Chorus and Band to Head Guilford Battleground Celebration
A chorus of about 100 voices led by Prof. Wade R. Brown will sing national patriotic songs at the Guilford Battleground event. A large platform along the speaker's pavilion is under construction in an oak grove setting. Adjutant General Young has promised either the First Regiment band from Asheville or the Third Regiment band from Raleigh will attend.
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Battleground
Guilford Battleground
Wade R. Brown
Professor Brown
Young
Raleigh
Asheville
Endorsement by 187000 Macabees for women’s suffrage
The Ladies of the Macabees, 187000 members with capital over nine million dollars, endorse woman suffrage. They urge dignified consideration of women’s views in government and condemn opponents as egregious egoists or presumptuous ignoramuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Macabees
Macabees
Convention of Ginners to Meet in Raleigh July 29
The upcoming Ginners Convention will assemble in Raleigh North Carolina on July 29 with a display of machinery from various factories and an attendance near one thousand ginners. Business includes laws for ginner protection, direct factory purchase of bagging and ties, fall seed crop planning, greater cooperation, and mutual fire protection. The Ginners Association will supervise arrangements and send a representative to coordinate details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Ginners Association
Price plan urged to keep paper at one dollar
The Review appeals to readers and subscribers to pay dues in advance starting August 1, 1915. It asks for up to 25 cents prepaid and warns names will be dropped if not paid. The paper seeks higher earnings and promises improved issues, aiming for semi weekly or tri weekly publication with cooperation.
Four Months for a Joke in Home Invasion Case
Barney Ganaway, a colored man, was sentenced to four months on the roads by Judge Peacock for entering Lula Martin's home and taking several articles of value. Ganaway claimed he was playing a joke on a friend, but the judge did not see it as such.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Ganaway
Peacock
Lula Martin
Ganaway
Juniors Hold Memorial Service at First Presbyterian
Sunday evening the Junior Order Councils observed memorial day with exercises at the First Presbyterian church. District Deputy J. W. Sechrest led the lodge ritual, while Rev. C. P. Coble preached from Luke 12:21. Four local Councils members died this year: C. A. Osborne, L. S. Livengood, John E Hill, and E. A. Younts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
J. W. Sechrest
C. P. Coble
Messers
C. A. Osborne
L. S. Livengood
John E Hill
E. A. Younts
Proverb Contest Closes in Last Page Winners Soon
The final Proverb Page is printed today as the twelfth and last in the series. Winners will be announced next week along with the twelve proverbs. Will you be among the successful entrants?
Honors and club gatherings mark a social week
Miss Lena Ritenberg hosted a birthday evening for her mother at her parents’ home with about 50 guests. Ruth Sechrest played piano and Dorothy Hoskins sang, followed by refreshments by Miss Ritenberg and Mrs. Arthur Allred. A group photo was taken. The Sorosis club met at Mrs. A. H. Sisson’s with punch and social games. The Helping Hand club gathered on the Armfield lawn with talks from Supt. John Blair and songs. The Priscilla club hosted by Mrs. C. A. King featured rock and pink and white treats. The Pitts-Lazenby wedding was noted as delayed in coverage. Trinity Book Club enjoyed rock and refreshments. Busy Bee sewing circle met at Miss Ida Mungan’s to plan next meeting at Miles Frances Hoffman and Eva Brown’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Ritenberg
Dr. Ritenberg
Ruth Sechrest
Dorothy Hoskins
Tipperary
Ritenberg
Arthur Allred
Springfield
Annie Ragan Armfield
John Blair
Winston Traded Schools
Priscilla Club
C. A. King
Trinity Book Club
Geo. T. Woods
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
Ida Mungan
South Main
Miles Frances Hoffman
Eva Brown
Local visitors and residents travel notices this week
Ben Moore is at home from college. Miss Lily Parrish and Maud Ar mentrout visited friends in the Gate City this week. Rush Lissiter and Robert Bunch of Asheboro visited relatives in the city Sunday. Mrs. L. W. Blackwelder returned from a visit to her parents in Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hoffman visiting in Atlanta. Geo. T. Wood and C. C. Prince represented the Retail Merchant's Association at the State meeting in Asheville. W. A Ring of the Ring Drug Co. and C. C. Seawell of Hart Drug Co. attended the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Rush Lssiter
Robert Bunch
Asheboro
L. W. Blackwelder
Salisbury
Gus Hoffman
Atlanta
Geo. T. Wood
C. C. Prince
Retail Merchant's Association
Asheville
W. A Ring
The Camel's Stomach Explains Desert Travel
The Presbyterian discusses how a camel's four chambered stomachs hold water in expandable cells. Each cell opens to release water later, allowing the camel to drink for long periods. Thus it can go five to six days without drinking, aiding long desert treks.
Knights of Pythias Meeting Called in City
All members of the Knights of Pythias in the city are urged to attend Monday night’s meeting for important business and the election of officers.
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K. OF P
Mrs Grant Fires Cannon Under Fire at Confederate Camp
LaSalle Corbell Pickett watched General and Mrs Grant from a fieldglass as Mrs Grant fired a cannon at the Confederates. Pickett sat with General Pickett's headquarters nearby when an officer, after speaking to her, was instantly killed by a cannon shot. Mrs Grant tested new artillery amid opposing camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Southern Railway Pays Tribute to Col. A. B. Andrews
The board of Southern Railway honors Col. Alexander Boyd Andrews, longtime first vice president and director, who died April 1 1915 in Raleigh North Carolina. His career spanned forty years with railroads in North Carolina and the South culminating in the Western North Carolina Railroad project and the modernization of regional transport. He was a Confederate veteran, UNC trustee, Church of the Good Shepherd contributor, and devoted to North Carolina, building a life of public service and private hospitality. The secretary is to convey the board’s sympathy to his surviving family.
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New York
Southern Railway Company
Col
A. B. Andrews
Raleigh
N. C
Alexander Boyd Andrews
Franklin County
North Carolina
Confederacy
North Carolina Cavalry
Confederate States Army
South
Raleigh and Gaston
Augusta
R. and D
Richmond and
Danville Railroad Company
Southern
Andrews
Western North Carolina Railroad
Colonel Andrews
Julia M. Johnston
William Johnston
Charlotte, N. C
Charlotte, Columbia
University of North Carolina
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of the Good
Shepherd
Prof J Allen Holt Dead at Oak Ridge Institute
Oak Ridge NC June 13 Prof J Allen Holt head of Oak Ridge Institute and noted educator died this evening at 815 oclock after months of declining health He was 62 and brothers with the late Prof M H Holt Surviving are two sons Earle P Holt and Clyde R Holt and one daughter Mrs Gwynn of Mount Airy Funeral arrangements not yet completed
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Oak Ridge Institute
Oak Ridge
J. Allen ‘Holt
North Carolina
Holt
M. H. Holt
Earle P. Holt
Clyde R. Holt
Gwynn
Mount Airy
Sermon by Rev H C Byrum to South Main church firemen
Reverend H C Byrum of the South Main Street M E Church preached a special sermon to the firemen Sunday morning on Responsibility. The fire laddies marched in a body to the church and listened as he delivered an able discourse.
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H.C Byrum
Main Street
M. E
Carnegie Library Books Arrive for Use in High Point
Miss Lucy Eshelman notes that Carnegie library books from Greensboro have arrived in High Point and are available at Hart drug store. A varied selection was placed by the librarian to accommodate subscriber needs. Books may be kept two weeks and renewed if desired, with rules posted near the book case.
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Lucy Eshelman
Carnegie Library
Greensboro
High Point
Hart Drug Store
The Child Bride of the Confederacy wedding
General George E. Pickett and Miss LaSalle Gorbeck wed at St Paul’s Church Petersburg Virginia on September 15 1868 as bells rang at the old belfry. Mourning attire crowded the scene with many mothers offering blessings and recalling Gettysburg. A 100 gun salute greeted them and chimes played as the couple left for a Richmond reception.
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George E. Pickett
LaSalle Gorbeck
St Paul’s
Petersburg
Pickett
South
Gettysburg
Richmond
Peanuts and sweets at Mose near the station
An advertisement describes a vendor near the station offering ginger ale soda fruit and roasted peanuts with popcorn and assorted fruit. The text notes lemons bananas and cigars and confirms American dealing creates a good feeling. Eleven year old Thos Johnson died Friday and was sent home for funeral services Sunday at Marlboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
Thos. Johnson
Sophia
Marlboro
Water quality report from state health board
Manager Lyon received the Raleigh state board of health report detailing the June 1 water examination. The report notes no disease producing bacteria and fewer neobacterial breeding organisms than usual, deeming the water above average for drinking. The current month shows improvement over last month’s very good supply.
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Lyon
State Board of Health
Raleigh
Ford Ballad About Zeke Perkins and His Ford
A rural tune narrates Old Zeke Perkins selling hogs and riding home in a Ford. The car inexplicably powers on despite broken gas lines shots and vandalism killing Miranda, wrecking the shed and pig yard, while Zeke and Miranda end up in a muddy pool as the Ford chugs forward.
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Casey Jones
Zeke Perkins
Zeke
Miranda
Buying Things You Should Grow at Home is Waste
Progressive Farmer argues against purchasing bacon ham meat and other staples when they can be grown or produced at home. The piece questions 15 cents per pound price differences and condemns reliance on supply merchants and northern and western farmers, urging self-sufficiency and domestic production.
Making Picture Stars Mary Pickford in Making
Henry M McRae Webster director for United Photo Plays Company trains talent from many applicants selecting rising actors. He spotted a blonde chorus girl named Lillian McIntyre and after testing her with hundreds of feet of film she rose to a lead in Victory of Virtue, seen as a potential Mary Pickford in the making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McRae Webster
United Photo Plays Company
Mmaterial
Lillian McIntyre
Webster
Mary Pickford
Burlington votes bonds for railroad school and hall
The voters approved $50,000 in bonds for the Atlantic Danville and Ohio railroad and authorized $40,000 for a new graded school building plus $10,000 for a city hall. The bond measures followed a strenuous campaign. The Daughters of Liberty served a 4 inch ice cream supper at Willis Grove Saturday evening.
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Burlington
Atlantic, Danville and Ohio
the Daughters of Liberty
Willis Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. H. Sisson
Sorosis Club
Roland Park
Punch
Rock
Pitts- Lazenby
Wesley Memorial M. E. Church
G. T. Rowe
Ben Moore
Colege
Lily Parrish
Maud Armentrout
Gate City
the Presbyterian
Southern Railway
J. Allen Holt
the Confederacy
Lasalle Corbell Pickett
Ford
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