High Point Lands Again Sold Well
Deeds transferring multiple parcels in High Point and surrounding townships were filed yesterday at the register of deeds office. Transactions include J. E. Foust and wife to I. H. Black for 1800 dollars on Cable street and Belle Foust purchase of a 165 by 180 foot lot for 1500 dollars. Other transfers involve T. F. Wrenn to Pearl Wrenn, W. H. Davis to J. E. Foust, Frank McCain to J. E. Foust, R. H. Garland to J. E. Foust, Roland Park Co to Anna L. Lee, and J. L. Bowers to Eli Bowers with varied parcel sizes and modest sums.
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High Point
the Register of Deeds
J. E. Foust
I. H. Black
Cable Street
People’s Realty Company
L. J. Black
Belle Foust
Dougan Davis
T. F. Wrenn
Pearl Perry Wrenn
R. H. Garland
John Gurley
C. L. Kennedy
C. L. Ken- Roland Park Company
Anna L. Lee
Hardover Street
J. L. Bowers
Eli Bowers
West End Heights
Prohibition forces seek national unity ahead of 1920 sweep
Washington details a plan to unify temperance groups including the Anti Saloon League and Prohibition party. Virgil Hinshaw calls for 5 to 10 million supporters to back a platform pledging prohibition in 1920 to sweep the nation.
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Washington, D. C
Prohibition Party
National Temperance Council
Anti-Saloon League of America
P. A. Baker
Anti- Saloon League
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Prohibition National Committee
America
Baker
Wilmington Pleased Over Decision Of Mr Watkins
Wilmington business leaders hail the Interstate Commerce Commission decision by Attorney-Examiner Watkins. The ruling requires a joint through rate between railroads and steamship lines from northern terminals to interior North Carolina towns via Wilmington and New Bern. Previously shipments from New York to inland points through Wilmington were billed separately.
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Wilmington
Watkins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce
Athntic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern
New Bern
New York
Croup Relief Through Foley's Honey and Tar
Billie Mayberry of Eckert Georgia reports two children began coughing and choking with croup three weeks ago. A nightly dose of Foley's Honey and Tar cured the cough by morning. Sold by Mann Drug Company.
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Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Foley
Croup
Mann Drug Company
Pomeroy to gain limited privileges after 40 years in solitary
Boston reports that Jesse Pomeroy the longtime Charlestown lifer will be considered for expanded rights after a public committee recommended granting limited privileges. The report urges a new cell with outside light and yard access under supervision, plus church attendance reading material and recreation like other lifers, contingent on good behavior.
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Boston
Mass
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Pomeroy
United States
America
Katie Curran
Dorchester
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Ad
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick remedy for colds coughs and croup. It claims to heal inflamed throat chest or bronchial membranes loosen phlegm ease breathing and stop throat tickling with no opiates, sold by Mann Drug Company.
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Foley
Mann Drug Company
Danville High School Proves Too Small for Pupils
In Danville Virginia the new city high school, built for sixty thousand dollars and not yet officially accepted, cannot house all students. Principal W D Mooney reports twenty pupils crowded into rooms with scarce desks, expecting twenty five more to enroll next month. Officials debate adding space amid budget stringency.
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Danville
New City High School
W. D. Mooney
South Carolina Football Schedule Announced
South Carolina's 1925 football slate includes Newberry October 6 at Columbia, Tennessee October 13 at Columbia, North Carolina October 20 at Chapel Hill, Clemson October 25 or November 1 at Columbia, Furman November 10 at Columbia, and Citadel November 29 at Columbia.
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South Carolina
University AT Chapel Hill
Columbia
D. C
University of South Carolina
Newberry
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Clemson
Furman
Citadel
Game Cocks for Mexico Shipment from Atlanta to Carranza Forces
Atlanta reports 1000 game cocks bought for Carranza soldiers in Mexico will depart in a special train car. Carranza agents using American money secured birds locally with three Mexican experts. Villa agents are said to be seeking cocks in South Carolina.
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Atlanta
Carranza
Mexico
Villa
South Carolina
Doc Anderson Arrested for Murder Complicity
Statesville reports Sheriff M P Alexander and Deputy C L Woods arrested Doc Anderson in North Iredell. He faces a charge of complicity in the murder of his brother in law J O Anderson, who was killed in Wilkes county last February. A kinsman, Osborne Anderson, is serving nine years in Raleigh for the same murder.
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Statesville
M. P. Alexander
C. L. Woodsies
Doc” Anderson
North Iredell
Anderson
J. O. Anderson
Wilkes County
Osborne Anderson
Raleigh
Wilmington Officials Oppose Commission Form For City
City council in regular session yesterday adopted resolutions opposing a proposed commission form of government unless approved by a public vote. Resolutions sent to Representative Grant and Senator Cranmer. It is believed Grant may introduce a bill to create a commission plan naming the mayor and two commissioners.
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Wilmington
Grant
Cranmer
Much Tobacco Is Planted In Craven And Surrounding Counties
New Bern January 5 estimates place the coming tobacco crop in Craven and adjoining counties at about eight million pounds, with local sales on the rise and expected to double from last season.
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New Bern
Craven
Smiley’s Belle Fourche cow sets seven day butter record
A cow owned by M. J. Smiley of Belle Fourche South Dakota has produced over 47 pounds of butter in seven days, marking a local dairy record for sustained yield and efficiency.
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M. J. Smiley
Belle Fourshe, S. D
Foul Play Feared in Deaths of South Carolina Officials
Governor Manning asks New Jersey to investigate the asphyxiation deaths of Sheriff Davis and Supervisor Foster of Oconee county. Their bodies were found in an Elizabeth hotel after a telegraph from Manning reporting their arrival and noting missing details.
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Manning
South Carolina
Fielder
Stein
Davis
Foster
Oconee County
Elizabeth
County Officials Suspect Foul Play In Missing Items
Words indicate county residents and officials suspect foul play over missing money, watches, and personal effects, as neighbors recount concerns and possible motives amid the investigation.
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MR. Watkins
The
Bank of Commerce
Furni
Bankers and Trust
Eesseve
State OF
Guilford
H. A. Millis
J. A. Eshelman
J. H. Adams
O. E. Kearns
Set Sideloff
Danville High School
Doc Anderson
Chichester
Hichester
New Jersey
Trenton
Vick
North State
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Lynchburg
Charlotte
Spartanburg
S. C
Greenville
Washington
Fredericksburg
Fayetteville
Camden
Aiken
Augusta
North State Telephone Company
L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
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