Valuable Lands 10 Be Sold This Week
Penny brothers auctioneers announce a week of land sales in the city area. Thursday 2:30 pm the Charles Amos dairy farm will be auctioned in 15 small plots near the green streetcar line. Friday 7:30 pm the J W Gaire farm of 25 acres goes to bid, with many small tracts still offered Friday morning. Additional sales include the Gordon truck farm Friday 2:30 pm and the 35 Mechanicsville building lots Friday 4 pm, with music for attendees and ladies welcome.
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Penny Brothers
Charles Amos
Green Street
Amos
J. W. Gaire
Gordon Truck
Old Stage Road
Mechanicsville
Weathers Chosen to Captain 1918 NC State Baseball Team
Carlyle Weathers of Raleigh named captain of the 1918 NC State baseball team by fellow players at a team meeting. H R Royster of Shelby elected manager for 1918. track squad also elected SL Homewood of Burlington captain and F E Ducey of Portsmouth manager of the track club. Athletic council awarded monograms to baseball and track squads with names of recipients and managers listed.
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H R. Royster
Shelby
SL. Homewood
Burlington
F. E. Ducey
Portsmouth
Athletic Council of
North Carolina State
W. H. Miller
E. F. Lewis
G. W. Baker
J. G. Deberry
A. G. Heins
A. Costello
J. W. Ariz
W. H. Hodgin
D. E. Wheeler
L. C. Thrash
W. M. Johnson
Paul W. Johnson
J. Wharton
Carlyle Weathers
J. BE
Cook
V. Turner
H. M. Stoffregen
J. KE. McDougall
KF. McFall
L. Homewood
W. K. Scott
Chief Gray Nabs Two Cigar Thieves In Train Car
Chief of Police Gray stopped a northbound freight at Southern station and found two young men hiding in a gondola with over 60 cigars and tobacco. Fred Leonard and John McDowell, wanted in Davidson county for breaking and entering, were taken back for arraignment in Lexington and bound over to the higher court.
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Southern
Lexington
Fred Leonard
John McDowell
Davidson County
Recorder’s Court
Chief Gray
Mortgage Sale Notice for Segraves Property in High Point
By power of sale in a 1913 mortgage, D G SEGRAVES and wife defaulted on 750 dollars. J M HEDRICK will auction the High Point Guilford county land of 0.5 acre on May 28 1917 at noon, on the premises, to the highest bidder.
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Dugene PF. Segraves
Kffte E. Segraves
J. M. Hedrick
Office of the Register of Deeds
Juilford County
High Point
N. C
High Point Township
Guilford County
Conferees Stall Over Army Bill Amid Roosevelt Division Fate
Washington May conferees on the army bill fall into deadlock over an amendment to permit sending Colonel Roosevelt's division to France. They suspended work and considered sending the bill back for instructions as some members said a White House statement could clarify the administration’s wishes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
House
Senate
White House
Market Business Cut In London Property Market
War conditions shrink London property activity with a 60 percent drop in sales whether by auction or private treaty. Large house lettings fall sharply while medium houses hold steady. small houses rent readily. Freehold shops demand remains normal for large and medium outlets, small shops rent at a discount. Factories find tenants and rents track demand.
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London
Vast Vegetable Shipments Move North From Florida and NC
Rocky Mount reports a lively movement of perishables over the Atlantic Coast Line. A record Florida potato crop feeds the stream while vegetables and strawberries from Mount Olive and Chadbourn in North Carolina head to northern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Mount Olive
Chadbourn
North Carolina
Southeastern roads in Washington seek freight rate raise
Representatives of southeastern railways were heard by the Interstate Commerce Commission on a 15 percent general rise in freight rates. They followed eastern systems, citing higher operating costs and the need to aid the nation in the war.
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Washington
May S
Southeastern Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Systems
British Hold Breach in Hindenburg Line Near Bullecourt
London reports the British hold their breach in the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt. German attacks at the point failed, and a second assault was repelled as British fire broke up the attempt.
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Hindenburg Line
London
Bullecourt
War Office
London Sets Maximum Prices for Home Grown Grains
The food controller issued an order fixing maximum prices for home grown wheat, barley, and oats. In American terms wheat is $19.50 per quarter of 480 pounds, barley $16.50 per quarter of 400 pounds, and oats $13.75 per quarter of 312 pounds. Week ending April 12 averages were $51.52 per quarter for wheat, $17.37 for barley, and about $14 for oats.
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London
Erea
Unique Seaweed Society Hosts Annual Seaweed Dinner
A distinctive national group of seaweed enthusiasts holds yearly dinners featuring exclusively seaweed dishes, showcasing their rare culinary club and its marine plant focus.
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van Lindley, Florists
Ring
Rexall
Bell
North State
J. W. Paschael
Thacker’s
Paschael
Hank and
Pete
Taint
Isorry
Quyationa
CALC
Sejvice
Charlotte Walker
M-Clure Pictures
Weathers
West Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Bank OF Commerce
C. E. Bearns
A .M. Rankin
H. A. Millis
J. H. Adams
G. A. Pollock
Ice Gray
Tom Little
Little’s Corner
Little
Mortgagee
National Bank
U. S
State OF
County of
Guilford
Sue
I. H. A. Millis
A. F. Eshelman& Notary Public
J. E. Millis
H. A. Moffitt
J. C. Siceloff
Bill
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
Active
V.pres
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