Boy Scouts Begin Garden Project on Chestnut Street
Seventeen Boy Scouts started work on a garden on Chestnut Street atop the old Hedgecock property. They prepared and planted crops including Irish and sweet potatoes, tomatoes, corn, beans, and buck beans after soil advice from Guilford county agent BE Anderson. Scout Master W M Marr notes some members are away at summer jobs but will assist when possible. businessmen and the public are invited to visit the Scout farm to see the gardening effort and learning process.
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Chestnut Street
Hedgecock
BE. H. Anderson
Guilford County
Anderson
W. M. Marr
Rabbit Outruns Policeman In Small Town Chase
In a Peculiar chase, Patrolman Carroll pursues Red Allen a white man known for mischief in Pickett cotton mill village. Red, wearing heavy shoes, escapes but is recaptured after a second dash. Allen to be arraigned in municipal court tomorrow on charges including throwing rocks and resisting arrest.
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Carroll
Chatham
Mercury
Carrol
Red Allen
Red
Pickett Coton Mill
Adam and Eve
Cain
Rell
Carrell
Red Wes
Joose
Flosh Carrol
Thrift Club Pays Out Large Sum to Its Many Members
The Thrift Club of Home Bank paid about $1,000 to school children and others yesterday. Checks ranged from a few dollars to 76.50 with a teacher saving the largest amount. Started last September with the school term, the program ends at commencement and will be expanded next year, per cashier M. Crowson who originated the scheme.
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Thrift Club
Ao M. €. Crowson
Secretary Balfour Addresses U S Cotton Manufacturers
Washington dated May 23 American cotton manufacturers gathered to form a war committee for government cooperation when Foreign Secretary Balfour head of the British war mission spoke. He said U S adhesion to the allied cause would prevent military autocracy from molding all nations, and was warmly welcomed by Secretary Daniels.
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Washington
Balfour
United States
Daniels
Protest Against Detention of Americans in Germany
Washington reports a protest to the German government over the detention of American citizens. The State Department received information that Americans are held in Germany and seeks a full statement of Germanys attitude toward their departure. The note emphasizes that the United States acts promptly on requests by German subjects to leave the United States.
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Washington
Germany
State
Report on premature shell explosions on armed liners
A May 23 report by Rear Admiral Earle, chief of the bureau of ordnance, states that six inch shells made before 1900 are unreliable and all anch ordnance has been withdrawn from naval and merchant ships aboard the armed liners St Lente St Pawl and Mongolia.
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Washington
Earle
Bureau
Ordnasce
St. Lente
St. Pawl
Mongolia
Daniels
What’s Yours The German Peace Terms and Indemnity Conjecture
The Pittsburgh Post contends the world will be astonished by Germany’s moderation in peace terms and suggests Germany may reduce indemnity demands on the United States. It speculates that if the U S promises good behavior, Germany might permit US ships to sail on Wednesdays or holidays with flags and barber pole decor.
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Germany
United States
Pittsburgh Post
Macon
Acid Tron Mineral Iron Tonic Promotes Blood Health
A medical notice warns against alcohol and dangerous iron forms in tonics. It promotes Acid Tron Mineral as a natural iron mineral deposit solution that strengthens stomach, blood, kidneys, and bladder without alcohol or habit forming drugs. Drugstores offer a fifty cent bottle, with simple dosage after meals and at night.
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Tron
Trom
Ferredino Chemical Corporation
Save glass and stone containers for women of south
Washington on May 23 the United States department of agriculture urged saving glass and stoneware containers for women on southern farms to preserve fruits and vegetables. Southern Railway Development Service agents back the plan and call for cooperation between city consumers and farm producers to ensure container supply amid tin can shortages.
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Washington, D. C
South
United States Department of Agriculture
Southern Railway System
Great Damage by HATL Reported at Wilmington
Wilmington May 23 growing crops were heavily damaged and window lights broken at hall which visited this room today at noon. Large glass in stores were shattered and flights in hot houses belonging to local florists were smashed. The hall was the largest ever seen here and in some instances cut automobile tops. The greatest damage had been done growing crops the extent of which cannot yet be estimated.
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Wilmington
Presbyterians Split Reported On Union Plan
Birmingham May 23 The committee on bills and overtures submitted an unfavorable majority report on the proposal for union between the southern and northern branches of the Presbyterian church to the general assembly in session here today.
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Birmingham
Committee On
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Isession
Pretty Miss Dorothy Rummel Wins $800 in Taxi Suit
Dorothy Rummel of Cincinnati received an $800 verdict against a taxi company after jurors heard she was injured and unable to wiggle her toes, following exposure of her injured feet.
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Dorothy Rummel
Cincinnati
Special Train to Washington for Confederate Veterans Reunion
Southern Railway runs a special round trip train from Charlotte and other North Carolina points to Washington D C on Monday June 4 1917 for the 81st Annual Confederate Veterans and 22nd Annual Sons of Veterans reunions. Departures include Charlotte 7 45 pm Concord 8 20 pm Salisbury 9 05 pm Lexington 9 37 am High Point 10 03 pm Greensboro 10 25 pm Reidsville 11 11 pm with arrival Washington 7 00 am next day. Additional stops en route and low round trip fare June 2 7. Reserve with ticket agent or S E Burgess.
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Washington
P. C
Southern Railway System
Charlotte
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Concord
Salisbury
Lexington
High Point
Greensboro
Reidsville
Harrisburg
Kannapolis
China Grove
Spencer
Thomasville
Jamestown
Brown’s Summit
Ruffin
Mares
Southern Railway
Washingon
Chnia
Jordontown
Denton See
High Rock
Wigh Point
Denton
Jordonton
Carolina and Yadkin River Railway Schedule
The Carolina and Yadkin River By. Co. publishes a timetable effective April 10, 1917 listing train arrival and departure times for various stations. The schedule notes times are not guaranteed.
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Carolina & Yadkin River
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Scout Farm
Marshal Joffre
France
Virginia
Hank
Benue
Pete
Panama
Sik
Uinc
Chero-Cola
United Confederate Veterans
Sons OF Veterans
S. E. Burgess
Charlotte, N. C
Wilson
Europe
America
Hohe Commercial
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
W. A. J. Idol
J. W. Harriss
V.P. C
Kielp
Bank OF Commerce
C. E. Kearns
A .M. Rankin
H. A. Millis
J. H. Adams
G. A. Pollock
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