Wake County minister slashed by father over marriage
A Wake County farmer, D Bryant Harrison, attacked minister C H Sorrell with a pocket knife after Sorrell presided at Harrison’s daughter Evie’s wedding to Bennett Wall. The minister was wounded in the face neck and throat but not mortally. Harrison bonded to appear in court while the minister recovers near Knightdale. The incident follows suspicion and preexisting family tensions surrounding the marriage. A separate report notes a Wilson woman shot by her husband after an alleged dispute over a third party.
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Wake
Kele
D. Bryant Harrison
Wake County
C. H. Sorrell
Evie
Bennett Wall
Harrison
Smithfield
Thes Register of Deeds Anderson
Heauxe
Eit
Justice of the Peace
Bledsoe
Knightdale
Harrison Sa
Board of County Commissioners
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Sorrell
Wilson
J. W. Beland
Jean
Boland
Nia
C. T. Gillikan
Whyashlana
Price, Howby Co
Spon
M.A. Met
M. Kewah
Plalmurt
Browvelt
J. A. Hn
T. J. Orr
OM. Witmire
Mr. Lyman
Anson County
Austin
Griffin
J. H. Mutis
Bramwell Booth Named New Leader of Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth succeeds his father General William Booth as commander of the Salvation Army. He is described as tall, capable, and studied in administration with strong leadership qualities. The change follows Booth senior’s death and was foreshadowed by an earlier letter appointing Bramwell as successor.
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Silyaton
Bramwell Booth
Hinetilows Fielder
Internattotit Kvation
British Salvation ‘Army
Catherine Booth
Sergt
Bernard Booth
William Boothwald
Bramwell
Train Accidents Rise in Quarter Ended March 31
The Interstate Commerce Commission quarterly bulletin reports a rise in railroad accidents and casualties for the three months ending March 31. A total of 2,383 fatalities and 20,499 injuries occurred, with train accidents accounting for 267 deaths and 4,785 injuries, up from the same period in 1911. Of the fatalities, 1,116 were trespassers on railroad tracks or stealing rides.
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Inter- State Commerce Commission
Lightning Strikes Ingram Home Across State Line
Severe electrical storm hits home of Mr. Robert Ingram near McFarlan South Carolina. One end of the house wrecked and a son napper knocked from bed. Ingram and his wife injured, another son shocked. condition described as serious.
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Wadesboro
M. and I
Robert Ingram
McFarlan
South Carolina
Government to test modern rat traps in plague drive
Washington dispatch reports the government will run demonstrations of new steel-jawed rat traps to eradicate bubonic plague carrying rodents in seaports. The most efficient device will be recommended for use at American ports as part of a nationwide public health campaign.
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Washington Dispatch
Streeon 1 Blue
Arine Hospital
Oswry
Monroe
Lanier Avenue
Roties Simi
Southern Desk Co
Hickory
X. C
Rome
Health Board to Set Free Dispensary Plan in County
Drs FD Rogers and J Latruce Ward of the State Board of Health visited last week to arrange a dispensary system for free examination and treatment of book works. Stations will be in Cheraw Mc Ree Chesterfield Pageland and Jeff erson with Dr Rogers spending one day weekly at each site.
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Vageland Journal
FD. Rogers
J. Latruce Ward
State Board of Health
Cheraw
Mc-Ree
Chesterfield
Pageland
Jefferton
Rogers
Most Expensive Baby in New York Born to Astor Family
Gossip in the medical world says Dr Edwin Bradford Craigin earns $1000 daily for treating Mrs Madeling Force Astor and her infant son John Jacob Astor VI. A separate toxic tale involves Capt Hardy Nicholson and a murder suicide in Lee County revealing a web of deceit and a resident's return.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Edwin Bradford Craigin
Mrs. Madeling
Taxed life: Underwood laments heavy levies on common goods
Representative Underwood denounces tax burdens on laborers citing steep levies on everyday items from clothing to food. The piece likens costly living to widespread oppression and recalls temperance songs and a court term, closing with local notices on school openings, post office Sunday mail ban, and a fatal accident.
Story of a woman who awoke after burial in old folk tale
A tale from 1835 recalls a woman near Monroe county who was pronounced dead and reawakened in her coffin. She claimed heaven visits and predicted two more years of life before dying two years later. Squire Simpson cites a survivor who relayed the events from the family.
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Squire Rew
A. Rogers
Ford
Squire Roger
Smyrna
Crook
Otill
Squire Rogers
Hachanels
Hell
Gettler
Solomon Harris
Monroe
Dr. Threadwill
Anon County
Dolly
Squire Simpson
Small Sewer Tank Project Near GN and N Road
Last week TeoWenige system contractor paused excavations for a concrete sewage tank on the south side of the GN and N road near Concord road. The railroad right of way caused a hold until guarantees protect a potential side track. The 12 inch thick cement tank, twenty feet deep, thirty by forty feet, will hold sewage treated with chemicals and discharge via a covered drain into Bear Skin creek. North Monroe sewage will also enter the creek.
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TeoWenige
Concord
Bear Skin Creek
North
Monroe
Senate approves Davy building program for battleship fleet
One battleship priced at 7.4 million without armor or armament and not to exceed 15 million upon completion, eight submarines costing 4.48 million, and a fleet of torpedo boats, colliers and machine ships form the approved navy construction program, backed by Senate and House agreement.
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Davy
Senate
House
Court Notes From Reporter's Court in Marehville Township
Report lists multiple defendants including Ola Staten and Wallis Alsobrooks, colored, with charges ranging from assault and battery to fornication and adultery and violations of ordinances. Sentences include fines, costs, and jail terms from 20 days to 30 days, with several cases payable by county commissioners or held for further action. Names appear with colored status and various offenses like carrying concealed weapon and selling whiskey, plus a general prayer for judgment continued in all cases.
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Reporter’s Court
Ola Staten
Cole, Occult and Battery
Costa
Queen Tin
Asaault Land Battery
Joe Ray
Lex Nash
Eaplis
Marehville Township
Wallis Alsobrooks
Quentin Alsobrooks
Ernest Cuthbertson
George Rushing
Tressle Bennett
Walter Broom
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Chester Iela
Charlotte Doetoys
Nicholson
Pageland Journal
London
Hardy M. Nicholson
Jones- Hicks
Murray
N. C
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Teath Underwood
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Robt, M. Green & Son
J. M. Fairley
Lon Redfearn
Pred Redfearn
Z. P. Godwin
Id Perkins
Perkins
Walter McCain
Seaboard Aly Line Railway Co
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Met
A. G. Randolph
Eity
Mr. Taylor
Miss Phifer
Carl F. Taylor
Croghan
Dante Phifer
Lancaster Avenue
Carl Krauss
Mes
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Jamies Salt
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