McLaurin Returns Home After Disappearance
T B McLaurin president of Mutual Saving Bank of Bennettaville reappeared in Atlanta last Friday after vanishing from home last week. He was taken to Asheville for rest with his father Senator John L McLaurin. He left a note at Bluetts Falls hinting at ending his life and a bank examiner reported 78000 in alleged missecured collateral. The bank remains closed awaiting adjustment and depositor payment.
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T. B. McLaurin
Mutual Saving Bank of
Bennettaville
Bluett’s Falls
Atlanta
Asheville
Frlenda
Lilesville
N. C
Charlotte
Bluett's Falls
Mr. McLaurin
McLaurin
Mutual Saving Bank
Tragic East Side theatre crush kills six children
A panic at a Lower East Side moving picture theatre after smoke from a faulty furnace swept the house. Adults trampled and crushed children in a deadly rush for exits. Six children died, others injured as rescuers battled the chaos. Police and fire crews recovered victims and investigated the lack of exits and crowd chaos.
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East Side
Moving Picture Theatre
New York Dispatch
Pasquale Gomisi
Lessie Guidice
Elmira Alpina
Joseph Ramiola
Joe- L. Lombard
Dominico Maniscal
Siga
Guardian
Pauie
Bella Thompson
Tessie Gulel
Dominic Maniscallo
M. Polland
Heures
Erlivet
Toy Agwistant Diathion
Aron Dinnens
Brennan Alnd Pipers
Epilat
Eid
Mirgrte
Humanus
Downward Slump in Mens Clothing Across Markets
New York reports ready made mens outfits likely to fall below pre war levels this spring and summer. Industry officials predict prices near formal but not fully pre war, with reductions from 10 to 35 percent noted in Chicago and 23.5 percent at Michaels Stern & Co Rochester. Mills idle and 35,000 New York workers idle as labor strife slows production. Public demand for high priced items wanes, complicating merchandising strategies.
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New York
Irvin Crane
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of New York
Gastner Browdner
Clothier and Furnisher
Michaels, Stern & Co
Rochester
Archduke Ferdinand Seeks Hotel or Porter Job
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, offers his services as a hotel head porter, valet, chauffeur, or traveling companion to an American employer. A former naval officer, he writes under the name Lonpold Woetfing and notes his multilingual abilities and modest self-valuation while seeking steady employment as the Austrian pension situation looms.
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Leopold Ferdinand
Otto
Charles
Lonpold
Local visits mark a quiet weekend in town
Fork. Misses Marenerite and Annis Dameron spent the weekend with Mrs. S Floyd at Pleydate. Mr. Eugene Marley of Columbia spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. D K Bothes. Mr. Oliver Carmiehart spent the weekend with relatives at Kentucky.
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Marenerite
Annis Dameron
Theatre proprietors charged after deadly arson attack
The proprietors of the theater and a reporter were held on a nine term charge of conspiracy following hours of a blaze into the tragedy by Assistant District Attorney Artin ey Dinneen.
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Theater
Aeporter
Trehnien
Caanslaretter
An Wannry
Artiney Dinneen
Bethea gets 30 years for deputy Kitchin killing
John Henry Bethea, a Black man, was sentenced by Judge Lloyd Horton to thirty years in the state prison for second degree murder in the July 2 shooting of Deputy Sheriff J. A. Kitchin. The trial featured a 100‑man jury panel and testimony from Rural Policeman W. W. Smith and others about a whiskey‑laden car and a confrontation on the road near Seven Bridges.
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Lumberton Robesonian
John Henry Bethea
J. A. Kitchin
Lloyd Horton
Bethea
W. W. Smith
Kitchin
Mr. Smith
John Henry Bethen
Helt
Smith
Holt
Eitch
Bethent
Bent Bethea
John Henry
Bent
Ben
Bether An
Kitchin Wan
Sou
Maxton
Hamlet
R. EB. Lewis
A. H. Prevatt
J.D. Manning
Dillon
J. H .Meadorg
Bank of Little Rock
8. C
Columbis
Columbia
Columm
J. B. Gibson
PM. Huggins
Lumberton
Brethea
T. TL. Smith
Cheraw
D. C
F. B. McLaurin
McColl
Neonitel
Hey
WB McLaurin
Monanty
Caretina
Aincete
Bares
Mies
Wren
Ste, Nee Aetor
Poi Manning Wen Remes
Taka Tierry Teten
Toby
Tethen
Raeford
Retonly
Hora
Magistrate commits husband for kissing too much in Brooklyn
Edward A. Stoddart 30 of Harrison Street in Adams Street Court, a veteran of the 165th Infantry, was sent to Kings County Hospital observation after his wife complained of excessive kissing. Mrs Stoddart, 32, with an eight year old daughter, recounted about 300 kisses last Monday and noted her husband feared shock from electric batteries and being gassed in France. The pair have been married ten years.
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O'Neill
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Edward A. Stoddart
Harrison Street
165Th Infantry
Kings County Hospital
New York Dispatch
Stoddart
France
Why the Printer Lost His Job in Missouri
A farmer refused to pay for sale bills printed at the last moment. The printer delayed and found a chaotic list of items announced on the bills. The notice, dated just before a long pause, ends with a boast of many other items to be auctioned or sold, including livestock, tools, and equipment from various owners.
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Missouri
Ee Crear
McCor
Nick Binder
Poland
China
Bob
Farrow
I. I
W. L, Roak
Arline
Tooha
Felder to Preach at Bethesda Conference Sermon
Rev C B Felder will preach his sermon at Bethesda church Sunday morning before leaving for the annual conference at Georgetown next week. W J Fair and family attended the marriage of Mary Ray Carlisle and Luther Martin of Mullins. W R Dunn has sold out his merchandise and moved to Blenner. Good weather has aided farmers in harvesting with many fields yielding little empty ground.
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Felder Wil
Bethesda
Georgetown
Mia
Mary Ray Carlisle
Bennettsville
Luther
Martin
Mullins
W. R. Dunn
Blennem
Caton
Bethea Trial Reveals Car Stop Near Seven Bridges
Witness Caswell Breeden testified Ben Bethea shot a man in the fore shoulder as the case centered on a late night stop near Seven Bridges. Bethea, 30, from near Little Rock, claimed he owned the car and was car‑jacked when a white man warned him not to run. He surrendered last Saturday after describing his movements and an alibi involving a Peculiar neighbor. A large crowd witnessed the trial with no disorder.
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Omaha
Treasury
Ion
Union Pacific
Burlington
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Council Bluff
Eberstein
Postal Inspectora
Connell Bluff
Ben
Seven Bridges
Ton Heary
Ace Camn Manning
Caswell Breeden
Ben Bethea
Meadorn
Peglecwed Neren
Bi Maxton
Mtonee
Byte Jean
Minton
T. 1
Palos
Pixon Mefenn
Lis
Rherten
Havana Port Crisis Drives Damaged Goods to Sea
American products valued in millions are stuck at Havana port with no delivery in sight. Hundreds of tons of foodstuffs bought at war prices are dumped into the sea as congestion grows on the wharves. A Havana sanitary officer warns that decayed shipments threaten health while stressed residents bear heavy taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Americans in Havana Stroll Past Prohibition Boundaries
In Havana on November 13 many natives see Americans as the only intoxication visible on streets. Beer and light wines blend into Latin life, but some travelers from dry lands drink steadily when abroad. Officials say constant travel here stems from Cuba being a non dry country and fueling revenue, raising prices everywhere.
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Havana
Hia
Cuba
Raleigh mill supply man fined for assault on stenographer
L. K. Rutter of Raleigh was fined 600 dollars after pleading guilty to whipping his stenographer with switches in the Superior Court. His attorneys asked for mercy, arguing the humiliation ruined his family’s life. prosecutors urged maximum punishment, likening him to a moral degenerate.
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Raleigh
L. K. Rutter
Kerr
Frank
Henry Grady To The Cotton Farmer
Henry W Grady envisions a prosperous South where farmers sell cotton in their own time to earn cash and avoid debt bondage The piece reflects on independence and self sufficiency through farming and controlled markets within a slave era context.
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Henry Grady
Henry W. Grady
Auston
South
Fire destroys Hamer ginnery and stock in Friday blaze
A large fire at the four K McLellan ginnery in Hamer consumed the building 300 bales of cotton 300 tons of reed and two seed houses. The loss is estimated at 75000 with only 18500 insured. Spectators watched as flames engulfed the interior and surrounding outbuildings. The fire killed the ginnery but no firefighting equipment was present.
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Hamer
4. K. McLellan
Ousip
Qlanta
McLelan
Queain
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Jed
Neb
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Here
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United States Mint
San Francisco
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Washington
California
Atlantic Seaboard
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Archduke Ferdinand
Sether
Kichin
Oak Grove
Pnamong
Roe Ae
K. McLellan
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