Flour Rule Tightens as Food Officials Act
County Food Administrator Lee Griffin enforces a strict rule banning flour sales in excess of one barrel unless paired with equal amounts of other cereals. Merchants must return surplus flour and refunds are issued. A Raleigh meeting for food administrators is planned to discuss boosting production and conservation while violators face confiscation and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Raleigh
Lee Griffin
Hoover
Union County
Mr. Griffin
State Fed
Monroe, N
Food Administration
Henry A. Page
Dir. Griffin
President Wilson Sends Message to the Farmers
President Wilson calls upon farmers to aid in the war effort saying the year will determine the war. He emphasizes sacrifice and unity to prevent German aims from dominating world life and warns against attempting to control intercontinental commerce. The address frames participation in WWI as essential for freedom and global futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Congress
Lexington
Farmers of America
Wilson
Washington
Europe
Exemption Refused Over Vegetarian Military Service Claim
Samuel Horowitz sought exemption from service claiming vegetarian grounds but local board officials had said he would not have to eat the Germans but fight them. Isaac T. Flatto, chair of the appeal committee, judged the local answer fair and recommended affirmance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Horowitz
Isaac T. Flatto
New York Evening Sun
Buford Man Arrested With Whiskey In Columbia
Buford township resident E R Griffin was nabbed by federal officers in Columbia while returning from Florida with whiskey for personal use. He appeared before a U S commissioner and was bound over to the next South Carolina court term in May on a $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. Griffin
Florida
Sam
E. R. Griffin
Buford Township
Columbia
United States
South Carolina Court
Griffin
Union County
Columbia United States
Wired Esq
M. L. Flow
Mr. Griffin
Want Hogs Back To Beat The High Cost Of Living
Petition circulates in Monroe North Carolina urging to suspend the hog ban and permit keeping pigs within city limits to offset rising meat prices. Supporters include R A Morrow and Lee Griffin while opponents rally petitions citing health and sanitation concerns as civic pushback grows ahead of a Monday alderman vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hill
Mr. Hill
R. A. Morrow
H. D. Stewart
Lee Griffin
America
Sam
Griffin
M. D
Woman's Club
Board of Aldermen
City of
Monroe
N. C
Wm. MoCauley
C. H. Griffin
Fred Huntley
Luther Williams
Geo. Hart
J. R. Shute
J. M. Beaty
C. D. Meacham
A. T. Harrill
C. W. Ayscue
C. B. Hill
H. M. Presson
J. B. Nash
T. P. Smith
George McCorkle
Brown McCorkle
B. Hart
Joel W. Griffin
Matthews
A. Warlick
CH. Helms
W. W. Carroll
J. 8. Meacham
R. E. Gardner
W. Frank Benton
L. Helms
P. O. Whitaker
Culpepper
Sikes
R. R. Brewer
Guy Vickery
W. H. Austin
Will Funderburk
G. L. Hinson
W. T. Margin
L. W. Colling
J. V. Griffith
J. L. Everette
D. D. Hawn
V. D. Sikes
Vann Funderburk
S. R. Doster
D. H. Holmes
J. A. Marshall
W. C. Sanders
J. W. Broom
E. G. Stegall
E. P. Stegall
R. F. Knight
Bob Massey
A. J. Greene
J. C. M. Vann
J J. Lockhart
Cod
Columbia
A. M. Secrest
Incorporate
FG. Henderson
W. B. Love
Blakeney
Hargrove Bow
R. G
D. W. Waters
M. L. Flow
W. C. Heath
W. S. Lee
W. J. Holloway
George Nassiff
Frank Nassiff
G. H. Clontz
T. F. Griffith
H. H. Wolfe
W. A. Lane
B. C. Ashcraft
Ashcraft Bros
W. Correll
J. G. Rogers
Monroe Hariware Co
German labor upheaval risks general strike across empire
A massive labor upheaval grips Germany as workers, led by socialist factions, strike nationwide from Berlin to Kiel and the Rhine Westphalia mines. Demands include a general peace without indemnities, participation in peace talks, food relief, public assembly rights, and equal voting by direct secret ballot. In Austria censorship limits details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ialian Batle
Germany
Berlin
Kiel
Hamburg
Hugo Haase
Philipp Scheidemann
Reichstag
Switzerland
Austria
Vienna
Local Gossip From Waxhaw Enterprise Route
News notes from Waxhaw Enterprise items include Mrs. H C Houston leaving for Monroe and Florida, F H Cunningham visiting from Gastonia, Mack Starnes on furlough from Camp Sevier Greenville, Pearl Rodman returning from Lancaster Chester, and Capt C M McMurray from Camp Greene visiting with his grandmother. A mad dog incident near town and J D Davis’s hospital return are mentioned alongside light moral reflections on kindness and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Waxhaw Enterprise
H.C. Houston
Monroe
Florida
F. H. Cunningham
Gastonia
O. B. Cunningham
Mack Starnes
Camp Sevier
Greenville
Chester
Davis
Providence Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wingate
Woodrow Wilson
Marshall Stewart
W. P. Griffin
Carroll
Fredericksburg
B. Y. Tyner
J. L. Hartsell
Concord
Jonah Hartsell
Hartsell
Rufus Hopeycutt
Collie Meigs
Dorothy
Brady Gaddy
Artis Smith
Stanly County
Lawrence
George Smith
Garrison Biggers
J. Biggers
Farmers Union
Marshville
Zeb
Gilboa
Glenalpine
Cupid
Aide
Buford Man
D. Morgan
Thos. B. Young
H. A. Shute
E. Barrett
FJ. Carroll
F. M. Morgan
Green Whitley
J. A. Lingle
A. A. Heath
Gilmer Joyce
W. R. Wiggs
W. T. Whitfield
W. J. Rudge
W. C. Helms
G. B. McClellan
H. T. Pate
C. G. Shaw
Herman McCall
L. B. Griggs
Keziah
P. P. W. Plyler
E. C. Carpenter
W. W. Hargett
L. R. Helms
J. A. Williams
H. B. Billingsley
G. M. Tucker
P. B. Johnson
S. R. Helms
John Griffith
J. ©. Helms
J. C. Smith
W. VanKeure
Antis
France
Associated Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!