Local Cotton Market and Community Notes
The Hickory Daily paper reports cotton prices with a midsing at 95-85 and middling at 88-8, plus a North Carolina weather outlook for Tuesday turning cooler. It covers local personalities including Kathleen Whitener, J A Martin returning from business in New York, J T Squires planning a missionary visit, and many residents returning from trips to Edgemont, Northfield, and Rock Hill. Social events are listed such as a porch party for The Embroidery Club hosted by Mrs T L Henkle, a gathering for Clarissa Harlowe Abernethy and friends, and a photograph by Rev Heald. The North Carolina Bankers Association elected W X Reid as legislative committee member, with praise from the Hickory Banking & Trust Company. The Durham police force will receive military tactics training under J L Morhead, newly appointed lieutenant chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Martin
Fama
New York
J. T. Squires
Lenoir
E. B. Menzies Wajwas
Edgemont
Roy
J. G. Garth
Northfield
Mass
Liss Myra Wilson
DeLand
Annie Mae Bryant
Greenville
D. F. Messick
Carrie Steele
D. J. Messick
Happy Valley
P. Ww, Carpenter
Conover
D. J. Lattlemyre
Tenth Avenue
George Killian
Annie
Master George
Rock Hill
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Henderson
W. X. Reid
Hickory Banking & Trust Company
Me. Reid
Hickory
Reid
Chautauqua Closed Friday Night In Hickory
The Adele Entertainment Bureau held a three day chautauqua under the Boy Scouts of Hickory with Dr D W Daniel of Clemson College as director. The event pleased attendees though not profitable, offering education and entertainment. A boosters meeting followed with speeches by W A Self J G Garth J D Harte and Dr Dan Niels, presided by W H Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Entertainment Bureau
Boy Scouts of
Hickory
D. W. Daniel
Clemsord College
S. C
W. A. Self
J. G. Garth
J.D. Harte
Dan
Niels
W. H. Nicholson
Falls Manufacturing Company forms at Granite Falls
Stockholders of the recently incorporated Falls Manufacturing Company elected directors D H Warlick J D Elliott G H Geitner G L Ly erly L T Sharpe J W Hoke and W D Hickman The directors elected officers J D Elliott president L T Sharpe vice president and D H Warlick secretary treasurer A committee was appointed to select a mill site and arrange machinery purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Falls Manufacturing Company
Granite Falls
D. H. Warlick
J. D. Elliott
G. H. Geitner
G. L. Lyerly
L.T. Sharpe
J. W. Hoke
W. D. Hickman
J.D. Elliott
L T. Sharpe
Erecting Warehouses For Cotton Crop
The A A Shuford Mill Company in High Point is erecting two brick warehouses to store excess cotton. One measures 50 by 100 feet and the other 50 by 200 feet, more than doubling current capacity. Construction has begun and will be pushed to completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Shuford Mill Company
Highlana
New Textile Mill to Rise in Highland
The Highland Cordage Company plans construction of a two story mill building opposite the A. A. Shuford Mill in Highland. The 75 by 100 foot structure will produce cotton twine clothes lines and sash weight carded, and is the first mill of its kind in Catawba county. The company was incorporated several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Cordage Company
Highland
A. A. Shuford
Catawba County
Catawba Creamery to Provide Hitching Lot
The Catawba Creamery Company purchased ground behind their plant to serve as a hitching place for stock of patrons visiting the town. Management plans to later build a shed and quarters for patrons on this property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catawba Creamery
Catawba Creamery Company
Four Months For Negro Excursionist Attack On Handbag
Joe Belcher a South Carolina rego working locally attached himself to Mabel Vans handbag an excursionist and was sentenced to four months on the roads in recorder s court The Concordia District Synod will convene at Mt Zion Church near the County Home from September 1 to 7 The September 15 date in Route 1 correspondence was an error and readers are reminded the synod meets in September
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Belcher
South Carolina
Mabel Vans
Recorder’s Court
Concordia District Synod
Mt. Zion Church
Farmers Institute to be Held at Lenoir Collee Saturday
A Farmers Institute and a women's institute will be conducted at Lenoir County Saturday beginning at 10 with talks by T B Parker of the State Department of Farmers Institutes and Dan Gray of the North Carolina Experiment Station on soils crops livestock and marketing. The event also emphasizes crop diversification and includes a question box roundtable in the afternoon. Citizens urged to attend with notebooks and join discussions on household economics health and parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Lenoir Collee
Uber
State Department
Atawba County
T. B. Parker
Farmers’ Institutes
Dan
Gray
North Carolina Experiment Station
Our County
John W. Robinson
Chs
Sdagte
Massive British Gold Shipment Reaches New York
A security and gold consignment valued at nearly 320 million plus 25 million in securities arrived in New York on a special train guarded by 38 armed men. From Halifax by rail, the cargo was directed to J P Morgan and Co for the British government. The voyage included a first large arrival on August 12 with 19.5 million in gold and 30 million in securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Halifax
N. S
J.P. Morgan and Company
New Parcel Post Insurance Rates Take Effect in 1915
By order of the Postmaster General an amended table of parcel post insurance fees becomes effective September 1, 1915. Values up to five dollars cost three cents, up to ten dollars six cents, up to fifty dollars ten cents, and up to one hundred dollars twenty five cents. Also from that date post offices will issue a receipt to the sender for ordinary parcels upon payment of one cent, with a stamp affixed to cover the charge, and the sender must write the addressee’s name and address on the receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Life Extension Institute
Strike Looms at Remington Arms Plant in Bridgeport
Bridgeport labor leaders confer on the industrial situation and hint that a strike will be called tomorrow at the Remington arms plant unless wage concessions are granted to polishers. Four men were discharged for rejecting pay reductions, affecting 42 workers, with a potential general walkout of metal trades if proceedings escalate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Connaug
Remington Arms
For Rent Four Rooms Over Hickory Harness Co
Vacancy listing for four rooms above the Hickory Harness Company in the Elliott Building with electric water service intended for office use. Enquiries specify location and access details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Harness Company
Elliott Building Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cparltte
North Carolina
Lucasee
Kathleen Whitener
A. M. West
P. L. Yount
Democrat
James Keever
Charlotte
Blake Drug Company
Jim
Eikory
Presbyterian Church
Claremont College
Africa
T. L. Henkle
Embroidery Club
Clarissa Harlowe Abernethy
E.i Lep. Heald
Elizabeth and
Laurie
Billy Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Lena Ramsay
Salisbury
Durham
J. L. Morhead
United States Cavalry
Chautauqua
Granite Falls Mill
Sicily
Saters Institute
Woman’s Institute
Braeber
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Cooperative Creamery
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Toc
New Parcel Post
Remington Arms Plant
Cost of
Curtain
Ashcraft & Lockhart
Lowe & Company
D. F.cline’s Palace
Lutz's S Drug
Hickory Banking & Trust Co
Hickory, N. C
First National Bank
N. C
Wotan Coffee
Newton & Hamrick
Bowles Furniture Co
Batistian
Hickory, N.C
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