Drought Devastates Mountain North Carolina Farmland
A severe and prolonged drought west of the Blue Ridge cripples Asheville and surrounding counties. Crops fail, cattle lose pasture, hay is scarce, and rivers dry up. Residents haul water, beaver lake taps supply some city needs, and fires threaten vast timber lands as tourism declines and farms face ruin.
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Asheville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge
Beaver Lake
Marion
T. Leonard Cwynn
Haywood County
Virginia
Bill Nye
North Carolina
Piedmont
10000 Railway Men Lose Jobs in Coal Strike
Philadelphia reports that the anthracite suspension set for September 1 will trigger a walkout by 160000 workers and cause 10007 railroad men to lose employment. Mines will shutter shops and roundhouses, with Lehigh Railroad noting 750 layoffs and passengers expected to rise as miners idle. Miners are already quitting, moving their tools as waves of labor leave WilkesBarre and Scranton.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Railroad Company
Hazelton
Hazleton and Mahoney
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Supreme Court to Rule on Worthless Check Law
Raleigh will hear the constitutionality challenge to the 197% worthless check law in the case State v H L Edwards from Hertford County. The defense argues imprisonment for debt violates the state constitution. the state contends a check implies funds on deposit and fraud may be proven. The ruling may expose the act as ineffective against stolen or bounced checks.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Opon
Third District Court
H. L. Edwards
Hertford County
Frank Nash
Flying Bootlegger Slain in Chicago Double Murder Mystery
Irving Schlieg known as the Flying Bootlegger and Harry Berman were found shot to death near Ashburn Field in Chicago. Police suspect a drive and dump crime possibly linked to liquor smuggling from Canada and a prior Parkway Hotel burglary. A bloodied suitcase and pistol remnants were found near the bodies. Two thousand plains buffalo were released by Canada into the Great Slave Lake region.
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Chicago
Irving Schlieg
Harry Berman
West Side
Ashburn Field
Illinois Aero Club
Schlieg
West Park
Canada
Parkway
Great Slave Lake Country
Carp Harvest In Dan River Attracts Attention In Rockingham
Madison August reports say thousands of pounds of carp have been taken from the Dan river through Rockingham county in the last three to four weeks. Fishermen learned that carp dive into mud when frightened, allowing nets of poultry wire and seines to trap them. With carp ranging from one to 17 pounds, large fish fries were held along the riverbanks.
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Madison
Dan River
Rockingham County
Five Die in Reidsville Railroad Crossing Crash
Tragic collision at Carter crossing near Reidsville station claims the lives of five, including Jack Hilliard Carter and Mrs. Eugene Irvin. The derailment involved Southern train No 34 striking an automobile carrying Mrs Eu gene Irvin and others from Mrs Manton Oliver's home.
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Reidsville
Carter Crossing
Southern
Manton Oliver
Lillian Oliver
Pillar
R. L. Pierce
Mitchell
St. Leo's Hosital
Greensboro
Carter
Carter's Crossing, the Death Spot 'S Generally Called Pillar's Crossing
Pierce
Market Street
Jack Hilliard Carter
New York
Eugene Irvin
The
Citizens Bank
Jack Carter
Reidsville Review
Lillian L. Oliver
King merchant charged with arson after major King fire
Max Samet, a High Point merchant, was arrested at his home on a $10,000 bond for preliminary hearing on arson charges tied to a blaze that gutted almost the entire business district of King in Stokes County. The loss is estimated above $25,000 despite his denial of involvement.
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Max Samet
Blaze
King
High Point
Stokes County
Lamet
L. B. Williams
Samet
Stokes Supply Company
Jake Lamet
Probable Cause Found in Max Samet Fire Case
Max Samet was charged with burning his store in King Stokes county and given a preliminary hearing in King. Probable cause was found and he is bound over to the October term of Stokes superior court. Deputy state fire commissioner W A Scott will visit King to investigate the fire.
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Winston-Salem
Max Samet
King
Stokes County
Stokes Superior Court
High Point
W. A. Scott
Greensboro
Duke Enrolls About 1300 Students for 1925 26
Duke registrar estimates 1300 to 1350 students will enroll for 1925 26 with all rooms used and many housed off campus. About 165 women stay on campus while the rest live in private homes. Roughly 300 women and 1000 men attend, with 9 to 350 from Durham. Over 200 women applicants were turned away for lack of dormitory space.
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Durham
Duke University
Duke
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Champion Fibre Co
Canton
Grandfather Mountain
Jonas Ridge
Linville Gorge
Waynesville
Hendersonville
Athens
Pompeii
Companion
State
John T. Oliver
Nina Johnson Cone
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