Young Earl Guy Killed in Lexington Tragedy
Policeman J M Garland is killed in Lexington by Lee Ford who fires a repeating shotgun from behind a shop fence. Ford is arrested after a deputy sheriff captures him at the scene. Garland leaves a wife and three children. district shock and rumors surround Ford’s motive.
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Lee Ford
Lexington Pines
M. Garland
Lexington
J. M. Garland
Mr. Garland
Sheroff Manufacturing Company
Second Avenue
Ford
C. M. Thompson Sous Company
Garland
Fletcher Caudle
Southern Depot
Nella Everhart
Sheeloff Manufacturing Company
Frank Ford
Texas
M. Thompson
Tord
BK. B. Raper
Ako
Monroe Youths Protest in Senate Under Murky Spark
A Monroe youth, George B. Clemmer, interrupted the U S Senate gallery shouting a speech before being hauled out by the sergeant at arms. Reports say he may be unbalanced and will be liberated and sent home. His card lists him as Herald of the Prince of Pea. His father, A J Clemmer, recently moved from Anson county. The elder Clemmer sent his son to Washington to tell Congress what it did not want to hear.
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Monroe
Cone
Senate
George B. Clemmer
United States
Prince of
Pea
A. J. Clemmer
Anson County
Charlotte Chronicle
Chronicle
Clemmer
Washington
Congress
Methodist Church
Indictment Aims at Cotton Seed Price Fixing
Attorney General Akerman announced in Macon Georgia that a federal grand jury in Augusta will hear indictments against the American Cotton Oil Company of New York for Sherman anti trust violations. Subpoenas number 140 witnesses from all cotton seed sectors as Akerman pursues alleged price fixing affecting about one fifth of cotton plant production and a $100,000,000 yearly industry. He previously charged Merchants and Miners Transportation for rebates, with a $20,000 Savannah fine, and naval stores cases are pending.
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Macon
der Akerman
United State Key
Georgia
Pedorel Grand Jury
Augusta
American Cotton
New York
Akerman
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Savannah
Naval Stores
Death of T. M. Brown prominent Monroe citizen dies at 62
Mr T M Brown longtime Monroe resident and former Stewart House proprietor died at his son T B Browns Greensboro home last Wednesday at age 62. He came to Monroe in 1877 and ran the Stewart House for twelve years then traveled, survived by two sons T B Brown of Greensboro and R Henry Brown of Charleston and a daughter Mary Brown teaching near Greensboro. Brothers J A Brown and R E L Brown of Chadburn and sisters Mesdames J C Edwards James Newman of Chadbourn and Walter Clough of Jaima.
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T. M. Brown
Monroe
T. B. Brown
Greensboro
A. Stewart
Brown
Stewart House
Mr. Brown
Messrs
R. Henry Brown
Charleston
5. C
W Pile Mary Brown
J. A. Brown
R. E. L. Brown
Chadburn
Mesdames
J. C. Edwards
Jas. Newman
Chadbourn
Walter Clough
Jaima
Storm tale and a prayer from Springdell men
An account of a storm spreading through the Middle Western States reaches Springdell via Jack Bailey a cotton-weigher. He shares the warning with Black workers. An old man prays aloud thanking God for safety as the storm nears his home and ends in a plea for protection.
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Darky
Joan
Flood Sufferers Needing Help
The Red Cross estimates over 77 000 people in Ohio require aid due to floods. Donations include one dollar from Mrs Nan Carlile and ten dollars from Mrs Roscoe Phifer of Central church Women’s Missionary Society, sent to the Bank of Union. Additional gifts come from Monroe.
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The
Red Cross Society
Ohio
If the Journal
Nan Carlile
Roscoe Phifer
Women's Missionary Society of Central Church
Bank of Union
Monroe
Wilson and Marshall Namesakes Across the United States
The Geological Survey notes twenty towns and four counties named Wilson nationwide, plus a mountain chain in Colorado and Utah. It records eleven Marshall counties across ten states, and sixteen cities or towns bearing the name. Most were named for Chief Justice John Marshall, who served from 1801 to 1835.
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Wilson
Marshall
Geological Survey
United States
Colorado
Utah
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentuc
Minnesota
Mississipi
South Dakota
Tennessee
West Virginia
John Marshall
Recorder's Court Summary of Colored Defendants
Mary Caldwell colored sold whiskey for $50 and costs. R May and G Hinson charged with gambling with $10 and costs. Eltha McDonald colored jailed four months on roads and costs for larceny. A reflection about hard to please God suggests despair among some people.
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Recorder's Court
Mary Caldwell
R. May
G. Hinson
Eltha McDonald
Cairo preps for flood as river threatens bank collapse
On April 4 at Cairo Illinois authorities raced to shore up the Mississippi Ohio river banks amid high winds and rising water. Guards and sandbag lines were reinforced while life rafts and rescue plans were readied. Buckner and four NCOs coordinated aid for farmers facing livestock risk along Dog Tooth Bend and the KentuckyOhio approaches. Weather eased briefly but gauges held around 54.7 with seepage at Fourteenth street. Officials called conditions hopeful for at least a week.
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Cairo
Ohio River
Elitazens
Bing
Mississippi
Buckner
United States Army
Paducah
Dog Tooth Bend
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Fourteenth Street
Keelfoot Levee
Presbyterian Church Delegation Heads to Mecklenburg Presbytery
Dr HW EB Gurney and Dr J Belk travel to Albermarle tonight for Mecklenburg Presbytery. Presbyterians are hosted in Whitney today by Whitney Company. Monroe church report praises year’s total contributions of 7229 dollars, about 40.50 per member. County Presbyterian work grows to twelve churches with two new houses at Montgomery Buford and Rehobeth Jackson, plus a new Indian Trail congregation.
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Presbyterian Church
HW EB
Gurney
J. Belk
Albermarle
Mecklenburg
Whitney
Whitney Company
Monroe
Montgomery
Buford Township
Rehobeth
Jackson
Indian Trail
Pencement Exercises At Wesley Chapel High School
Wesley Chapel High School holds commencement Friday April 18 with a concert by the primary and later mediate departments. Saturday at 11 the graduation exercises and at 2 the annual literary address by Prof M C S Noble of UNC followed by the play Champagne and Oysters. Marshals are Ernest H Broom chief James Gordon Tommie Fowler Lawson Price Earl Price. managers Carl Broom chief Amy House Euniece Broom Lela Winchester Calhoun Redwine Slinnie Underwood Grady Huanfield. Public invited to attend all exercises. The baby enjoys a rattling good time.
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Chapel High School
Wesley Chapel High School
M.C
Noble
Department of Education
University of North Carolina
Ernest H. Broom
James Gordon
Tommie Fowler
Lawson Price
Earl Price
Mgrs
Carl Broom
Amy House
Euniece Broom
Lela Winchester
Calhoun Redwine
Slinnie Underwood
Grady Huanfield
Tariff Bill Talks Benefit Sugar and Wool Provisions
Washington April 4 reports say President Wilson and congressional leaders near agreement on free wool and a tariff bill. The plan estimates new revenues at about 8.1 million annually with income tax scales, exemption under 4 040, and a 1 percent tax on personal incomes above thresholds. Sugar schedule may shift to a one cent per pound tariff with three year free list, while wool remains free. Senate finance committee reviews the bill as conference with the Ways and Means Committee proceeds.
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Washington
Pres Mert Wilsom
Congressional Jondere
Tesan
Senate Finance Committee
Underwood
Wilbon
White House
Simmons
North Carolina
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Stone
Missouri
James
Hughes
Hind Of Darkey Can See to Steal Trail Betrayed Him
An aged blind African American known as Hind Of Darkey Can See to Steal attempted to lift four sacks of oats in Atlanta. Detective Hollingsworth notes he has long plagued the city but lacks strength to move large loads now. A 13 year old boy aided by Charley Williams moved oats from a stable at Piedmont Avenue and Calhoun Street to Pope’s Wagon Yard, leaving a clear oats trace. State court records report three more suspects jailed.
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Hind
Darkey
Atlanta Journal
A. Pope
Bia
Middle West
Pope
Hollingsworth
Atlanta
Piedmont Avenue
Caln Street
Charlie Long
Charley Willams
Thirty Yard
Radium Cancer Cure Trial in Philadelphia Hospital
In Philadelphia on April 3 a radium injection into the liver was performed on Malcolm Watson at the Methodist Hospital under Dr. G J Schwarts. The one three hundredth ounce dose, worth 2500 dollars, was delivered by Austro-American Dr Otto Brill and witnessed by several prominent physicians using local cocaine anesthesia.
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Philadelphia
Malcom Watson
G. J. Schwarts
Otto Brill
Pittaburg
Watson
Did You Look Up A Letter With A Hole In It
A fragmentary notice warns subscribers to check their labels for correctness and dates. It notes some have responded and urges others to confirm date accuracy, promising refunds or replacements if labels are outdated or incorrect.
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Ec~ Pet
Child burned to death in Monroe as mother leaves heater aflame
The fifteen month old son of Howell and Mrs. Hinson died after his clothing caught fire from a small heater. The mother briefly left the room. upon return she covered the child with a blanket but the burns proved fatal, and he died about one in the afternoon. Funeral services were held at the residence by Rev. Craig.
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Howell Hinson
Monroe
Mr. Craig
Pankhurst Found Guilty as Lloyd George Home Bombing Trial
London April 1 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst militant suffragette leader found guilty of malicious destruction related to the Lloyd George home bombing. Jury verdict after brief deliberation. She denounced laws against women, warned of hunger strike, and vowed to come out dead or alive. Widespread reaction followed.
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London
Emmeline Tankhurst
Lloyd
Pank-huret Yester
Dirasiat
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Rowley
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Martin
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J. A. Mayfield
Holcombe
Shipp
Court of Common
Greenville County
Young Smith
Russell. Austin
Wingate
Senator Sammons
Senator Simmons
Raleigh News and Observer
President Wilson
Mr. Simmons
Taft
Roosevelt
Boys’ Corn Club
Union County
Wilkes
Nesbit
Tates
Wesley
J. T. Yeargin
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Eng
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Charlotte Observer
Conover
Huddle
Ives
Catawba
Salisbury
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