Real Cotton Picker in Charlotte Aims for Widespread Use
Theodore HL Price, cotton speculator now focused on a cotton picking machine, visits Charlotte. He says Texas tests sparked strong demand with nearly all machines sold. one unit heads to California’s Imperial Valley, others planned for Texas or Oklahoma and the Atlantic states. The device harvests one row at a time, moving at 15 miles per hour and can cover about an acre per 10 hour day, depending on cotton density. It requires about 40 workers’ effort in effect, though operated by a single person or small crew.
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Theodore HL Price
Charlotte
Price
Texas
Imperial Valley
California
Southwest
Oklahoma
Atlantic States
Local notices mix with fatal auto crash and political bids
A fragmented notice describes a building alteration plan in Asheville by supervisor Nisbet and a fatal auto accident on a principal street where Linwood Beil aged 6 and Abbert Smith age 15 died or were fatally injured after their coaster wagon was struck by Crawford Plemmons’ car. Plemmons posted bond. The item also notes senatorial candidates moving to shared offices with statewide contenders, including Lock Craig seeking the Democratic governor nomination and Lt. Gov. Nedland in the race, plus ex-Congressman John G Shaw entering for lieutenant governor.
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Asheville
Linwood Beil
Jeneath
Abbert B. Smith
Bell Boy
Smith
Crawford Plemmons
Auto Striver
Plemimons
Lock Craig
Neland
John G. Shaw
Fayetteville
California voters approve and reject constitutional amendments
At last week’s election California voters defeated a women suffrage amendment by San Francisco votes while the rest of the state approved it. An amendment granting recall of all officers including the judiciary was defeated but the initiative and referendum gained passage along with an amendment expanding the railroad commission’s authority.
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California
San Fran
San Francisco
Railroad Commission
Triplets Boost Byerly Family to Fifteen in Thomasville
Sunday birth of two girls and a boy to Mr and Mrs Ed Byerly in Thomasville raises the Byerly family total from 12 to 15. W Cofield ex clerk of Chowantou’s court jailed for three years for a 1700 shortage in the clerk’s office after defeating a long time incumbent. An aphorism about truth ends the item.
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Ed Byerly
Thomasville
Byerly
W. Cofield
Chowantou
Cofield
Prescriptions for Health Amid Changing Seasons
The notice urges careful health protection during seasonal change and places responsibility on the supplier for medicine. It promises access to the most active drugs, carefully and honestly compounded for best patient results.
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