North Carolina harvest praised amid varied yields
North Carolina reports harvest completed with grain good overall despite winter freeze damage to wheat. Eastern counties show higher yields. oats fail statewide while rye matches last year. Officials urge rapid postharvest stubble land use for corn soybeans sorghum and other crops. Bee expert to promote apiculture. potato shipments rise with strong prices. Independence Day celebration praised for safety. state tax commission created with appointees from Aberdeen Union Raleigh Boone and Asheville.
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Raleigh
North
Jina
Lo Ag
W. C. Crosby
Bureau of Community Service
Piedmont
Food Conservation Commission
Crosby
Lucas
North Carolina
Carolina
William R. Camp
McMath
Virginia
Norfolk
James R. Young
Insurance Department
End of War Predicted By Governor At Wrightsville Beach
Governor Bickett forecast that the world war would end by autumn next year and that Prussian militarism would be scrap. He spoke at the Baptist Sea side assembly at Wrightsville Beach, urging diplomacy and showing faith in North Carolina’s continued contribution to the war effort. The address praised unity and resolute purpose as the audience left inspired.
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Wilmington
Bickett
Baptist Seaside Assembly
Harbor Island
Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina
Has Many Men In Service In Cherryville
Cherryville and Cherryville township have faced criticism for low enlistment in the Gastonia guards yet the town boasts numerous young men serving in France. The community emphasizes pride in its families and broad representation across departments.
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Cherryville
Cherryville Township
Gastonia
Tellers Adjourn Raleigh Meeting Elects State Officers
Mrs. Robert E. Ranson returns from Chapel Hill after the Story Tellers League annual meeting where officers were chosen. Elected president was Mrs. Ranson. vice president Miss Edna S. Rankin. secretary Mrs. E. J. Coltrane. treasurer Mr. W. F. Marshall. A program committee and a publication committee were named to plan monthly programs and a State Education bulletin.
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Raleigh
Robert E. Ranson
North Carolina
Story Tellers’ League
A. & EB. Colege
Chapel Hill
Mount Olive
Edna S. Rankin
Belmont
E. J. Coltrane
W. F. Marshall
North Carolina Education
Eliza Parker
Columbus County
A. Vermont
Asheville
Annie Cherry
Harnett County
Teachers of
Daphne Carraway
Lake County
Mary Shotwell
Lenoir County
Thomas P. Harrison
State Department of Education
Turbine Wheels Power Badin Dam Operation
Water levels reached the Badin dam and began powering four flumes as three turbine wheels started turning. Mr. White of Pittsburgh, inventor of the turbine wheels, watched the system operate successfully and predicted the fourth turbine may be installed in months.
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Albemarle
Badin Dam
Badin
White
Pittsburg
Seaboard Wreck Kills Four. Frankslinton Operator Arrested
Seaboard Air Line extra No. 312 speeding north at 35 mph crashed head on with local freight No. 98 near Franklinton at 6 30 AM Saturday. Engineers Linkous Gaskin killed, Fireman Wells and Brakeman Napier dead, Jones and John Smith injured. Two Santa Fe engines and 26 freight cars wrecked. cargo of watermelons potatoes ruined. Franklin operator G S Jacobs jailed on manslaughter charges for neglect of duty.
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Seaboard
Raleigh
Seaboard Air Line Extra
Franklinton
Samuel G. Linkous
H. Gaskin
O. L. Wells
George R. Napier
T. O. Jones
John Smith
Santa Fe
G. S. Jacobs
Franklin
Wake County
Franklin County
Erection of eight new schools in Lenoir County proposed
Dr J M Parrott, retiring board chair, proposed replacing about 45 small frame schools with eight modern brick buildings in Lenoir County before stepping down in favor of G V Cowper for a six year term. The North Carolina Bar Association held its Asheville convention with 200 delegates.
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Lenoir County
J. M. Parrott
Board of Education
G. V. Cowper
Bar Association
Asheville
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
United States Army
Charlotte
Webb
Morganton
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Llson County
Adjutant General's
Ernest Deans
R. G. Briggs
W. S. Anderson
C. L. Sams
Madison County
Mr. Sams
State Department of Agriculture
United States Department
Martin
Onslow
Sams
Waynesville
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Henry A. Page
Aberdeen
J. Z. Greene
Union County
James H. Poll
Frank A. Linney
Boone
W. Vance Brown
Corporation
Commision
North Carolina Farmers Union
Marshville
James H. Pou
Pou
Governor Bickett
Montreat
Presbyterian Church
U. 5&8
W. W. Moore
Richmond
John L. Alexander
Chicago
Gilbert Glass
Mesdames Winsborough
E. C. Crook
S. N. Burts
A. B. Binford
W. W. Moora
James Lewis Howe
Washington and Lee University
James I. Vance
Nashville
Tenn
John S. Lyons
Atlanta
Charles M. Alexander
Alba Hotel
Richard Crozier
Lookout Mountain
Greensboro
Henry Foust
Jeunemann
Red Cross
Allentown
Corn Club
Buncombe County
E. B. Weaver
Biltmore
Corn Clubs
McAden
James T. McAden
Secretary of War
Department of Ordnance
Karl A. Bicknell
Rutherfordton
Fort Oglethorpe
North Carolina Briefs
W. T. Kirkman & CO
Mr. Farmer
N. C
J. “W. Sechrestral
Embalmer
Frank Ford
High Point Marble CO
D. R
High Point Miling ~O’s Mill
High Point Milling Company
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Company
Sun
Mayr
Hart Drug Co
Moore Springs
Moore's Springs
W. W. Idol & CO
Moore’s Mineral Springs Co
Moores Springs
Mann Drug CO
North State Tele. Co
Postal Telegraph Cable CO
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Postal Co
Bell
Danville
Lynchburg
Spartanburg
Greenville
S.C
Washington, D. C
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Lainesville
Seneca
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Birmingham
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