Steel car saves fifty as wreck at Connelly Springs kills three
A westbound No 11 wreck at Connelly Springs split a switch causing a baggage car to derail into a side track. A steel first class car shielded its fifty passengers, saving lives while another car burned. Engineer Finley Smith of Asheville died. Annie Lockhart, a Charlotte colored girl, and several others were injured or killed. Relief was promptly organized by Agent Herbert Miller with doctors, nurses, and supplies arriving within minutes.
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Connelly Springs
Finley ‘Smith
Asheville
Baty
Pulmans
Salisbury
Ashville
Herbert Miller
Richard Bake
H. C. Menzies
K. A. Price
T. F. Stevenson
T. C. Blackburn
J. J. Shuford
Aiker
Finger
Finley Smith
Annie Lockhart
Charlotte
Geo
Buckner
Ashevill
Pink Settle
Raleigh
Melissa Lockhart
T. S. Isaacs
Claremont Commencement Honors Avery Address
Sr Avery of Morganton delivers the commencement address at Claremont College as a large audience enjoys a full program. Elizabeth McDowell presides. art and music exhibits draw crowds. certificates are awarded and diplomas presented. the event echoes a life of service theme.
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Sr. Avery
Morganton
Claremont College
Claremont
Department of Expression
Sirs Beng Mendelssohn
Smeet
Mini Hoffman
Flora Moore
le Goulles
Bayne Rutledge
Quartette
Peer Gynt Morgenstimmung
der Halle Des Bergkonig
Elizabeth Milne McDowell
Susie Estelle Burton
Mary Margaret Rudisill
Vera Elizabeth Green
Alda Meade Killian
Margaret Inold Best
Isaac T. Avery
Avery
A. A. Shuford
J. L. Murphy
Charlotte May 20 celebration and Democratic meeting notes
The piece urges Hickory residents to attend a May 20 celebration in Charlotte and visit local merchants advertising in the Democrat. It notes precinct primaries on the South Side at a usual location and a North Side City Hall vote, plus a joint City Hall meeting to elect delegates to the county convention. It also endorses Judge G P Pell for corporation commissioner and mentions Aycock and Glenn in support.
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Etteet
Charlotte
Hickory
Democrat
Lubin’s
Parker-Gardner Co
McCoy’s
Stieff’s
Parker-Gardner’s
Ed Melton Co
Byram-Charles Co
Gibson-Wonsley Co
Little Long Co
Watt Doxey & Watt
Belk Bros
Ivey's
City Hall
G. P. Pell
Aycock
Glenn
How the Vote Stands in Districts One and Two
District No 1 tallies include many local residents and officials with varied vote counts across multiple names. District No 2 covers outside Hickory in surrounding counties with numerous individuals listed and home locations, reflecting a broad local electoral roll.
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Mary Helen Flowers
Ruth Lanier
John F. Price
George Killian Bost
Henry R. Elliott
Baby Elizabeth Smith
Harry Gwin
Robert Lee Harris
Mary Belle Gwin
Bernice Morton
Andrew Rudesille
Thomas Stricker Shuford
James Stanley Crouch
James Oliver Mosteller
Amelia Stirewall
Ella Marguerite Self
Prentiss L. Ketchie
Barrie Blackwelder
Irene Eckart
Katherine B. Whitener
Donald A. Cilley
Thomas L. Cilley
Jack Hatcher
Katherine Harper
Bobby Grimes
Leonard Moretz
Gwendoline Buchanan
Adrian Shaford
Hickory
Catawba
Newton
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Oinell’s
Engineer Smith
Newton Court
Thornton Light and Power Co
Young Burdner
Mr. Self
F. I. Osborne
Corneill and Yount
Degan
Hadeen
Elizabeth McDowell
Elizabeth Bardin
Susie Burton
Vera Green
Alda Killian
Mary Rudisill
Margaret Best
J. G. Garth
Presbyterian Church of
Mary Ramsey
Palme-Aliee Barringer
Mount Pleasant
N.C
M. JL. Riddle
Litaker
Fred L. Sites
Lallie Summeron
Vivian Drum
Nell Wilkinson
Christine Sherrill
Martha Elizabeth Huitt
Francee Lutz
Vonover
Celia Margaret Isennower
Claude Hubert Cline
Helen Smith
McDewey Hunsucker
Myrtle Smith
Mary Rose Moser
Crage Miller Setzer
Frances Sherrill
Edwina Carpenter
Evelyn Little
Helen Davis
Long Cunmitu
Dr. Thomas
Keepsville
Yates Warlick
Havmer Rhodhiss Mary Teague
Paul Duray Poovey Morganton
Henry Bridges Williams Twins
W. C. Feimster
A. A
J. M. Shuford
Dean
John R. Garrett
Girard
Ala
Charming
S. D. Campbell
Henry River
D. F. Cline
Shuford
Fraunevals
Sherrill
George Wiley
Margaret Rebecca Coon
Sue Warlick
Edward Ray Sherrill
Ralph Kiziah
Hickory R
Luther Huffman
Slyde Yount
Margaret Campbell
Frankie Houston
Sonrad Lee Brittain
Virginia Lee Hefner
Thelma Bowman
Nathan Harrison
C.M. Yoder
West Hickory
T ‘Whither
Marsell Talbert
Beulah Eckart
Ruth Griffin
T. A. Sisson
Virginia Wilson Clark Valdry Adeline Fox
Siausen
Jessie May Herman Claude Greer Brookford
Elizabeth Pitts
Carl Shuford
Ieee
Henry Townslip
Scorter
Bowles
Martin
Icily Feed Co
A. T. Morrison
Bowles & Martin
Catawba Springs Road
Lanier
Bowles Martin
N. C
W. F. Senn
Huffry
W. P. Huffman
Bowles, & Martin
J. A. Bowles
le Baker
Auay
A.B Whitener
J.A. Bowles
Ivey Store
Seco
THE
J. B. Ivey Company
Charlotte, North Carolina
Fairyland
H. D. Abernethy
Academy of Music
Alice
Janie
Alice Cilley
Janie Menvies
Clarissa Abernethy
Fairie Queen Appes
Robert Menzies
Bill Shufer
Robert Banks
Louise Cline
Juanita Mostllo
Virginia Menzies
Mary Polk Wootten
Greenwood
Elizabeth Abernethy
Catherine Hate
Margaret Newton
Bill Shuford
Helen Moser
Rob Nancy Sherrill
Mary Dellinger
Mary Pore
Choris Elizabeth
Coursill
Queen Silver Bell
Bethlehem
St. Timothy
Drew
Hal J. A. Bowles
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