North Carolina Labor Federation Adopts Broad Resolutions
The North Carolina Federation of Labor opened its annual meeting with delegates from unions statewide. Major W. F. Moody announced efforts to finish business today and adjourn, with discussion on wage scales and officer elections to follow. Samuel Gompers sent greetings urging support for textile workers in North Carolina and Georgia amid strike actions.
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North Carolina Federation of Labor
W. F. Moody
Federation
North Carolina
Asheville
Raleigh
W. A. Thomas
Salisbury
CC. G. Worley
James F. Barrett
C. F. Pilley
J. F. McMahon
J. R. Cockman
Durham
L. M. Earnhardt
Concord
A. G. Kelly
Wilmington
W. A. Neal
Charlotte
Gompers
Moody
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Host
Labor
Georgia
South
Goodbye to silk shirts and red neckties in tough times
Chicago on August 9 reports fashion shifts as war prosperity trends fade. Dealers say men cut clothing budgets slashing taxes and favor cotton lisle and plain knit goods over costly silk shirts socks and ornate cravats.
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Sik
Chicago
Board of Personal Review
Repeal of taxes eyed as revenue cuts push forward
Washington reformers on the house ways and means committee back to revising taxes after agreeing to end soda fountain ice cream luxury taxes and halve the transportation levy. A 50 percent cut in passenger and freight taxes is seen as likely, with surtaxes delayed until January first. The loss from abolishing the transportation tax could total a few hundred million dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Hardine
Rawley Elected to Board of Directors in Carolinas Ad Managers
J. P. Rawley manager of The Enterprise has been elected to the board of directors of the Newspaper Advertising Manager's association of the Carolinas. Officers include W. P. Etchison president C. R. MelIntire vice president M. F. Murdough secretary-treasurer. Directors also named G. P. Brown Henry Swartz and J. T. Fain.
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J. P. Rawley
Charlotte
Wearnfield
Ivey’s
W. P. Etchison
Columbia
S. C
C. R. MelIntire
Asheville
N. C
Knights of Korisan Open Annual Session in Chattanooga
The seventh annual session of the Imperial Palace of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Korisan opened in Chattanooga Tennessee with Imperial Prince Henry W Nice of Baltimore presiding. The convention featured a competitive drill held at one o'clock this afternoon.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Imperial Palace
The
Dramatic Order of the Knights of Korisan
Henry W. Nice
Baltimore
Taxicab Driver Brutally Killed and Body Robbed
William Brazell a 19 year old taxi driver was stabbed in the breast by Fox and killed during a trip to Augusta. Kirby confessed that Fox and Tappins helped lure and murder Brazell and robbed his clothing of money before abandoning the body near a road in Cross Hill.
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Columbia
S. C
William B. Brazel
Cross Hill
Leesville
Hess
Ruff
Lexington
Augusta
F. J. Kirby
C. O. Fox
Jesse Tappins
William Brazell
Tappins
Fox
Brazell
Kirby
Plunkett
Brazeil
Agreement on anti beer bill expected before weekend
The Willis Campbell anti beer bill passed the senate 3 to 20 and moved to conference with the house. Officials said an agreement was expected before the weekend, while medical bill regulations await Secretary Melton’s signature. The Capper Tindher bill to prohibit gambling in grain followed the debate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Melton
Senate to Probe Tobacco Prices Next
The Senate adopted a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate tobacco trade conditions including producer and consumer prices. Senator Smith of South Carolina said there was no market for same grade tobacco and farmers were using it as fertilizer while cigar and cigarette prices were at wartime peaks.
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Toloay
Corporation Commission
Carmen
Asheville
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Brothers killed by stroke of lightning near Pikesville
Two brothers Frank and Larry Crumpler were instantly killed when lightning struck a tobacco barn two miles from Pikesville North Carolina yesterday afternoon. Twelve others including women and children were injured though none seriously. Two dogs also died. The barn suffered no damage.
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Raleigh
Frank
Larry Crumpler
Pikesville
N. C
Mob Seized Suspects In Italian Farmer Shooting
Two African American men arrested at St Helena Pender County after they shot and fatally wounded Pietro Dellagra an Italian farmer are reportedly in the hands of a mob of about twenty men. Authorities cannot confirm if the crowd are sheriff's posse members or officers. Dellagra is dying in a local hospital.
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Wilmington
St. Helena
Pender County
Pietro Dellagra
Engine Jumps Track On Ashboro Road Train 107 Detours
An engine on train No. 107 on the High Point Randleman and Ashboro branch jumped the track near Main street crossing. Workers could not place wheels back on the rail by 3:30 PM after the engine split a switch. No injuries reported. The train, scheduled to depart High Point at 1:55 PM for Ashboro, will likely be late.
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High Point
Randleman and
Ashboro
Main Street
No More Troops to Be Sent to Silesia
Paris August 9 The allied supreme council decided not to send reinforcements to Upper Silesia. The British delegation voted against sending additional French troops as reinforcements.
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Silesia
Paris
Allied Supreme Council
Upper Silesia
Gambling cases dominate police court docket
Municipal court heard multiple gambling actions along with larceny cases. Ray Gurley was found not guilty on larceny. Clyde Jones fined 19 dollars and costs with appeal and 59 dollar bond. Bill Horney fined 5 dollars for drunken disorderliness. Earl Palmer given six months on roads for possessing over a quart of liquor, appeal bond 300 dollars. W R Bowles 100 dollar fine and appeal bond 100 dollars. F M Banfield found guilty and bond 160 after appealing from 25 and costs. R C Shoemaker fined 25 dollars and costs. E F Terrell fined 25 and costs with appeal bond 100. J L Ashworth fined 25 and costs. A man sentenced to months on the chain gang for receiving over a quart of liquor in 15 days, appeal with bond 100 dollars.
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Ray Gurley
Clyde Jones
Bill Horney
Earl Palmer
W. R. Bowles
F. M. Banfield
R. C. Shoemaker
E. F. Terrell
Bond
J. L. Ashworth
San Jose Resting After Reef Collision Off San Pablo
Wireless messages from the steamer San Jose report it resting easily after striking San Pablo reef last night. Fifty nine people aboard include 33 passengers and 66 crew members with Captain B Zastro noting hopeful signal while earlier reports warned of a dangerous list. The ship was due in San Francisco August 13 after stops at San Diego and Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
San Jose
San Pablo Reef
B. Zastro
O. G
San Diego
Los Angles
Golf Professional Killed in Accident in Atlanta
Atlanta on August 9 saw the death of J Douglas Edgar a leading golf professional. Six others were injured in a series of accidents during No Accident week launched by the junior chamber of commerce. Most incidents involved only vehicle damage.
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Atlanta
J. Douglas Edgar
United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rock Quarry Drained Finds No Crime Evidence
Cemetery lake in eastern Raleigh, the state rock quarry, was emptied of seven million gallons after a week of pumping. No crime clues were found, despite hopes by city and county officials. Two stolen autos had been retrieved from the water earlier with insurance collected.
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Raleigh
Cemetery Lake
State Building and Grounds Committee
New City Abattoir Sets Cleanliness Standard for City
The new city abattoir costing about 50000 is praised as state leading in sanitation. It features brick main building, sanitary barns, modern slaughter lines, overhead tracks, chilling rooms, and by products refined into fertilizer. Daily capacity cited at 500 hogs and cattle, with plans to expand cold storage and repurpose offices.
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Agricultural Hill
Patterson Hall
A. C. Jones
Gomer Reece
Mystery ships sighted off Atlantic coast add to pirate run tale
A 12,000 ton steamer with three masts and two funnels was sighted August 6 about 60 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras by the West Keene arriving from Pacific ports. Officers said the stranger kept four miles distant and did not answer radio messages.
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New York
Atlantic
Vyhe
Cape Hatteras
West Keene
Pacific Coast
Keene
Harvey May Play Important Part in Silesia Talks
Paris Aug 9 General Lerond heads the international allied commission for Upper Silesia and explains events behind the Corfanty insurrection. George Harvey the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain may assume an influential role in resolving the Silesian question though he has not spoken. any action would be directed from Washington.
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Paris
Lerond
International Allied Commission
Upper Silesia
Supreme Allied Council
Corfanty
George Harvey
United States
Great Britain
Harvey
State
Washington
Late City Cops to Have Shine Parlor in Greensboro
Greensboro police to establish a pressing club and shoe shine parlor near the rationhouse. Chief G. P. Cratchfield says officers must keep their clothes pressed several times weekly and have a daily shoe shine to stay neat and handsome.
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Greensboro
Greensoro
G. P. Cratchfield
Pailor
State probe labeled big joke as Raleigh officials face fallout
The Raleigh themed dispute over Cemetery Lake drainage ends with pump out expected and officials blamed for promoting a hoax. State officials and city leadership clash over costs and conduct while the canal era tariff strings are examined and road labor earns pennies from convict labor. The article also notes rising July gasoline taxes and auto licensing revenues.
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Raleigh
Cemetery Lake
North Carolina
State Capitol
Manning
Grimes
Ben Lacy
State Building and Grounds Committee
Lacy
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Charles D. Farmer
Mechanical Department
Cemtery Lake
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
Panama Canal
State Commission
Washington Commission
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Rawley
New Organization Advertising Managers of
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Knights OF Korisan
Associated Press
Boy
Georgia City
Ashboro Road
State College
G. Murray Nelson and
Thomas W. Cooper
Raleigh, N. c
Judge Royal
Atlantic Coast
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