North Carolina notes and morsels from many counties
A compilation of short items from Gastonia Gaston and surrounding towns reports on a Lutheran church organizing in Gastonia ongoing. The Washington Progress adds a daily paper. monazite finds in Brushy mountains Wilkes and Alexander. gold nuggets reported in Nash Franklin Warren mines. crop prospects for peaches apples in Piedmont. floods damaged Riggan mill race and dam. labor exchange organized at Taylorsville. various local incidents including deaths fires and accidents across Warrrenton Dunn Rockingham and other counties.
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Gastonia
Washington, N. C
Progress
Elizabeth City
Carolinian
Carolina Cigarette Company
Winston
Sentinel
Wilkes
Alexander Counties
Mount Phoenix
Nash
Franklin
Warren County
Piedmont
North Carolina
J. W. Riggan
Warrenton
Tayloraville
Ben Tharrington
Cape Fear River
Davis
Wilmington Star
George Wynes
Union
Murfreesboro Index
Bank Embezzlement Shocks Charlotte Finance Scene
J B Holland of the Farmers National Bank of Charlotte is exposed as an eight year defaulter and forger with losses surpassing 80 000 dollars. Bank Examiner Miller uncovered the scheme after tracing a 5 000 loan and a 16 000 cash shortfall. Holland vanished then confessed amid revelations of forgery and mounting debt. The Merchants and Farmers bank remains solvent with reserves. directors arranged settlements and a note to cover the losses.
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Holland
the Merchants and Farmers’ Bank
Charlotte Fs
J.B Holland
Farmers’ National Bank of Charlotte
Miller Haseen
Socre Oman
Charlotte
Miller
Gastonia
National Bank
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank
Gastonia Bank
Mr. Miller
Mr. Jenkins
Littl
McAden
Honest Money League Targets Cook County Delegates
Cuicace April 23. The Honest Money League, formed in this state, plans to win Cook County delegates to steer the State Democracy on monetary policy. At Palmer House a campaign to place Honest Money candidates in May 3 primaries is advocated with ward by ward efforts and extensive education. Mass meetings and literature will flood the state. the movement already has many signatures for its honest money declaration.
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Cuicace
Honest Money League
Cook County
League
Palmer House
Treasurer Fleeing with Six Thousand Shortage
Thomas S. Borden, treasurer of the Metacomet and Anawan mills in Fatt River Massachusetts, fled after being found short 6000 in accounts. Warrants issued. he is described as about 45, five feet ten, 180 pounds with a black mustache and sharp eyes. He left on the 1:20 train amid prior cotton speculation losses.
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Fatt River
Mass
Thomas S. Borden
Metacomet and
Anawan Mills
Philip D. Borden
American Linen Mills
Borden
Monument to Confederate Dead to Be Dedicated in Chicago
On Decoration Day April 23 a large attendance of notable Union and Confederate officers is expected for the dedication of the Confederate dead monument in Oakwood Cemetery Chicago's reception committee includes leading citizens Potter Palmer plans complimentary hotel welcome from Europe flowers and moss to be delivered from Atlanta New Orleans Savannah Pensacola and Charleston Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp Moultrie Charleston will attend.
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Chicago
Cuicano
Oakwood Cemetery
Potter Palmer
Europe
Atlanta
New Orleans
Savannah
Pensacola
Charleston
Sons of
Camp Moultrie
Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor Charged at Old Bailey
London April 23 the grand jury returned a true bill against Oscar Wide and Alfred Taylor at the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey. Prosecution witnesses are lodged for protection from mobs. The Sun says Wilde may plead guilty to one offence and that a month adjournment and bail bid are expected.
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London
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Oscar Wide
Alfred Taylor
Croydon
Exchange Telegraph Company
Wilde
the Sun
Bank closure sparks rumors and runs in Williamantic
Excitement rises as First National Bank closes under National Bank Examiner Dooley. Rumors implicate late cashier H K Risley in forged director names including John M Hall of the Consolidated road. Dime Savings Bank funds tied. a run halted when suspicions grew.
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Hartrorp
Williamantic
First National Bank
National Bank
Dooley
H. K. Risley
John M. Hall
Consolidated Road
Dime Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Desperate Suber kills two in Florida and wounds another
In Marti City, Henry Suber shot and killed Leopoldo Rinone and A E Odeldo and severely wounded Antonio Tiffoletti after a dispute at a store. Suber and his brother Charles escaped on horseback. a pursuit is under way. Henry Suber had recently suffered prior losses and money from a railroad settlement.
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Suber
Rinone
Odoldo
Taffoletti
Henry Suber
Charles Suber
Suber Brothers
Peris
House Becomes Arsenal After Ormond Shootout
In Ormond Florida April 25 a deadly shootout between Jeff Hagan and Roland left Sheriff Kurtz dead from a chest wound ten minutes after being shot by Roland through an open door. Hagan fired back, wounding Roland who remained inside a fortified home described as an arsenal with firearms and ammunition.
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Ormond, Fra
Jeff. Hagan
Roland
Hagan
Heland
Liberia
Ormond
Kurtz
Deland
Putnam County
Jeff
Murderer Basil Easley Sighted Near Scottsburg
A rumor placed Basil Easley, the condemned fugitive, in Scottsburg after escape from prison. Local sheriff and posse searched two days, but tracks in chimney soot were found yet led nowhere. The old case involved the murder of an elderly woman and a six month on the run with rewards.
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Basil Easley
Halifax
Houston
Scottsburg
Bess Esley
Robinson Crusoe
Savage
Boston Fire Hero John L. Sullivan Saves Woman
John L. Sullivan rescued a woman from a Dover Street kitchen fire in Boston. A kettle of fat burst into flames injuring Sullivan's hands while he pulled the burning cook Margaret Donnelly free. The woman was taken to the city hospital in precarious condition.
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Boston
Mass
John L. Sullivan
Dover Street
Margaret Donnelly
Sullivan
Charlotte Fire Ravages Several Stores in Downtown
A major Charlotte blaze gutted the Sanders & Blackwood warehouse on College Street and spread to the How Orr & Co cotton brokerage and other shops. Walls collapsed trapping multiple stores, with losses estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars, largely uninsured. The origin remains unknown.
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Charotte
N. C
Charlotte
Sanders & Blackwood
College Street
Brown, Weddington & Co
How Orr & Co
Harrison Watts
W. K. Burwell
H. G
J. W. Jean
Sti Scarborough
J. A. Overcash
Southern Chemical Co
H. G. Link
Field Bros
R. A Duncan
Durant’s Indifferent Murderer Exhibits Little Concern
In San Francisco on April 23 the Durant murder case resumed with a crowded police court. The accused appeared haggard yet remained impassive as witnesses included three medical students Partridge Dukes and Dodge, whose testimony was brief and deemed unimportant.
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San Francisco
Durant
Williamson
Partridge
Dukes
Dodge
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Taos F. Cline
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Greenville Reflector
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Lexington Dispatch
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Wm. Watts
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Sam Tatum
Rutherford Democrat
Hoke Secrest
McDowell County
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Lon. Davis
J. R. Parker
Parker
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Schools OF the Future
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Yonder Rai
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Oscar Wilde
First National Bank of
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