Southern trains delayed by fire near Salisbury
Fire at Landis 12 miles south of Salisbury halted main line traffic for hours as crews fought the blaze destroying several frame structures and the second story of the Commercial hotel. Loss estimated at 15000 to 32990 dollars. Fire originated in a restaurant and spread. no insured buildings reported.
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Salisbury
Southern Railway
Landis
My Pa Seems to Be One of the Boys
Edgar A. Guest writes of a father who seems young to his child. The poem contrasts aging fathers who scold with a dad who plays ball, jokes and talks as a friend. The speaker sees his father as a member of the family gang rather than a grown-up authority.
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Edgar A. Guest
Plan for Radio Station at State College of Agriculture
In Athens Georgia on March 23 President Andrew M Soule announced in Atlanta that a government radio station will be planned at the State college of agriculture.
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Plan
Athens, Ga
State College of Agriculture
Andrew M. Soule
Atlanta
Thurman Returns Home After Brief Eastern Trip
B R Thurman has just returned from a brief business trip to the eastern part of the state and is now confined to his Johnson street home with a slight grippe.
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B. R. Thurman
Johnson Street
Grippe
Debate Tonight At High School Triangle Event
A preliminary state high school triangle debate is at the auditorium tonight at 8. Asheboro and Lexington speakers visit as two teams from the local high school debate at Lexington and Asheboro on neutral ground. The topic is United States should enter the League of Nations. Frank Cauble Brady Cates from High Point are negative. Walter Crissman Claude Rutzel Jr affirmative. Prof. F J Waters invites the public to attend and expects a large crowd.
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Asheboro
Lexington
United States
F. J. Waters
Bankrupt Leathers Wood & Co Offer Composition Plan
In Greensboro on March 24 creditors of Leathers Wood & Co met before referee Clifford Frazier. The bankrupt offered to pay all secured creditors in full and to pay a fixed percentage on unsecured claims. The highest bid for property was 2000 dollars exclusive of real estate, suggesting possible full compromise without further litigation. An April 7 meeting will decide on the bid or the proposed composition.
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Greensboro
Leathers, Wood & Co
Clifford Frazier
Tennessee Public Utilities denies emergency rates bid
Nashville March 22 the Tennessee Public Utilities commission denied Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company emergency rate motion for insufficiency and ordered the plea in abatement of American Telephone and Telegraph Company against being made a part to the telephone rates stricken from the record.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Public Utilities Commission
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Ahen
American Telephone & Tele Graph Company
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