Cashier Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Tarboro Bank
Luther V. Hart cashier of the Bank of Tarboro is dead after a self inflicted pistol shot. Assistant cashier B. H. Hussey is jailed on complicity charges as investigators estimate the bank misappropriation at up to 100000 dollars. State bank examiner J. K. Doughton reported a broad shortage tied to Hart’s recent failures and the bank closure follows.
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Tarboro
N. G
Luther V. Hart
Bank of Tarboro
Hussey
J. 1K
Doughton
Bank
Hart
Itty
North Carolina
J. K
Vete Bank Examiner
B. H. Hussen
Hart’s suicide bid linked to overdrawn accounts and bank strain
Developments show Hart planned suicide after confessing he helped men overdraw their accounts and faced consequences. He refused wife’s urging to use her property to settle with the bank, stating he would take his medicine when caught. A typewritten letter found on the body was prepared at the bank yesterday. Hussey remains jailed unable to post bail.
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Hart
Hussey
Large Scott family seeks land in Oklahoma after Canada trip
Mr and Mrs Frank Scott of Highlands Kansas seek a new home in Oklahoma with abundant land for their large brood. Married under ten years they are parents to nineteen children, thirteen living, all boys under five. They traveled to Alberta briefly, then back via Omaha where a conductor challenged free travel for their large party.
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Brooklyn
Frank Scott
Highland
Kans
Oklahoma
Scotts
Alberta
Canada
Seoul
Omaha
Mrs. Scott
Barbarous cruelty ends in wife death in Arlington
In Spartanburg county a coroner s jury finds that Mary Lawter died from brutal whipping by her husband Andy Lawter who fled to Polk county North Carolina to avoid arrest. The wife had left him after severe beatings and a gun was twice aimed at her. Their 9 year old son Broadus testified to the alleged abuse. Lawter was arrested in Arlington and jailed awaiting Polk county authorities.
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Spartanburg
Wlaskey
Mary Linter
Arlington
Saluda
N. C
Turner
Mary Lawter
Andy Lawter
Lawter
Polk County
North Carolina
Broadus Lawter
Snallest
Ben Garrett
Memoirs of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society edition
Col. J. C. Stribling of Pendleton submitted a copy to the office this week showing an 1786 publication of the Memoirs of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society. The note ends mid sentence about a boat.
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Anderson Intelligencer
J. C. Stribling
Pendleton
Philadelphia Agricultural Society
Oldest American society united under 1815 organization
Me uuaely, organized in 1815 and still active, claims status as the nation’s oldest society. A book lent to the Pendleton society by Col. Pickens includes a George Washington letter and a Maryland resident Loring’s crop report noting 134 bushels of corn and 263 bushels of Irish potatoes from one acre planted in the middles. Col. Stribling promotes the same fish potato method with a good crop this year. The New Orleans Mint will cease operations July 1 and will serve as assay office and storage for 22,000,000 silver dollars in a vault.
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United States
Pendleton Society
Col. Pickens
George Washington
Loring
Maryland
Col. Stribling
New Orleans
Washington
Boozer Convicted of Murder in South Carolina Case
In Newberry, Sam Boozer colored was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of James Gilliam at Hipp’s Old Town plantation on March 3. John C Hipp white was acquitted. Boozer was sentenced to hang on August 18 and await a possible new trial motion in Laurens. He is to be sent to the penitentiary in Columbia.
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Newberry
Court of General Sessions
Sam Boozer
John C. Hipp
James 8. Gillam
Hipp
Old ‘Town
Boozer
Gilliam
Hip
Glumbia
Hailstorm Damages Cotton Across Bennettsville Region
A June 16 report notes Sunday and Monday hail storms causing extensive cotton damage in Bennettsville area. About 1,200 acres were so badly damaged replanting is required while some farmers have begun replanting by overseeding in the present furrow. Damage varied with cotton size and growth stage.
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Bennettsville
Fierce Hurricane Destroys Italian Mill and Town
Bresci Italy reports a hurricane demolishing a spinning mill with many killed and eight bodies recovered. In Trieste Austria a morning hurricane wrecked vessels and left seventy five dead with heavy property loss. Mrs L Whiteacre Buffalo endorses Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for croup.
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Bresci
Italy
Trieste
Austria
Thomas
Search for 14 children ends in Indianapolis reunion
Frank Schramm, 99, long separated from his 14 children after the 1900 Galveston flood, traveled 16 000 miles via pension support from Mexican and Civil War service and finally found one daughter in Indianapolis. He learns only four of his children are living. the reunion is described as miraculous as a passerby child guides him to his daughter.
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Galveston
Texas
Frank Schramm
Indianapolis
Ind
Schramm
Dean
Sun day School Conference Set for Westminster
The Anderson District Methodist Church holds its annual Sun day schools conference at Westminster on July 11 and 12. About 160 delegates from ministers superintendents and two delegates from each Sunday school will attend with Rev A J Cauthen as presiding officer and J B Marshall as secretary. The program includes devotion enrollment district work and departmentizing Sunday schools with talks by Rev A V Harbin Rev A J Cauthen Prof G S Goodgson and others with open discussion and sessions on cradle roll missions and teaching.
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Anderson
Methodist Church
Westminster
A. J. Cauthen
J. M Way
Rey
G. CG. Hutchinson
S. A. Donahoe
Irene Prince
J. L. Stokes
Conference agenda for Sunday school officers meeting
Wednesday Afternoon sessions from 2.00 to 4.15 cover devotional services, leadership talks, and open discussions on Sunday school work led by Rev. P K Rhoad Rev W C Kelly W R Osborne Rev A E Driggers J B Marshall and others. Wednesday Evening features devotional song service led by Rev A J Cauthen and closing address by Rev R W Humphries.
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P. K. Rhoad
W. C. Kelly
W. R. Osborne
Wesley
A. E. Driggers
J. M. Wayfield
J. B. Marshall
J. W. Neely
Messrs
W. B. Cox
J.T. Lawrence
O. M. Heard
Pressley
Dunlap
Robinson
A. J. Cauthen
R.W Humphries
Foley Kidney Remedy Promoted for Chronic Kidney Bladder Trouble
Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended for chronic kidney and bladder issues. It claims to regulate the kidney and bladder action, with healing, strengthening, and bracing effects. Barton's Pharm Walthall Sencei, W.d. Lanne.
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Foley
Barton's Pharm
Walthall Sencei
W.d. Lanne
Court Invalidates Greenwood County Police Appointments
The South Carolina Supreme Court voids the governor's appointment of two rural policemen in Greenwood County for lack of legislative recommendation. It says the legislature may attach conditions when conferring appointment power. The court orders two months of salaries be paid.
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South Carolina Supreme Court
Greenwood County
Mega
Rexford Praises Foley Kidney Pills For Back Pain
Rexford of 616 New York Life Building Kansas City Missouri reports a severe cold settled in his back and kidneys causing great pain. A friend advised Foley Kidney Pills and after using two bottles he says they did him a world of good.
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Rexford
New York Life Building
Kansas City
Foley
Mexico moves to curb foreign monopoly power
Governor Abraham Gonzales announced immediate reforms in Chihuahua affecting millions in American property. Foreign concessions will not be extended or renewed, with strict limits on monopolies. The Diaz era profits blamed for Mexico’s exploitation, foreigners warned to compete, not receive special privileges, as Americans are urged to support upbuilding reforms.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Abraham Gonzales
Ding
Gonzales
Gonzalew
Explosion Kills Two Convict Miners at Belle Ellen Mine
In Birmingham Alabama on June 15 a dynamite laden lamp exploded in the Belle Ellen area mine of the Bessemer Coal Iron and Land Company. Two convict miners were killed instantly. The explosives were placed in one lamp by an unnamed miner likely in conflict with a Black colleague. motive remains unclear.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company
Belle Ellen
Here
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Teems With Endorsements
A Chicago reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female weakness and stomach trouble. She recalls buying the product after a clerk refused a fraudulent substitute and asserts the remedy has helped many women over thirty years. The letter urges women to demand the original formula and notes the product is made from roots and herbs.
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Chicago
Pinkham
Lydia
Pinksham
Arch St
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinksham
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