Campaigns Across North Carolina for Farmers and Fire Safety
Statewide itineraries map county meetings for the Farmers Institute during August as B. Parker and Jane S. McKimmon lead education drives. Fire prevention inspectors plan district scans to protect crops and storage during the war.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Stee
B. Parker
Farmers’ Institute Division
Piedmont
Jane S. McKimmon
Alamance County
Elon College
Snow Camp
Alexander County
Taylorsville
Anson County
Bethel
Burke County
Quaker Meadow
Hilfeband
Cabarrus County
Wine
Safe flour storage advice from North Carolina Extension Service
B W Kilgore director advises against hoarding flour and outlines proper storage. Do not store in damp cellars or hot attics, use a cool ventilated storage room or closet on the north side of the house, keep bins clean, guard against vermin, and buy only as needed to prevent spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Kilgore
North Carolina Extension Service
Raleigh
North Carolina
Tobacco Sales Break Records on Robed Market
Tobacco sales on the Lumberton focal market rise to new records in both quantity and price. Farmers bringing in from Hot Springs camp with families show satisfaction as cash influx affects Ellis Island merchants. Reports from New York indicate daily averages well above twenty cents per pound. Local warehousemen state they have ample capacity, while federal moves to ship remaining seamen from seized German steamers are mentioned in connection with market activity.
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Lumberton
Hot Springs
Lumerton
Ellis Island
New York
Germans to be housed at Hot Springs internment camp
More German prisoners arrive as camp work proceeds to house about six hundred internees. Fifty carpenters and assistants will travel to Hot Springs this week to erect residences for the new arrival, with six hundred expected after preparations. The local German officers and seamen are described as well behaved and enjoying their enforced vacation.
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Asheville
Hot Springs
Boy Preacher Ordained in Corinth Baptist Church
Newton Master Vance Heavner aged fourteen was ordained to gospel ministry at Corinth Baptist church becoming the state’s youngest minister. The ordination presbytery included Rev. J. A. Snow and others. Elliott Stewart, a Wake Forest College student, was ordained at First Baptist church.
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Newton
Vance Heavner
Corinth Baptist Church
J. A. Snow
F P. Smith
J. A Hoyle
J. M. Ballard
Co. E. Beam
First Baptist Church
Elliott Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Wake Forest College
North Carolina July crop report shows higher yields and prices
The July crop report for North Carolina cites larger honey, corn, winter wheat, oats, rice, tobacco, potato, sweet potato, rye, and hay outputs with notable price rises. Overall, NC producers anticipate substantially more income for crops this year than in 1916.
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Washington
North Carolina
National Guard Mobilized Across North Carolina Stands
The adjutant general reports twelve National Guard units mobilized at home stations with over 8 500 men. Federal officers begin inspections to speed mustering and equipment at home stations. Full strength upon enlistment will reach about 10 000 men including brigades, cavalry, field artillery, three infantry regiments, coast artillery and support units.
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National Guard
Raleigh
Adjutant General’s Department
Bacie
Wilson Man Was Photographer
Wesley G. Alley left this city years ago to work for the Chicago Pic torial News in New York City. He served as official photographer for the selective draft in Washington on the 20th, photographing 500 square blackboards with drawn numbers for distribution to drafting boards nationwide.
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Wilson
Wesley G. Alley
Chicago Pictorial News
New York City
War Department
Washington, D. C
Merchants Protest Fire Insurance Rate Increases
Statewide merchants and businessmen protest higher fire insurance rates set by North Carolina companies. The schedule raises 10 percent on merchandise stocks and 20 percent on shingle-roofed dwellings. Local merchants associations join the statewide protest.
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Statesville
North Carolina
J. Paul Leonard
State Merchants’ Association
State Association
North Carolina Briefs From The Statesville Conference And More
The thirty fourth annual session of the Statesville district M E Church met at Gastonia with strong attendance and fine addresses. Members of the Hundred Thousand Dollar Club of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co Greensboro spent a day on Mt Mitchell as part of a company vacation. Edwin J Justice of Greensboro died suddenly in San Francisco news of which reached his law partner E D Broadhurst. The exemption boards of North Carolina organized with Western District at Statesville and Eastern at Raleigh. A large canning plant is planned for New Bern.
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North Carolina
Young
Tupper
Queen Insurance Company
A. M. Schoon
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Governor Bickett
Bickett
Richmond
Columbia
Statesville
M. E. Church
Gastonia
Hundred Thousand Dollar Club
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
Mt. Mitchell
Rockies
Edwin J. Justice
San Francisco
E. D. Broadhurst
F. P. Hobgood, Jr
Justice
Exemption Boards
Western District Board
Raleigh
New Bern
Runaway Run Shakes Albemarle Leaving Three Hurt
A runaway horse and buggy in Albemarle injures three people, including Mr. Cooper and his two sons. The horse bolted near the Southern Railway station, overturning the buggy and throwing occupants against the building. One boy, about 12, died from the shock.
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Albemarle
Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Elijai Ead
U S Troops Land in France Enter Trains to New Quarters
A further U S contingent arrived and disembarked at a European port aboard the same liner used by Kermit Roosevelt and family. Government withholds details. Troops, in high spirits, entrained rapidly for new quarters under staff observation. only a small public presence witnessed the landing.
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Kermit Roosevelt
End of Militia Bureau Tied to National Guard Draft
Washington reports the drafting of the entire national guard into the U S army on August 5 will end the militia bureau functions. The War Department may keep a corps to support national defense plans with general recruit depots in America and France for training new and convalescent soldiers.
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Militia Bureau
National Guard
Federal Service
Washington
Army of the United States
War Department
Regular Army
America
France
American Bark Carmela Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the American bark Carmela of 1397 tons was attacked by gunfire and sunk by bombs in the entrance to the English Channel on July 28. The crew was rescued and landed at Plymouth with no casualties.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
Plymouth
Chicago Financier Considered for Shipping Board Post
Chicago financier Charles G. Dawes was named as a potential successor to Theodore Brent on the shipping board. Brent resigned after Denman’s removal by President Wilson, with Brent a strong supporter of Denman.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Theodore Brent
Mr. Brent
Denman
Rm. Denman
Wilson
Secretary Lansing Warns Against German Autocracy
At Madison Barracks New York Secretary of State Robert Lansing told 1 700 reserve corps officers that German imperialism must be challenged by the might of united democracies to end the military rulers ambition and tyranny.
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Madison Barracks
N. Y
Robert Lansing
United States
Germany
Two Killed in Race Riot in Chester Pennsylvania
In Chester Pennsylvania a deputy sheriff David Schwartz and an unidentified Black man were shot and killed during a confrontation in the heart of the black neighborhood after police and guards had been sent in following earlier disorders. The two guards fired at the crowd and then retreated.
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Chester
David Schwartz
English Scouts Welcome US Entry War Bond
Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell writes to Colin Livingstone, praising the closer English American Scout ties due to America's war entry. He notes Boy Scouts in Britain performing railway, cable, and power-line watching, serving as orderlies, coast watchers, signalers, and ambulance personnel, aiding the war effort.
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Robert S. S. Baden- Powell
Colin H. Livingstone
Boy Scouts of America
America
London
United States
War Office
Uralry
Scouts First War Service At Eddystone Disaster
More than 120 lives were lost and hundreds injured by the Eddystone munitions works explosion. Scout units were summoned from nearby schools, released from duties, and deployed to Eddystone and Chester to aid in first aid guard duty and patrols. They aided the Western Union Telegraph company handling a flood of telegrams from anxious relatives.
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Boy Scouts of America
Eddystone
Chester
Western Union Telegraph Company
Scouts Told to Dismantle Wireless Equipment
A wartime notice orders all unauthorized wireless plants to be dismantled. Scouts must take down antennas and disconnect and pack instruments and report any non government stations to the local police.
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United States
Scouts Aid Firemen Plan for Knoxville Scouts
Fire departments increasingly rely on trained Boy Scouts to assist in emergencies. Under Robert J. Charles, Knoxville scouts are trained to mobilize quickly when a fire is reported, with district commissioners alerting local scouts.
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Robert J. Charles
Boy Scouts of
Knoxville
Scout Knows His City and Guides Like a Trail Expert
A scout knows his city as well as forest trails and can guide strangers to any destination. He maps police stations fire-alert boxes doctors and hospitals and shares routes to reach them quickly. He also knows city officials and their duties and offers help willingly.
Civic Scouts Clean Alameda Beaches Rally Bonfire
Boy Scouts of Alameda California organized seven troops to clean several miles of south city beaches. They split into groups under scoutmasters and gathered rubbish into a bonfire during a rally to celebrate their civic service.
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Boy Scouts
Alameda
Cal
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Enae Crey
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Chas. W. Ramsdell
Department of History
University of Texas
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Charles M. Andrews
Yale University
Mary Shannon Smith
Meredith College
D. H. Hill
Reaves
Interior Department
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Hattie E Burch
Columbia University
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
National Guardsmen
Tennessee
Leonard Wood
Chimney Rock Railroad Company
Canton
Haywood County
Rutherfordton
Chimney Rock
M. Carland
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J. H Cole
G. L. Fortune
J. T. Horney
J. C. Cole
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