Hall Mille murder mystery flares in court action
Miss North a lawyer detective weighs in as two counties work with a special prosecutor. Disappearances on September 14 lead to bodies found September 16 at Phillips farm. Clifton Hayes briefly jailed, later freed amid shifting testimony. Pearl Bahmer and father Nicholas Bahmer linked to the case as witnesses and a serious charge against him surfaces.
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Fey
Br. W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Pearl Bahmer
Rinysnend Schneider
Phillips Farm
Schneider
Clifford Hayes
Hayes
Nicholas Bahmer
Charlotte Mills
Edwards
Supreme Court
Fllorence North
Wonder Heart
Woman Lawyer-Detective Aids Hall-Mills Case Revelations
Florence North, 25, a New York lawyer and detective, reveals motive and evidence in the Hall Mills murder case. She and 16-year-old Charlotte Mills unearthed eight letters and six cards from the central adulterous motive jealousy and revenge, linking pastor Rev. Edward Hall to Mrs. Mills and exposing bungled police work.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Hall-Mills
Florence North
Edward Wheeler Halhi
Eleanor Mills
Miss North
Charlotte Mills
Edwards
Charlotte
Hall
James Mills
New York
Mills
Rector Hall
Wealthy Fayetteville man on trial for wire fence theft
Neill 3 Blue, reputed Hoke county's wealthiest citizen and Fort Bragg land seller, faced larceny charges in a United States Commissioner court over 14 miles of wire fence removed from land sold to the government. Government witnesses testified they moved about 12 miles of fence under Blue's orders and would take half the wire. The case was continued to Friday.
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Fayetteville
Neill
Blue
Hoke County
War Department
Fort Stagg Reservation
United States
J. W. Tomlinson
Charles F. Fletter
Fort Bragg
Mr. Blue
S. Smith
W. B. McQueen
Raeford
City Chamber Seeks Plant Week to Beautify Town
Secretary Sizemore of the chamber urges a fall campaign to beautify the city by planting flowers. He cites last year's successful effort and proposes a plant week to systematically promote front-yard greenery as other cities already do.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sizemore
First public library in the United States started in Charleston
The probable first public library in the United States began in 1749 in Charleston South Carolina, marking an early milestone in American literacy and public access to books.
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United States
Charleston
S. C
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NEA Service
Grace Humiston
Ruth Cruger
N. C. Public Service Co
New Fall
Chapeaux
Miss Crowe
High Point
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