Multicity North Carolina News Chronicle Highlights
A roundup of events across North Carolina reports deaths in Long Creek and Winston-Salem, a railway accident in Rutherfordton, a fatal shooting in Jones County, and plans for a Roaring Gap resort. Also noted are large Fayetteville cotton receipts, distillery raids in Wilson County, a people’s Thanksgiving service in Greenville, a tragic Wake County suicide, federal judicial appointment, tobacco sales figures, a Durham matron’s death, a hydroelectric project near Asheville, a Durham auto crash, and a Raleigh hosiery mill fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Mount Vernon Springs
Chatham County
Payetteville
Fayetteville
Wilson
Will Joyer
Superior Court
Greenville
Pim
Greeville
Raleigh
John Hayes
Barton's Creek Township
Wake County
Washington
John J. Parker
Charlotte
N. C
Fourth Circuit
Federal Court of Appeals
Coolidge
Parker
Charles A. Woods
Marion
S. C
C. Bascomb Slemp
Virginia
Roxboro
Winstead
Hyco
Durham
Annie L. Long
M. B. Newsome
North Dillard Steet
French Broad River
Hiawassee
Asheville
Brevard
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Robert
G. A. Gallagher
Kemal Keeps Western Aims For Turkey In Sight
Foreign news notes Mustafa Kemal remains committed to modernizing Turkey despite a divorce dispute over emancipation. The piece also reports Merrill becoming first American to best King George at billiards, and mentions Moroccan war fighting by women on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
George H. Merrill
Washington, D. C
King George
Merrill
Balmoral Castle
Daily Mail
Madrid
Washington and France seek settlement terms on debt plan
Reports from Washington outline Franco American debt talks with two new settlement proposals. A Mellon plan may offer more favorable figures than Britain, while France proposes terms seen as acceptable beyond the $25,000,000 first payment. Navy aviation criticism and other 1925 federal issues follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mellon
Great Britain
Shenandoah
navy-MacMillan
Navy
Mitchell
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Diverse 1920s News Roundup Covers Prohibition and Tragedy
Reports from New York on a new metal for X ray use. Kentucky acquittal of Paul Williams. rockingham trial of William B. Cole for murder of Olmvier. Kentucky Tennessee prohibition salary dispute. Burlington raid nets rum runners and cargo. train robbery aftermath near Union Pacific. Fort Benning orders on women's barber hours. hydro plant plans near Asheville. cave-in at C&O tunnel in Richmond with workers missing. indictments involving Col Will Gray. AFL dispute resolution over bricklayers and plasterers. death of Col. Collie Moore Polk. McNamara sentenced for blackmail in Indiana. large charity bequests in Chicago. secret wedding of Ann Murdock revealed by suit against Jerry Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Williams
Kentucky
Frankfort
William B. Cole
W. W. Ormond
Burlington
N. J
R. A. Porter
Union Pacifi Railroad
Aubrey S. Kenworthy
Porter
Columbus
Fort Benning
Harold C. Fiske
War Department
Chattanooga
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Bricklayers and Plasterers Union
Collie Moore Polk
Lucius E. Polk
Franklin
Tennessee
John J. McNamara
Indiana
Chicago
Jewish Development In
Palestine
Max Pam
Ann Murdock
Alf Hayman
Jerry Power
New York City
Tunnel Cave-In Traps Work Crew in Richmond VA
A Chesapeake and Ohio tunnel collapse at Church Hill Richmond traps engineer Tom Manson and six negro workers, with many others escaping before rescue efforts were halted by poisonous gas. Officials fear remaining entombed may not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tom Manson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Church Hill
Smithsonian will investigate Bear Creek city discovery in NC
The Smithsonian Institution will investigate the Bear Creek find near Penland in Mitchell County North Carolina. An ethno logy team will gather facts about the ancient city and its giant idol drawing national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Geological Survey
Bear Creek
Penland
Mitchell County
North Carolina
Churchman H L Atkins Dies After Long Service
Rev. H L Atkins longtime Western North Carolina M E church leader died at his Bandera Texas home. Funeral services planned in Silvain Surry County when remains arrive. Services to be conducted by Rev A W Pyler Greensboro. Atkins served several pastorates in Salisbury and Shelby districts and was a well known conference figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
H. L. Atkins
Western North Carolina
M. E. Church
South
Texas
Bandera
Silvain
Surry County
A. W. Pyler
Greensboro
Atkins
Furniture Plant Purchased in Morganton
Directors of Table Rock Furniture bought from C A Spencer trustee Morganton Manufacturing the site machinery buildings and supplies on hand in East Morganton for about 16000. The truck boiler dry kiln and office equipment will be used in the new plant and much of the building and material may be salvaged. Capable engineers advised before final selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
Table Rock Furniture Company
C. A. Spencer
Morganton Manufacturing Company
Leslie Plant
East
Adjoining Estate Purchased by Mrs Cameron Morrison
A deed filed in Charlotte transferring 8 856 acres to Mrs Cameron Morrison and former Governor Morrison. Sold at 1000 per acre from H W Harkey. The Morrison purchase adds to the Sharon road estate. Mrs Morrison also paid about 120000 for Ernest Moore farm adding nine acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Sharon Road
Charlotte Township
H. W. Harkey
Downward Trend in Cotton Market Persists in New Orleans
The New Orleans cotton market shows a steady downward movement over the past week due to liquidation of long positions after a rally. December cotton fell to 22.13 cents per pound, with traders bracing for the next government report expected in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bureau
North Wilkesboro Fatal Auto Crash Kills Eva Harris
A 17 year old Miss Eva Harris is dead after a Nash roadster left the Boone Trail highway near Denville church and overturned. Miss Mona Williams is seriously injured and Miss Connie Ferguson is badly cut and bruised as the car, traveling at high speed, tipped over an embankment east of North Wilkesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Eva Harris
Mona Williams
McDowell
Connie Ferguson
Boone Trail
Winston-Salem
Dennyville Church
Wilkes-Yadkin Line
Harris
Williams
Seven Children Die as Fire Ravages Catholic Mission Dorm
Fire trapped 31 boys at the Catholic mission dormitory on the Nez Perce reservation near Lewiston Idaho. Seven youths died and sisters of St. Joseph helped save many others after a lamp explosion started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idahno
Nez- Perce Indian Reservation
Here
Sisters of St. Joseph
Woman Receives Year in Prison for Acid Assault
Norfolk reports Louise C. Zehm wife of church organist found guilty of felonious assault for throwing acid at Miss Katharine Thorne a 20 year old stenographer. Zehm faces a one year penitentiary term with a motion for a new trial set for October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Louise C. Zehm
Harry Zehm
Katharine Thorne
Miss Thorne
Animals Fight Stuns Visitors at National Zoo
A baby monkey at the national zoo is dying after its father attacked it, breaking its back while the youngster reached for a peanut. Two flamingoes were killed in a separate attack by a black swan, witnessed by visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Zoo
North Africa
Former Crown Prince Frederick William sighted at Gmunden
Ao reports the former German heir to the throne, Frederick William, is at the Austrian resort town of Gmunden. The presence created excitement among local workmen who reportedly warned of potential unrest if he visits Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Frederick William
Germany
Gmunden
Austria
Vienns Im
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tar Heel
David L. Elliott
Long Creek
Winston Salem
Betty Payne
Norfolk and Western
Rutherfordton
J. G. Conley
Southern Railway
Roaring Gap
Alleghany County
Elkin
C. F. Roberts
Blue Ridge Mountain
Kinston
Tobias Haskins
Herbert Tyndall
Jones County
Tyndall
Haskins
Dieudonne Coste
Freiburg- Im-Breisgau
Robert Thierry
Abd - el - Krim
Morocco
Chi Chuen
Yanegste
Ichang
Chungking
Paris
London
Chatham Naval Station
Japan
Tokio
Imperial Hotel
Riffain
Kifane
Bulgaria
Inter - Parliamentary Union
No Combine
Thomas G. Lamphier
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Air Board
Patrick Air Corps
Lamphier
J. K. Robison
Senate of
Navy Bureau of Engineering
Treasury
Frank Moore
Odd Lot Cotton Exchange
Agrisiture Department
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Stover Cleveland
Tom Mason
Chesapeake and Ohio
Col
Will Gray
Illinois
Wilkerson
A. B. Chapin
Jimmys MA
Tife
Aes
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