Assets of North Carolina editors praised at press convention
Former Philadelphia editor Mr Bion H Butler edits the Raeford Journal and lauds North Carolina journalists at a press convention. He singles out Poe Beasley Varner Huggins and Washington figures as essential assets, urges county clubs for crimson clover, and notes local civic pride amid state growth.
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Butler
Bion H. Butler
Philadelphia
North Carolina
Raeford Journal
News and Observer
Lee
Grant
George Pickett
Sheridan
Stonewall Jackson
Sidney Johnson
Sherman
Meade
Poe
Clarence Poe
South
Union
Globe
Henry Bessemer
Bessemer
Clancy
Secretary of the Navy
Wrighteville
Jo” Daniels
Alexander McClure
Maxton
Methuselah
Azrael
Weddington News Notes Local Visits and Visits
Correspondent reports a string of social visits including Mr and Mrs Walter Brady of Mallard Creek at Me J C Hills. Little Miss Carrie Starnes of Charlotte visits her aunt Mrs J Godfrey. Morrison A Galloway of Newell and Misses Myrtle Mary and Ella Ponce of Mint Hill visited the area. George McManus and family from Bonds Grove spent Sunday with W A Short.
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Weddington
Walter Brady
Mallard Creek
J.C. Hill
Carrie Starnes
Charlotte
J. ¥. Godfrey
Morrison A. Galloway
Newell
Myrtle
Mary
Ella Ponce
Mint Hill
George McManus
Bond's Grove
W. A. Short
Texas Oil Company Float Wins Second in Parade
The Texas Oil Company parade float, guided by agent W. C. Stack, ranked second in the manufacturing class. A descending line of oil cans from a five gallon masthead to a nickel box of axle grease showcased oils and greases for cotton mills autos saw mills motors and various machinery.
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Texas Oil Company
W. C. Stack
Old Soldier Tells How He Felt Like An Old Lady
Col Alex Nisbet of Jackson recalls a dinner tale about an elderly couple who drank heavily in earlier days. After a drunken horseback ride to a neighbor’s party, the old woman slipped into a swollen branch and was found chin-deep in water. The husband returned to search, while the woman refused further drinking, muttering she would take no more, “not even if she’s sweetened.”
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Mother Boyle
Wadesboro
Rivens
Anson County
Star and Dispatch
Cowan
Wilmington Dispatch
Mother Goose
Wilmington
Star
Skyland
Lucille Smith
Patrick Henry
Beasley
Jill Wim
North Carolina
Hegde
Varner
Mam Varner
Verner
Rome
Cecil
Miami
Ohio
Millsaps
Wingate
T. J. Huggins
M. E
Bruce Helms
John R. Helms
Estelle Barrett
Ed. Barrett
R. M. Hagler
J. B. Bass
David Trull Williams
Matthews
John Q. Griffin
Monroe
Kathleen
H. K. Helms
Jerome
O. P. Timist
Union County
Medlin
Davis Mine
Griffith Road
Waxhaw Road
College Road
Wolf Pond Road
Lee Mill Road
Charlotte
Concord
Lancaster Road
Willoughby Road
Morgan Road
Ford
Henderson Garage
Dilton and Morrow
Marshall Sikes
Franklin Street
Old Solomon
Ney McNeeley
Rockingham
Woodmen
First National Bank
Shepherd Grocery Co
Nasiff & Joseph
Henderson Roller Mill
Texas of Co
Hallie May Belk
Caroline Mor
Alex Nisbet
Jackson
North Carolina Supreme Court
Jim
Col. Nisbet
Court records show multiple assaults and ordinances in Griffin cases
Recorder's Court lists numerous cases including affray assault and battery, theft, forgery, and various ordinances with fines and costs. Names include J. E. Griffin J. A. Griffin John Stewart Henry Drake Ned Richardson and Gus Williams among others. Separate note cites Department of Agriculture praising upland long staple cotton as equivalent to delta cotton for North Carolina farmers. Look at your paper label.
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Recorder's Court
J. E. Griffin
JH. Griffin
Aveault
J. A. Griffin
John Stewart
Mac Fisher
Henry Drake
John Thomas
John Simpson
M. Partridge
Lee Trull
George Trull
John Richardson
Ned Richardson
Gus Williams
Mark Squires
Conty W. L. Gardner
Garmon Short
Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
North Carolina
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Becky Ann
Edenton
Britton
Raleigh
Page
King’s Mountain
Hilderbrand
Greensboro
Huggins
Marshville
Hull
Jersey
Wesley Chapel School
Wesley Chapel High School
E. P. Mendenhall
Lle Moore
Myrtle 5
Massachusetts
Pby
Isabelle Horn
North
Caroline
Mary Elizabeth Mooroe
Nell Bros and Heath Hardware Company
Emsley Hargett
Charles Helms
C. F. Helms
Wil Korie
J. B
Williams
Corn Club
Cyrus Redfearn
Cyrus Randolph
Mrs
Randolph Redfearn
Bewety
Dence
Hie
Jinley Laney
Henry Adams
Widiow Rudge
Rowland Beasley
Ben Horn
Sikes Sanders
Cyrus
Frank Hed~fearn
Dillon
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