Means Case Testimony Details Autopsy In King Death
Concord report notes Dr. William H. Burmeister testified the wound could not have been self inflicted and showed no powder burns. The hearing, moved to Magistrate Pitts, included eight defense lawyers for Gaston Means and opened with a not guilty plea.
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Palmer
Means
C. A. Pitts
F. J. Osborne
Charlotte
Manning
Solcitor Clement
Dooling
William H. Burmeister
Cook County
King
Burmeister
Clement
Xtra
Supont
Mansler
Main Street resurfacing to start this week in city
Work to repair and repave Main Street from Commerce to English will begin this week. Contractors expect rapid completion after washing the surface with fire hoses and removing debris, then applying bitulithic, asphalt, and hot sand. City records show 2,390 feet frontage owned by 44 entities with 31 signatories totaling 1.69 feet.
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Taplin
W. C. Brown
George T. Penny
Joseph D. Cox
Abe Elwood Cox
Sherrod ‘and Peacock
D. Roney
Metntyreau
D. A. Stanton
H. Harris
Bro
A. Clinard
R. R. Ragan
P. H. Johnson
J. A. Lindsay
Hi. Millis
Bank of Commerce
J. H. Johnston
L. J. Ingram
Stanton
Stanton and Ring, 25; Mrs. J. J. Welch, 26; Mrs. J. J. Cox
BF. H.C. Field
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
J. C. Welch
Goldstein and Isaacson
R. L. Loflin
A. V. Sapp
M. J. Wrenn
W. P. Pickett
Dyer Brothers
Raleigh Mob Follies Shake City Over Lynching Talk
Editorial from Raleigh dated September 24 describes mobs surrounding the courthouse and prison after an alleged assault on a streetcar contractor's wife. Governor Bickett warned mobs, promising immunity if they dispersed, as Adjutant General Young and 20 rifles faced the crowd. Reports note similar crime elsewhere, peanut consumption in theaters, and amused locals at the circus of fear.
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Raleigh
al- Divh
Bickett
Court House
Young
State Prison
Karl Neville
Mecklenberry
Charette
Neville
Wake County
Dunn
State
Wage schedule signed to end San Francisco iron workers strike
In San Francisco on September 24 a temporary wage schedule was signed by union members employers and federal mediators. It will allow 30 000 iron workers who struck last Monday to return to work immediately upon ratification pending final adjudication by the federal board of conciliation.
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San Francisco
Federal Board of Conciliation
Bread Consumption Gap Between Genders Reported
A study finds the average woman needs about one fifth less bread than a man, highlighting a gender-based difference in dietary bread requirements.
Exhumation Ordered in Mrs Bingham Death Case
Dr Charles Nesbitt health officer issued a permit to excavate the body of Mrs Robert W Bingham. Mayor Moore was informed that officials expect a full statement later and investigators believe a crime may have been involved. Graham Kenan, brother in law of Mrs Bingham, said the family had the autopsy done by leading physicians and will release findings when available.
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Afton
Cincinnati
Gaston Means
A. B. Palmer
North Carolina
Robert W. Bingham
P. Q. Moore
Wilmington
Graham Kenan
Bingham
Fraternal Orders Plan 7 Oclock Parades to Open Whitness Week
City fraternal groups intend to take part in a Wednesday 7 pm parade forming at the South Main Street school building. The march travels Main to Richardson and back to Washington then to the exhibit hall where ranks disperse. Millis urges all orders to participate and contact him before Wednesday afternoon. A featured booth at the hall named table de hote will offer real food and draw visitors.
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TH. A. Millis
South Main Stret School
Main Street
Richardson Street
Main
Washington
Speakers Set For Kirmess Week At Washington Street Grove
The Kirmess week opens Wednesday with 11 am public talks each morning in the Washington street grove. Judge Gilbert Stephenson of Winston-Salem speaks Wednesday on patriotism. Thursday features Hon. A L Brooks of Greensboro. Friday features Prof FE Brooks of Trinity College with a focus on education and Woodrow Wilson. The old Methodist church on Washington is being fitted as an exhibit hall to display local manufacturing and farming industries.
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A.L. Brooks
Greensboro
North Carolina
Brooks
FE. C. Brooks
Department’ of Education
Trinity College
Durham
Tie
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Street
Weaver Day Observed for Rutherford College Hall Fund
Salisbury churches marked Weaver day with contributions to build a Weaver hall at Rutherford College in memory of Dr. J. H. Weaver. Dr. Weaver once led Salisbury First church and was highly regarded locally. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is training young women as civil engineers for their lines.
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Salisbury
Weaver
Rutherford College
J. H. Weaver
The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Docket Phones Up Several Court Cases In Local Session
Fight cases from the week end filled today's municipal court docket. Mace Lottlin fined five dollars plus costs for drunk and disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Lonnie Jones received a temporary restraint for roaming horse until Wednesday. Henry Hawkins sent ahead until tomorrow for leaving a horse unblocked. Joe Bondurant fined five dollars plus costs for breach of the peace and filed an appeal with bond set at twenty five dollars. Bondurant also charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, again appealing with the same bond. Charles Maynard taxed costs for speeding. Louie Hast and Edgar Lee split costs fifty fifty after an affray.
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Mace Lottlin
Lonnie Jones
Henry Hawkins
Joe Bondurant
Bondurant
Charles Maynard
Louie Hast
Edgar Lee
Cotton prices of last week’s close upheld
New York Sept 24 The cotton market opened irregular with futures showing a wide range. October traded around 24.55, January 24.28, dipped to about 24.41 and 24.10 before recovering, with late first hour quotes near 24.52 for October and 24.10 to 24.28 for December.
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New York
Tosey
British destroyer sunk by German submarine near channel
An admiralty announcement reports a British destroyer torpedoed and sunk in the approaches to the channel by a German submarine with 50 survivors.
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London
Admiralty
Croatans Arrive at Camp Jackson as Cherokees
A group of 14 Cherokee Indians from Robeson county North Carolina arrive at Camp Jackson. Two Robeson board members accompany them to explain social standards to cantonment authorities. The group, formerly Croatans, claim descent from John White's lost colony and maintain separate schools while avoiding ties to both whites and Negroes, creating a potential social dilemma for officials.
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Columbia
8. C
Camp Jackson
Robeson County
N.C
Robeson Board No. 2
John White
Lost Colony
Bond Issue 10 To Be Sold On Tuesday
Municipal bonds totaling 330000 for street work and refunding will be sold tomorrow at noon at the municipal building on Jordan Street. City manager Thomas J. Murphy said bids are expected to be strong, with no bid below par and each offer backed by a 2 percent certified check. Bids are sealed and opening set for noon tomorrow.
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Jordan Street
Thomas J. Murphy
Kindergarten Class Starts at Elm Street School
Miss Claudia Dicks returned and met the kindergarten class and their parents at the Elm Street School. She urged parents to bring their children to help everyone get acquainted as the new department begins this year.
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Claudia Dicks
Elm Street
U.S. Flags Donated by French Allies to Be Granted
Paris reports the United States government will award regimental flags to five American units. The flags are donated by descendants of Frenchmen who fought in the American Revolution.
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Paris
United States
Bobby Byrne Released From Chicago Club
Chicago announces the unconditional release of Bobby Byrne a fielder with the Chicago club of the American League yesterday September 24 in a formal notice.
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Bobby Byrne
Chicago
Sammies Encamped on Historic Battlefield Far in France
American troops lie encamped along a historic battlefield near the British front in France far from their main units. The men, unidentified for security, are praised by the Associated Press as fit and ready after nearly two months of hard open campaign conditions.
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France
Uncle Sam
The
Associated Press
Bankhead Road plan spurs High Point highway group
J A Rountree and LM Vanstory lead High Point to form a Bankhead Highway association. They pitch a military road to connect cantonments, note 12 Army camps along the proposed route and urge Federal adoption, with December congress outreach planned.
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High Point Bankhead Highway Association
Manufacturers Club
J. A. Rountree
Birmingham
General Association
Mr. Rountree
High Point
LM. Vanstory
Greensboro
North Carolina
Rountree
Bankhead
Congress
General Pershing
Mexico
United States
Texas
Bankhead Association
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Petersburg
Charlotte
Greenville
Atlanta
Waco
Anniston
Ala
Memphis
Little Rock
Ark
Spartanburg
Vanstory
W. H. McGlamery
White Way post damaged by small auto
A White Way post was knocked down and badly broken by a small automobile shortly after noon today. The machine backed away after the impact and left the scene. The number plate was recorded and reported to the police.
Local Timber Company Chartered by State
Raleigh September 24 The Blue Podge Timber Company of High Point was chartered by the secretary of state. The capital is 100000 with 82000 paid in. It will deal in general timber and land better Hess.
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Raleigh
Blue Podge Timber Company
High Point
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Gaston
Aston Means
Eirnest Bury
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