Duty Commissioned Officers Named in Local Unit
General Laurence W. Young will be temporarily replaced for 60 days by First Lieutenant Ben M. Merriwether. William L. Armstrong of High Point was commissioned second lieutenant of Company M, First Infantry, yesterday. Sept. J. 8. Mann of the state prison and candidate for state treasurer is hospitalized at Rex with serious appendicitis after Sunday's operation. He had campaigned in Aberdeen and was in good health Friday night, then fell ill Saturday with diseased appendix. The operation Sunday afternoon went well, though the organ is nonfunctional. Mann’s illness ends his campaign travel for now. friends expect a quick, though limited, recovery. Dr. E. W. Sikes, Wake Forest economics professor, will campaign for Attorney General T. W. Bickett, governor candidate. Sikes helped write the Bickett pamphlet forming the campaign basis. Both are Wake Forest alumni. Sikes is helping in Raleigh, where Bickett backers hope he will speak in the county as the former Wake president once represented the school in the senate.
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Laurence W. Young
Ben M. Merriwether
William L. Armstrong
High Point
Mann
Rex Hospital
Aberdeen
Main
E. W. Sikes
Wake Forest College
T. W. Bickett
Wake Forest
Bickett
Raleigh
Doctor Sikes
Wake
Drink Hot Water for a Rosy Complexion Claims
An article promotes morning hot water with limestone phosphate as a internal wash to remove toxins and improve skin tone. It asserts cleansing the stomach liver kidneys and bowels yields clearer skin, glow, and relief from headaches bilious spells and constipation within one to two weeks.
Grimes Offers Reward Over Automobile License Scam
Raleigh May 9 Col J Bryan Grimes secretary of state and 1916 candidate offers 100 reward for evidence exposing a false charge that he gets a dollar take-off on every automobile license. He denies any such revenue and vows to sue for libel while urging fair treatment and public oversight.
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W. T. Bost
Raleigh
Col
J. Bryan Grimes
Grimes
North Carolina
Fluimay
Berme
Peron
Raecan
A. and MM. College
Craig
Ragan
Fred A. Olds
High Point
Mr. Ragan
Colonel Olds
Board of Trustees
Wo 4 Withers
Heavy Death Toll in One Family Across Two Weeks
Statesville May 9 Mrs Susie Morrow wife of J B Morrow died after an 11 day typhoid pneumonia illness at her Shiloh township home. She leaves husband and three sons Charles Ralph and Aaron. two daughters died recently from pneumonia. A son remains seriously ill. Mary Wilson Lazenby aged 93 died at Cocil Springs. Emmeline Janet Webb wife of Daniel Webb of Oak Forest died after months of illness. She leaves husband and four children Marvin Webb Brooklyn Jr John Joe Webb Oak Forest and Mrs Parks Shoemaker Winston-Salem. Funeral service held at New Salem church with Rev Goode and Rev Edwards. interment at New Salem.
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Statesville
Susie Morrow
J. B. Morrow
Shiloh Township
Mary Wilson Lazenby
Cocil Springs
Emmeline Janet Webb
Daniel Webb
Oak Forest
Marvin Webb
Brooklyn
John and
Joe Webb
Parks Shoemaker
Winston-Salem
New Salem Church
Mr. Goode
Edwards
Taylorsville
New Salem
Thomasville graduation awards and a fatal accident
In Thomasville on Friday night the graduating class held exercises at the Baptist church with two prizes from the Cheetauqua circle awarded by Judge D C MacRae. Jewel Sink won the top average prize and Harvey Black the most improvement prize. A fire at Hughes Pace Lumber was contained Thursday night. Clay Kearns was fatally injured after being thrown from a horse Saturday. he briefly recovered at home before death.
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Thomasville
Cheetauqua Circle
D C. MacRae
Jewel Sink
Harvey Black
Hughes-ePace Lumber Company
Clay Kearns
Mr. Kearns
Kearns
Foley Cathartic Tablets Backed By Reader
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pills. The reader says they do not nauseate or gripe and act freely on the liver. Suitable for constipation bloating sour stomach gas bad breath and irregular action. Mann Drug Co. advertises.
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Anna Hawn
Cedar Grove
Mann Drug Co. Ady
Bejeweled Women Criticized For Coddling Dogs
London reports Rev Bernard Vaughan denouncing childless women as “befarred and bejewelled” for coddling pets during war. He laments falling birth rates, high marriage rates, and warns of a nation headed to the cemetery, urging mothers over munitions or money.
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London
Bernard Vaughan
Mansion House
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