Chesterfield May Get Artillery Target Range
War Department weighing an artillery target range on 150000 acres of Chesterfield County South Carolina with the Monroe Insurance & Investment Co and other local owners likely to lease land for annual rents. An army officer inspected the tract as Fayetteville and Charlotte vie for similar facilities. Expected two year lease with five year renewal option, location praised for isolation and timberless clear land. The move could boost regional prospects and shift local dynamics amid broader wartime upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield County
S. C
War Department
United States Army
Charleston
Monroe
Monroe Insurance & Investment Co
M. K. Lee
Farmers and Merchants Bank
W. R. Bonsal
Insurance & Investment Co
Chesterfield
Fayetteville
Charlotte
Packers Offer Licensing for Meat Plants in Hoover Talk
Washington report states meat packing regulation will follow. Packers meeting with Herbert Hoover yields agreement to draft a licensing system for about twenty plants. Aim is to curb hoarding, stabilize prices, and boost livestock production amid high export demand. Also notes births in various counties with several August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Carl Vrooman
Stant
One Killed In Smash In Charlotte Bridge Crash
Concord man George M. Love died when a car driven by Lieutenant Gowan Dusenbery Jr crashed into the Seaboard Air Line underpass on North Tryon Street. Dusenbery testified he was traveling 30 to 26 mph after glare from an oncoming car blinded him. He blamed the crash on the bright headlight and skid during braking. Police noted drinking prior to the accident. Dusenbery denied heavy intoxication. He was fined 25 dollars for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Charlotte
Seaboard Bridge
George M. Love
Gowan Dusenbery
Seaboard Air Line
North Tryon Street
Dusenbery
Jones
Stanell
McLean
Southern Manufacturers’ Club
Frank Smith
British War Cabinet official arrives at Atlantic port
Rt Hon Viscount Reading lord chief justice of England landed by American steamship with Lady Reading. He said he is on a special mission for the British war cabinet regarding finances. Accompanying him are Col BE Swinton, an assistant secretary to the war cabinet, and J Kaynes of the British treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
Viscount Reading
Great Britain
Lady Reading
Lord Reading
War Cabinet
Col
BE. D. Swinton
J. Kaynes
British Treasury
Man Under Suspicion Talks Willingly With Lawyer At Door
Concord dispatch reports Gaston Bullock Means, manager for Mrs. Maude A. King, interviewed by Phil C. McDuffie, attorney for Anna L. Robinson. The talk touched on power of attorney, funds, and details of Mrs. King's finances amid the August 29 death, with Means asserting willingness to disclose all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Phil. C. McDuffie
Anna L. Robinson
Maude A. King
Gaston Bullock Means
King
McDuffie
Mr. Means
Mr. Ambrose
Department of Justice
Means
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. McDuffie
Mrs. King
Valley woman found guilty in fatal abuse case of neighbor child
In St. Joseph Vermont on September 12 Mrs. Alvin Kennington was found guilty of serious case in the second degree for taking part in the July 5 death of Alice Bradshaw a 3 year old neighbor. confessing with Miss Etta Hicks and farm hand John Kerwin testified Kennington choked the child while Hicks struck with a club and Kerwin aided by moving the body to a swampy field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Alvin Kennington
Alice Bradshaw
Kenniston
Bradshaw
Etta Hicks
John Bradshaw
John Kerwin
Praised the Lord When Jailed
In Rock Hill on September 12 Judge Johnson sentenced Fletcher Griffith a Woodruff man who refused to register under the conscription act. Found guilty he received one year in prison at Atlanta and must register in open court. He whispered only Praise the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill
Johnson
Fletcher Griffith
Woodruff
Atlanta
Draft and Exemption Roundup in Mecklenburg County
The county lifts 116 white men next week for the first national army draft with another 40 percent to follow October 5 likely including many Negroes. A long list of named draftees from Monroe, Waxhaw, Marshville, Matthews, Unionville and surrounding towns appears, with discharge and exemption actions described and temporary rules set by the local board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fred Lowry
Marshville
John Calvin Terry
Monroe John Roree
Waxhaw
Henry Funderburk
Monroe Jones
H. Rogers
Monroe Albertus
C. V. McGhee
Monroe
John D. Simpson
James E. Ormand
Indian Trail
Kinney Morrison
Ben Stockton
William M. Pope
Nty Belk Simpson
Matthewson Pettle
Reuben Perry
A. B. Secrest
John McMillan
Willie Crawford
Monroe M. ©. Austin
Sam Ray Gaddy
Wingate Arch West
John V. Knight
B. F. Newsome
Unionville
Albert McCall
Murray Clark
T. B. Simpson
Lancaster
Robert Lee Shinn
Wil Porter
J. W. Stegall
Newton Grove
N. C
Frank Helms
J. R. Harrison
Frank Cavelock
Fay Watts
Matthews
BE. P. Warren
Willie Fincher
Osceola
C. D. V. Keziah
J. L. Griffin
Mineral Springs
Robert Beatty
Brooks Jerome
Wingate
Fred Beaver
John H. Barrino
F. C. Smith
Samuel Allen
Walter McLarty
John H. McCollum
Oscar Lee Hill
Tracey Gordon
Waxhaw Brinkley E. Simpson
Matthews Henderson E. Davis
Lee Hallman
H. Leonard
Kutnon Mitchell
Grady V. Williams
Board of Exemptions
C. W. Simpson
D. Will Hudson
Bunyan Carnes
J. R. Newsome
Will Fetterson
Brady Steele
Jaxon Walker
Zeb Belk
W. E. Jones
Bun Hood
Wm. L. Carter
R& Waxhaw
Wm. R. Medlin
John A. Drake
Zeb Cuthbertson
Thos. H. Griffin
Jas
Merdon
R. Monroe
Geo. V. Rape
Henry Aycoth
B. C. Griffin
Horace Presson
Walter H. Lee
BE. M. McCorkle
Thomas Ashcraft
Isaac Snead RS
Robert McManus
Herbert Coffee
Will Wilson Morris
Verge Halley
Will Frank Rose
John R. Pigg
Carl C. Griffin
Vernon H. Cox
H. W. Simpson
John G. Rogers
Rufus Smith
Wingate Jas
J. Penegar
W. R. English
J.C. M. Vann
John Cuthbertson
D. A. Borden
Bass Belk
Henry L. Moree
Calvin Laney
J. F. Belk
L. J. Mullis
Mark Gordon
Dock Laney
Thomas L. Trull
Luther T. Horn
Joshua Whitley
Helms
Carl James Ross
Rufus
Joseph N Philemon
Liney Grier Elms
Frank Lawson Fowler
Henry Price
H. C. Smith
Ranse Mangum
Will Paxton
Baxter Blythe
Vance Little
Peachland
Chas
E. Lowey
John Red
Milton Ellis Thomas
Lee Phillips
G. O. Clark
H. Griffin
J. B. Hamilton
Banks A
Clontz
Cyrus Helms
Matthews Ellis Griffn
George Aldridge
Kemp Hamilton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kornilois
Korniloff
Kerensky
Petrograd
Kornilof
Alexieff
Riga
Sventsiany
Rumania
Riga-Wenden
Romania
Vilna
Dvinsk
France
Belgium
Monte San Gabriele
Isonzo
Henry Lee Furgerson Wingate
Joseph A. Clonte
Gilmer B. Haywood
J. D. Phillips
Co County
J. D
Gaston Mea
Curtis Boyd
Frank Moser
Frank P. Helms
A. Edwards
J. Frank Helms
Thomas Houston
William Crenshaw
George Belk
Samuel O. Moore
Matthews A. P. Freeman
John Roberson
C. B. Shelly
Edward Helms
T. A. Killough
L. T. Winchester
W. C. Helms
Wm. C. Griffin
Oscar Mills
Lee Irwin Riner
Olin Niven
Atlas B. Sinclair
Fred Rape
A. Medlin
Summers and Sailors Insurance JL
House
Platt
Hersey
Maine
Senate
Wilson
Representative Black
Texas
Alexander
Missouri
Johnnie
Philadephia
Jim
Marrry
Wen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!