A Glance at a Land and Improvement Company Flourishing 150 Years Ago
Swansherd North Carolina July 23 . History repeats itself. Smithfield once had a land and improvement company flourishing in 1760 with buyers like Richard Caswell T T Kenan James Kenan John Bryan and Hardy Bryan. The 1802 map notes Neuse River navigation 100 miles from New Bern and 27 miles from Raleigh and recounts Smithfield hopes for capital status and early railroads. The article traces fires floods and growth led by E J Holt Co and local schools and merchants describing civic pride and plans for a cotton factory bank and brick stores.
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Swatrnherd
N.C
Winston
Durham
Raleigh
Smithfiel
J. B. Beckwith
Smithfield
Hodge
North Carolina
New York
Walnut Creek
Neuse
Fife meetings in Mt Airy draw regional crowds and funds
The Mt Airy Fife meeting closed with about two hundred conversions and back-sliders reclaimed. Attendees came from Virginia and North and South Carolina, with Greensboro residents visiting and offering Fife a lot if he moves there. Nine hundred dollars was raised, six hundred to Fife, largely from Sunday School services. a Charleston-backed deal is in negotiations drawing South Carolina participation.
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Mt. Airy
N. C
Fife
Patrick
Carroll
Grayson
Virginia
Stokes
Yadkin
Forsyth
Guilford
Surry County
North
South Carolina
Greensboro
Charleston
Scrizo
P. P. P. Promises Health Gains Across Body Systems
The text touts P. P. P. as an appetite stimulant and aid to digestion. It claims to cure nervous troubles and strengthen all organs and asserts lasting results including remedies for nervous prostration.
Gov Holt Answers Plaid Trust Allegations In Letter
The Raleigh executive department releases Gov. Holt’s public statement denying involvement with any trust. He says he conducts private business legally under federal and state laws and pledges to uphold laws against trusts while serving North Carolina, thanking the editor for the courtesy.
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State of North Carolina
Ra eiGu
Charlotte Chronicle
Charlotte
N. C
Gov. Holt
Plaid Trust
Democratic Party
Holt
North Carolina
Hearing on rice classification before United States Board of General Appraisers
The board held an important hearing on July 23 in New York over whether rice is clean or unclean. A split between the New Orleans and Southern District of New York rulings leaves the final decision to the appraiser. Dan Tallmiges Son's Gustav Johns & Co. oppose the New York collector's assessment. Louisiana Georgia and South Carolina planters support it. Experts and witnesses are being examined.
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New York
United States Board of General Appraisers
New Orleans
Dan Tallmiges Son’s
Gustav Johns & Co
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Paris to Clear De La Roquette For Guillotine
Police were ordered to clear the De La Roquette square where a guillotine will be erected for the execution of the murderess Berland and accomplice Dore. Protests by Paris crowds followed a postponed Saturday execution due to the executioner's family wedding.
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Paris
Place de la Roquette
Berland
Dore
Monseiller
Protective Tariff League Formed in Asheville Meeting
About two hundred Republicans gathered in Asheville to form a local Protective Tariff League. Resolutions praised protection, urged home manufacture of North Carolina resources, and called for organizing a tariff association in every voting precinct.
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Jeter C. Pritchard
Asheville
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Clay
Webster
North Carolina
Polk Renews Call for Financial System Reform
President Polk of the Farmers' Alliance, back from a Southern tour, clarifies he did not tag the tariff or free coinage as the rallying issue. He says the core issue is reform of the government’s financial system, not more money or less taxes alone.
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Washington, D. C
Polk
Farmers’ Alliance
Horrible Outrage in Texas Lynching Expected After Assault
United Press report from Austin notes Albert Alteman a 26 year old black man entered Mary Zimmerman’s bedroom near Taylor chloro formed her and her sleeping sister then brutally outraged Mary and fled pursued by neighbors but captured and jailed authorities fear a lynching may follow.
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Austin
Texas
Albert Alteman
Mary Zimmerman
Taylor
Mary
Newbern Truckers Move Fresh Produce Shrugged Market
Farmers report rising shipments from New Bern with cantaloupes and grapes. The Old Dominion Line handles hundreds of barrels weekly at three fifty per barrel as growers anticipate a strong crop season.
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CrRox
Newbery
N. C
Old Dominion
Bingham School Property Sold in Asheville Move
The famous Bingham Selies estate near Asheville North Carolina is offered on application. The property includes barracks recitation hall mess hall furniture professors residences bath houses and more. The seller notes $30,000 spent on improvements and seeks a greatly reduced price.
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Asheville
N. C
Richmond
Danville
Wa. Binenaw
Bingham School
Bradycrotine Relieves Odic Headaches With No After Effect
A brief note claims Bradycrotine eases odic headaches and leaves no after effect. The report presents a single patient outcome with emphasis on immediate relief and absence of lingering symptoms.
Roanoke Female Scholarship Offers Broad Courses
The Roanoke female scholarship program advertises studies in ancient and modern sciences, music, hand drawing, calisthenics with moderate terms. It notes the thirty third annual session beginning September 2 and invites inquiries to J T Averett, president, and J C C Dunford, assistant presidente.
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J.T. Averett
J.C. C. Dunford
T Pre
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Fayetteville
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R. J. Noble
Messrs
J. H. Abell
E. W. Pou
J. H. Pou
P. T. Massey
E. W. Pou, Jr
Best Preparatory Schools
Ira T. Turlington
Turlington
Johnston County
Hood Bros
T. R
J. E. Hood
B. R. Hood
W. M. Weeks & Co
A. Thain
S. H. Pittman
J. A. Morgan
J. G. Gurley
E. S. Abell
J. 2. Ellington
MT. Airy News
Bill Fife
Surry
State Chronicle
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United Press
Protective Tariff League
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Newbern Truckers
Roanoke
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