Senators Listen to Public Mood on Tariff Reform
Washington April 19 Senators for the first time face the voters as under the constitutional amendment electing them by popular vote, making the Senate a closer mirror of the people. They seek public opinion on the Underwood tariff and urge constituents to write their views, aiming to align votes with the popular will before election.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
George Washinggan
National Landhiuse
Congress
Constituent
House
Juan Ankious
Pound a Cure for Rheumatism Declared Effective
A Mapleton resident claims relief from two years of rheumatism after using a liniment sold by All Dealers. The testimonial states the user could not bring the right hand to the mouth for two years but recovered in two months and has suffered no rheumatism since.
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Mapleton
Guilford Court Fails to Proceed in Guilford County Session
Greensboro April 19 Superior court failed to commence work after a week of delays. Judge Peebles warned jurors may return Monday as no substantial cases were heard. Most days were consumed by divorce matters and a growing tension between lawyers and the court is blamed for the nonproductive docket.
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Greensboro
Superior Court
R. BK. Peebles
Genesitty Realizis
Guilford
Peebles
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Notes for Illicit Whiskey
The court held notes given for whiskey unlawfully sold and shipped into the state cannot be collected. The majority decision, with Justices Brown and Walker in dissent, arose from a Henderson County case where J. P. Israel faced a note for whiskey sent from Cincinnati to Hendersonville. The magistrate’s instruction to answer no led to the appeal and consolidation of two notes under $200 each.
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Supreme Court of
North Carolina
Chiathas
Supreme Court
Brown
Walker
Allen
Hoke
Clark
Henderson County
J. P. Israel
Cincinnati
Henderson Ville
Imue
Sunday Battle Leaves Three Wounded in High Point
On Sunday April 21 a fight on Main Street near Brown's cafe involved Carl Hargrave Joe Metcett and Ira Andrews. Each man sustained injuries with 15 33 and 35 stitches respectively. Hargrave fled town unknown while the other two returned home. Later officers investigated an infant murder case found abandoned near a southern town area with a clue pointing to Chic Ridge.
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High Point
Carl Hargrave
Joe Metcett
Ira Andrews
Main Street
Brown's
Hargrave
Chic Ridge
Governor Mann Undergoes Appendectomy in Virginia
Richmond April 21 Governor William Hodges Mann, aged 69, was operated on for appendicitis at a Richmond hospital. Eight doctors assisted as the inflamed appendix was removed. The operation proceeded without complications and the governor’s condition tonight is satisfactory though the outcome remains uncertain for a few days.
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Richmond
William Hodges Mann
Ricmond Hospital
Fourteen Barrels Seized Near Salisbury Under New Law
Deputies J McKinzie F Tolche and G L Baker seized 14 barrels of liquor near Salisbury and jailed Jim Lick Lem Walker and Lee Springs. Sheriff learned of a large-scale liquor plant in operation with evidence of full equipment. Thrash charged with possession exceeding legal limits under the state search and seizure law.
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J. McKinzie
F. Tolche
G. L. Baker
P. H
Evinle
Jim Lick
Lem Walker
Lee Springs
Thrash
Raleigh
McKinzie
Rowan
Reigh
Snow on the Blue Ridge Shrouds Asheville Peaks
Asheville residents glimpse snow coated mountains surrounding the city on an April day. The sight draws hotel guests and visitors to verandas and roof gardens while base ball games reach unusual spring scenery as mountains appear white with snow.
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Asheville
Baseball Ginner
Cardinal Gibbons Opposed to Woman Suffrage
Baltimore April 21 Cardinal Gibbons replies to Inez Milholland stating the Christian religion had halted a woman s sphere and she is now equal to man but her proper sphere remains in the home He personally opposed to woman suffrage while the church leaves moral matters open to individual decision
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Baltimore
Inez Milholland
Cardinal Gibbons
Democrats to Fill All Fourth Class Post Offices
Washington April 21 Representative Godwin, after talks with Postmaster General Burleson, said he expected every fourth class post office to be filled by Democrats when the postal service reorganization completes. He praised an easy exam but favored Democrats winning all such offices, asserting Republicans would be ousted at the final test.
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Washington
Burleson
Godwin
Post Office Department
Postal Service
United States
Blind Tigers on the Run in North Carolina
The piece notes widespread raids after the new search and seizure law took effect on April 1. It cites confiscations in Wilson and Durham, reports reduced liquor sales, and says several bootleggers fled or are jailed. It highlights unusual police quiet and a decaying criminal trade statewide.
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Wilson Daily Times
Tom Tucker
Atlantic Coma Line
A. D. Dawson
Melvin Wagner
Durham Morning Herald
Tomage
Durham
Tti
Charlotte Observer
Recorder’s Court
Charlotte
the Observer
Webb
News and Observer
Stell
Raleigh
Frank Wilson
Leasiig
Cuba
North Carolina
Tom Yates
Danville
Virginia
Courta
Tom Fogleman
Greensboro
Tiger King
W. H. Tucker
Mother and Daughter in Divorce Court at Same Time
In Atlanta this week Fulton Superior Court will hear two separate divorce suits filed by C H Garrison and R C Hicks against Mrs Fanny Garrison and Mrs Lillian Garrison Hicks mother and daughter. Each husband alleges coercive control and financial demands with threats of violence in the home.
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Atlanta
Fulton Superior Court
Fanny Garrison
Lillian Garrison Hicks
C. H. Garrison
R. C. Hicks
Suffragette Milholland Seeks Male Law Partner in Wall Street
Miss Inez Milholland a noted suffragette will open a law office in the Wall Street district this week and seeks a male partner. A friend notes she will not partner with another woman, though she has a steady stream of partnership proposals.
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New York
Inez Milholland
Herald
Washington
Wall Street
Sores
Simmons Opposes Oliver for Reidsville Postmaster
Senator Simmons informs Representative Stedman and Postmaster General Burleson that he will oppose John T. Oliver for the Reidsville postmaster position. This signals a broader challenge to incumbents or nominees backed by congressional endorsements.
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Washington
Simmons
Stedman
Burleson
John T. Oliver
Reidsville
Public Suffragists Face Violent Opposition in London
London April 20 suffragists faced mobs as 20 000 gathered in Hyde Park to hear a militants flag speech. Police defended protesters at Brightop and Wimbledon while stones and cries of free speech echoed. an infernal device with votes for women wrapping was found at Yorks Yorkshire Herald doorway.
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London
Brightop
Esplanade
Hyde Park
Women’s Social and Political Union
Russia
Wimbledon
Hampstead Heath
Yorkshire Herald
York
Suit Against Woodmen of the World In Death Case
In Greenville on April 17 the Statewide interest case will be heard in Federal Court. A $20 000 suit by S S P Taylor executor against the Woodmen of the World follows the death of Samuel M Taylor who was shot during the initiation ceremony near Honea Path. The order is strong in the region and the case draws wide attention.
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Greenville
8. C
Woodmen of the World
Samuel M. Taylor
P. Taylor
Honea Path
Turpentine Stills yield large profits from old deposits
In Kinston area April 15 report notes hundreds of dollars earned by men reviving unused turpentine stills. An ancient still bought for 30 dollars could net 2000 to 5000, with floods briefly pausing work then resuming. Fresh resin deposits at Clintos were found and are being removed.
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Kinston
Snow Hill
Clintos
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Guilford Court
Mann
Salisbury
Blind Tigers
Fogleman
Tucker
Oliver
Lamdeon
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