Tract of Heath Lands Lease Tells 100 Year Family Tale
A nearly century old ninety nine year lease from the Catawba Indians for 217 acres on Twelve Mile Creek, dated 1803 and transferred to Moses Heath in 1811, remains in Maj. W. C. Heath’s family. The document, worn yet legible, shows rent annuals and endorsee signatures tracing six generations from Robert Heath to A. A. Heath.
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Twelve Mile Creek
Maj
W. C. Heath
Mon- Toe
Major Heath
A. W. Heath
Andrew King
Moses Heath
Maj. W. C. Heath
Heath
Jacob Scott
John J. Ames
John Nettles
Thomas Brown
M. C. Heath
Mas. Heath
Robert Heath
Catawba
Northampton County
A. A. Heath
Music Teacher Charged With Kidnapping 13 Year Old
J W Petty a 50 year old itinerant music teacher was arrested in Lexington for kidnapping Nettie Holder 13 of Harnett county who was with him when arrested He claimed the father mistreated her and that he took her for her own good Petty had tutored Nettie for three years and had asked the mother to let her travel with him on day trips After church services Nettie was seen in the same buggy with Petty and did not return that night or the next day prompting searches and the arrest.
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Wingate
Journal
J. B. Bass
John Brown
Hamlet
Wade Bivens
Charlotte
Hugh McWhirter
Clarence Perry
W. E. Vickery
Wingate Supply Co
Columbia, D. C
D. F. Jones
I. A. Connell
J. F. Williams
Monroe
J. B. Outen
Meadow Branch
Wingate Folks
P.T
Harnett County
J. W. Petty
Lexington
Nettie Holder
Harnett
Nettle Holder
Nettie
Nettle
Petty
Calamity Talk and Marines for Haiti Amid Ford Wilson Talk
Marines were ordered assembled at Guantanamo Cuba this week to be ready for service in Haiti and San Domingo at the request of Secretary Bryan. Henry Ford told President Wilson he saw no business depression and urged optimism as officials discussed trust bills and the economy. Local items note community meetings, illnesses, and social visits, including Epworth League hosting and various residents traveling or ill. The Raleigh Times reports on the first bale of cotton and a note on Chero-Cola’s rising sales in Union County.
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Haiti
Guantanamo
Cuba
San Domingo
Navy Department
Bryan
Wilson
Henry Ford
Detroit
White House
Ford
Bethlehem
Sidney Broom
Weddington
H. Moser
Catawba Junction
F.C. Doster
Herbert
W. T. Tatthan
H. A. McCorkle
van Wyck
P. V
Raleigh
North Carolina
Houston
Texas
J. F. Burwell
Lydford
The Case of the Husband Slayer
Wilmington Dispatch reports Elizabeth Johnson was arrested and charged with her husband’s murder. She pleaded jealousy and a tale of false accusations, but evidence showed premeditation and involvement by her husband’s brother. The narrative shifts from pity to condemnation of the crime and hypocrisy.
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Wilmington
Elizabeth Johnson
Faithloss
Ned the Foundation
Huerta resigns as Mexico's provisional president
Washington reports Huerta has quit as provisional president of Mexico. The Mexican Senate accepted his resignation and elected Carbajal, his foreign minister, to succeed him. Huerta's letter cites battlefield strain, American intervention at Vera Cruz, and internal turmoil as factors behind the step.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Mexican Senate
Carbajal
General Huerta
Chamber of Deputies
Supreme Court
Supreme Ministry of the Republic
Washingto
Victoriano Huerta
Madero
National Palace
Jose Maria Pino Saarez
Huert
Willam H. Taft
United States
Vera Cruz
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Niagara Falls
Vera Crux
Tampico
Zacatecas
Greensboro Seeks Flyless City Status With State Board
Greensboro aims to be declared flyless as part of a statewide health push. WS Rankin of the State Board of Health plans an inspection to report findings, urging thorough, systematic efforts citywide. The campaign reports vast cooperation across neighborhoods, including the negro section, with fly swatters and cleanups widespread.
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Greensboro
WS. Ilenkin
State Board of Health
News and Observer
Eton
Rankin
North Carolina
Tee
Tam
Wharton
Fred Phipps
Cotton crop prospects dampened by persistent rains
From Hickls Ape Boat Monroe North Carolina July 16 1914 The Commercial Appeal Memphis reports continuous and drenching rains have hindered farm operations for two weeks leaving fields foul and many late cotton crops unchopped. This cotton is under a month old with no fruit and the older crop shows weed growth and poor fruiting. Estimates of condition range from 68 to 72 with optimistic notes fading.
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Hickls
Monroe
N. C
Memphis
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Winston-Salem
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Hery
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Sau Houser
Hauser
Jake
Philips
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Fred Hicks
Pred Hitt
Luther Acon
Belle Robinson
Waxhaw Enterprise
William EB. Robinson
WM Crow
W. F. Sanford
Bethlehem Methodist Church
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