Political charges loom over District Attorney Hammer
Washington reports allege charges of misconduct in office against District Attorney W. C. Hammer. Opponents vow to protest DOJ action potentially dropping the case and may seek impeachment via Congress if investigation proceeds. Butler and Randolph county matters cited as context.
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Washington
W. C. Hammer
Department of Justice
Britt
Kammer
Buchanan
Illinois
New York State
House Judiciary Committee
Webb
North Carolina
Hammer
House
Randolph County
Marion Butler
Graham
Butler
Department
Gregory
High Point Quint Falls to Oak Ridge in Tight Bout
Oak Ridge defeated High Point 8 to 11 in a spirited basketball game. Oak Ridge center dominated tip offs while High Point players fought hard, trailing 11 to 4 at halftime and scoring only twice in the final period.
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High Point Quint
OAK Ridge
Army
High Point
Ex Convicts Speak On Reform After Prison Years
New York, Feb 17. Former inmates, many spenders of most of their lives behind bars, addressed a Carnegie Hall audience. Speakers including Thomas Mott Osborne and Sam Warren urged moral support for reform, describing their prison experiences and the impact of humane treatment on leaving crime behind.
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Carnegia
Thomas Mott Osborne
Frederick Dormer
Sing Sing
Mutual Welfare Leagues
Auburn
N. Y
Chester
Mutual Welfare League
Mr. Osborne
Sam” Warren
Elmira Reformatory
Warren
Dick” Richards
Condition of National Banks in North Carolina
The abstract of the condition of the national banks in North Carolina shows a reserve of 20.06 percent at year end. Loans and discounts amount to 45,975,675 dollars with gold coin 386.79 dollars and lawful money reserve 2,222,004 dollars plus deposits totaling 29,225,186 dollars.
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Washington
National Banks of
North Carolina
Cr'od to Father's Bedside
J. C. Cross went to his father D. Cross's home three miles east of Soubymont Davidson county this afternoon. The 3 year old child is ill with a serious disease and is at death’s door according to reports heard by Joon and his son.
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J. C. Cross
D. Cross
Soubymont
Davidson
Oun
Aviation school planned on North Carolina coast
Senator Overman introduces a bill to establish an aviation school and training camp on the North Carolina coast with location to be chosen by the navy secretary. He cites Wright brothers tests on local shores and names Wilmington Southport Morehead City and Camp Glenn as likely sites if the bill passes.
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Washington
Overman
North Carolina
Secretary of the
Wright Brothers
Wilmington
Southport
Morehead City
Camp Glenn
After Lagrippe What Foley's Honey and Tar Cures
Bedford Indiana resident F G Prevo reports a severe cough from lagrippe and rapid weight loss. He credits two bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar for restoring health and weight. Mann Drug Co. advertisement promotes the remedy for coughs croup and related illnesses.
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F. G. Prevo
Bedford
Ind
Foley
Mann Drug Co. Adv
Census Estimates Charlotte Population at 38000 in 1914
The Census Bureau reports Charlotte's population was 50,014 in 1910 and estimated 38,000 on July 1, 1914. Capital invested in 1914 reached 11,808,000, up 82,207,000 from 9,451,000 in 1900, with materials cost rising to 7,426,000 and products valued at 10,893,000 for the census year.
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THE
Census Bureau
Charlotte
Factures of
Burton Addresses Greensboro Audience On National Role
Ex Senator Theodore E. Burton spoke to over 200 Greensboro men at a Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Y M C A. He discussed the United States as a world power and a leader in commerce education and religion, not a political pitch. He also visited Guilford College A and T College State Normal and Industrial and mills at Proximity White Oak and Guilford Battle Ground.
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Reensboro
Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
United States
Senator Burton
J. E. Latham
Guilford College
A. and T. College
State Normal and Industrial College
White Oak Cotton Mills
Guilford Battle Ground
Russians Capture Erzerum After Five Days Battle
Official dispatch from Preobrad via London reports Russian forces have taken Erzerum after five days of heavy fighting. Grand Duke Nicholas telegraphs the emperor praising the Caucasus army's victory and expressing great happiness.
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Erzerum
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Caucasus
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Fagin
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House of Refuge
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Iowa
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Metropolitan Opera
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Morris Gest
Hector Turnbull
Cecil B. deMille
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Lagrippe
Samuel L. Rogers
Manu
Perograd
London
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