White Stranger Swindles Group With Painkiller Claim
A white tramp swindled a colored group led by Allen Alsobrooks of $23.50 by promising a shipment of whiskey and a secret rendezvous. The scheme collapsed when the group waited in the woods and the stranger vanished. Police offered no arrest.
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Darkies
Sampton Barrett
Alf Curtson
Henry Alsobrooks
Duke Aleobrooks
Jim Puller
Calvin Cavelock
J. Rufus Wallingford
Allen Alsobrooks
Allen
Frank Helin
Charlotte Road
Norfolk
Sampton
Alf
Henry
Duke
Griffin
Fowler
Monroe
Local Social Notes from Correspondence on Pne
Miss Ida Belks spent last week in Charlotte. Miss Martha Loftin visits relatives in Red Springs. Misses Evelyn Wolfe and Beatrice Fairley of Monroe visit Mrs. Al J. Price. D. F. Short visits Providence area. Prof. O. H. Orr returns from western state. Miss Lucy Price to Charlotte for purse course at Presbyterian hospital. Sidney Shannon and Frank Boatright of Union visit the village. W A Short, Ruby McManus, Louise Short in Charlotte. Prof. Frank Richardson of Low and Miss Merrie visit Morven. Rev N R Richardson and wife hosting. Mrs. S H Fincher improving. Wedding.
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Weddington
Ida Belks
Charlotte
Martha Loftin
Red Springs
Evelyn Wolfe
Beatrice Fairley
Monroe
al J. Price
D. F. Short
Providence
O. H. Orr
Lucy Price
Presbyterian Hospital
Sidney Shannon
Frank Boatright
Union
W. A. Short
Ruby McManus
Louise Short
Frank Richardson
Low
Merrie
Morven
N. R. Richardson
HL. Fincher
Emperor William Heads East as War Rages
Late news brief reports Emperor William leaving for the eastern front to visit his armies fighting the Russians on all fronts. A Cunard liner was sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine with no passengers aboard and 12 crew lost. The Christian Brothers College at St Louis burned, killing nine men including a 93 and a 72 year old. New York milk supplies falter amid a dispute between farmers and the milk trust, halving the city’s intake. No new European war developments.
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William
Eastern Front
Cunard
Mediterranean Sea
Christian Brothers’ College
St Louis
Plucky Kinston boy Cecil OTe en stranded in Monroe
Cecil O Te en age 13 from Kinston reached Charlotte seeking orphanage aid but found no room. He rode with a cigarette drummer to Monroe, hoped for work at Icemarlee Mill, then stayed with W A Love overnight. Police later located his mother and informed her of his plight as locals raise funds to return him home.
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Cecil O'Teen
Kinston
Monroe
Episcopal
Charlotte
Cecil
Icemarlee Mill
W. A. Love
Providence
Vern Austin
Journal
Bern
Clifford Fowler
St Pauls Episcopal Service Schedule Evening Sermon
St Pauls Episcopal Church lists a 7 30 pm service with The Great Confession and a Sunday 11 am sermon and Holy Communion titled Adrift A 3 pm children service and a 4 pm men only The serene of Be 7 30 Last mission service continues with The Thirsty Soul.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
No Circus This Year In Monroe Says Townsfolk
Native to The Journal reports no authentic information on John Robinsons circus for Monroe. Advertisers failed to supply copy, tax officials lack details, and locals fear the show will skip town or move to Wadeboro or Hamlet. Parents and kids anticipate disappointment, yet some insist a circus signals prosperity.
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Monroe
John Robinson
Wadesboro
Hamlet
Lberal
Journal
Dad
Sally
Bill
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION FINE Meeting This Week at Waxhaw
The Union Baptist Association meets this week at Waxhaw Old Baptist church two miles from town. The meeting features new work and two day sessions aimed at finishing business efficiently. Delegations from almost all member churches attend, with officers re elected and special speakers from Sunday school, the Bible Recorder and orphanage present. The event includes a new hour for worship led by Mrs Snider and local ladies presenting the work. Virginian, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Stele, dies at home from a weak heart at birth. funeral held at home with burial in the new cemetery east of town. Cotton prices rise as Robeson county crops are short. local reports note 16.26 per bale.
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Waxhaw
Union Baptist Association
Seasion
Waxhaw Old Baptist Church
Ev Church
M.D. L
John C. Sikes
DB. H. Griffin
Marshville
F. B. Asherat
Monroe
BE. L. Middleton
Raleigh
C. J. Thompson
Biblcal Recorder
Wingate
Messrs
Black and White
Sion
C. J. Black
E. C. Snider
Virginian
J.T. Stele
College Street
C. FE. Robinson
B. C. Broom Lumberton
Robeson
J. M. Guion
Unionville
L. E. Guion
C. C. Howard
Oliver Howard
Margaret Hudson
Weddington
Indian Trail News items from Presbyterian Day
Indian Trail notes brisk east wind and farm work as Prof J T Yeargin and wife move toward winter term. Local events include a large rally at the Presbyterian church with Prof P Mendenhall and Hon Walter Love speaking, the formation of the Township Sunday School Union, and community updates on residents and illness.
Rexall One Cent Sale Promises Large County Turnout
Union Drug Company invites all county residents to the Rexall One Cent Sale slated for next week. A full announcement will run in Tuesday's Journal. The sale is pitched as a money saver with the one cent price equaling 25 cents to $2 in purchasing value. Watch for the ad.
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The
Union Drug Company
the Journal
Campaign to Relieve Armenians and Syrians Relief Drive Launched
Washington dispatch reports the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief launches a major campaign to raise five million dollars to aid one million refugees in Asiatic Turkey Persia Syria and Palestine. The effort targets churches and citizens nationwide, with relief days declared October 21 and 22 and sermons urged in every pulpit.
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Asiatic Tattle Theater
Washington Dispatch
Belgian Relief Commission
American Committee For
Brower
Turkey
Persia
Syria
Pales Se Tine
Aurney
State Department
Secur
American Red Cross
Red Crescens
Wilson
Armenia
Wilson Day Observances Planned October 26 Across Nation
Democratic leaders announce Woodrow Wilson Day events on October 25 with nationwide meetings to read the President’s address on Americanism. County and state chairmen coordinate gatherings featuring prominent speakers as citizens salute the President amid world crisis.
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Woodrow Wilson
Acco
Charman McCormick
Democratic National Committee
McCormick
NIDSAPPER KILLED IN VICTIM S LIGHT
Sheriff led posse shoots Roy Dickson near Thigdad Shelby county after a quick battle. Catherine Lethig, twelve, kidnapped, witnessed the fight from a safe spot as Dickson was killed and the girl returned home. Police pursued him across several counties after he fled with Catherine and her sister.
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Lexington
Thigdad
Shelby County
Roy Dickson
Catherine Lethig
Jacob Smith
Dickerson
Dickson
Catherine
Fmily
Shelbyville
An Excuse for a Letter from Wingate
A Wingate brief explains delays in news gathering due to conditions and solicits reader indulgence. It notes Mr Spurgeon Black of Wakecrest College underwent no operation for appendicitis and that the procedure was reportedly successful with the patient recovering.
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Spurgeon Black
Wakecrest College
Young Man Fatally Crushed in Cotton Gin Accident
Broggan Laney nephew of K B Laney of Cheraw and R A lugeam of this Place, died after being mangled in a cotton gin seed box. His sleeve caught in saws, drawing him to the mechanism around 3 o clock. He died within an hour. He was about 25. Funeral arrangements in Cheraw follow.
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Wadesboro Ansonian
Broggan Laney
K. B. Laney
Cheraw
R. A. Lugeam
Laney
Ingram
Republicans Gather for Buford Township Meeting
A township meeting of the Republicans of Buford township is set for Saturday night October 14 at 8 o'clock at Sandy Ridge school house. The purpose is to organize a township ticket and a speaker will be present to address attendees. All Republicans in the township are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Township
Sandy Ridge
Real Estate Transfers and a Local Sale Notice
Register of Deeds reports one transfer: Thomas Griffin to L N Stegall for three small tracts in Marshville township at 1500 dollars. Also notice of the Big Rexall One Cent Sale at Union Drug Company next week with an announcement in Tuesday’s Journal.
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Register of Deeds
M. C. Long
Thomas
Griffin
L.N. Stegall
Marshville Township
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