Fifteen Men of This County to Report for Camp Jackson
A list of fifteen county men designated as the first quota to report for training at Camp Jackson in Columbia. They are ordered to Monroe for reporting at 2 PM Saturday and will board the 6 AM Sunday train. Alternates listed. most are single men with two or three exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Camp Jackson
Columbia
Joseph Hampton Price
Charley Maness
Matthews
W. B. Cole
Ernest Harry Broom
Murphy Dudley Honeycutt
John M. Niven
Waxhaw
Dan Smith McCollum
Wade Helms
Mineral Springs
Lee Calvin Broom
Anthony Wayne Brooks
Joel Solomon Collins
Henry Morgan
Unionville
Clarence A. Wingate
Filas C. Efird
Rt. 2
Stephen Lee Welsh
Sanford Louis Forbis
R. M. James
Route 2
Non-Commiss 1 Officers Appointed Battery D N C Field Artillery
The Messenger and Intelligencer reports Col. A L Cox appointed non commissioned officers for Battery D First NC Field Artillery The roster includes First Sergeant H W Shepherd Mess Sergeant A B Fairley Supply Sergeant J W Helms Stable Sergeant F B Huntley Sergeants S P Griffith C W Yancey Lloyd Price J A Robinson J C Blalock N T Bobbitt E F Lit Corporals M E Austin F P Billingsley J Boyling H Covington A B Crowell J Q Derrick B F Eubanks Wilbur Gaddy C N Ben R L Hayes Carl Hendrix Hetchinson M D McLendon T L Niven J H Thompson N W Williams W H Williams Chief Mechanic J J Hinson Horse Shoers O B Garris R R Gay Mechanic June 8 Maner Saddler R A Rivers Cooks J W McCorkle C B Porter L L Threadgill Buglers L L Hargrave J P Matheson Enlistments E F Liles Carl Robinson Lindon Southerland Adolphus Cole Charles T Phipps Roy P Mullin Samuel W Dixon Joseph E Peele There are now 145 men in the Battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Cox
N. C. Field Artillery
H. W. Shepherd
A. B. Fairley
J. W. Helms
F. B. Huntley
S. P. Griffith
C. W Yancey
Lloyd Price
J. A. Robinson
J. C. Blalock
N. T. Bobbitt
E. F
Lit Corporata
M. E. Austin
F. P. Billingsley
J. Boyling
H. Covington
A. B. Crowell
J. Q. Derrick
B. F. Eubanks
Wilbur Gaddy
C. N. Ben R. L. Hayes
Carl Hendrix
Hetchinson
M. D. McLendon
T. L
E. F. Liles
BE. P. Liles
Carl Robinson
L. D. Robinson
Lindon Southerland
Magnolia
Adolphus Cole
Haw River
Charles T. Phipps
Raleigh
Roy P. Mullin
Unionville
Samuel W. Dixon
Bolivia
Joseph E. Peele
Clarksville
Ambush kills Elizabeth City power plant fireman
Daniel J. Jones, a night fireman at the Elizabeth City Power Company, was fatally shot from ambush around 4 pm. He died three hours later after being rushed to a hospital. No motive or suspect has been found and Jones had previously served in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
Daniel J. Jones
Elizabeth City Power Company
Jones
Man and Wife Found in Bed Shot to Heath
Greenville South Carolina dispatch reports H Milam Hellams a Laurens county farmer and his wife found shot to death in their home. Death by a pistol may have caused the tragedy with an empty gun found inside. coroner’s jury verdict assigns unknown parties. Hellams, a Confederate veteran, was 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
D. C
H. Milam Hellams
Laurens County
Hellams
Moonshining case with two boys at still in Morganton
In Morganton on September 6, Joe Smith and Lige Reetor were seized by Officers Boyer and Milhellana for operating a liquor still. They found two young children aged four and six helping their father gather wood at the site and begging to accompany him to town, having never seen a train, automobile, or a Black person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neyee
Still
Morganton
Joe Smith
Lige Reetor
Boyer and
Milhellana
Ford Plans Big War Orders for Airplane Cylinders
Henry Ford announces Ford Motor Company will manufacture 200000 steel airplane cylinders for the United States government at a rate of 1000 per day at cost price. Government to settle prices after production, no profits to Ford. Ford also to supply 6000 tractors to England and tractors for Belgium. Exemptions not sought. drafted workers to be retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
United States
Mr. Ford
E. DeCartier
Belgium
Henry Ford and Son
England
Serbian Girls Deported Amid War Time Abductions
Serbian premier M Pasitech reports thousands of Serbian girls aged ten to fourteen have been kidnapped and deported since February 1916 to Constantinople Bulgaria and Asia Minor. Eight thousand sent to Constantinople and two thousand to Bulgaria and Asia Minor. Trafficking described as systematized under Bulgarian controllers with Turkey and Bulgaria as prime movers. Reactions include protests via the Dutch government and hopes for postwar reparations and repatriation beyond the war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbia I
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Asia Minor
M. Pasiteh
London
M. Pasitch
Saloniki
Turkey
Sofia
Arrests surround Russia's grand dukes in conspiracy probe
In Russia a large group linked to the ruling family faces charges over a plot to restore the throne. Lead conspirators Mile. Margaret Hitrovo of Tobolsk and Mme Liubov Hitrovo of Yelaburg were seized in a grand duke Paul’s home. A court confidante Mme E A Narychaine was not arrested but her Petrograd home was searched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Mile
Margaret Hitrovo
Tobolsk
Mme
Liubov Hitrovo
Yelaburg
Paul
E. A. Narychaine
Alexander Feodorovna
Mme. Narychaine
Petrograd
Birzkeviya
Wingate High School Senior Class Elects Officers
Wingate Sept 8 The senior class of Wingate High School was organized with twenty members present. Miss Rosa Blakeney acted as chair until a president was elected. Officers chosen KR. H. Trull president Miss Mary Trull vice president H Hobart Morton secretary Claude Gaddy treasurer Will E. Thompson orator Miss Ona Biggers historian Miss Thelma Carroll prophet Jay Bivens poet The class of ’18 shows promise for a great year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate
Wingate High School
Rosa Blakeney
KR. H. Trull
Mary Trull
H. Hobart Morton
Claude Gaddy
Will E. Thompson
Ona Biggers
Thousands of stamps sold to the soldier boys in Monroe
Soldiers passing through Monroe toward Anniston Alabama received thousands of one cent stamps and post cards donated by locals. Post office clerks processed massive mail, with estimates of 12 000 stamps sold and 78 dollars in soft drink sales from John Tsonis. Troop trains halted here, many soldiers spent heavily, while young women greeted and exchanged cards and kisses as trains stopped briefly. Mrs Lillian McKissick and her children visit relatives in Unionville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Anniston
Alu
Monroe
France
Hayne Street
Loan & Trust
Hasty
Post Office
Connecticut
Hamlet
Russell
Gloucester
New York
John Tsonis
John
California
Union County
the Journal
Seaboard
Atlanta
Richmond
Camp Greene
Prosperity Sweeps North Carolina Rail Trip Notes
A Wilmington Star travel column reports a cash boom across the state with high wages at camps and strong farm yields. Potatoes, tobacco and wheat drive wealth as trains teem with travelers and spending. Governor Bickett tours western towns while crowds discuss the war and draft amid lively social scenes.
Prohibition imposes nationwide distillery shutdowns
The Charlotte Observer notes that at midnight Saturday all distilleries and breweries in the United States must cease operations as war-time prohibition takes full effect. Food Administrator Hoover requires immediate closure, with the law forbidding any distillation using cereals, potatoes, fruits, molasses, or byproducts, leaving no loopholes for substitutes and prompting some distillers to switch to condensed milk or temperance drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charlotte Observer
Hoover
Retail Coal Prices Fixed by Government Plan
Dr. Garfield the coal administrator promises early fixed retail coal prices with local committees enforcing them. The plan aims for maximum production at prices fair to producers and consumers, revising existing operator prices if mines incur losses, and allocating coal so domestic consumers receive a fair share at the set price reflecting operator and wholesale levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Garfield
Dr. Garfield
Garfield
President Wilson Sets Tone on Loyalty War Policy
President Wilson, in a letter to Samuel Gompers of the AFL, backs a conference of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy to suppress disloyalty. He denounces those who question America’s stance against Germany and urges opposing homefront elements masking as patriotism while soldiers defend the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Minnepolis
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Alliance
America
Germany
Railroads Hear War Demands Prompt Service Changes
Raleigh hearings on Seaboard Air Line plan to curtail Raleigh Charlotte and Henderson Oxford service to aid national mobilization. Delegations from Sanford Hamlet Cary Raleigh Oxford argue for wartime efficiency. commission suggests Raleigh Charlotte shoo fly cutback with extended Raleigh Norlina Hamlet run, preserving Charlotte Rutherfordton shuttle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Raleigh
Sanford
Hamlet
Cary
Oxford
Corporaton Commission
Seaboard Air Line
Raleigh- Charlotte
Henderson-Oxford
W. L. Stanley
Stanley
North Carolina
National Guard
France
Russia
Charlotte-Rutherford
Red Cross Notes Support for Troops and Fund Drives
Red Cross chapters prepare light refreshments and emergency rations for National Army troops en route to cantonments. Cooperation with War Department includes mobilization points and train stations with rail aid, plus ready reserves for accidents or delays. Ford Motor Company donates 500000 dollars in credit for ambulances and supplies. local efforts praise West End Unit gains and home talent benefit at Bru-Nel Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
National Army
Cantonmenta
War Department
M Al.monroe
V. D. Sikes
West End
Mabel Belk
Louise Morrow
F. B. Ashcraft
Chamber of Commerce
Bru-Nel
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
American Red Cross
Ford
W. A. Lane
Red Croes
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Heath
Soldier Boys
Mies
Lillian McKissick
Hartaville
MecKissick
Griffin
Wilmington Star
Jamie
Carolina
Piedmont
Charlotte
Neve
Cattawba
Lincoln
Bickett
Lenoir
Hickory
Newton
Lincolnton
Selma
Artie
John Barleycorn
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