Pardon bid by convict in Union county murder case
George Mayhew colored, sentenced in 1911 to fifteen years for the Carter Parks murder, has applied to Governor Craig for a pardon. The Waxhaw item also notes farmers storing cotton to sell as high as ten cents, forecasts a big crop, and discusses wartime food needs and neutrality statements from President Wilson and U S notes to Germany.
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Monroe
Waxhaw Enterprise
George Mayhewl
Superior Court
Union County
Carter Parks
Craig
T. E. Carroll
Europe
Union
Lancaster
Waxhaw Graded School
J. M. White
Gurney
Monroe Orchestra
Inauguration of Dr. Graham as University President
Chapel Hill scene records the April inauguration of Edward K. Graham as North Carolina University president. Gov. Lorrie Crais, Chief Justice Clark, and a national alumni presence attended a ceremonial hour highlighting democracy and higher learning, with remarks by Attorney General Bickett and Governor Craig.
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Dr. Graham
Mate Pifty
W. T. Bost
Greensboro
Chapel Hill
Edward K. Graham
Lorrie Crais
Clark
America
Graham
Carolina
Memorial Hall
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Departments of Education, Agriculture, Labor and Printing
Corporation Commission
Secretary of State
Cone
Raleigh
Durham
Bickett
Dr. Grahan
Wingate action and local notices echo rural vigor
Wingate farmers prepare a big fertilizer export as 110 tons leave town with more to come, while local voices urge cleanliness and paint up. The note records health reports from Dr Jennie and a fire at Dr Vaughan’s residence, plus church events, lectures, and community hopes amid a flood of crop and weather anxieties.
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Jennie
Wingate
Ax Stern
Logan
AL ‘Teeter
Killiaus Bird
Albemarle
B.C. Ashhcraft
Meadow Branch Church
Chesterfield
Chesterfeld
Henry Sher Hin
Faulks
Sherrin
Jevon Ave
Marsh Stewart
Marsh
O. PT
Joeal Lems
Congressman Shoots Self at Home in Duplin County Tragedy
News reports a former North Carolina Congressman Dr M Faison aged about 55 killed himself at his home in Duplin County by placing a shotgun in his mouth and firing. He had served in Congress from the third district until health issues last year. survived by a wife four sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters. Local officials note health and despondency as possible causes. a judge in Waxhaw will hear cases in Monroe this summer.
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M. Faison
Thin
Parson
Congress
Mr. Blend
Wallace
Doctor Faison
Faison
North Carolina
George E. Hood
Goldsboro
John
Straw flour food supply and German discovery
The German press reports Hans Friedenthal's straw flour process turning straw into a nutritious flour. Digestible proteins rise fourfold vs potato, with claims of removing indigestible cell walls to produce baby food. Experiments span four years, showing straw, hay, and straw byproducts yield improved nutrition.
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Herlin
Doctor Friedenthal
Berlin
England
Germany
Friedenthal
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Belng
Iel
Washington Dispatch
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Bryan
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London
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Ireland
Riley
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Warsaw Dispatch
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