What the Community Would Be If This True Wingate Note
Wingate NC July 13 The Journal correspondence reports Prof and Mrs J G Carroll returning from Eastern NC with tales of huckleberry harvests and a merry trip. It notes high school term opening August 18 and catalogues available on request. It highlights local leaders and asks readers to reflect on community ideals and civic duty.
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Huntley
Winegate
Wingate
J. G. Carroll
North Carolina
K. W. M. Perry
Asheville
Bunyan Gaddy
Samuel Gaddy
Chesterfield
W. C. Morgan
J. Colie Meigs
D. M. Austin
Meadow Branch
Austin
D. M. Johnson
Robeson County
Wake Forest College
Wingate School
Johnson
John Huntley
Rock Hill
8. C
Rock Rest
J. C. Black
Big Lick Stanly County
Society of Tomorrow
James Maness
Marshville Township
Green
Joel
Tarleton
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church
J. H. Mills
A. Marsh
O. P. Timis
Brother of the Man Who Was Slain Says He Furnished Pistol
Arch Johnson deseribes himself as willing to take full blame for the death of Joe Johnson to Sheriff Crawford in Williamston. He admits furnishing the pistol used in the July killing and claims to have conspired with Elizabeth E. Johnson to murder her husband. Elizabeth says Arch planned the crime and that she acted under his guidance. Arch, about 21, expresses remorse and fears family exposure. both denies have lawyers yet. Johnson to face preliminary hearing before Justice L. B. White.
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Williamston
J. C. Crawford
Arch Johnson
Elizabeth E. Johnson
Joe Johnson
West Oak City
Martin County
Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Justice of the Peace
L. B. White
Oak City
Crawford
Reckless New Haven Rail Deal Exposed by I C C Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission revealed part of its Senate investigation into the New Haven Railroad’s finances. It describes millions used as stage money, stockholders losing 65 to 90 million, and a Monopolization effort that left dividends scarce while burdensome properties remain. The report notes witnesses reluctant to testify and potential indictments.
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New England
Washington Dispatch
New Haven
America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Commission
Weddington News District Conference Hints Busy Weekend
Miss Lucy Price visited relatives near Monroe last week. Mack and Loyd Zediker of Charlotte stayed with aunt Mrs. Taylor Shannon. Earnest DeLaney of Charlotte spent Sunday with parents Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope DeLaney, while Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Short visited relatives in Union. Mrs. Frank Wolfe of Monroe visits her mother Mrs. A. J. Price. J. D. and W. L. Hemby spent Saturday in Indian Trail on business. Locals busy preparing for the district conference to be held here the 16th through the 19th.
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Lucy Price
Monroe
Masters Mack
Loyd Zediker
Charlotte
Taylor Shannon
Earnest DeLaney
Stanhope DeLaney
D. F. Short
Union
Frank Wolfe
A. J. Price
J. D
W. L. Hemby
Indian Trail
Change of Date of Primary in County Elections
The county Democratic Executive Committee met at the Courthouse and moved the primary for county, legislative and township officers to Saturday August 15, with a potential second primary on August 22. A county canvass will be held for candidates wishing to participate, with a series of meeting dates statewide. Also notes urging fly trap use for health and warning against alcoholic drinks.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Price's
Mui
Sandyridge
B. F. Parker
Lanes Creek
Marshville
Olive Branch
New Salem
Unionville
Goose Creek
Indian Trail
Vance
Waxhaw
Jackson
Altan
Buford
Monroe
Rex Theatre Weekly Lineup Full of Dramas and Reels
Tonight The Daughter of a Crook opens in three parts at Rex Theatre followed by a week of plays and films including The Lion On Suspicion The Fruit of Evil and Beautiful love drama Wednesday features Warren Kerrigan in western and a mix of comedies and dramas Thursday brings The Taint of an Alien Universal Animated Weekly and A Neighborly Quarrel plus a Mexican drama Friday offers Love and Vengeance Risen From the Ashes and Mountain Law in double features Saturday presents Temper on Temper and another comedy drama plus two more reels.
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the Lion
Warren Kerrigan
Universal Animated Weekly
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterians Lead in Gifts to Missions This Year
The Presbyterian church North tops the list of large mission gifts with 1 837 697 dollars. The Methodist Episcopal church North follows with 1 559 403 97. American Baptist Foreign Mission society has 1 195 523 86 and American Board 1 048 938 76. Southern Presbyterians United Presbyterians and Moravians lead in per capita gifts.
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Presbyterian Church (North
Methodist Episcopal Church (North
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
American Board
Southern Presbyterians
United Presbyterians
Moravians
Cord of Thanks to North Monroe Community
The writer expresses deep gratitude to the North Monroe residents who visited Monday evening bearing gifts of food. They praise the kind neighbors and invite them to return, praying for blessings on all. Signed by R. H. Kennington.
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North Monroe
R. H. Kennington
Deadly Patent Syrups Warned by U S Chemists
Government chemists warn against 18 soothing syrups labeled for infants, listing names like Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Morphine Sulphate, James' Soothing Syrup Heroin, Hooper's Anodyne, and Victor Infant Relief with chloroform and cannabis indica among other ingredients. The note catalogs dangerous concoctions and their toxic contents to protect babies.
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United States
Winslow
Dr. Fahey
Dr. Grove
Hooper
Jadway
James
Koepp
Miller
Moffett
Victor
Banjo Player Sweeney Ties To Confederate Legend
A Boston study on Confederate Gen J E B Stuart praises his unofficial aide and banjo companion Sweeney who accompanied Stuart through the war and often accompanied crucial correspondence with banjo music. The article recalls Ap pomattox Court House memories and the Sweeney family’s banjo making and musical roots in the area.
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J. E. B. Stuart
Gamaliel Bradford
Boston
V. Bradford
Stuart
Sweeney
Appomatox Court House
James Hicks
Appomattox Court House
Hicks
Gen
Evergy
Gen. Stuart
Lee
Turbulent Mexican Crisis and US Political Clash
Condensed dispatches report Huerta ready to resign and cede power through ministers amid Mexico City battles. Supreme Court appointees face Senate scrutiny over ties to business interests. Other items include a lynching in D C and a Georgia murder by daughter.
The Perils of Pauline At The Pastime Plot Summary
Two villains scheme to force Pauline into marriage by using a balloon ascent trap. Harry aids then pursues Pauline as she slides from a balloon rope down a cliff. The balloon crashes, Harry rescues her, but captors arrive, Pauline is imprisoned, and Harry is knocked unconscious in a cliffside trap amid “Fiteburgh's Ride” in two parts.
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Pauline
Villians
Harry
Hicks
Owen
Fiteburgh
Money orders usable nationwide after July first
Under a new rule effective July 1 a money order may be cashed at any postoffice in the United States if presented thirty days after issuance. After that time it might be cashed at the office to which it is directed as before. Money orders can be used by travelers with orders payable to the purchaser cashable at various points on a journey.
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Rca
North Carolina
State Board For the Blind
Raleigh
Virginia
West Virginia
John E. Ray
State School For Blind
N. C
United States
Kansas women to vote in August primaries and fall elections
Campaigners report that newly enfranchised Kansas women show keen political interest and will vote in strong proportion to men in the August primaries and congressional and state elections this fall. Meetings have about equal attendance of men and women, suggesting substantial female participation ahead.
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Kansas
Free Pass Evil Railroads Awarded Political Influence
Senate report details two railroads the Louisville and Nashville and the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis distributed free passes totaling 4,000 valued travel credits to about 34,000 people in 1913. Officials from federal, state and local levels received passes, prompting a general ICC inquiry into the practice as a threat to free institutions.
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Washington, D. C
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooma
St. Louis
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louieville
Nashville
United States
Congress
Pal
Chattanooga and
St. Louie
Commission
Federal
Treveland Star Hailstorm Ravages Piedmont Region
A severe hail storm, described as the worst in the Piedmont of North Carolina, struck Iredell, Catawba, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Gaston, parts of Cleveland, and York County in South Carolina last Tuesday. Crops were damaged across multiple counties, with barns struck and wheat destroyed in Surry, and crops stripped in the county areas near Shelby and Buffalo. Farmers report mixed impacts with some fearing total losses while others expect yields to recover, noting cotton and corn damage and varying intensities within the storm's path.
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Treveland Star
Piedmont
North Carolina
Iredell
Catawba
Mecklenburg
Lincoln
Gaston
Cleveland
York County
South Carolina
Surry County
Virginia
Surry
Cleveland County
Shelby
Wasfrat
Lightning rod facts prompt safer farms in Ontario
A Wall Street Journal notice reviews a bulletin from the Ontario Agriculture Department reporting lightning rods now up to 99.9 percent effective in Michigan and high efficiency elsewhere. It notes insurance losses on rodbed buildings in Iowa versus unrodded structures, and urges proper metallic connections with no insulators.
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Onlyaria D Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Michigan
Ontario
E. W. Point
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Weddington News
Journal
REX Theatre
Mexico City
Huerta
Mexico
White
Bryan
Columbia
Panama
Roosevelt
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Jones
International Harvester Co
Warburg
Wall Street
Rosa Carson
Eloree
D. C
Whigham
Clifford Griffin
Wall Street Journal
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