Didn't Get It Fixed Kinston Will Battle Among 15 Lawyers
Thomas J. Kelly who died in 1930 left a large Duplin County estate with more than 50 heirs. Fifteen lawyers from Duplin Sampson and Lenoir are contesting his will amid caveators who claim the word void was written to cancel it. The value is estimated around 65000 dollars and the case has moved to Lenoir County court with Judge W C Harris presiding.
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Duplin County
Sampson County
Lenoir ‘County
Kelly
Duplin
Lenoir County Court
W. C. Harris
Raleigh
Long Hill Sunday school convention at New Hope Church
The Long Hill Sunday school convention convened at New Hope Methodist Church with Rev. T. W. Bryant re elected president and Rev. J. W. Chilton as vice president. Miss Alice Chilton praised the children's department while Rev. J. O. Belton closed with a Sunday school address. A child of Walter Lawson died last week and was buried at New Hope. Ararat residents report illness and moving plans as a new foreman prepares to relocate families from Liberty to Ararat and J. W. Moore relocates to Dalton. The Ararat singers attended homecoming at Westfield Friends Church.
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Ararat
N. C
Long Hill
New Hope
T. W. Bryant
J. W. Chilton
Linda Armstrong
Walter Lawson
J. W. Moore
Dalton
Proctor
Liberty
Westfield
Friends Church
Bennie Uses Napkin to Tie Dog to Table Leg
A young boy Benny protests as his mother accuses him of misusing a napkin. He replies he is using it and explains he has tied Fido to the table leg with the napkin. The scene captures a humorous family moment.
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Mother
Bennie
Notice of sale under deed of trust Mount Airy NC
Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of The Bank of Mount Airy the property adjoining David Hall and Phillip Snow in Mount Airy North Carolina. The sale satisfies the note of 150.99 plus 99-100 dollars and interest from January 9 1933 with costs. The home of the late John H Moore is involved.
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L. G. Moore
John H. Moore
D. L. Hiatt
Surry County
Bank of Mount Airy
Mount Airy
North Carolina
David Hall
Phillip Snow
Easter’s Corner
Easter
Fred Folger
Notice to creditors of Peter Jones estate
Administrator of the estate of Peter Jones notifies all holders of claims to present them within legal time or be barred. Anyone indebted should settle promptly. Dated June 9 1933. First National Bank of Mount Airy N C, Admr. Peter Jones, Dec’d.
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Peter Jones
Pirst National Ars
Mount Airy
N.C
Admr
Roosevelt Wins In Battle With Storm At Martha's Vineyard
President Roosevelt braved a 25 mph northeast gale and rain along Massachusetts coast to reach Edgartown harbor aboard the Amberjack II. His crew and naval escort reported good judgment in riding out the squall before a calm evening at sea.
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Edgartown
Mass
Roosevelt
Island
Martha's Vineyard
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Buzzards Bay
W. Cameron Forbes
Phillipines
Vineyard Sound
Nantucket
Nantucket Island
Cape Cod
Stephen T. Early
Ellis
Open Grave Mystery In High School Boys Photo Probe
Four high school youths identified as members of a secret order opened a grave in a local cemetery to photograph a skull and study death. They dug a 20 inch square hole in the head of the Mary Stevens grave, then were jailed overnight and bonded out in the morning.
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High Point
Mary Stevens
Evans Truesdale
Charlie Drakulakas
James
Mrs Miller and Newsom On Vocabulary And Stock Turnover
Mrs Miller says the average woman has a vocabulary of 500 words while Newsom comments on a small stock with potential turnover. The remarks juxtapose language limits with market activity.
Robertson Set to Assume Revenue Office by July 1
Robertson will take over as collector of revenue for the North Carolina district by July 1, possibly sooner, after an agreement by Senators Reynolds and Bailey. William Grisson will turn over the desk and help Robertson with routine duties and a month of unpaid aid. Grisson also offers 11 years of goodwill and access to 300,000 federal taxpayers as the transfer proceeds to Greensboro and a new federal building.
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Raleigh
Charles H. Robertson
Hillsboro
North Carolina
Reynolds and Bailey
William Grisson
Grisson
Robertson
Washington
J. W. Bailey
Wilson
Harding
Greensboro
Federal
Senator Bailey
Repeal Predicted Durham June 17
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, en route to Asheville, said North Carolina will vote for repeal. He denied planning a repeal campaign and described meetings with party leaders as friendly. Reynolds planned a speech at the Young Democratic convention at Wrightsville Beach on July 8 but had not decided his stance on repeal.
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Durham
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
North Carolina
David Strain
Reynolds
Wiightsville Beach
Boyles Sentenced 15 Years in Federal Penitentiary
Odell C. Boyles was found guilty in Atlanta federal court of attempting to extort 20 000 from Concord towel magnate Joseph Cannon. He told jurors he was framed and that money behind the case forced his conviction, noting Cannon’s absence as a witness.
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Odell C. Boyles
Joseph Cannon
Concord
United States District Court
Atlanta
Boyles
Mr. Cannon
Cannon
Western pessimist on liquor ban and lost gutter rights
A Boston Transcript item quips that restoring hard liquor would not restore all old privileges. It notes a drunk would have little chance of occupying a gutter unless he crawled under a parked car, illustrating a bleak view of urban life.
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Boston Transcript
Little Mary Mistakes Cat Kittens for Marriage
A humorous note recounts Little Mary daily visits to a neighbor's cat. She returns home excited, declaring the cat has kittens and that she didn’t know she was married, implying a comic misunderstanding of animal life.
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Mary
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Ararat News
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Amberjack
Edgartown Harbor
Squall
Internal Revenue
Gitta Grissom
State
Southern Public
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