Plans of Lovers Were Upset in Statesville Runaway
In Statesville North Carolina April 30 a planned elopement ended when officers stopped the couple Clete Boss son of Dr Bess and Maude Lefever daughter of Mrs Candis Lefever near the Statesville Cotton Mill. They aimed to board train No 25 to South Carolina via Asheville and wed. Police found them in a lumber yard and returned the girl to her mother while the bridegroom boarded the train and left town.
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Statesville
N. C
Clete Boss
Bess
Maude
Candis Lefever
South Carolina
Asheville
Im«versal Furniture Company
Bn |Ing
Tom J. Kerr
Eeputy Sherif Ward
Bass
Commandingship shifts as Merriam takes ship in Hampton Roads
The ceremony aboard the Missouri warship marked the transfer of command from Capt. F.C. Yendieton to Capt. Merriam. The crew, marines, and coffeers in full uniform were mustered as Merriam read his orders and hoisted his flag. A salute signaled the formal change in leadership.
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Sorfola
Vay Apess
Eupe
Ferriam Totay
F.C. Yendieton
Missouri
Hampton Heads
Merriam
President and Party Tour Historic Jamestown Sites
President Roosevelt and party tour old colonial landmarks along the James River Virginia on a voyage aboard the yacht Sylph and planned visits to Branden Westover Byrd estate Shirley and the Car estate. Weather is damp with morning showers and no outside world communications during the stops as they depart Jamestown for Washington.
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Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Washington
Bread and paint ad ends with Mill Company note
A fragmentary pest of an advertisement contrasts Devoe paint with bread as a yearly cost saver and hints at the slogan Devoe is the bread. The text shifts to news from Statesville about a new Frances Cotton Mill Company planned with $110000 capital, then Denver labor leaders condemning the President’s stance on Moyer and Haywood, ending with a question about duties and teeth.
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Cal
Statecville
Statesville
N. B. Mills
Frances Cotton’ Mill Company
Ex Governor Bullock of Georgia Dies in Albion
Former Georgia governor Bullock died at his family homestead in Albion after a Civil War service and a career in business. Born Bethlehem New York March 1884 he later led Georgia from 1868 and was active in Augusta business circles and the Atlanta Cotton Mills and Chamber of Commerce. He leaves a daughter Mrs Leonard Kendall of Greenwich New Jersey and a son Freeman Bullock of Omaha.
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Buffalo
Bullock
Georgia
Albion
Old Home
Leonard Kendall
Greenwich
Freeman Bullock
Omaha
Tianta
Bethlehem
N'Y. Maren
Albion’ Academy
Agusta, Gay
Southern ‘Express
Sering
Shooting Affair At Greenville South Carolina
Greenville April 27 Early in the shift Don Colbert a block operator of the Southern Railway shot Turner Stokes another operator Colbert covers the night shift and Stokes the day job They clashed over duty Stokes was shot in the arm and not seriously injured Colbert said he fired as Stokes advanced with a piece of lumber
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Greenville
8. C
Don Colbert
Southern Railway
Turner Stokes
Colbert
Stokes
Richmona County Man Found Dead Tuesday
Rockingham April 26 Mr W A Gillis a highly respected farmer of funeral Springs Township in this county was found dead at a new house he was building near his residence Tuesday morning. Gillis left home on Monday and did not return at night. Early Tuesday morning the family began to search for him and found him dead.
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Rockingham
W. A. Gillis
Funeral Springs
Schnapps Tobacco Promises Genuine Piedmont Flue Cured Quality
An advertisement promotes Schnapps tobacco made entirely from flue cured Piedmont tobacco. It warns against imitators whose plugs mimic Schnapps outside but use cheap air cured inside. The copy urges buyers to verify the SCHNAPPS branding and notes lower prices and set cuts.
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Piedmont
Suicide case and murder report from Tangier and Durham notes
A disjointed news fragment reports a Portuguese murder in Tangier with a suspect paid by a Moor and a separate Durham item about Mrs Ora Blanche Edwards, wife of Dr. W H Washington, ending her life after nervous prostration. The piece mentions Main Street residence and links to W M Yearby as her brother.
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Durham
N.C
Ora Blanche
W. H
Washington
D. C
Edwards
Binger Hermann
F Ormer
Decision On Passenger Rates In Virginia Railway Ruling
Richmond April 27 The State Corporation Commission narrowed a rate case decision. After July 1 passenger rates on trunk lines drop to two cents per mile feeders to 2 13 and some minor lines to three cents while one or two lines see 81 cents. Freight rates adopt a uniform schedule with a small reduction.
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Richmond
State Corporation’ Commission
Wilcox death tied to stock losses on board ship
David Wilcox former president of the Delaware and Hudson died by suicide on board the Baborossa after a stock market slump wrecked his finances. His illness began as gout and kidney trouble but depression from losses is cited as the cause. The report from New York on April 27 notes the shipboard death and details of his career.
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Unites States
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Esree
David Wilcox
Maine Open Season Sought on Deavers to Protect Timber
Maine lumbermen push for an open season on deavers to curb damage to standing timber. They blame the rodents for depredations affecting the dam aulders and forest resources.
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Maine
Deavers
Flower Co Chartered to Grow Plants and Seeds
Flower Co of Greensboro is chartered in Raleigh to grow flowers plants seeds and vegetables with a capital of 10000 authorized by W C Porter E Duffy and others. Cincinnati report notes Taft’s silent stance on the Presidential question during his Western trip with no demonstration. his brother present. Jay Goulds Won in London tennis tournament in straight sets in second round.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Jay Goulds
London
Jay Gould
Shooting at Pimlico involves betting official
At Pimlico Racecourse a woman named Mrs Ning King shot William Dunn, a betting commissioner, in the sixth race. Dunn was hit in the head but survived. King, from Buffalo, is held on a shooting with intent to kill charge. Also note a Navy Yard rivet issue report from Waldo about ships repaired with improvised rivets.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Ning King
William Dunn
Elmira
N.Y
Dunn
A.ante
King
Buffalo
Harverford College Alumni Entertained in Concord
Winston-Salem April 21 The Harverford College alumni living in North Carolina were entertained here by Col W A Blair who presided as president. Dr W W Comfort, Harverford professor, served as principal adviser. Sloop J Dagelt burned in Albermarle Sound after gasoline tank explosion. Captain James Havity of Miami, Fla, owns the yacht. John O Neil and four crew escaped in a small boat.
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winston-Salem
N.C
Harverford College
North Carolina
W. A. Blair
Lonel Blair
W. W. Comfort
Harverford
Norfolk
J. Dagelt
James’ Havity
Miami
Fla
Albermarle Sound
N. C
John O'Neil
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CM. Shuford
W. S. Martin
Alexander Smith
Lola Ward
Llgomfeld
J. Pressly
Rock Mountain
B. Menzies
Army of the Potom
D.C
Totel
Society of the ‘Amy'of the Potomac
George B. MecClellan
Army For the Potomac
Connecticut Avenue
Columbia Road
Roosevelt
Daniel Sickles
C. 0. Howard
Grenville B. Dodge
Joratio C. King
Cleveland
Lillian Hudson
J. Hudson
Andrew C. Campbell
James Campbell
Ett
Rowland Orrs
Key West
Chamberlain
Faward Phillips
Barelay
Catherine
Shuford Drug Co
Italy
Connecticut
Virginia State Building
Swanson
Hollister
E. B. Menzies
P. C. Hal Hickory
Eas
Devee
Devoe & CO
P.S.F
Ingold
Denver
Colo
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
Toeainst Moyer and
Haywood
Children
Fletcher
Greenville, S. C
Richmona County
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Tangier
Portugese
Casalanca
Jane
Wilcox
EameStory
Hue
Tompkins
Supreme Court
White Plains
Emma Eams-Story
Julian J. Story
C. M. Shuford
W.S. Martin
Lampasas
Texas
Houston
Tex
Ae Central
Here
Burnett
Yale Club
Associated Western Yale Clubs
Castoria
Oston
Congressmé Waldo
National ‘League of Employes
Navy Yards
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Harverford Col
Concord
S.S.S
S. S
Atla
Hickory
Mecomb Brothers
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