Otwey Company King Progress at Salem Jail Site
Dec 18 Cam p Works of Salem Va has bonded 2300 to carry out the contract to build the new jail and site on Chich Street in the rear of the pres. Plans indicate a 500 prison price and readiness in about 18 months. Key figures include Capt J B Hambley, Mr Reingarts, and J A Lee Smoot in local offices as the mine receivership dissolves.
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N.C
Camp Works
Salem
Chich Street
Joan
Henderson
Whitney Company
J B. Hambley
Colferson
Cavey
Whitney Com
Reingarts
Waller George Newman
York
Gold Hill
J. A. Lee Smoot
Register
OATS
Rowan County
Tim
Smoot Bros. & Rogers
Sox
E. Walter
Tatu
Fil Holte
Estebllab
Wake Forest College Sees Pastor Move to Beaumont Texas
Wake Forest College notes Dr. L. White of Macon Georgia an alumnus will resign as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Macon to accept leadership at the First Baptist Church of Beaumont Texas He leaves a top Southern Baptist church for a promising Texas post Examinations wrap up the term with improvements including a new alumni building and infirmary as Wake Forest heads into the January term Students depart for Christmas holidays and faculty travel for vacations amid a busy close to the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest College
4. L. White
Macon
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Asheville
Beaumont
Darius Estman
Hubert Poteat
New York City
Charles B. Taylor
New York
W. Harvey Vann
Elliott B. Earnshaw
Raleigh
Philadlphial
York
Judge Moore Pushes Law To Prohibit Garment of Convicts
Greensboro jurist Judge Boyd in the United States District Court announces a push for legislative action to prohibit wearing convict garb. The session names M. A. Lesser, a Greensboro merchant and bankrupt, as a key figure with proceedings possibly continuing, while noting a week of criminal court already held and several jailed for petty misdemeanors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udge Moore
Legisiaure
Greensboro
N. C
United States District Court
Boyd
M. A. Lesser
Alexander
Atsornies Baste & Bure
Behai
Ered
Tadge_ed
Soller
Ieee
John D. Waddill
Forsyth
Baeset
Tere
Tariff War Averted as Harmony Shown by Commissioners
Boutin reports December 18 that American Tariff Commissioners are probing German aims to ensure understanding. Officials argue a tariff war is avoidable and an agreement appears within reach, with confidence in a peaceful outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boutin
Corman
Russo-Japanese fishing rights negotiations move toward satisfactory status
Reports from Petersburg state that Russo-Japanese discussions on fishing rights have shifted from unsatisfactory to favorable. After a week of tense talks, progress is expected with new and more acceptable terms likely to be made, ending the prior impasse over fishing on the St. Lawrence area.
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Petersburg
Sve
Immigrants Displaced in Honolulu Trades
San Francisco report quotes Frank P. Jargon, immigration commissioner, saying Japanese are quickly displacing shopkeepers contractors carpenters and tradesmen of other nationalities in Honolulu. He notes Portuguese migrants amid growth and tension.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Frank P. Jargon
Honolua
Mine Explosion Injures Several at Emmons Mine
In Davidson County near Lexington, an Emmons Mine blast injures multiple workers. Thomas Wright loses an eye and arm, with others badly hurt, as a candle ignites dynamite during charging at the 400-foot level. Thomas King is killed in a separate incident at Thomasville in self defense.
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Lexington
Otlock
Emmons
Hercule Gold Copper Co
New York
Davidson County
Thomas
Wright
Waller Hughes
John Gallimore
Millberry Hill
Ueonsra Wilson
Thomas King
Thomasville
James Earl
King
Canova
Catawba
Ambitious Japanese plan eyed to curb Asian wheat cotton markets
United States Consul Jones reports Japanese strategies to expand Manchuria wheat and Korean cotton for Asia. He says the effort may take years to threaten American supply, as Japan reportedly colonizes Manchuria and experiments with cotton in Korea to meet regional demand.
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San Francisco
United States
Jones
Danny
The
Chronicle
Asia
Manchuria
Korea
Consul Jones
No bonus sought for triplets referred to president
Mrs J Christopher of Florence writes to the Governor asking if there is an appropriation for triplets. The babies are five months old and she is poor with three other children. Governor Heyward says he has no appropriation but will refer the matter to President Roosevelt for action under federal programs.
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Manser Ackert
Southern
Salisbury
W. B. Datvera
Reformed Church
Southern Railway
Spencer
Mary Fisher
Grace Lutheran
Capisin
Mrs. Fisher
Captain Fisher
van Ie
Rosewood Camp
Wood of the World
W. M. Kooh
J. Horton
Leutenant
A.M. Basinger
Saker
J. F. Martin
H. G. Physician
W. A. Caudle
Samuel R. Bradshaw
GE Shutenberger
M. G. ‘Cindy
George F. Wise
Ai Wie
Samuel Picker
South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
J. Christopher
Florence
Heyward
Roosevelt
Cornered Coal Lands Charges Stir Congress
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark testified before the House public lands committee that real corporations allied with railroads have cornered coal lands and inflated prices. He blamed shippers as partly responsible for the current car shortage. Also reported are obituaries noting James Thomas Deas of Catasauqua aged 75, and Mgr. Adam’s bequest of $1,000,000 to the Pope in Rome.
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Ir. Clark
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Clark
House Committee On Public Lands
James Thomas Deas
Allentown
James Thomas
Catasauqua
Davies and Thomas
Glen
Trondale and Eureka Iron Co
Alabama
Rome
Mgr
Adam
New Trial Allowed in Helms Case and Other State Decisions
Raleigh reports a new trial granted in the Helms against Western Union Telegraph Company case from Mecklenburg. George Hall convicted in Lybert family murder remains to serve 15 years in the state penitentiary. Supreme Court decisions cover 19 appeals, with Hambleton and other cases affirmed or remanded. Eleven suffragists will spend Christmas in jail for disturbances at the House of Commons.
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Helms
Western
Union Telegraph Company
J. Crawford Biggs
Raleigh
George Hall
Revan County
Lyert
Sepreme
Hall
Westernsion Telesrapn
Mecklenburg
John Helms
Charlotte
Odes
Durham
Bohannon
Fi Béatchman
Gulford
Supreme Court
J. Grawford
Gga
Rapid Transit Company of
Asheville
London
House of Commons
Mormon Curse Not Magnified
Mrs. Fred T. Du Bois, wife of the Idaho Senator, told Washington listeners that Mormonism is a greater curse than slavery and that a Roosevelt tour of southeastern Idaho might change support for Mormon influence. She asserted six United States Senators owed their elections to the church.
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Mrs. du Bois
Idaho
Fred T. Dubois
Roosevelt
United States
Balloting in Insurance Cos for New Officers
New York December 18 balloting began for officers of New York Life and Mutual Life. About 200000 ballots were cast in New York offices by noon. Administration ticket proxies totaled 115000. Anti Administration 35000, with legality questioned for private party ballots. State Superintendent Kelsey holds 190000 policy holder ballots. Mutual Life reports initial ballots around 30000 from foreign proxies.
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Bymmsucued
New York
New York and Mutual Life Insurance Companies
New York Company
Administration
Anti Administration Party
Kelsey
The
Mutual
Hasty Case Before South Carolina Supreme Court
The George Hasty appeal reaches the South Carolina Supreme Court in Columbia. Hasty, hotel proprietor in Gaffney, shot two actors on December 18, 1905, was condemned to life. He challenges indictment phrasing and Cherokee county court timing, with objections to evidence about relations among cast and supporting witnesses.
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Supreme Court South Carolina
Columbia
George Hasty
Supreme Court
Hasty
Gaffney
Hife
Cherokee County
Court of General Sessions
Milan ‘Bennett
Abbott Davidson
H. ‘K Osborne
Jed Solcitor Sease
C.J
Probable wife murder case shocks Jeddo Pa arrests cited
In Jeddo Pennsylvania a man named Svenlan Arete ngChange of beng read waa ee Bae Bo ae Se at Jeddo has been arrested on the Sates horas bom regarding charred remains found here. The Record Herald reports Congo Reform Association leaders rushed to Washington fearing Belgian annexation and urging immediate action by the United States.
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Svenlan Arete nGhange
Beng Read
Jeddo
Sircin
Gery
Chicago
the Record Herald
Congo Free State
Belgium
Congo Reform Association
Washington
United States
Shelby Statue and Confederate Monument Unveiling Plans
Shelby North Carolina December 18 details point to a 27 foot monument to Confederate dead on the court square, erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of $25,000. The bronze private statue atop the monument is set to be unveiled next May. The notice also covers a December wedding, a postponed Fredericks Hall marriage, and local bank news as the First National Bank building nears completion and is chosen as U S depository.
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Shelby, N
John Dixon Linebergfer
Cominy
Ethel
Julius Albert Suttle
East Warren Street
Shelby
North Carolina
Cere‘mony
Daughters of the Confederacy
Cleveland County
Court Square
Fred D. Hamrick
Natalie Rose Harris
Fredericks Hall
Richmond
Striens
Hamrick
Shelby Hotel
LM. Hull
Nttle
Mildred
National Bank
United States Depository
Shah Near Death as Prince Ali Mirza Expected to Rise
Despatches from Teheran report the Shah at the point of death with Prince Ali Mirza poised for a quiet accession. Great Britain and Russia are reportedly acting in concert on the succession, while the Shah’s health shows some improvement.
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Russia
Great Britain
Bt. Petersburg
Teheran
Ali Mirza
President probes Northwest coal and food shortage
Washington reports the President has taken an interest in securing a legislative remedy for the Northwest fuel and food crisis. He met with Senator Hansbrough to craft measures, aiming to ease immediate suffering as rail lines struggle to move supplies. Separately in Honolulu, a Japanese rumor warns of potential Maine disaster fears influencing plans for a visiting squadron's February arrival.
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Northwest
Washington, D. C
White House
Hansrough
Hansbrough
Maine
Honolulu
Rongal
Mhich
Honowlu
San Francisco
Washington
Commissioner Ofternal Revenue
Seaboard Elects Vice President
Seaboard names a new vice president amid corporate changes. The announcement highlights internal leadership shifts and the companys ongoing transportation operations, with no further details provided in the available text.
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Seaboard
Court Machinery Too Ponderous in Greensboro
Greensboro, December reports a week of superior court terms wasting time and money on numerous minor cases and jail costs. Calls grow for Asheville Raleigh style misdemeanor courts to speed trials and cut costs, with judges urged to install daily police courts in Greensboro and nearby cities.
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Gala
NEW
RuscoJspane
Thomas Wright
Ation
Gerge Hall
Lyngher
Insurance Cos
Mutual Life
PLAGE
Shah
Cne
Guilford
Prohibition
Moore
Brooks
Raleig
High Point
Greensboro Bar Association
Winston-Salem
Winnington
Ter Jones
Alt ‘Hough
Minnie
Afr
Newton Leonard
Summer Township
Mimate
Leonard
Er Mt Pr
W. A. Scott
Young
Bradshaw
Newborg
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