Tragic Wagon Accident Claims Hicks Couple Near Pinesville
Mr and Mrs George Hicks 52 and 50 die within minutes after a wagon wheel splintered sending wood and a singletree under them near the Garibaldi place south of the Pineville road. Hicks died at 6 50 pm from injuries Laura Hicks from heart failure following the accident. They leave six children and will be buried together at Ebenezer churchyard.
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Patally
Hicks
Charlotte Observer
George Hicks
Garibaldi Place
Pineville Road
Ebenezer
Mr. Hicks
Charlotte
Cheathas
Howe
John Webber
Locaed
Union County Sanitary Campaign First Week Report
The Union County Sanitary Campaign reports first week activity to eradicate hookworm and intestinal parasites. Av Waxhaw 10 examinations with 3 infected. Monroe 119 exams with 4 hookworms 6 eel worms 2 pin worms 1 dwarf tape worm 1 hair worm. Marshville 79 exams with 16 eel worms 6 dwarf tape worms. Unionville 45 exams with 2 hookworms 2 eel worms 2 dwarf tape worms. Altan 9 examined with 4 hookworms 5 eel worms 4 dwarf tape worms. Total 422 examined. 10 hookworms 29 eel worms 15 dwarf tape worms 2 pin worms 1 half worm. Over a thousand micro-people examinations expected next week as county and state labs operate for five more weeks.
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Union County
Waxhaw
Monroe
Marshville
Unionville
Altan Seventy-Ning
Free State
Cotton Ginned to Jan 1 1912 Totals and Tragic Auto Crash
Census reports 12,919,257 bales ginned before Jan 1 1912, with seven year average 92.8 percent of the crop. Previous years’ ginning percentages are listed. North Carolina saw 857,463 bales. Royal Battle, 20, and Frank Harrison of the University of Virginia were in a Greensboro auto wreck Wednesday. Harrison’s injuries are not serious and Battle died last night.
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
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Florida
Census Bureau
Royal Battle
Frank Harrison
University of Virginia
Greensboro
Harrison
Battle
Taft Executive Order on Postmasters To Be Probed
Congress will investigate Tafts October 16 1909 executive order placing 36000 fourth class postmasters under the civil service with positions for life. House Civil Service Chair Godwin says the probe will cover motives and qualifications before the March session. In Mt Airy a plant manager Charles Jones was scalded after a fall into a hot water shaft, his skin peeling as he was removed.
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Taft
Godwin
House Committee On Reform
Committee On Civil Service
House of Representatives
Civil Service
Charlie Jones
NcCargo, & Jones Woodworking
Mt. Airy
Los
Mr. Jones
Rockefeller sought as witness by money trust inquiry
Affidavits accuse William Rockefeller of gouty inflammation of the larynx and windpipe and have been filed with the House money trust investigating committee. The panel seeks his attendance as a witness and may examine him as a specialist of its choosing. Rockefeller is in Nassau.
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William Rockefeller
Money Trust
House of Congress
Rockefeller
Nassau
Dog meat surge grips German Empire amid famine
Berlin dispatch reports rising dog meat consumption across the empire due to high living costs. Saxony shows strongest appetite among the poor with numerous Chennitz restaurants selling dog meat as is noted as such. A superstition links dog fat to tuberculosis. Meanwhile Milton Taylor’s parents sue Benson Camp for 20000 in damages after a fatal initiation incident led to a fatal shooting by Bagwell and death of Taylor.
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Taylor
Ten Lies and Common Phrases From Lamar Report
The Kansas City Star notes ten common lies or sayings attributed to Arthur Aull of Lamar. The list includes expressions about money, pride, and personal conduct. The item mocks everyday excuses and attitudes about wealth, family, and weather.
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Arthur Aull
Lamar
Mont
Kansas City Star
Allies poised to resume war over Adrianople
Turkish refusal to yield Adrianople fuels Balkan deadlock as peace talks in London threaten to fail. Allies threaten simultaneous armistice breach while Greece and Serbia push for gains. Balkan field operations focus on Adrianople with estimates of 5,000 casualties to seize the city within days.
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Veteran of Away Back to Reach 100 Birthday
Harvey Garrison of Mallard Creek township near Charlotte will celebrate his 100th birthday on January 24. Mecklenburg Camp United Confederate Veterans plans a home visit with his family, as he is noted as the oldest man in the county who did not bear arms in the Civil War but had six sons who served, one dying at Gettysburg.
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F. Paul Huntley
Lanes ‘Creek
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Jetra
Lanes Creek
Chesterfield
Muntley-Guiledge
Huntley
R. F. Krimminger
Monroe
Charlotte
Hrecorder's Court Case List Includes Assault and Battery
A sequence of small court entries shows John Sturdivant and Ned Richardson charged with assault and battery, Will Sturvant listed similarly, various violations of ordinances including 80 and 10818, with fines and costs. Several defendants face costs or nol pros for disposing of mortgaged property. other names include James Kilgo and Verla Rogers with assault and battery, plus charges against John Watkins and J. B. Stegall.
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Hrecorder's Court
John Sturdivant
Will Sturdivant
Coats. P
Austin
Ned Richardson
James Kilgo
John Watkins
J. BL Stegall
Jonah Reed
Verla Rogers
Peachers Meeting Opens Union County Teachers Association
The Union County Teachers Association will meet at the Monroe graded School auditorium on Saturday January 25 at eleven oclock. The program covers opening exercises a discussion of conserving water by W P Cameron a round table on the subject discussion of raising the public school term to six months and methods for preparing school exhibits. All Monroe grade teachers invited. RK NESBIT and A G RANDOLPH urge attendance. Rowan county prepares for a large modern poultry farm with F F Corliss appointing an expert poultryman two miles south of Salisbury.
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Union County Teachers’ Associaton
Monroe Taded
W. P. Cameron
Sion
T. J. Musgene
Monroe
N. Nesbit
A. G. Randolph
Lee
Teachers’ Association
Rowan County
F. F. Corliss
Salisbury
Brelford
North Carolina
General Assembly
D. P. Doltinger
Gaston
Jas
Taft aims at an ideal state of reform critics say is a lie
In Washington January 11 President Taft defended his stance on tariff reform and anti trust enforcement, arguing opponents seek an ideal state where the rich and poor share property. He cites Morgan and Rockefeller, claims public demand for income tax and direct election of senators shows demand for a square deal. The piece also covers a murder suicide report and other local notices.
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Clyde H. Tavenner
Washington
Taft
New York
Morgan
Rockefeller
United States
Oil Trust
Gailty Trust
Payne Aldrich
Greensboro Property Owner Offers Site for Guilford Court House
Mr. D B Thomas, a prominent Greensboro property owner, has agreed to donate a site for Guilford County’s new court house. The tract is valued at twenty thousand dollars, and the deal includes conveyance of the property to county authorities.
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D. B. Thomas
Greensboro
Guilford County
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