Blockading and Blockaders in North Carolina History
Col Fred A Olds reviews moonshining blockading and blind tiger terms in North Carolina, tracing origins from Ireland and the Civil War. He profiles John Nichols, a long time U S commissioner, and describes cases with moonshiners and drivers, including a Raleigh jail scene and a Wake County episode. The piece laments partisan loyalty, praises reform, and recounts Nichols handling of odd cases while reflecting on law and morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
John Nichols
Masonic
Oxford
Nichols
United States
Ireland
Wilmington
Raleigh
North
Caro
South
Pneumonia Follows La Grippe In Local Report
A brief medical note cites pneumonia as a common sequel to la grippe with patient cases, including mentions of Dr Gwyn and Anousanie in connection with treatment. The item reflects early 20th century public health concerns about influenza complications.
Tragic Knife Razor Death Shocks Local County
Pearle Faggart a 23 year old from No 6 township near Concord cut her throat with a razor about 5 30 pm severing the jugular vein and died within thirty minutes. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel M Faggart and had been seen in her room shortly before the self inflicted wound. The tragedy drew deep sympathy from well known county families as investigators examined the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Pearle Faggart
Daniel M. Faggart
No. 6
Officers Kill Negro in Vance Township Arrest
Monroe Feb 13 Jim Horton a negro living near Indian Trail in Vance township was shot and killed at 9 o'clock last night by officers sent to arrest him. Con stable W H Starnes had attended to serve papers earlier and Horton drove him off with a gun. Starnes and Deputy Pressley obtained a warrant and, entering the house, Horton seized a gun and, when he turned, both officers fired. Horton fell dead with the weapon in his hands. Starnes and Pressley bound over to the Superior Court on $1,000 bond each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iar
Nichols
Wake County
Apex
Holly Springs
Darkey
Chatham County
Chatham
Raleigh
Monroe
Jim Horton
Indian Trail
Vance Township
W. H. Starnes
Horton
Starnes
Z. A. Pressley
Pressley
Recorder’s Court
Superior Court
Trouble Is So Sociable Theme Song of a Grieving Fellow
A vivid line from a dialect sketch describes a companion who chats all day, stays up late, and accompanies you to the funeral in the rain, capturing a sly, affectionate humor about sociable companions.
Third degree torture condemned in police interrogation
The piece condemns the use of third degree methods by New Jersey detectives in the Nicholas Sica case in Newark. It compares such interrogation to medieval torture, describes the midnight exposure of a murdered scene to provoke a confession, and urges legal prohibition of extorted statements as unlawful and untrustworthy evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Nicholas Sica
Frank Wilhelm
Newark
Guy Fawkee
Sica
Wings to Glory and the Fire on the Golden Streets
A fragment describes weariness for walking in heaven and the belief of having wings to fly, warning that Satan could set fire before reaching the promised golden streets. The lines evoke religious imagery of salvation and peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Sleep Urges Ignore Early Wake Up
A speaker asks to be left undisturbed at sleep, insisting on no instructions to wake early and planning to rest until they reach their destination, expressing a firm preference for slumber over interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberham
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Fred A. Olds
Charlotte Observer
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharp
Edward Carmack
McCain
Preme
Nessary
Bierman
Hows
Cox
Hart
Anderson
E. M. Burke
Robert McPherson
UG. A. Lane
W. A. Adcock
Casper
Anousanie
BH. Gwyn
Young Woman
Helt
Apel
John A. Young
Greensbero
N. C
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