Distilleries In Several States Face Shutdown At 11 Tonight
The federal order to close distilleries at 11 o clock tonight affects about 27 plants in Maryland and roughly 200 in Kentucky. Most facilities shut down gradually for summer, with three Kentucky plants expected to make alcohol commercially. Total distillery value is estimated near 70 million dollars, employing 6 000 to 7 000 workers.
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Maryland
Kentucky
Baltimore
Lexington
Rey
Weed Anti Skid Chains Warn Drivers On Wet Roads
A public service warning urges drivers to fit Weed Anti Skid Chains on all four tires before slippery conditions cause crashes. The message stresses protection for families against injury, death, car damage, and lawsuits, noting chains fit all tire sizes and styles.
Twenty One State Convicts Pardoned in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Bickett freed twenty one convicts with combined sentences totaling 446 years plus two life terms under a second inquiry into cases where “no human being has been interested.” The list includes youths like Josephus Williams released after 16 years, and John Perry a life sentence for a crime at 13, highlighting reform and harsh past judgments.
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W. T. Best
Raleigh
Bickett
North Carolina
John Perry
Perry
Becauso Human
Josephus Williams
Martin County
George Johnson
Nash
Sweet Sixteen
Melissa Clegg
Cumberland
Will German
Greene
Elwell Overton Pasquotank
Hanover
James Baker
Gates County
Caesar Collins
Edgecomb County
John Watts
Gabriel Thomas
Pamlico
Am Smart
Cleveland
Buare
Goa
Charles Barnes
James Hawlins
New Hanover
Clem McCoy
Henderson County
John Wallace
Urge Turner
Orange
J. S. Mann
Jerry Cobb
Pitt
Fred Peed
Duplin
John Gudger
Columbus County
Alexander
Rowan County
Craig
SouthGrown Fire and Tow Threat in Civil Tensions
A critical editorial says the secretary of war risks disaster by sending northern black troops to southern cities. It argues southern power would falter under such policy, predicting clashes over segregated facilities and police brutality could ignite mutual hostility between white Southerners and northern blacks, with the president in Washington blamed for the spark.
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Baker
Houston
Washington
Government's First Ginning Report Shows Fresh Season Totals
The census bureau announces the season's first ginning total of 605513 bales up to September 1, with round bales at 22724 and Sea Island at 9890. It compares with 850668 bales last year and 463893 in 1915, with state figures led by Texas at 397 and Georgia at 146594.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Psalmic Reflection on Hope and God’s Health
A devotional quote from Psalms speaks of inner distress and renewed trust in God. It emphasizes that hope is found in the divine health of the speaker’s countenance, urging praise to God as source of strength in troubled times.
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Mason
English Drug CO
Henderson Garage & Machinine CO
Monroe, N. C
Monroe Insurance and Investment Company
G. B. Caldwell
Ness Comes
the Union Drug Co
Rexall
A.M. Secrest
T. P. Dillon
Sikes-Sanders Co
Sikes’ Stables
the Savings, Loan and Trust Co
I. H. Blair
Insurance Department
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