Cotton Market and Local News from Hickory
In Hickory the cotton market shows good midling at 85 8 8 and middling at 83 8 8. Local items note visits from figures like Mr. Plato Huffman of Lexington and Mr. William McComb returning from Atlantic City. The column lists travels, messages, and upcoming sermons with invitations to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Charlotte
Plato
Huffman
Lexingto
Hickory
William McComb
Atlantic City
R. C. Glenn
Gisconia
D. L. Russell
E.Y. Webb
Mt. Holly
M. M. Kinard
D. D
Salisbury
Trinity Lutheran Church
H.C. Lutz
L. J. Howard
H. W. Warner
R. C. Teague
Lenoir
Hiddenite
United States exports drive European munition orders rise
Washington reports that most of Europe's war supply orders only began to move from the United States recently. June exports surged with explosives totaling 41.5 million for the year ending June, while gunpowder and aeroplanes show sharp June figures. Automobiles and trucks exports also jumped, shaping a strong year for U S arms shipments.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Commerce Department
Annual Excursion To Richmond By Southern Railway 1915
Southern Railway announces an annual excursion from Charlotte and North Carolina points to Richmond Virginia on Tuesday September 7 1915. Special train with day coaches and Pullman sleeping cars departs Charlotte 9215 p m arrives Richmond 720 am. return via regular trains September 8 9 and 10. Fares from Charlotte 4 50 Morganton 5 00 Statesville 5 00 Salisbury 4 50 etc. Reservations in advance. further details from Southern Railway and D P A Smith Charlotte NC.
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Richmont
North
South Carolina
Charlotte
Rich’mond
Richmond
Greensboro
Salisbury
Norfolk
Petersburg
City Point
Morganton
Statesville
Hickory
Newton
Pullman
Southern Railway
Bol Debutts
D. P. As
Charlote
N.C
Norfleets Visit North Carolina Scenic Summer Plans
Social notes recall Mr and Mrs H L Norfleet of Havana Cuba leaving for Norfolk and other coastal points after enjoying Western North Carolina sights like Blowing Rock and Grandfather Mountain. A house party hosted by Richard Boyd in Lincolnton August 19 featured games, a prize for Miss Mattie Lore and Mr Nelson Harte, ice cream and cake, and memory cards. A hotel bridge party in St Louis style followed with prizes won by Mrs Alex Hall and consolation by Mrs Pearl Sherrill despite rain.
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H. L. Norfleet
Havana
Cuba
Mr. Norfleet
J.D. Harte
Norfolk
Norfleet
North Carolina
Blowing Stock
Grandfather Mountain
Tropics
Richard Boyd
D. M. Boyd
Maude Crowell
Mattie
Lore
Lincolnton
Mattie Lore
Nelson Harte
Messrs
John Cilley
William Wootten
Elwood Mitchell
Donald E. Shuford
Clement Geitner
Robert McConnell
Donald Menzies
Ernest Abernethy
Helen Springs
Doris Hutton
Miriam Whitener
Isabella Morton
Katherine Allen
Jessie Patrick
Aileen Aiken
Mary Farmer
Virginia
Harold Lattimore
Maiden
Herbert Youngblood
Charlotte
Mattie Love
Huffry
W. H. Farar
St. Louis
Alex Hall
Pearl Sherrill
Balls Creek Revival Draws Record Converts in August Meeting
In Newton Aug 24 a Balls Creek camp meeting drew dramatic crowds and over 200 conversions. Rev Tarner Smathers and Rev Kirkpatrick led with help from local figures including Bud Lippard, Alley Gabriel, and Rudd Newsome. The event featured a strong choir, plans for another camp meeting next year, and notable community actions alongside a banking and trust note on Daybes stock, plus health officials arranging infantile disease work as Statesville’s daily paper ends.
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Newton
Balls Creek
Tarner Smathers
Concord
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Mooresville
Kirkpatrick
Archer
Bud Lippard
Jim Green
Mountain Creek Township
Alley Gabriel
Arbor
Catawba County
Rudd Newsome
Guilford College
Chautangoa
W. B. Gaither
Pearson
Morganton
Robert Knuckley
Lincolnton
Hamaty
Icolnton
Abdetoour
Daybes
Rankin
State Board ‘of Health
Wealth and mortality in a Carnegie reflection
The Philadelphia Ledger discusses moral reflections on dying and wealth. It notes Carnegie’s fortune from steel, bonds yielding 210 million dollars, and suggests he could have spent 2 million annually for 100 years to maintain a frugal home while still leaving 140 million of his fortune intact.
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Carnegie
Philadelphia Ledger
Doctored Liver Tonic Promises Quick Relief and No Calomel
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, plant based cure for biliousness and constipation. It claims calomel is dangerous and that one spoonful will restore liver function, cleanse the bowels, and make the whole family feel better. It asserts a 10 store guarantee and an 80 cent bottle price.
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Dodson
Sonia
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W. P. Huffman
Highland Eere
Penny Bros
Thomas Bros
N. C
Becess
W. T. Sledge
New York
E. B. Menzi
Edgemont
P. C. Setzer
Setzer & Russell
Charlotte Observer
H. Miller and Son
Harvey L
Man
Mrs. A. 0. Whitener
Greenville, S. C
City
Marie Bost
C. C. Best
Red Harris
Mr. Harris
Forest
Dallas. Eckard
Raleigh
Mabel Potts
H. M. Doll
J. B. Davis
Brunswiel Ga
Richmond, Va
Southern
Ma Sigma Society
Roland Winkler
June Wilson
Winkler
Burke County
Wilson
Great Camp Meeting
Geo. W. Shipp
Statesville Star
Statesvile
Fina
Milion
Colonel Eller
Carnegie Worth
Andrew Samnegie
Mr. Carnegie
First National Bank
Dedson
Ausee
Seaboard Air Line Rail
Lda
Ieee
Seemears
Rutherfordon
C.C
Johnson City
Tenn
Lincolston
Rutherfordton
Weldon
C. A N.W
Piedmont & Northern Railway Company
Charotte
Gastonia
Charlotte Independence Terminal
C. & MW. Sty
Chester
Yorkville
Lendos
Greenville
S. C
Chimney Rock
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Thermal Belt Auto Livery & Garage Co
Automobile Service
Scenic Mountains
H. E. Pleasants
Wilmington
J. T. West, D. P
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