Captain Fair Is Given Squadron Command At El Paso Camp
The El Paso camp notes Captain Warren A. Fair of North Carolina as acting major and squadron commander for cavalry units from North Carolina Florida and Tennessee. Officers for the first regiment machine gun company are named with promotions from ranks. The piece also describes local life, El Paso conditions, Mexican labor, and a tornado scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stuart
el Paso
Texas
Warren A. Fair
Calgary
North Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Fair
R.H. Morrison
Salisbury
W. A. Jackson
Airy
W.c. Jackson
Arnold M. Siler
Asheville
Ergeant W. C. Monk
I. Monk
First Regiment
Clements
Division
H. A. Newell
Watson Fairly
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Third Regiment
Cumberland County
Old North
Druys
John Tipton
Col. Tipton
A. B. Curtis
Clarence Howell
Raleigh
Bernard
Howell
Walter Clark
Young
Sidney W. Minor
Albert L. Cox
John A. Parker
Rufus M. Johnston
Gover
Oor Craig
General Young
Elephant Butte Dam
Luther M. Bolch
Hickory Company
Fort Sills
Oklahoma
Governors to address North Carolina teachers assembly in Raleigh
Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania will speak Friday evening in Raleigh before the North Carolina Teachers Assembly with Governor Locke Craig and the North Carolina governor-elect on the program. Rev. A A McGeachey will deliver the Thanksgiving noon sermon in the city auditorium. Thomas H Briggs Jr of Columbia University will discuss secondary education Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Teachers’ Assembly
Brumbaugh
Locke Craig
Robert H. Wright
B. E B. Sams
Assembly
Wright
City Auditorium
A. A. McGeachey
Second Presbyterian Church of
Charlotte
McGeachey
Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly
Thomas H. Briggs, Jr
Columbia University
Briggs
H. B. Smith
New Bern
W. C. Bagley
University of Illinois
Robert T. H. Briggs
Peter Dykema
University of Wisconsin
A. M. Wins Dairy Honors At National Show
West Raleigh professor T C Reed returned from Springfield Mass with two class wins in dairy judging. Reed led team members Joseph Lee Jr W R Radford and L D Thrash as 19 state colleges competed for prizes. Biltmore Hospital in Asheville opened a new wing funded by Mrs George W Vanderbilt and Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt.
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West Raleigh
T. C. Reed
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Springfield
Mass
Reed
Joseph Lee, Jr
W. R. Radford
L. D. Thrash
Biltmore
Asheville
Biltmore Hospital
George W. Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Guilford County Wins First Prize At State Fair Exhibit
Guilford County won first prize for best county exhibit in the state fair in Raleigh. Haywood took second and Swain third jointly with the Indian exhibit. other noted winners included Alamance Beaufort Lee Wake Richmond Stanly and Hoke. John C. Sharpe of Guilford county won first individual farm exhibit.
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Guilford County
Raleigh
Haywood
Swain
Alamance
Beaufort
Lee
Wake
Richmond
Stanly
Hoke
John C. Sharpe
Auto Licenses Surge As Year Ends In North Carolina
The secretary of state has licensed 31,825 automobiles since July 1 with daily applications averaging 50 and a peak near 100 in one day. Last year saw 24,000 licenses and the year before 16,000. Officials estimate over 40,000 machines will be licensed by January 1.
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Raleigh
Governor appoints delegates to Southern Commercial Congress
North Carolina Governor Locke Craig selects delegates from multiple cities including Raleigh Chapel Hill Wake Forest Durham Charlotte Asheville Salisbury New Bern Goldsboro Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Wilmington Tarboro Morganton Marion and others to attend the Southern Commercial Congress in Norfolk on December 11 where President Wilson will speak and Governor Craig will address the assembly.
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Raleigh
Locke Craig
North Carolina
Southern Commercial Congress
Norfolk
Woodrow Wilson
J. Bryan Grimes
B. R. Lacy
W. P. Wood
J. Y. Joyner
James R. Young
T. W. Bickett
W. 8. Rankin
R. D. W. Connor
W. S. Wilson
E. C. Duncan
Jos. G. Brown
A. A. Thompson
W. B. Drake
Thomas D. Warren
Edward E. Britton
A. B. Andrews
W. T. Best
F. M. Harper
Col
Chas
H. Johnson
Chas. BE. Brewer
J. C. Pritchard
N. Buckner
Chas.a. Webb
J. E. Rankin
Erwin Sluder
John A. Campbell
Salisbury—Lee
Overman
A. H. Boyden
New Bern
F. M. Simmons
Goldsboro
Nathan O'Berry
Winston-Salem
A. H. Eller
W. A. Blair
R. J. Reynolds
P. H. Hanes
Lindsay Patterson
R. B. Glenn
Edward Randthaler
Henry E. Fries
Greensboro
A. M. Scales
J. C. Forrester
Caesar Cone
Walter Hildebrand
J. van Lindley
High Point
J. Elwood Coxe
Wilmington
Hugh MacRae
James Surant
H. C. McQueen
George Rountree
Walker Taylor
Martin
Willard Tarboro
Geo. W. Holderness
Morganton
J. Ernest Erwin
Marion
J. Will Press
J. Bis Ray
Burnsville
Tom Battle
Rocky Mount
J. P. Cook
Concord
R. A. Nunn
A. D. Ward
Wilson G. Lamb
Williamston
S. C
H. B. Warner
Lexington
W. S. Lambeth
Thomasville
Geo. W. Montcastle
Fred N. Tate
Dermont Shemwell
J. A. Hartness
Statesville
A. D. Watts
D. Y. Cooper
Henderson
Bennett S. Perry
Albemarle to gain free city mail delivery service
The city of Albemarle will receive free delivery mail service starting December 1. Postmaster J D Bivins has quietly monitored the development, signaling local progress without a formal organized effort.
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Albemarle
J. D. Bivins
North Carolina Briefs From Hendersonville And Nearby
Western North Carolina Weekly Press Association will meet in Hendersonville with editors from mountain weekly papers as guests of The French Broad Hustler. Laurinburg suffered about 100000 in a recent fire. Trestles on the Carolina and North-Western Railroad near Mortimer were damaged by Catawba floods. Engineering units of the North Carolina National Guard march to the border. Mount Airy reports 100000 in new buildings under construction.
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Western North Carolina Weekly Press Association
Hendersonville
Carolina & North-Western Railroad
Mortimer
T. P. Mallorie
Flat Rock
Durham
Farmers’ Manufacturing and Ginning Co
Edenboro
Rutherford County
Capital
J. A. Maurey
Laurinburg
North Carolina National Guard
Mount Airy
High Point Milling promotes flour quality and baking results
The High Point Milling Company cites its white frost and luxury flour as the best choice for any baking task. It emphasizes using premium wheat to produce superior bread, cakes, and pastry.
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High Point Milling
High Point Milling Company
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Schedule 1914
Train timetable in effect October 14 1914 shows southbound and northbound departures and arrivals between High Point Thomasville Gordonton Denton High Rock with listed times and notes that times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. W E Price agent.
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High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
W. E. Price. Agt
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Captain Fair
Gary
ALRY
Merrit
North Carolina Brigade
Rio Grande
Headquarters
H. M. Marchand
Horace B. Hayes
Hi Paso Lodge of Masons
No. 30
Hillsboro
Old North State
Gov. Brumbaugh
Raleight
GOV
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Company
T. Kirkman & CO
Mr. Farmer
N. C
J. W. Sechrest
Standard Tailoring Co
South Main St
High Point, N. C
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
The
Postal Co
Bell
Danville
Lynchburg
Spartanburg, S
Greenville
S.C
Washington, D. Atlanta, Ga
Gainesville
Seneca, S. C
Petersburg
Fredericksburg
Fayetteville
Camden
Columbia
Birmi
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