Shot to Death at Sunday School in North Fork Churchyard
At North Fork Baptist church near Asheville a Sunday school altercation left Martin Burnett dead from a heart shot and William Burnett wounded. Claude McAfee, who fired, is hospitalized with knife wounds as neighbors recount the night’s chaotic churchyard scene.
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Asheville
North Fork Baptist Church
Martin Burnett
William Burnett
Claude McAfee
Willam Burnett
North Fork
McAfee
Burnetts
Martin
William
William Burfett
Martin Hurnett
Corn Field Ledger Shows Low Cost Per Bushel
Mr. Krauss keeps detailed farm records on a 10 acre field in Union County. He reports corn produced at 17 67-100 cents per bushel with a net profit of 57 22-100 cents per bushel, crediting systematic field accounting and crops like crimson clover and cow peas for rising value.
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Frank Krauss
Krauss
Union County
Erik Oe
Wien
Sunshine and Fresh Air Endorsed as Best Disinfectants
The State Board of Health bulletins endorse sunshine and fresh air as the most effective disinfectants and emphasize soap and water cleansing followed by sunlight. They warn against overreliance on scented or ill smelling chemicals and stress daily personal cleanliness and proper precautions.
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State Board of Health
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Pretty Unionville Wedding Unites Ethel Guion and John D Moore
The home of Mr and Mrs J M Guion in Unionville hosted a quiet wedding Thursday afternoon in December uniting Miss Ethel Guion and Mr John D Moore. Rev M T Steele officiated. Evergreen decor graced the parlor and a modest ceremony preceded a supper at the groom's parents home. The bride is praised for character and friendship, and the groom is described as popular.
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J. E. Moore
Shortest Day in 1915 Noted by Almanac
The source notes the shortest day of the year 1915 lasting 9.8 hours with sunrise at 7:27 and sunset at 5:15, and marks this as the briefest day until December 21, 1916.
Unlimited Funds Used to Prop Up German Propaganda
Details from Andrew D. Meloy confession reveal Von Rintelen’s network in the United States. He describes multi million dollar expenditures, aims to provoke strikes in munitions factories, and to embroil the U.S. with Mexico. Meloy links von Rintelen to high German officials, bankers, diplomats, and agents as United States Attorney David Lamar funded efforts through Labor's National Peace Council to disrupt war material supply.
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ASD
Meloy
New York Dispatch
Andrew D. Meloy
Frang von Rintelen
Melon
America
von Rintelen
Mexico
Juitions Awaamladte
New York
Germany
Lane
Davd Lamar
United States
Marshall
National Peace Council
Lamar
South America
Bank Stock for Sale by Monroe Firm
Bank stock for sale 15 shares in Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe. Also two shares in Everett Cotton Mill of Monroe. Terms available at once. STACK PARKER, Attorneys.
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Farmers & Merchants, Bank
Monroe
Everett
Stack & Parker
Wingate News Reflects Christmas Visits and Losses
Wingate notes Christmas homecomings from Fredericksburg and local colleges, visits by Miss Long and Miss Bivens, and sad news of Miss Thelma Smith’s death from typhoid. Funeral services were held for Miss Bessie Love from Monroe auto crash injuries. The Berean class honors Prof Langston. community offers condolences to Smith family.
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Wingate
B. Y. Tyner
Fredericksburg
Tyner
John W. Bivens
Annie Long
Miss Long
Mary Jones
Ethel Snider
Ellie Bivens
Noami Hinson
Pauline Boggan
John A Bivens
Spurgeon Black
Roy and Brooks Liles
Jabez Williams
Eliie Bivens
W. D. Bivens
Langston
B.C. Snider
Mill Creek
Brother Snider
Bessie Love
Monroe
Baucom
Addie Tyner
Thelma Smith
James Smith
Faulks
C. J. Black
Bob Snider Ming Smith
Brutus Smith
H. J. Langston
Zell Green
Hic
Death of Mrs Watters in Columbia South Carolina
Correspondence of The Journy! Mrs Mary Elizabeth Waiters wife of A F Walters died December 12 at her Columbia residence after years of heart trouble. Born December 5 1869 in Lanes Creek Township Union County she is survived by her husband J A Pierce siblings B F Pierce Union County Monora Tom Lee Pierce Anna Lois Vala Tina Vergie Rogers Lottie Lee and children Carl Hermon Aaron Eva Evelyn. Funeral conducted at residence by Rev D R Roof pastor of Whaley Street Methodist Church.
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Watters
Mary Elizabeth Waiters
A. F. Walters
Columbia
Walters
Lanes Creek Township
Union County
Evelyn
D. R. Roof
Whaley Street Methodist Church
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