Raleigh Women Coord for NC Wartime Registration Drive
The North Carolina Woman's Commission appoints county chairmen to mobilize women's efforts for voter registration and emergency training. A second officers training camp is set for Aug 27 to Nov 26 at Fort Oglethorpe with applications due by July 15. Credit unions in NC show strong growth and significant savings from cooperative purchasing, while farmers increasingly seek silo construction assistance.
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Fort Oglethorpe
R. W. Glenn
Military Training Camps Association
Mr. Glenn
Asfieville
D. H. Ramsey
Chapel Hill
J. B. Bullitt
Charlotte
Jos. Hull, Jr
K. G. Bicknell
Concord
E. C. Barnhardt, Jr
Durham
W. G. Bramham
Elizabeth City
H. T. Greenleaf, Jr
Goldsboro
E. A. Humphrey
Hamlet
John Mitchell
Hillsboro
S. Sturdwick
Lumberton
J. B. Bowen
New Bern
A. F. Patterson
I. W. Hughes
Raleigh
John H. Boushall
Salisbury
R. L. Thomason
Wilmington
Col. Walker Taylor
Wilson
W. E. Pace
Winston-Salem
David H. Blair
Pure Bred Cattle Sell High at Raleigh Auction
Pure bred Shorthorn cattle sold at West Raleigh in a state record auction average of 193 dollars. Seventeen head purchased by North Carolina buyers, four went out of state, under the African Shorthorn Breeds Association in cooperation with the North Carolina program.
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West Raleigh
Aucion
North Carolina
African Shorthorn Breeds Association
North
National Guard Units Forming Across Several Cities
Rocky Mount failed to materialize a battery of artillery. B F Williams of Lenoir authorized to form it. Winston-Salem did not secure support for its unit. R H Morgan of Mooresville authorized to organize. Major Peterson reports rapid progress forming new units in New Bern Washington Durham Wadesboro and Monroe. A new machine gun troop of cavalry starts with Gas tonia and Elk Park as twin bases and shows strong enlistments.
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Rocky Mount
Department of the Adjutant General
North Carolina National Guard
B. F. Williams
Lenoir
Winston-Salem
R. H. Morrigan
Mooresville
Peterson
National Guard Headquarters
National Guard
New Bern
Washington
Durham
Wadesboro
Monroe
Gastonia
Elk Park
Enrollment Climbs for Boys and Girls Short Course
The short course at the Agricultural and Engineering College, August 21 to 24, draws 264 enrolled students as talks by Dr. W C Riddick, Dr. Clarence Poe, Dr. B W Kilgore, Dr. W S Rankin, Mr. E B Crow, and Prof. T E Browne spur interest.
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Agricultural and Engineering College
W. C. Riddick
Clarence Poe
B. W. Kilgore
W. 8. Rankin
E. B Crow
T. E. Browne
North Carolina Press Association Meets in Morehead City
In Morehead City the North Carolina Press Association held its annual convention with discussions on service to the press, expanded membership, and closer ties among state press groups. President Edward E. Britton urged broader inclusion of newsroom staff and allied associations, while officers and speakers emphasized press duty to government and the public.
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Morehead City
North Carolina Press Association
Edward E. Britton
R. T. Wade
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton Herald
Western Carolina Weekly Press Association
T. W. Chambliss
Asheville Times
North Carolina Press
S. L. Meares
Bladen Journal
M. L. Shipman
Labor and Printing
North Carolina
William Laurie Hill
H. Galt Braxton
Kinston Free Press
Braxton
Santford Martin
E. C. Britton
J. A. Sharp
Lumberton Robesonian
W. Whithead
Wilmington Lumber Journal
R. T.wade
Morehead City Coaster
M. L. Ship
Southern Textile Association adjourns at Wrightsville Beach
The eleventh annual convention ended with a pledge to democracy and Old Glory. A 400-member delegation from eight states elected officers, set Greenville, South Carolina, as September meeting host, and adopted a resolution to send to President Wilson praising leadership and sacrifice for democracy.
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Wilmington
Southern Textile Association
Wrightsville Beach
Greenville
D. C
Woodrow Wilson Fhlows
United States
South
James A. Greer
S. C
England
France
Berlin
John M.davis
Newberry
Arthur M. Dixon
Gastonia
N. C
A. B. Carter
8. C
Marshall Dilling
Siluria
Ala
Board of
I. B. Covington
Forest City
John W. Clarke
Durham
W. B. Pickard
Cordova
W. H. Turner
la Grange
Gordon A Johnsome
Atlanta
Want New County
Citizens of Black Mountain plan to petition the legislature to form a new county with Black Mountain as seat. They accuse inaction on a Asheville road, seek legal advice, and organize to take parts from Buncombe McDowell and Rutherford counties to form the new county amid support from nearby towns.
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Asheville
Black Mountain
Buncombe County
Black Mountain Township
McDowell County
Rutherford County
Ten Days in Trenches at Black Mountain Conference
J W Berthold, student secretary of the YMCA for the Carolinas, hailed the Blue Ridge stay as one of the biggest experiences of his life. He spoke as part of the Southern Student Conference, drawing about three hundred delegates from ninety colleges, which closed at the Blue Ridge site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mountain
J. W. Berthold
Young Men’s Christian Association For the
Carolinas
Blue Ridge
Southern
North Carolina Briefs Highlight Local Crimes and Military Deployments
H A Alcot is jailed in Albemarle on suspicion of involvement in a pichloride poisoning of his four year old child. Fayetteville will host over 30 000 drafted men. Morganton to receive city mail delivery per Representative Webb. Governor Bickett tours Eastern Carolina fisheries districts then returns to office. Duncan Hill of Charlotte Marine Band joins first overseas contingent. Adolphus Carpenter near Cherryville loses a daughter to cucumber poisoning tragedy.
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H. A. Alcot
Daley Alcox
Albemarle
Fayetteville
Webb
Morganton
Bickett
Carolina
France
Duncan Hill
Charlotte
Marine Corps Band
United States
Adolphus Carpenter
Cherryville
Wso
Cara Atten
Young Newsboy on Grating Sells Papers in City Street
In a crowded Chicago thoroughfare a young newsboy, smaller and poorer than rivals, sits on a sidewalk grate. A hurried man pays with a quarter that falls into rubbish, and the boy returns the change, earning suspicious chatter from another newsboy who suspects a scheme.
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Newsies
Bull Furnishes Thrill for Blase New Yorkers
A Texas bull escaped confinement in Manhattan, galloped along Fifth Avenue and into the plaza at Fifty-ninth Street. Patrolman William Artus chased, corralled, and finally helped capture the wild animal as crowds screamed and banderillos shouted. The bull was carted away amid spectacle and comic danger.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Stern Brothers
Eleventh Avenue
Fortieth Street
Texas
Eighth Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
William Artus
West Forty-seventh Street
Artus
Fifty-ninth Street
Matador Artus
Occupation for the Man Past Prime of Life
The piece notes older men are being rehired into industrial work such as messenger duties by Western Union and Postal services due to scarcity of young workers. About 30 older men work as messengers at higher pay and longer hours, found to be reliable and adaptable to outdoor routes. Other employers also employ older men as errand boys, praising their reliability and appreciation for the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Crane
Western Union Telegraph Company
Liquor Law Makes Trouble for Railroad Man
Edmund Pennington, president of the Soo Line, is named in Minot legal notices over liquor sales alleged in violation of North Dakota dry law. The Minot case arises as the state moves toward July 1 federal dry enforcement, with railroad stations and shipments in question.
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Pennington
Minot
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Soo Line
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Lowe’s Grove Credit Union
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