor. The report ties in moral speculation about diet and crime, then updates on local social events and a bantam baseball game in Rock Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Taylorsville
Alexander County
Bill Stafford
Jake ‘Ant
Partee Little
Bill
Jule Stafford
Gant
Jule
E.C. Moose
Per Bowman
Columbia
Eugene Christian
New York World
The Farmer's Creed From Beecher Quoted In Creed Debate
The Kinston Free Press quotes Henry Ward Beecher’s farmer’s creed and proposes discussing it at an institute on the 14th. The creed urges small farms, thorough cultivation, soil fed, deep plowing with subsoil plow, farm ownership, industry, fences, barns, stock, orchards, and a clean kitchen and conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston Free Press
Henry Ward Beecher
Free Press
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Education Offers Scholarships
Practical education in Agriculture Civil Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Cottonation year. Board ten dollars monthly. One hundred twenty nine scholarships available. Address President Winston West Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Winston
West Raleigh
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Holbrook, Orton and
Poot
Becca
the Water Power and Electric Co
Meat and Crime
Jas. B. Beard
Blowing Rock
Margaret Bost
Ban- Taylorsville
Bantams
Rock Hill
Hickory Bantams
Hickory Boys
Laval
Hill Boys
South Carolina
Colee J
Mayberry
McFadden
Doc
Pat
Plymouth Rock
Roosters
Barrow
Lenoir
Lincoln County
Irm
Lincolnton Street
Morganton Street
Hope Avenue
Lenoir College
Kings Creek
Caldwell County
Hildebrand
Granite Falls
N. C
Shell St
Brookford Road
First National Bank
W. C
Player’s Furniture Store
Keeley
The
Keeley Institute
Greensboro
N. Carolina
Victor
Morrison Bros. Co. Inc
Hickory, N. C
Mer
Holi
Cation
Morsta-Whitear Clothing Co
Claremont Female College
N.C
Wm. B
Duttera
Davenport College
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