Tar Heel farmer refuses to bury son's body in home
John P. Speaks of Union Grove township keeps the casket of Thomas B. Speaks in his house near Statesville after opening the box revealed bones. Authorities say burial could be required by law if sanitary concerns arise. Speaks plans a special room and may bury later, while he declines war insurance proceeds for the son.
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Statesville
N. C
John P. Speaks
Union Grove Township
Thomas B. Speaks
France
United States
Iredell County
Speaks
W. W. Hollada
Holland
Ross McElwee
M. P. Alexander
Germany
Tam
Mr. Speaks
Brownsville to Sellers Road Abandoned After Hearing
The Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad Company wins permission to discontinue passenger and freight service on the Brownsville to Sellers line. Trains will stop running on the eleven mile section next Monday with only Brownsville serving as a turnaround point. Tilghman Lumber will keep log trains operating on the affected side of the road.
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Sellers
Brownsville
Latta
Bennettsville
Marlboro
Marion
Seacoast
Marion Lumber Company
B. and C
Kollock
Brownsville- Sellers
Tilghman Lumber Company
Foreign Insects Threaten South Carolina Crops Warned
Clemson College reports Mexican bean beetle and velvet bean caterpillar advancing toward South Carolina. Entomologist Prof. A F Conradi notes two beetle sightings in the northwest corner near Long Creek and near Easley, with velvet bean caterpillar expected in southern fields by mid September. He urges reporting any suspicions to the entomology division for rapid control.
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A. F. Conradi
Florida
Georgia
Long Creek
Easley
South Carolina
Conradi
Clemson College
S.C
Legal ruling on forfeiture clause in Pruitt land contract
In a Lancaster case the executors of J M Jobin Pruitt sue to enforce a written land purchase contract made after the July sale of the Cheri lands by Pat W Major. Pruitt argues a 15 percent cash initial payment was sufficient. the court overrules, upholding forfeiture and liquidated damages provisions.
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Lancaster
J. M Jobin Pruitt
Ano
Pruitt
Pat W. Major
Moore
Sank Jang
Qemurrer
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F. Speaks
Ned Wd
Toment
Dufham
Packard
F.o.b
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Rogers Motors Company
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