North Carolina Farmers Urged to Kill Terrapin Bugs Early
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station urges spring destruction of terrapin bugs to prevent egg laying and huge annual losses. Adults overwinter, two weeks pass before egg laying. killing one bug can prevent thousands of offspring. Methods include hand picking and kerosene spray, with kerosene emulsion as preferred chemical. R I Smith reports.
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North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
North Carolina
R. I. Smith
Victim of Curious Accident Near Gastonia
Mrs Eugene Ratchford of Gastonia area was severely wounded when a stray cartridge exploded as she swept it into a fireplace. The bullet entered her right breast and the case was described as very serious.
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Gastonia
Eugene Ratchford
Two Homicides Reported in Madison County North Carolina
Special news from Marshall Madison county describes two homicides last week. Zeb Brooks was killed by Hardy Bryan on Bailey's branch with a shotgun. W M Andrews was shot and killed by Elias Pate in ambush near the Tennessee line. Will Harness Haw River Burlington Special.
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Madison
Asheville
N. C
Marshall
Madison County
Bailey
Hardy Bryan
Zeb Brooks
Brooks
Tennesee
W. M. Andrews
Elias Pate
Haw River
Burlington, Special
Burlington
Graham
J. W. Murray
North Carolina
Southern Traction and Power Company
Mountain County Enterprises Plans Convict Road Links
The Watauga Turnpike Company would lease the convict force from Watauga county to build turnpikes from Edgemont to Linville Blowing Rock and Sholes Mill. A narrow gauge railroad Edgemont to Boone is contemplated with $100000 from county and private parties. 150 convicts are hoped for and talks of linking Linville River railway to the Watauga route near Carey Flats or Edgemont continue, though only talk.
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Linville
Clayton Man Dies By Own Action In Clayton
Clayton North Carolina special David W Avery shot himself Monday around 10 am. He allegedly acted without special motive though described as in low mood. He left to shoot a bird for a sick father using a shotgun.
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Clayton, N. C
David W. Avery
Moonshine Still Destroyed in Brushy Mountain Area
Special Revenue Officer Davis of Statesville and Sheriff Adams of Alexander County found and destroyed an illicit distillery near the three counties Iredell Alexander and Wilkes. A 65 gallon still and fixtures indicated recent operation, but no one was onsite when the officers arrived.
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Alexander County
Statesville
Davis
Brushy Mountains
Adams
Alexander
Iredell, Alexander
Wilkes
Wedding in Caldwell township shocks county town
Last Saturday a wedding in Caldwell township Catawba county drew attention. Groom Lee Campbell 22 and bride Martha Caldwell 60 wed in a noted love match long awaited. A second marriage pairing a 20 year old groom to a 40 year old bride is reported imminent.
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Newton
Caldwell Township
Catawba County
Lee Campbell
Martha Caldwell
Gobbling More Land Than There Is
Florida received 20 million acres of swamp and overflowed land from a 1847 national grant to drain and sell for settlers with proceeds to school funds. By 1905 the state owned under 3 million acres. railroads and development firms claimed 7 to 11 million more, fueling debate on land grants in a historical account.
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Florida
Mississippi
Federal Congress
Board of Trustees
Internal Improvement Fund
Train Journey Reveals Yale Leader Speech Tease
On a New York bound train Professor and Mrs Hadley passed time before Yale president’s talk at a national convention. He quietly rehearsed his speech for an hour and twenty minutes while a sympathetic matron behind them remarked she knows the feeling of a similar situation at home.
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Hadley
New York
Yale
Argonaut
Carnegie heroine medal for Agnes Lockwood
Louisville Courier Journal notes a Carnegie heroine medal consideration for three year old Agnes Lockwood of New York who narrowly rescued her doll from a tub of hot water after a near scalding incident.
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Agnes’. Lockwood
New York
Louisville ‘Courier-Journal
Brief World In Brief United States and World News
A collage of short items notes postal free mails for autographs of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, a county home blaze killing two elderly inmates, and Washington local option for counties. Other items cover Panama affair slander verdict, liquor enforcement, diplomatic moves with Nicaragua, six people hanged in Louisiana, and various political, legal, and social updates including a Wright brothers honorary degree in Munich.
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Congress
Harrison
Cleveland
Rockingham
N. C
Federal Grand Jury
New York
New York World
Panama
South Carolina
Nicaragua
State Department
Legation
Louisiana
Maj. Hale
Fayetteville
Hirschel Hogg
Quenten Rankin
Walnut Log
Dresden
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Jennie Reed
Joseph Mueller
Baltimore
Mueller
Bib Springs
Texas
I Aaa
Léwis Nixon
Lexortinnas
Washington Notes and Political Rumblings
A widely signed petition by C W Hinds of Mississippi seeks a congressional pension for elderly Americans. Taft praises his caddy and plans Virginia bound study with $2 daily funds, while a fall southern trip is rumored. Weather Bureau chief Willis Moore apologizes for inauguration weather mistakes with proof against storms. Meyer reverses Roosevelt’s navy yard closures at Pensacola and New Orleans. Senate backs a new Penal Code removing Reconstruction provisions objectionable to Southerners.
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Washington
U. S
C. W. Hinds
Mississippi
Congress
Taft
University of Virginia
Willis L. Moore
U. S. ‘Weather Bureau
Meyer
Roosevelt
Navy Yards
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Senate
Slander Suit Settled in Raleigh Conference
Mutual friends of ex Judge W A Montgomery of Raleigh and Mr Thomas Dixon of New York met Monday with Aycock Winston and J N Holding and The News and Observer and R H Battle Son to amicably settle all litigation including the suit against The News and Observer. The agreement states neither Dixon nor Montgomery intended to impugn the private life of the other. Col A Q Holladay Dead in Raleigh Funeral held at First Presbyterian Church Monday at 4 30 p m Colonel Holladay longtime president of N C College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts died Sunday at his daughter's home after pneumonia.
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Raleigh, Special
W. A. Montgomery
Raleigh
Thomas Dixon
New York
Aycock & Winston
J. N. Holding
Dixon
News and Observer
R. H. Battle & Son
Montgomery
News’ and Observer
Raleegh
Col
A. Q. Holiday
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
South
First Presbyterian Church
Colonel Holladay
J. M. Pickel
Nicaragua Protest With Knox on Defense Claim
Nicaragua's minister here Senor Espinosa told Secretary Knox that current military and naval activity is strictly defensive and not aimed at attacking sister republics. He presented dispatches from Managua and met with Knox for about thirty minutes.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Senor Espinosa
Knox
State Department
Diverse 1900s News Snippets From New York City
A collage of brief items covers Albert Patrick in court, Frank Hollins’ death, Roosevelt’s associate editorship clash, a Spanish dancer's title dispute in Madrid, King Alfonso’s car crash, Turkey’s Bu state talks, tax sales in New York, veterans’ medal complaints, a 13 year old in Children's Court, Philip Gladstone testifying falsely, and unrelated legal notices.
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Albert T. Patrick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank C. Hollins
New York City
Tange
Masons of
City
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Justice Guy
New York
Preme Court
Sackville-West Ape
Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Grand Vizier
Turkey
Mil Pacha
War Department
Children’s Court
Philip Gladstone
South Pines Chosen for Fitzgerald Gray Association Encampment
Fitzgerald Ga Special The Gray Association elected officers at its Southern Pines North Carolina encampment. Commander in chief B F Dixon North Carolina vice commander William McCormick Georgia junior commander Joseph Florida chaplain in chief Rev Harden Georgia judge advocate general O S Deming Warett quartermaster general C H W Texas.
No War in Central America Say Reports Refute Claims
A U.S. dispatch rejects rumors of hostilities between Nicaragua and El Salvador. The report asserts the outbreak claim is unfounded and that no break in peace is anticipated while warships remain in the region.
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Ameria
Managua
Nicarauga
Rauga
Salvador
United States
Ragua
Centra
Agua
Bounty on rattlesnakes tied to Quigley bill
A proposal by Senator Quigley offers a 50 cent bounty for rattlesnakes. Applicants must present the tail or rattles at the County Auditor’s office with proof of the snake’s kill. The bill recalls Newberry’s urging as it moves through the Clayton district.
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Quigley
Bill Newberry
Profes Clayton
Moines
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