Colonists Strive to Prospects in Coastal Columbus Farms
A writer extols Columbus North Carolina as a place with diverse farming riches and high tobacco yields. He notes twelve acres cleared for tobacco earning 3480 dollars, strawberry and potato booms, and a booming truck farming economy. He contrasts local Piedmont life with Columbus growth and warns mosquitoes may be overstated as a concern.
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Piedmont
Columbus
Waxhaw
Dick McGuirt
Union County
France
Clarkton
Mr. Beasley
G. M
R. F
Whiteville
Warer' House
North Carolina
Union
Jesse Williams
Waxhaw Bank and Trust Company
John
Tabor
Marshville
Corm
Not Custom State in Tit-Bits Dialogue
A brief exchange between mother and daughter recalls past courtship and domestic norms. The daughter notes the familiar world, asking if the mother sat in the conservatory with the father before marriage, to which the mother concedes a past habit.
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Mr. Willing
Ovatory
Safe Both Ways. A W Star quip on Wagner talk
A Washington Star quip notes a student of music choosing Wagner as a favorite to ease conversation. The line suggests that if the listener dislikes Wagner, the speaker will stay silent while the other person dominates the talk. The exchange is framed as a humorous social observation.
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Wagner
The Last Dollar I Own in Loullaville Crap Game
A bankrupt man in Loullaville pleads for a loan of his final dollar before gambling away all he has. He bets three times, loses each round, and, with guards watching, proclaims that once the money is gone he is done. Gus jeers encouragement as the tense scene unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loulaville
Gus
Owse
Draft Selections Set for Training Camps and Exemptions
The tribunal reports 118 men accepted under the draft act with one third to train on Sept 5 and the rest to follow. A long list names men from Monroe Waxhaw Marshville Matthews Unionville and more as accepted. Temporary exemptions shield crops harvesters until Dec 1. Additional discharges for dependency and other exemptions are noted.
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J. H. Price
Monroe
Rt. 5
Charley Manes
Matthews
Clayton Wall
W. B. Cole
Walter Gayitt
W. J. Griff
Marshville
Ernest Pea
E. G. Thomas
C. V.cGuirt
Waxhaw
Ernest Taylor
Will Fetterson
Osceola
Furwan Hill
W. Mines
Brady Rowland Marshville
J. C. Hill
Clarence Clontz
Unionville
E. H. Broom
Vernon Gurley
Will Houston
Evans
Gus Cole- Monroe
Lemuel Blakeney
Pagelans
M. J. Harkey
Ris Matthews
M. D. Honeycutt
L. Forbis
H. G. Nash
L. W. Helms
Charlie Lathrop
James Beaver
E. R. Hyatt
J. A. Mullis
A. H. Gardner
J.N. Yarborough
M. B. Price
Roy Lenoir Blair
Israel Ramseur
Oscar Parker
Geo. L. Hart
John M. Niven
Baxter Smith
DJ S. McCollum
LeRoy Trull
KR. M. James
J. S. Deese
W. C. Austin
Indian Trail
Oscar Cureton
Bennie Barnes
Lancaster
L.m.clontz
Webb
R. C. Gaddy
W. D. Davie
B. A. Moser
Cyrus Robinson
Adam Mills
G. F. Monroe
Fred Pruett
Buffalo
J. C. Richardson
Higgers
L. F. Phiter
L. E. Sutton
F. Mangum
H. Strawn
A. McDonal
J. W. Parker
Wigate
Delaney
John Hanna
N. Medlin
Welton Hasty
C. Chaney
John McDonald
Dewitt Belk
Gus Griffin
W. L. Lindsey
Thos
Cureton
John Dunn
W. B. Watking
Henry B. Crump
Chas
W. Hill
Jas
C. Kiser
A. R. Harris
J. W. Mirmingham
Marehville
L. H. Gordon
B. A. Pigg
Brady Gunn
D. A
Ross Washington
W. Bith
Purser
Redfearn
T. EB
Stacey
Preston Howard
BE. A. Nixon
Steve McManus
Wm. E. Bennett
Wingate
E. S. Hemby
Fred Deal
J. W. Belk
P. C. Harrgett
J.A. Mullis
Wm. Houston
Lonnie Redfearn
H. C. Chambers
J. G. Wiliams
James 13
I. A. Walden Monroe
Murry Helms
Mat Ve
J.D. Nash
John Thomas
J. D. Hinss
Will Richardson
F. W. Privett
Mills
B. Crawford
George Faulkner
Wihaw
Curtis McKeithen
S. C. Robinson
Jas. E. Surratt
L. P. Davis
J. W. Mullis
G. R. Montgomery
Roy Lomax
C. H. Hasty Monroe
Bud Allen
J. C. Griffin
J. D. Melton
H. L. Taylor
Esther Sanders
H. N. Greene
W. Mullis
Jas. H. McCoy
W. M. Thomas
Guards Division Rerouted To Camp Greene For Training
Aug 23 dispatch reports the Forty first national guard division with troops from Washington Oregon Montana Idaho and Wyoming ordered to train at Camp Greene Charlotte and Camp Fremont Palo Alto. California halted a proposed latrine sewerage plan, Baker stated cost halved half a million dollars. Transfers aim to speed training and bring troops closer to embarkation, with France fate left uncertain.
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West
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Montana
Fortyfirst
National Guard
Idaho
Ca Greene Charlotte
N. C
Fremont
Palo Alto
Cal
California
War Department
Baker
Camp Greene
France
Charlotte
Camp Fremont
National Army
Phelan
Far West
New England
Fort-second
Red Cross Meeting Announced at Presbyterian Church
Officers, chairmen of units and all departments are asked to meet at the Presbyterian church study Friday evening at o clock. Business of much importance to be transacted. H. E B Gurney, Chairman Chapter.
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Red Cross
Oglethorpe
Andrew Monroe
Sam Parker
France
Gillam Craig
Archie Lee
Stafford Wolfe
Harry Worley
Charles Iceman
West End
R. B. Redwine
Monroe
Lane
Chm
Red Cross Supplies
Presbyterian Church
H. E B. Gurney
Grammar Lesson From Grace Unearths Uncle Lesson
In a spring street encounter Grace learns proper speech from her uncle who corrects her use of not going. The exchange features her insistence that she can say I am not going and the uncle guiding her to correct forms. Harper's Magazine notes the young niece's dialogue as a vivid example of grammar instruction.
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Grace
Lewson
Harper's Magazine
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B. F. Long
J. T. Shute
Whitfield
West Franklin Street
J. R. Shute
Main Street
J. J. Crow
Journal
Messrs
R. A. Morrow
S. O. Blair
South
Mr. Morrow
Aldemen
Morrow
Crow
Mesars, Stack & Parker
J.T. Shute
W. B. Love
John C. Sikes
G. B. Calawell
Franklin Street
Mr. Hall Wilson
H.R. Honeycutt
W. P. Plyler
RS Waxhaw
Harrison Hough
L. V. B. Byrum
L. B. Parker
W. T. Cagle
Wm. E Baker
Philip F. Simpson
W. V. Crowell
Pearl Rorie
Marshvillono
Pacific
Sam
Punderburk
V. Griffith
A. FP
Brooks
Wo Lo Griffin
RC. Punderburk
Cora Funderburk
Funderburk
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Rt. M. Sanders
J. W. Gaddy
J. B. Doster
Seaboard
H. D. Browning
Garrison Medlin
Napoleon Belk
A. H. A. Belk
John W. Belk
J. M. Stevens
A. H. Belk
W. H. Gribble
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