Walllace Fire Flood Causes Hundreds of Thousands in Loss
Wallace sept 19 special report on Camp Lumber plant flood damage from dam breaks along Rock Fish creek. Estimates at least 150 000 in property losses plus extensive private home losses. Rescue efforts saved marooned residents as water rose rapidly flooding homes, mills, and bridges.
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Wallace
Newkirk’s Mill
Tessell’s Gill
Mill Village
Leslie M. Beney
Wharton Williams
Rev. C. V. Brooks
W. P. McCurrie
Buford Sloan
A. J. Bray
Osborne Carr
Frank James
Pat Williams
David Campbell
James M. Camp Jr
Rockfish Creek
Blanton Bridge
Blanton
Olive Webb
Fort Smith
Ark
J. A. Campbell
William Carroll
A. Jd. Bray
Negro brakeman killed near Morganton at bridge
Pink White side a brakeman from Asheville was killed at the Silver Creek bridge two miles west of Morganton on Sunday. He fell or was knocked from a car as cloth ing caught the bridge edge. body trapped under train vibration, later dropped into 30 feet of creek. Coroner found draft records and a switch key. Watch chain and watch were missing.
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Morganton
Pink Whiteside
Asheville
Silver Creek
City declines to take over mains owned by private firm
City council decided not to assume the sewer and water mains in Roland Park now owned by Atlantic Coast Realty. An old agreement tied city costs to labor and materials, but the issue was deferred with officials noting the matter remains in status quo awaiting reawakening.
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Roland Park
Atlantic Coast Realty Company
Ragan
Father of Local Man Dies in Fayetteville
News of the death of W. D. Brown, father of D. K. Brown, reached the city today. He died last evening after a long illness at Fayetteville near North Main Street, with his son at his bedside. D. K. Brown was summoned last Friday. funeral details were not announced.
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Fayetteville
W. D. Brown
D. K. Brown
North Main Street
Mr. Brown
Blockade Distillery Captured in Rowan
Salisbury report says four county officers captured a blockade distillery in Cherryville township last Saturday night. No one was taken and the boiler was peculiarly shaped, holding about six bushels of pummies. No brandy found though the outfit ran in full blast. The Farm Life school paper Oak reorganized with a new editorial board. A revival meeting by Rev. William Black and Mr. Burr concluded Sunday night with many converts.
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Salisbury
Cherryville
Farm Life
Oak
William Black
Burr
City considers sewer loan plan for Richardson Street area
High Point would borrow 300 to 400 dollars from A E Tate and A V Sapp to extend a sewer line serving Richardson Street and nearby thoroughfares. City Manager Murphy warned of labor shortages but supported the plan, with a priority to lay a conduit under antennial avenue to avoid disrupting recent paving, aiming for extension after the first of next year.
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High Point
Richardson Street
A. E. Tate
A. V. Sapp
E. D. Steele
Murphy
Steele
Antennial Avenue
Porto Rico National Army Quota Raised to 12854 Men
San Juan Porto Rico Sept 5 The Porto Rico quota for the National Army is set at 12854 men up from 7000 Lt Col Townshend in charge says Washington issued new instructions It is unclear if the total will be called at once or in stages Cantonment plans for 7000 men remain unchanged.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Townshend
Washington
Two Ships Sunk By German Submarines
Christiania reports two Norwegian steamers sunk by German submarines. Two men from each vessel perished in the attacks.
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Christiania
Foreign Office
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Lucy M. Cobb
Camp Lumber Company
Leslie Boney
Box
H.harris & Bro
Asian Law NY
Blair-Hoskins Company
Coca Tobacco
New York
Ea EE
METRO
Ethel Barrymore
Seneca
Hart Drug CO
Postoffice
Rowan
Citizens Real Estate and
Sheraton Hill
Colonial Avenue
Office Bank OF Commerce Building
Bank OF Commerce
H. A. Millis
C. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
High Point, N.C
United States
U. S
Liberty Loan
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Wilson Motor Company
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