Governor Orders Eight Militia to Spencer and Other Towns
Adjutant General Metts announced that North Carolina National Guard units are ordered to proceed immediately to Spencer Charlotte Concord Burlington Mt Gilead and to Durham Lincolnton Hickory with a medical detachment from Graham. Infantry commanded by Colonel Don S. Scott and cavalry by Major Wade Bowman.
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Raleigh
van B. Metts
North Carolina National Guardsmen
Spencer
Charlottee
Concord
Burlington
Mt. Gilead
Durham
Lincolnton
Hickory
Graham
Infantry
Don S. Scott
Cavalry
Wade Bowman
State College braces for fall with record freshman class
Raleigh reports over three hundred freshmen admitted and more applications arriving as State College prepares for September term. Registrar E B Owen estimates 1,400 in the 1922 23 enrollment. New buildings Rickshall agricultural extension Page hall and South dormitory additions will be occupied later, with renovations and kitchen upgrades completed campus wide. Dormitory expansion to relieve housing pressures but full capacity only after late fall.
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Raleigh
State College
E. B. Owen
Rickshall
Page Hall
North Carolina Troops Sent to Spencer Amid Tense Strike
August 19 dispatch reports eight North Carolina National Guard companies en training for Spencer to quell violence feared during the Southern Railway shopmen strike. Governor Morrison cites risk to state honor and orders troops to protect life and property and uphold the law while ensuring sheriff and railway officials coordinate arrivals.
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Morrison
Raleigh
Spencer
North Carolina
Southern Railway Company
Ellis
Rocky Mount
Miller
Southern Railway
Concord
Rowan County
Salisbury
Thirty Five Men Taken To Salisbury Go Missing
Thirty five men brought to Salisbury to work in Southern shops after refusing to leave the Spencer train are reported to have signed work applications indicating they would replace strikers. They were entertained at Moose Hall by strikers, then left on No 30 for New York, with Sheriff Krider reporting conditions similar to prior unrest in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Spencer
Southern
Southern Railway
Moose Hall
New York
Krider
Morrison
Salis
Rail Strike News Heads to Executive Meeting
Peace in the rail strike awaited action at a Wednesday meeting of railroad executives and Brotherhood of Railway Employes leaders. President Harding pledged government power to maintain transportation as Congress pressed for immediate action. Santa Fe officials and union reps planned talks at Needles California and Winston Arizona amid continuing violence reports.
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Brotherhood
Harding
Congress
Santa Fe Railroads
Meedles
Cal
Winston
Arizona
Coal Strike Talks Continue Without Deal
Conference of anthracite coal operators and miners adjourned today without agreement. Senate and House leaders in Washington prepare to start legislation to control the coal situation, with immediate action promised. Illinois operators and miners press on with arbitration talks as negotiations extend for several days. Federal Geological Survey statistics indicate no near term surge in coal output.
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Senate
House
Washington
Harding
Illinois
Federal Geological Survey
Miss Pearl Adams Slightly Improved
The condition of Miss Pearl Adams who allegedly attempted suicide by taking 15 grains of bichloride of mercury last Thursday at the Monticello hotel is slightly improved. She is at Guilford General Hospital where she was treated after the poisoning and has not spoken about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Adams
Monticello
Guilford General Hospital
Miss Adams
Seaplane Delayed by Weather Off Southport
Seaplane Sampaio Correia bound from New York to Brazil was forced to halt in Southport North Carolina due to storms along the coast. Lieutenant Hinton planned to depart once conditions improved, but worsening weather today cast doubt on a same day departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
N. C
Sampaio Correiia
New York
Brazil
Manteo
Hinton
Outbursts in Strike Areas Prompt Rail Violence Across Nation
Associated Press reports violent flare ups in the strike zones as railroad peace hangs on a Wednesday meeting between railroads and strikers. Explosives damaged tracks at Albuquerque New Mexico and Huntington West Virginia. Illinois Central dynamite torn up tracks but no major wrecks occurred as trains were warned.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe
Albuquerqueé
New Mexico
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Huntington
W. Va
Illinois Central
Southern to Quote New Freight Rates
Louisville August 19 Exporters and importers facing difficulty obtaining British Isles freight rate information can now get quotations through the Southern railway system. Foreign Freight Traffic Manager R L McKellar in Louisville says quotes will cover British port interior point rates and through rates from Hampton Roads to New Orleans and interior British points via an arrangement with International Mercantile Marine Lines serving London Liverpool Manchester Bristol Antwerp and Hamburg. British railways do not publish tariffs, so Southern will secure rates for shippers.
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Louisville
British Isles
Southern Railway System
R. L. McKellar
British
Mampton Roads
New Orleans
Southern
International Mercantile Marine Lines
Hampton Roads
London
Liverpool
Manchester
Bristol
Antwerp
Hamburg
United States
Society Girl to Be a Parson Soon
Florence Schleicher of Ann Arbor Michigan 21 a society leader with 500000 in her own right has joined the Holiness association to enter the ministry She follows John Wesley divine healing and the second coming of Christ Her talents include music languages and horse racing while she relinquishes social frivolities for the pulpit.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Florence Schleicher
Michigan
Holiness Association
Holiness Segt
John Wesley
Officers seize eight and a half gallons of liquor
Deputy Sheriff C L Gray and Federal Prohibition Officer Reddick captured eight and a half gallons of liquor on the farm of Carl Hedgecock north of the city. Hedgecock posted bond for a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner W G Brown this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Gray
Reddick
Carl Hedgecock
Hedgecock
Bond
United States
W. G. Brown
Veterans to be rehired at Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington officials announced that 15 of 113 plate printers dismissed from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will be returned to work immediately because they are ex service men. The group includes thirteen World War veterans and two from the Spanish American War, with others also spared while this administration remains in control.
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Washington
Bureau of Ee and Printing
Delegates Named for State Legion Meet in Greensboro
Andrew Jackson Post appoints Robert Fox Weaver Marr Bruce Carraway E A Russell Horace Haworth and Alston Clark as delegates to the state Legion convention in Greensboro on September 8 and 9 with John Raper Guy Grimes Mike Shipsett R N Mann R E B Snow and Jack Edwards as alternates. Most members will attend, but these delegates will represent the post officially. Delegates will be transported from High Point after a city tour and a special street entertainment program. Extensive preparations for transportation and entertainment are under way by the Andrew Jackson group.
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Robert Fox
Weaver M. Marr
Bruce Carraway
E. A. Russell
Horace Haworth
Alston Clark
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
the Legion
Greensboro
John Raper
Guy Grimes
Mike Shipsett
R. N. Mann
R. EB. Snow
Jack Edwards
High Point
Andrew Jackson
Haley Fiske Helps Solve Big Housing Problem
Haley Fiske president of Metropolitan Life Insurance turns over the first spade of earth in a $100 million plan to build fifty houses in Queens. The homes priced at $9 a room will be built on plots in Astoria and Thompson Hill across the Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan, enabled by Lockwood committee recommendations.
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New York
Haley Fiske
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Queens
Astoria
Thompson Hill
Queensboro Bridge
Manhattan
Lockwood Investigation Committee
Governor Pleased With Spencer Visit After Two Week Break
Governor Morrison returns from Blowing Rock to a cautious stance on sending troops to Spencer for the Southern Railway strike area. Reports of his Spencer visit are viewed with polite optimism as state officials weigh the need for action.
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Raleigh
Morrison
Blowing Rock
Spencer
Southern Railway
Heriot Clarkson
Rocky Mount
Aberdeen
Metts
Commonwealth
Shelby
Cleveland County
Charlotte
Plan Legislation For Goal Strike
Washington, Aug 19. Plans to carry out President Harding's request to Congress to act on the coal strike situation moved forward. Senate and House leaders pledged speedy action and Mondell urged members to return to Washington at once. Proposals center on creating a federal agency to purchase sell and distribute coal in interstate commerce and establishing a fact finding commission for the metal industry.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Senate
House
House Committee
Representative Mondell
McLal
E. T. Terrel Sentenced to 12 Months on Roads
In a municipal court this morning E. T. Terrel faced multiple liquor charges. He received 12 months on the county roads for having liquor for sale while being guilty on the other two counts. Costs were taxed and bond set at $500 with no appeal filed. Other minor cases were disposed of.
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E. T. Terrel
Duffy Vincent
J. A. Marley
Vincent
C. K. Wright
Ef Raymond Watson
Fine program at First Baptist Church Sunday
The Second Sunday night musical at North Main street church features Miss Catharine Reece of Tallahassee Fla as soloist. Miss D Holder opens with cello pieces followed by Clarence Schultheis’s vocal, the Baptist choir anthem, Sunday school orchestra piece, Reece soprano solo, a duet by Miss Reece and Mr Schultheiss, and a male quartet including Schulthais Davis Raper and Briges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
North Main Street
Catharine Reece
Tallahassee
Fla
Reece
Cincinnatti Conservatory of Music
United States
D. Holder
Miss Holder
Clarence Schultheis
The
Baptist Choir
Isabella Tate
Schultheiss
Schulthiss
Davis
Raper
Briges
Conference at Philadelphia Ends Without Agreement
The joint conference of anthracite coal operators and union officials in Philadelphia adjourned at 11 this morning without reaching a contract. James A. Gorman, secretary of the conference, said terms were discussed but gave no detail on progress toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James A. Gorman
Navy enlistment drive interrupted by car raiding
Men in High Point signed up or considering joining the navy have been derailed by Bruce Carraway. They were to meet at the U S Provision store tomorrow at 9 o'clock and then travel to Winston Salem by automobile.
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Winston-Salem
High Point
Joi
Navy
Naval Service
Bruce Carraway
U. S
Carraway
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