Debate on Road Law Reflects Union County Sentiment
Readers letters from Indian Trail and Union County discuss the state road proposition. The writer questions voter intelligence of opponents, defends public reading of the law, and recalls past hopes for better roads while noting tax obligations. Also mentions illness, a hospital return, and a murder trial with a death sentence amid local notes.
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Indian Trail
J. E. Broom
R ‘Borhood
C. L. Haigler
Monroe
Journal
Ecilhgens
Union County
Uniounty
Tiny
Doe
Kendall
New Hanging Machine To Execute Manchester Man Comery
A patent automatic hanging device will be used to execute Oscar J. Comery of Manchester at Concord State prison Friday morning. Spectators limited to legal dozen as morbid curiosity sweeps the state. A millionaire offers to buy a ticket. sheriff notes waning faith in humanity amid reports of self interested interest in the event. Comery was found guilty of a cold blooded murder of his wife linked to local pastor Rev Emile J PaliSoul and St Jean's church.
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Oscar J. Comery
Manchester
Concord State
Erily Stearns
Comery
Rolland H. Spaulding
Emile J. Palisoul
St. Jean's Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Jean's Church
Leprosy hearing backs segregation for health drive
Physicians and nurses testified before the Senate Health committee urging a national program to control leprosy through segregation. They warned the disease is spreading and that many patients remain untreated in cities across the country. They cited inhumane local handling and urged stronger nationwide action despite new treatments. Additionally, political maneuvering for Roosevelt delegates was announced, with Massachusetts figures pushing a direct Roosevelt ticket. A Wingate School debt urgency was noted, urging church and lay support for a nine thousand dollar goal by April. The Laser in Clarksville, Ark was fined one thousand dollars for false damage claims in a federal case following ICC indictments.
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Heath Committee
Washington
United States
Wales
Senate Health Committee
York City
Chicago
de Wo McKean
Chiengmai
Siam
McKean
Wingate
Sean
Friends of the School
Brethren
Laser In Company
Clarksville, Ark
St. Louis
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Safe Cracking at Coca Cola Plant Net $140, Lexington
Nighttime blast at the Coca Cola Bottling plant near the Southern depot tore open a safe. About $40 in cash and nearly $100 in checks from local banks were taken. Entry was through a back window, with the safe interior wrecked and a clock halted by the explosion. A nearby resident reported seeing a man and a woman enter the building but did not alert authorities.
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Lexington
Lexington Dispatch
Coca Cola
Southern Depot
Winston-Salem
Main Street
York v Dr Austin verdict favors defendant in malpractice suit
A Superior court jury in Charlotte returned a complete verdict for Dr J A Austin in the case W H York vs. Austin. York sought 310000 over alleged improper setting of a fractured wrist. The trial stretched from Thursday afternoon into Monday morning with expert medical testimony on both sides.
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Mr York
Doctor Austin
Charlotte O Observer
W. H. York
J. A. Austin
Frank Carter
Allance
Charlotte
Austin
Nance
Monroe
Addison Dreniger
J. W
Jain
Wreck on Seabournd Leaves One Dead in North Carolina
Raleigh Dispatch reports a deadly wreck 10 miles north of Raleigh near Franklinton involving Ida Limited. One man died and two injured lightly as engine and three cars derailed. Investigations proceed to determine the crash cause.
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Seabournd
Raleigh Dispatch
Ida Limited
Franklinton
Here
Jim Holloway
Negro Tirencu
Hy J Well
Frank L. Stockwell
Raleigh
Erhans
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the Central
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