Traveler's Wartime Trek Through Blue Ridge Notes
A colored traveler recounts a May 22 start from Monroe to Matthews, Charlotte, Gastonia, Rutherfordton, and Asheville, detailing routes, scenic sights like Chimney Rock, French Broad, and a large poultry train, plus health setbacks and a postponement to Birmingham for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fandy
Monroe Journal
Lfe
Monroe
Matthews
Charlotte
Gastonia
Shelby
Rutherfordton
Blue Ridge Mountains
Chimney Rock
Hendersonville
Asheville
Bald Mountain
Pool Creek
Hot Springs
N. C
Morristown
Tenn
New York
Knoxville
Nashville
Guthrie
Lester
Birmingham
5. B. Lester
Crop Report from Monroe North Carolina 1913 Weather Wrecks Crops
The Monroe farm report dated June 12 1913 from The Commercial Appeal notes a week of cold rain with temps about 18 above freezing, stunting plant growth leaching fertilizers and hindering cultivation. Weeds and decay spread across large county areas, with optimism fading and overall condition judged not exceeding 12 percent by the observer GEO FE FLOW.
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Monroe
N. C
Memphis
Death of Mrs Joe Person Inventor of Mrs Joe Persons Remedy
Mrs Joe Person, inventor of Mrs Joe Persons Remedy, died suddenly last Thursday while en route to California and New Mexico. Her death surprised few in Charlotte where she had resided for the past ten years and conducted her business at Kitrell, North Carolina.
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Mere Person
Joe Person
Joe Persons
California
New Mexico
Charlotte
Tony
Kittrell
Delightful Bath Moment Sparks Soap Slip
A humorous reflection on a man’s playful bath time as he slides a cake of soap into the tub and moves it through the water, creating a bubbly scene of simple domestic delight.
Sandy Ridge Baptist church first children's day exercises
The Sandy Ridge Baptist church held its first children’s day exercises with recitations and speeches by the children, followed by a noon dinner and afternoon music by the organ and choir. Speakers Marvin Griffin J G Baucom and S H Rogers delivered talks.
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Sandy Ridge
Marvin Griffin
J. G. Baucom
H. Rogers
Sandy Ridge Church
J. W. Little
Fred Hays
J. G. Starnes
J. P. Rogers
Mra. Nisbet
Sanford
Esq
Nira
T. Cheara
Reception at Methodist Parsonage for Children’s Home drive
A reception by the Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church will be held at the parsonage on June 24 from 4 to 7 PM. Members and ladies are urged to bring items for Brevard Institute and Children’s Home, including sheets, pillow cases, blankets, clothing for girls 12 to 17, and dining tables. Refreshments served. offerings encouraged for needy institutions.
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Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Brevard Institute
Brevard
Two One Legged Men Form Part nership to Buy Shoes
In Asheville two men each with one leg solved the shoe problem by sharing a pair. J H Moseley, former Asheville Electric Co employee, and a second unnamed man with one leg coordinate purchases to use one shoe per man. They arrange to buy and split pairs, fetching one shoe as needed from the store. The Journal notes veterans from the county once did similar.
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Asheville
J. H. Mosely
Asheville Electric Company
Mr. Mosely
Mr. Moseley
Moseley
A. Helma
A T. Broom
Negro Boy Gave Skin For Brother's Chest
In Greensboro at St. Leo's hospital a boy donated skin from his leg to cover his brother's chest after a skin graft. The donor, Fred Malloy, did not receive anesthesia and reported no pain. William Malloy, the recipient, had been hospitalized days prior and left soon after recovery.
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Greensboro
St. Leo's Hospital
Fred Malloy
William Malloy
Thielty
William Matley
Fire at Pittsboro merchant home destroys property
The home of L. M. Womble, a Pittsboro merchant, burned early Monday from an oil stove. The family, asleep in upstairs rooms, escaped through the windows. W. T. Lassiter was found dead Sunday at his father's Granville County home with a bullet in his left temple. He slept the night before in apparently good condition, and no reason for suicide can be found, though death by other means is hard to explain.
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Lee County
Nall & Wilkies
William Hackney
Simmons
Finance Committee
Senate
House
West Virginia
Swanson
B. F. Keith
Wilmington
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Beaufort
Manteo
Godwin and
Small
McAdoo
B. J Hale
Fayetteville
Costa Rica
Major Hale
Metta Folger Townsend
Greensboro
National Association
Ida Tarbell
Misa Jeannette Gittler
Mia
George Mises
Kate Douglass Wiggins
Townsend
North Carolina
W. L. Ormand
Bessemer City
BE. H. Avent
East Durham
W. F. Flowers
Fremont
A Hi. Huss
Cherryville
Ho D. 1Beth
Elon College
W. G. Russell
Rose Hill
G. W. HI
Vineland
P. J. Caudell
Saint Pauls
B. IT. Mee Keithan
Aberdeen
A. N. Bulls
Kandleman
J. W. Noell
Roxboro
J. Kerr
Canton
R. 8
Melita Chapel Hin
J. H. Late
Leaksville
J. H. Carter
Mt. Airy
Oxford
L.m.sheffield
Spray
Lockhart
Wadesboro
J. H Bowen
West Durham
J. D. Futch
Monroe
Leslie
West Point
Young Futch
Congressman Page
Annapolis
Mike" Hudson
Louisiana
Newport News
Mediterranean Sea
R.k.helms
W. 8. Thomas
Tnilistician
Union County
Wake Porers College
Tof
W. 1. Com
St Lege
Baucom
Raucom
Bro
H. G. Bryant
Union Grove
Raycom
Southern Baptist Seminary J
Louteville
L. M. Womble
Pittsboro
W. T. Lassiter
Granville County
Lassiter
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North Carolina Tooth Company
Ffrom
National Capitol
Thad L. Page
Washington, D.C
Hiwalan Sugar
Colorado
W. Plb
Washington Post
Catte
West
Atlantic
Potomac
Hugh G. Patton
Forest Bureau
Bethlehem
B. Richardson
J.B. Kerr
Iay
K. Richardson
J. 8. Broom, Brief History of Prospect Charge
W. A. Eubanks
R. W. Plyler
Country Church
Starnes
Churches of
T. J. W. Broom
J. E B. Kerr
Miss Chears
A.K. Nesbet
W. T. Chears
Raleigh News & Observer
Mixx Velma Chears
A. R. Nesbit
Fd.thames
Sanford Presbyterian Church
Maey Nesbit
M. D. Wicker
W. F. Chears
Endor Street
Mangum
Punderbark
Pageland Journal
Baptist Church
Satie Funderburk
Mr Mangum
Clayton
Nellie Mangum
Ruby
Fay Funderburk
J. W. Thompson
Mary Lee Funderburk
H. J. Mangum
Blanche Moore
Samuel Turner
Wilma Lingle
M. Robert . Funderpurk
Mittie Helms
Dr. Thos
Duncan
J. A. McGraw
Funderburk
J. W. Mangum
Our Town
Jood
Etna
Recorder's Court
Walter Cannon
G. Jarvis
John Simmons
Walt McCorkle
Luke Lincoln
Ben Funderburk
W. L. Belk
Marcus Harrington
BU Pickett
John Mungo
Bozey Stockton
Baxter Stitt
Luke Horn
Paul Redfearn
Babe Tomberlin
Oscar Jordon
Charlie McDaniel
John Hamilton
Bud Poore
Charles Mover
Claude Nance
Dave Cuthbertson
PF. Swindell Love
Kinston Toin
Brazil
Kinston
F. Swinedell Love
Queen Street Methodist Church
Mr. Love
T. J. Love
Messrs. W. B
J. W. Love
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