State News Roundup of Weather, Fires, and Elections
A long update from multiple counties reports local option election plans in Salisbury, farm activity with oats and corn, grape vines planted near Hamlet, and a fire destroying buildings near New’s Ferry. It lists deaths, court actions, and court-house remodeling plans, plus notes on fisheries, distilleries, and mining deals across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
John H. Coff
Allison
Iredell
Salisbury
Siler
Blue
Lexington Dispatch
King's Daughters
Oxford
Monroe Enquirer
Henderson Herald
John W. Wilson
Stony Creek
Graham Gleaner
Hamlet
Rockingham
Morehead City
Obediah Byerly
Charlotte News
Lee
Gastonia
Charlotte
Reidsville Review
High Point
Lee Craven
Here
Methodist Church
Elizabeth City
Ms. Airy News
H A. Atkins
Mt. Airy Circuit
M. E. Church
South
Webster
Waynesville
Franklin Press
Bryan
J. Elwood Cox
J. Crudup
Carolina Manufacturing Company
Randolph County
Furman Howard
Durham
Supreme Court
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Nash and Edgecombe
Goldsboro Argus
W.S. Joyner
Princeton
New’s Ferry
William Powell
Warrenton Record
Piedmont Springs
S. E. Allen
Concord Standard
Mell Penland
James Smith
Mill Hill
Jesse Peterson
Carr
Bakerville
Kinston Free Press
Maiden
Withers
Stoup
Unite
Relief Association payouts listed for losses across alliances
Checks were issued last week to victims under the Relief Association relief plan. Amon of Piney Grove Sub Alliance Sampson Co receives 5000 for house and furniture loss. Overman of Trinkelo Sub Alliance Pasquotank Co gets 50 for a horse. Yarborough of Red House Sub Alliance Caswell Co awarded for a horse. Long of Red House Sub Alliance Caswell Co receives 25 for dwelling and furniture partial payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
A. W. Amon
Piney Grove
Sampson Co
Charles Overman
Trinkelo
Pasqaotank Co
Peter S Yarborough
Red House
Caswell Co
Red House Sub Alliance
Brethren urged to fund relief as fires increase
Sub Alliances report cumulative relief contributions from many chapters amid rising fire losses. A circular from W S Barnes Secretary Treasurer lists numerous locations with varied amounts and calls on members to respond generously to the fund drive.
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Relief Fund
Cottonville
Aulander
Trenton
Richlands
Holly Springs
Silvain
Five Points
Acresville
Liberty
Comjack
Carolina
New Hope
Oaks
Health Seat
Iowa
Swift Creek
Clear Run
Piney Grove
Lake
Mineral Springs
Sandy Creek
Albright
Winfall
Catawba Creek
Peach Tree
Thunder Swamp
Jenkins’ X Roads
Great Marsh
Wilson
Joyners
Richland Valley
Mingo Academy
Lone Star
Oak Grove
Blue Wing
Concord
Sladesville
W. S. Barnes
Sec’y Treas N. C. F
Emin Pasha Report Said Murdered In Africa
Sparks from the Wires reports Emin Pasha has been murdered by natives in Africa. Other items note a major fire in Petersburg Virginia, the Commercial Bank of Austria failure, a deadly wreck at Satsuma Florida, a Sultan’s steamer foundered with many presumed dead, and Texas quarantine for yellow fever smallpox and cholera on the Gulf coast and Rio Grande border effective May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Africa
Emin Pasha
Petersburg
Sycamore Street
New York
London
Commercial Bank of
Austria
Satsuma
Fla
St. John’s River
Constantinople
Sultan
Imperial
Austin
Texas
Hogg
Texas Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
Immense Strike Said to Be Planned at Homestead
Pirrsburg, Pa, April 5. It is rumored another immense strike is in preparation at Homestead with July first named as the date. Lodges reportedly reorganizing but no resort to force, claim there will be no fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Berne Journal
Willie Cavanaugh
Tuckahoe
Jones County
Statesville
John Godfrey
J. F. Houpe
Bethany Township
Independee
Charles Warren
Charlotte News
Alamance Gleaner
Lemuel Douglas
Big Falls
Jack Payne
Nicholson's
Caruthers
Mecklenburg County
Lumberton
Lumberton Robesonian
Raleigh
University of North Carolina
General Assembly
Archie Andrews
Chatham
Orange County
Chatham Record
L Hahn
Ava Lsa Fe
Hickory Mercury
Terry
New York
Park Estate
Hinton
Greenleaf
Supreme Court
Elizabeth City
Warrenton
Warren
Franklin
Bute
Louisburg
Market Dock
Newberne Journal
Granite Falls
Chester & Lenoir
Hickory
North Carolina
Gransite Falls
Shelby Aurora
J. G. Owens
Cherry Mountain
Homestead
Pirrsspurg, Pa
Commercial National Bank of Nashville Report Summary
The examiner reports the Nashville bank will need about 80 percent of stockholders to cover indebtedness. Assets are valued at 1.55 million dollars after liabilities of 1.9 million, deposits totaling 1.5 million. The bank faces heavy losses and significant creditor claims.
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THE
Commercial National Bank OF Nashville
Washington
Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tennenses
Texas Cotton Acreage Report Shows Regional Increases
April 4. Hornstoy Texas. The Post reports Texas cotton acreage summaries from correspondents and county judges. Of 76 counties, 47 show increases, 11 show decreases, 18 remain about the same. Overall acreage up about 15 to 20 percent.
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Hornstoy
Texas
Post
Mob Attacks Masonic Lodge in Lima Peru
Descriptive cable report from Secretary Gresham dated Lima April 5 states a mob attacked the Masonic Lodge in the streets burning fixtures smashing furnishings and looting the building. The United States Consulate was invaded and its furnishings destroyed while the Acting Consular Agent was shot in the foot. Archives survived. Peruvian police watched without interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinetoy
John Hicks
State Department
Lima
Peru
Gresham
Washington
Masonic Lodge
United States
Color Question goes to trial over railroad seating rights
In U S Circuit Court Judge Wallace presides as Mack W Caldwell and wife sue East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad for 5000. They claim wife, with three infants, was denied first class carriage from Johnson City to Chicago and forced into a colored car. Defense argues Tennessee law permits segregated cars for blacks and whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
South
Wallace
U. S. Circuit Court
Mack W. Caldwell
Brooklyn
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Caldwell
Johnson City
Tennessee
Chicago
A Kentucky Tragedy in Morganfield and Sturgis
A sensational case from Morganfield Ky reports Miss Abbie Oliver of Sturgis was ruined about eight months earlier. Henry Delaney, a Sturgis drug clerk, faced accusation but no court action followed. A pistol-carrying confrontation led to a carriage ride to Morganfield and a marriage license was issued at 3 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvillle
Times
Morganfield
Abbie Oliver
Sturgis
Union County
Taylor Oliver
Henry Delaney
Delaney
Mere Eee
Fatal ambush near Morganfield ends with deaths
After a marriage, four armed men on horseback ambushed a carriage near Morganfield. Miss Oliver died from a head wound, her father was fatally shot, and Mrs Oliver escaped to a farmhouse. Warrants are being issued for four prominent local young men amid fears of mobbing and widespread excitement.
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Morganfield
Delaney
Miss Oliver
Oliver
Olivers
Robbery gang leader killed. social elite shielded suspects
In Mound City Mo on Sunday night Edward Shellenberg shot and killed William Stebbins as four masked robbers entered his store. The group including Walter Mills Walter Chittendell and Roscoe Carr confessed to nightly thefts but merchants declined prosecution due to social standing and relatives reimbursed losses.
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Anson County
North Carolina
Register of Deeds
Durham
Durham Sun
First National Bank
Reeds Creek
Granville County
William Parrish, Jr
W. 8S. Caldwell
Deweese Township
Mamie Gillespie
Charlotte News
Charley McGee
Charlie
Franklin Press
Golnsboro Argus
Furman Tudor
Wayne Agricultural Works
Southport
Wanamaker
Mexico
Wilmington
McMillan’s Mill
Arnold Smith
Sandy McIntyre
Smith
McIntyre
Laurinburg
C. B. Keeler
Portsmouth
N. C
Kesler
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
New Berne Journal
Charlotte Observer
Lanier
Salisbury
Observer
Burke County
Burke
Mound City
St. Joshin
Edward Shellenberg
William Stebbins
Shellenberg
Walter Mills
Walter Chittendell
Roscoe Carr
Battle at Alegrete reshapes control in Rio Grande do Sul
Reports from Brasilia describe a March 27 clash at Alegrete between State government troops and revolutionists. About 1,500 engaged. roughly 500 killed with many wounded. Revolutionaries gained and hold Alegrete as a base. State forces plan reinforcement. national government has not reacted.
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Janeiro
Brazil
Alegrete
Lof
Rio Grande Do Sul
Massive fire erupts through Allegheny paper mill row
A major blaze on April 4 destroyed Godfrey & Clark paper warehouse and spread to Eberhard & Oters brewery and multiple dwellings on South Canal street. Five structures burned, with Heinz Pickle Mills and Hope Cotton Mill also ignited. Injuries included two firemen and a child believed burned. total losses exceed $200,000 with insured buildings.
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Godfrey & Clark
South Canal Street
Allegheny
Eberhard & Oters’ Brewery
Murphy
Pittsburg
Heinz Pickle
Hope
Main Street
Alleghany General Hospital
Godfrey’ & Clark
Eberhard & Oters
Thomas Loughrey
James Steiner
E. M. Ferguso
H. J. Heinz Pickle Company
Pa Oe
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State News
T. W. Blount
Roanoke News
Piedmont North Carolina
Winston Lutinel
Trecae
Whitelaw
Franklin County
Louisburg Times
Bingham Township
Charles Nevill
Hillsboro Observer
Dodson
Robena Kirk
Brngham Township
van Jones
Ollie Wyatt
Shiloh
Alleghany Star
J. W. Welsh
Railroad Street
Fayetteville Gazette
Danbury Post
Haw River
Augusta
Mary Jane McDonald
James McDonald
Fry
Hickory Press
Morganton
Tuckaseige Democrat
Jackson County
Thomasville News
Moore County Farmers’ Alliance
State Agency Fund
Sanford Express
Southern Red and Brownstone Company
Philadelphia
Settlemyer’s
Broadriver
W. S. Turner
Kinston
W. A. Carver
Rougemont
Messrs. Flinton & Bowling
Greensboro
George Roberson
Fair
Concord Times
Lilly Davis
John Davis
West Eighth Street
Wilder
St. Mary’s School
Fair Grounds
the Relief Association
Dee
Kentucky
Herald
Alleghany
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