British Flying Corps Down Forty German Machines
The British Royal Flying Corps reported a record day over the front with 40 German aircraft brought down. Fifteen were seen to crash, 25 collapsed or spun out of control from 15,000 feet. British pilots fought on, bombing trains and transport columns behind enemy lines as weather favored their operations. Other items note local church revivals, obituaries, and community updates.
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Associated Press
France
London
British
Royal Flying Corps
Hargraves offers service to Wilson in any capacity
Richard L. Hargraves of Raleigh, son-in-law of Hon. Wil Jennings Bryan, offers to serve President Wilson in any capacity. He is a national bank examiner and would render better service in another role if possible. The Zebulon News reports W. H. Chamblee of Wake County owns a cow that has given birth to three calves in ten months, all two of which survived.
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Richard L. Hargraves
Raleigh
Wil Jennings Bryan
Wilson
National Bank
Zebulon News
W. H.chamblee
Wake County
Burk Named Principal for Next Term at Matthews High
Erburk has been secured as principal for the next term at Matthews High. He is a Wake Forest graduate with years in the classroom and strong disciplinary skills. Current assistants are reelected but not yet confirmed. The new term is expected to be among the best in the school’s history.
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Bown
Gouldvine Creek
Marshville
King Little
Rev. S. Taylor
Baptist Church
Gilboa
Affiernoon
Fannie
Hay
J. W. Jones
White Store Township
Anson County
High Suidge
Jones
J. W. Little
Lando
Marshville Township
Business
F. J. Harrell
Webster
J. T. Leonard
Leonard
Marshville High School
J. B. Abernethy
Ottocs
Mudge
Ray Fun
Erburk
Fund Tburk
Matthews Hich
Wake Forest College
Ford
Scapegoat
Monroe Journal
Whiteville
Rowland Beasley
Brunswick County
Scapefast
Mr. Beasley
Gouldvine J Creek
Olive Branch
Marsh
Yours
Holly School House
Vere
Ince
Rowland
Branewick County
The Pneumonia Season Warns of Cold Dangers
March weather brings cold risks and pneumonia. officials urge quick use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first sign of a cold. A Raleigh demonstration drew Knoxville boosters with a large parade and speeches. James H. Young, a Black speaker, addressed the crowd in the bleachers.
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Raliegh
Knoxville Boosters
Ble
James H. Young
Sharpe Bonds Out After Elkin Utterances
Sharpe, blamed for strong unflattering remarks about the Vice President and the flag, posted a $1,000 bond for appearance in Greensboro Federal court. He was not jailed. The Yadkinville Ripple attributes trouble largely to liquor and notes a near mob scene at Elkin. He was released to seek safety but arrested on Federal orders, later tried at Elkin before a United States Commissioner.
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Sharpe
Bond
Elkin
Federal Court
Greensboro
Yadkinville
Iquor
United States
Mayor recounts abduction near Mt Gilead and theft
Walter Haywood, mayor of Mt Gilead in Montgomery county, says a stranger in a car asked directions, invited him to Troy, offered a ride, stopped for an apple, and he woke in a woods three miles away. He reached home late, suffered convulsions, and found several hundred dollars missing. The mayor does not know the stranger's name.
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Walter Haywood
Mt. Gilead
Montgomery County
Mit
Gilead
Troy
Thestranger
Governor Bickett Discusses Draft Equality and Duty
Gov Bickett criticizes volunteer drafts as unequal calling for universal service based on natural fitness. He argues equal rights entail duties and condemns the practice as discriminatory, urging a common basis for military conscription. He likens marriage to a dangerous current for the bold and reckless swimmer.
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Gov. Bickett
Strictly Cash Store Promises Full Stock and Courtesy
In a promotional note the store urges patrons to shop cash only and highlights a wide stock including groceries, country produce, seeds, and a specialty in feed like corn, oats, mill feed, sweet feed, ree meal, cotton seed meal, hulls, and timothy hay. The ad notes a phone number 85 for inquiries or orders.
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Monroe
British Flying Corps
Catawba College
Newton
Lenoir College
Hickory
Catawba
Lenoir
King
Dr. King
Sgilbert
Sullivans
Watahwaso
Sala-Essnsr
Marie Mane Creatore — Saas
Ian
Tra
Elisha
the People’s Building and Loan Association
R. F. Beasley
Sec
Treas
E. C. Carpenter
Monroe Drug Company
Durham
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