Thousands of Miners March Into Mingo County Rallying Against Martial Law
A crowd estimated between five and six thousand marched from Marmet to Racine to head toward Mingo county where martial law is in effect. Many said they were miners, some served in the military, and armed men joined the procession as the sheriff and authorities brace for potential clashes. In Logan, about 200 armed men prepared to move toward the county border to join the protest against martial law.
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Marmet
Racine
Mingo
Boone
Mingo County
Logan
W. Va
Boy Whips Mother After Woodshed Beating Attempt
In Jacksonville Florida Mrs J E Carson took her 13 year old son Jimmie to a woodshed for a whipping but the boy wrestled the switch away and whipped her severely leaving facial cuts and other marks. The case was related to a juvenile court session.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. BE. Carson
Jimmie
Federal troop appeal over Mingo coal field unrest
Governor Morgan of West Virginia urged 1000 troops to restore order in the Marmet vicinity and Mingo coal fields as miners mobilized. General Reed was instructed to prepare quick dispatch while Dandholitz and Ford were sent to Charleston for an on site investigation. The Senate committee planned September hearings to probe causes of the long running trouble.
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Washington
Mingo Coal Field
War Department
Morgan
West Virginia
Wainright
Reed
Fort Benjamine Harrison
Kentucky
H. H. Dandholitz
American Expeditionary Forces
Senate
Mingo
Tobacco Growers Sign 1922 Market Contract in Virginia
Richmond Va Aug 24 Sixteen thousand tobacco growers have signed the market contract under a state wide drive for 74 percent membership in the Tobacco Growers Co operative association for marketing the 1922 crop The secretary estimated that more than half the tobacco growers have signed the contract.
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Richmond
Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Bank of Denton Closed by State Examiner Newbold
Lexington Aug 24 The Bank of Denton at Denton twenty miles east of this city was closed today by order of State Bank Examiner Newbold. The Bank of Thomasville, which closed Monday, was a depository for the Denton bank and with the latter institution without funds it was forced to lock its door. The bank has capital of 25000 dollars and surplus of 4000 dollars. It in sige. i all depot will be paid in.
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Lexington
Bank of Denton
Denton
State Bank
Newbold
Bank of
Thomasville
Sige
Lantern Parade Promises Fun During Boy Scout Week
Tonight at 7 30 lantern parade precedes conference at Reformed church as part of Boy Scout Week. Friday features Camp Ki Wanian picnic with free transport for boys. The week includes talks by A T Wishart and P W Kirkman and a Kiwanis camp dedication.
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the Reformed Church
Camp Ki- Wanian
Reformed Church
O. A. Kirkman
A. T. Wishart
Pp. W. Kirkman
Scoutmasters Hall
Coffield
Kiwanis
Scouts of
High Point
S. C. Clark
High Point Kiwanis Club
Withers Held on War Risk Insurance Fraud Charge
Oscar L. Withers once fought in the Argonne and was reported dead three times. He is held on allegations of defrauding the government after war risk payments to his mother were made while he was alive. He was arraigned before Commissioner Glass with bond set at 1000 dollars and spent a night in jail. He denies the charges and says his mother received the insurance money. He was married a month ago.
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Chicago
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Oscar L. Withers
Argonne
Withers
Glass
Sarah Bressler
St. Louis
Camp Dodge
Detective Bureau
State printing contract delayed not due to union strike
Raleigh August 25 Commissioner of Labor and Printing Mitchell L Shipman denies delays in awarding the states biennial printing contract stem from union versus non union printer tensions. He says the bid goes to the lowest bidder who can meet the commissions requirements. The contract valued at about half a million dollars is to be let by call of J Bryan Grimes and includes union status as irrelevant. Also notes drainage of Cemetery lake costs and Cannon mills tax appeal from Cabarrus county assessing 19 million last year to 21 million this year. The board faces a major taxation dispute amid large rebates and revaluations.
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Raleigh
Labor and Printing
Mitchell L. Shipman
Shipman
Mr. Shipman
State Printing Commission
J. Bryan Grimes
Council of State
Ben Lacy
Manning
Brooks
Grimes
Cemetery Lake
Terry
Buildings and Grounds
Cannon Cotton Mills
Cabarrus County
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Cabarrus
Cannon
Big Corporation
North Carolina
Old Tax Commission
Durham
Parade of K K K Gladly Postponed
Special to the Enterprise reports a Durham accord between Ku Klux Klan officials and the United Daughters of the Confederacy leading to the cancellation of a planned Klan parade. Col J Q Nolan was to speak, but the event was called off after a reception by the Daughters sparked the decision.
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Enterprise
Durham
Ku Klux Klan
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Klan
Col. J. Q. Nolan
Cotton market advances with steady futures gains
New York reports continued cotton market advance on August 25 with first prices 14 to 22 points higher. December futures rose to 14.72, marking a 26 point gain, while different contracts opened firm including October 14.72 January 14.75 March 14.85 and May 14.99.
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New York
Young couples thwarted in marriage plan in Winston-Salem
Aug 25 two local couples aimed to wed in South Carolina but were intercepted by an officer. The brides aged 16 were brought back and remain under their mothers watch as authorities deem them too young to marry.
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Winston-Salem
South Carolina
Odd Fellows Start Lodge at Roseboro
Roseboro hosts the establishment of a new Odd Fellows lodge with Emmet H. Bellamy, district supervisor, presiding. A Goldsboro degree team traveled for the ceremony, with four members raised who are alumni of the Odd Fellow orphanage in Goldsboro.
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ODD Fellows
Roseboro
Fayetteville
Lodge of
Emmet H. Bellamy
Goldsboro
Odd Fellow
Removing bodies today from ruins of wrecked dirigible
Realty transfers registered Wednesday show multiple land deals. transactions include C. C. Hudson to Gayle Thompson for 14500. Imira Jones to Real Estate and Trust Co. for 500. John J. Michaux, commissioner, sold 18 acres in Jefferson township for 387. and other deeds across High Point Morehead and Gilmer townships totaling thousands. The deed dated June 14, 1921.
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C. C. Hudson
Gayle Thompson
South Elms Street
Greensboro
Adams Street
High Point
Sarah C. Peace
W. L. Peace
West Point Avenue
Penney and Long, Inc
Jan
C. M. Myers
Bank of
Five survive ZR-2 dirigible explosion near Hull
Divers searched the Humber wreck at dawn after the ZR-2 exploded last night, killing 40 crew. Norman O. Walker and four British officers are the sole survivors. Authorities fear the ruins contain 15 Americans and 26 British crew members. Bodies of Lt. Marcus Easterly and Lt. Charles Little are in Hull.
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Hull
England
Humber
Norman O. Walker
United States
Charles Z. Little
Marcus M. Keasterly
North Carolina Railroads Tax on Assessments Stands
Ten of twelve railroads in North Carolina must pay taxes on assessments set by Commissioner Aus Watts on July 21 after petitions for reductions were denied. Modest changes apply to Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio and Norfolk Southern. most valuations remain as announced. Rehearing for American Tobacco Co. leaf tobacco assessment in Rockingham County is postponed to September.
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North Carolina
Aus Watts
Man Abernethy
Raleigh
Commissioner of Revenue
Aus
Watts
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
Norfolk Southern
Ing
State Board of Equalization
Atlantic Coast Line
Durham
South Carolina
Piedmont and Northern
Charleston
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Virginia and
Seaboard
American Tobacco Company
Rockingham County
Board of Commissioners
Elks Band Sets program for Friday concert
A regular weekly concert by the Elks Band will be held Friday evening at seven o clock. The program features a medley coronation march American Soldier Oh Myers Emily Rose then a trombone solo Our Own Red White and Blue filmore a waltz Rosamond Held a march That Billboard Klohr a meditative Largo Morrison a Bohemian Club march and a series of waltzes and marches including Trail to Yesterday Mackie Soldier Boys Beyer.
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Elks’ Band
Ers
Ehbry Rose
Smith
Mr. Cleavenger
Filmore
Klohr
Largo
Morrison
Brown
Mackie
Soldier Boys
Beyer
County Schools Plan September Openings
Greensboro August 25 announcement from Superintendent Foust lists Guilford County high schools to begin in September while grammar and six months schools start in October. Springfield High School in High Point township will open September 4th.
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Greensboro
Foust
Guilford County
Springfield High School
High Point Township
Auto theft at Welch field during bell game alert
A S. K. Kellam auto was stolen Wednesday afternoon at Welch field during the bell game. A $100 reward is offered for the thief's apprehension.
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S. K. Kellam
Welch Field
NiLSS EMIMA BLAIR HONORED WITH NEW HIGH POINT SCHOOL
The Emma Blair School will be built on East Russell Street at Park, named to honor Miss Blair for her long service since 1897. The $110,000 building is described as the finest in the city and ranks with state constructions. Miss Blair began teaching at Park Street, then a shack on Tate Street.
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Emma Blair
East Russell Street
Miss Blair
High Point
Park Street
Tate Street
Moonshine Still Found in Charleston School Basement
Police locate an improvised still in a school basement in Charleston West Virginia. A ten gallon fire extinguisher boiler with a copper coil and a granite kettle contained mash. More than fifty gallons of mash were found elsewhere in the basement. No arrests were made.
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Charleston
W. Va
Plumber Curtin Hangs Self in Police Station Cell
John M. Curtin, 45, a former Foley and Curtin plumber, killed himself with a necktie in a second precinct cell after arrest for a home disturbance. His daughter Mary, 12, found the body. coroner Nevitt investigates. Curtin faced possible fines up to five dollars if he appeared in court. He left a wife and three daughters. He had run a business on H Street NW.
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New York
John M. Curtin
Gold
Foley and Curtin
Bates Street
Second Precinct
Curtin
Mary
W. H. Stone
Stone
H Street
Thirteenth
Northwest
J. Ramsay Nevitt
Boy Murdere d by Mexican Bandits Near El Paso
Bennet Boyd an eighteen year old boy was killed by Mexican bandits on August 18 at the ac retas ranch about sixty miles south of Hachita New Mexico. The death was reported to his father in El Paso by telegram from his brother Cecil Boyd who was with him at the ranch. The Boyd brothers had been kidnapped by Mexican bandits two years earlier and held for ransom. They were released and returned to the United States before later crossing back into Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Bennett Boyd
Mexico
Boyd
aCretas Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Cecil Boyd
Bennett
Ecil Boyd
United States
Watermelon Feast Delights Hayes Crew Fans
D L Hayes and his crew of bar bers entertained the High Point and Durham ball clubs Wednesday evening with a big watermelon feast in the country port of the city.
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D. L. Hayes
High Point
Durham
British and American crew killed in ZR-2 disaster
Flight Lieutenant A. T H Wann, navigator in command, stated to the Associated Press that during the ZR-2 catastrophe with Hull as the site the British and American crew members were killed by the explosion after the ship fell. Wann reported the craft flew at 60 knots before the propeller broke and the ship pitched down, ending the disaster in about five seconds.
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Hull
A. T H. Wann
Associated Press
Wann
Charleston Man Lloyd Crowell Killed in ZR-2 Explosion
Lloyd Crowell a Charleston resident and skilled automobile mechanic enlisted in 1918 and is believed among the dead in the ZR-2 explosion. He served in the navy after leaving Charleston.
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Charleston
S. C
Lloyd Crowell
Navy
Camel bone day stops fast at Everson carnival
In Grantsville Maryland on August 25 a Baltimore and Ohio flyer near Evanson West Virginia halted suddenly as an escaped camel from a carnival show wandered onto the track. Engineer Chris Parshall called it a camel, while baggage master R J Whitaker claimed giraffe. Parshall proved correct as the camel narrowly avoided an impact.
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Grantsville
Chris Parshall
Uniontown Express
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evanson
W. Va
R. J. Whitaker
Parshall
Everson
Teenager Joseph Stone Dies in Tennis Court Accident
Pittsburgh August 25. Joseph Stone sixteen from Rafton Pa suburb died after a tennis court mishap. While chasing a ball it rolled into the screening around the court and he fell after stepping on an unstable section, breaking his neck.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Stone
Raftonc
Stone
Eleven Women Held on Immorality Charges in Kinston
Kinston August 25 Eleven women await trial on immorality and vagrancy charges. All are out on bonds after a quiet raid by the local vice squad on several city resorts brought in eleven female defendants.
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Kinston
Copper Stills and Whiskey Seized Near Hickory
Two large copper stills were captured near Hickory on Tuesday afternoon and destroyed along with 87 gallons of whiskey. The two stills were found within five steps of each other.
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Hickory
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Lad
Denton Bank
Examiner Newbold
Unston
Cabarrus County Assessment
Britain
Rhondda
Great Britain
Csnat Laree
Guilford
U. S
Warner
Nilss Emima Blair
Finisele
Pall
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