Sunday Schools Elect Officers at North Carolina Convention
The thirtieth annual North Carolina Sunday School Association convention adjourned in Greensboro with J A Brown of Chadbourn elected president and officers named. Delegates total about 4 000 to attend Winston-Salem next year as the organization pledges greater effort and prohibition support. The gathered body approved resolutions, reports, and appointed executive committees including W A Harper as chair and N B Broughton as vice chair with members from Greensboro, Winston Salem, Raleigh, and other cities. A road bond issue near Kings Mountain and Lutheran synod plans for Mount Pleasant area were also noted. J Leon Goddard, held for grand larceny in Florida, was released by Governor Craig after Florida dropped charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Brown
Chadbourn
J. K. Pfohl
Winston Salem
Spray
J. W. Goodston
W. A. Harper
Elon
R. Odell
Concord
Hugh
Franklinville
A. L. Smoot
G. F. Stradley
Asheville
EF. Tate
High Point
N. B. Broughton
Raleigh
W. B. Cooper
Wilmington
J. Y. Joyner
G. H. Miles
Greensboro
R. M. Andrews
M. Poole
Salisbury
C. S. Starbuck
G. T. Stevenson
Winston-Salem
Jeter C. Pritchard
Central Committee
Eton College
N. R. Broughton
R. C. Hood
R. G. Vaughn
A. BE. Tate
George W. Watts
Durham
Peeler
J. Leon Goddard
Ocala
Fla
Fayetteville
Florida
McGeachy
Craig
Goddard
North Carolina Society of Cincinnati meets in Greensboro
Prominent North Carolinians gather for the annual meeting in Greensboro. The event includes tours to Guilford Battle Ground and a society dinner, with officers re-elected and new members admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina Society of Cincinnati
Guilford Battle Ground
Society of the Cincinnati
America
Washington
North Carolina
Hillsboro
State Society
Wilson Gray Lamb
Williamston
John Collins Daves
Baltimore
Marshall DeLancey Haywood Raleigh
John Bradley Lord
Brooklyn
Walter de Lyle Carstaphen
Plymouth
Benehan Cameron
Stagville
Joseph Blount Cheshire
Wilson
D. C. Waddell, Jr
Asheville
A. A. Cotton
Trenton
N. J
W. H. Callender
Franklin, Tenn
R. L. Williams
Norfolk, Va
North Carolina Won't Extradite States Trust Biz Head
Alabama authorities will not extradite Ector E. Smith president of the States Trust Company as a Jefferson county embezzlement case delays NC efforts. Governor Craig halted NC extradition after a Alabama notice, while NC Attorney General Bickett and Solicitor Norris head to Alabama to press the case. U D C District Meeting Held In Kinston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Frank Carter
Charles Ross
Lillington
States Trust Company
Wilmington
Corporation Commission
Ross
Bank of Angier
State Trust Company
North Carolina
Ector E. Smith
Craig
Alabama
Smith
Jefferson County
Ala
North Carolina Academy of Science Opens Twelfth Meeting
The North Carolina Academy of Science convened over 150 delegates at the State Normal College auditorium. President Foust welcomed the group before C S Brimley gave his annual zoo geography address and C W Edwards showcased a new interference apparatus.
Colored boy shoots colored girl in Sugar Hill death
In Sugar Hill a 13 year old colored boy Ben Shovers shot and killed 11 year old colored girl, daughter of Will Bain, at the girl’s home. A 22 caliber Winchester rifle was used and the bullet entered just under the left eye. The boy fled but was soon captured and jailed pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Sugar Hill
Ben Shovers
Will Bain
North Carolina Notes and Short Items Across Towns
Reports from Washington patent attorneys announce two patents awarded to J. O. Beckham of Henderson for railway rail fastening devices. Lexington reports bond election returns nearly complete with Healing Springs still to be heard from. Hendersonville Republicans nominate Pace for mayor and others for town commission. Statesville notes a Rowan County boy gets one year in the national training school for stealing a cent in a mail tampering incident. Raleigh covers Judge Frank Carter’s Tucker will ruling with expected difficulty in a decree. Asheboro: S. W. Crowson’s residence fires, leaving the occupant injured. Wadesboro: a moving picture theater burns with $2,500 loss. Fayetteville: United Daughters of the Confederacy district convention. Hendersonville: Carnegie library trustees award building contract for a $10,000 library. Maxton: new station to be shared by Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line on May 1. Gastonia observes student sanitation program led by Dr. I. W. Faison. Greensboro sees mass petition drive for a possible extra session on freight rates. Rutherfordton: municipal primary names for mayor and aldermen. Hickory notes death of G. F. Rink, Confederate veteran. Asheville reports strike by nearly the entire Asheville Power & Light street railway staff. Asheboro ends with measles epidemic in Seagrove and Why Not, with Why Not Academy suspending school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis & Davis
J. O. Beckham
Henderson
Lexington
Healing Springs
Hendersonville
Repubicans
D. S. Pace
Raleigh—tIn Wake
Frank Carter
Tucker Will
Asheboro
S. W. Crowson
Fayetteville
Tenth District
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. H. Currie
Civic Association
Carnegie Library Fund
W. P. Bane
Andrew Carnegie. Maxton
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Gastonia
Central School
I. W. Faison
Charlotte
Dodr Faison
Joe S. Wray
Greensboro
Craig
North Carolina General Assembly
Rutherfordton
J. P. Bean
M. L. Justice
Poe Eskridge
Will Reid
F. C. Geer
A. F. Miller
C. C. Reid
J. F. McLain
Hickory
G. F. Rink
Asheville
Asheville Power & Light Co
Seagrove
Why Not
Why No4 Academy
War Talk in Congress Hall Over Alien Land Law
A heated House debate featured Representative Sisson of Mississippi supporting California’s alien land law and opposing non resident aliens owning land. He argued for war if needed and warned against foreign interference while noting Japan’s protest against the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
House
Sisson
Mississippi
Mr. Sisson
United States
Jackson
Cleveland
McKinley
Japan
Mann
Factional Struggles Rise as Carranza Forces Arrive in Mexico City
Reports from confidential advices note friction between Huerta and Diaz factions in the provisional government as Carranza forces bolster operations. Carranza confidant Robert Pesquiera arrives to replace Gonzales Gante, who is reassigned to an undisclosed mission amid growing tensions. In Hanoi a hazardous device incident injures several officials at a cafe terrace, linked to Annamite royal pretender proxies. Police uncover multiple devices tied to Kwong-To sympathizers in a planned plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico City
Huerta
Diaz
Provisional Government
Carranza Constitutionalists
Robert Pesquiera
House of Deputies
Gonzales Gante
Carranza
Gante
Hanoi
Marie Jean Leon Mongrand
Ninth Colonial Infantry
Frederick Chapuis
Annamite Rifles
Kwong-To
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Brown
Chad
State Association
Kings Mountain
Grover
No. 4
Cleveland County
South Carolina
J. O. Ellis
M. A. Palmer
A. H. Rollins
No. 7
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Synod and
Ministerium of
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mt. Pleasant Cabarrus County
St. John’s
Organ Church
Rowan County
Germany
Adolph Nussman
TAR Heel
Cincinnati
Hereditary Order of America
Robert E. Lee
Elks Club
W. H. Mendenhall
Greater Charlotte Club
South
C. C. Hook
Rutherford County
Gaston Miner
W. L. Shipman
state department of k@or and printing
Department
Southern Sulphur Company
Minor
Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade
Oxford
Saluda Mountain
Kinston
Morehead City
Newbern
Pythians
C. W. Blanchard
First Baptist Church
Alice Fields
Lloyd Wooten
Jessie Wilson
Dan Quigley
Columbus
Polk County
Watts
Statesville
A. D. Watts
News OF
Congress Halls
Sission
Cali
Bryan
Sacramento
New Republic
China
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kei
Radical Party
Kollum
Holland
Ernest Francois Guillaux
Biarritz
France
Bordeaux
Villacomlay
Matton Drug CO
Independent Telephone Lines
Copper Lines
Duick
Sali Isbury
Spencer
China Grove
Albemarle
Randleman
Thomasville
Kernersville
Matton's
North State Telephone GO
J. F. Hayden
High Point Milling CO
High Point Milling Company
Rexall
Ring Drug Co
British Woolen Mills
G. Dunbar
B. F. McClure
C. Dunbar
North Main St
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