Benner Bix Letter Sparks Radical Dem Debate
Watauga Democrat prints Benner Bix Letter arguing Democrats must be radically right to serve the country. It targets conservative Republicans and soft shell Democrats, criticizes John Temple Graves and W J Bryan, and defends independent editorial stance while urging candor in political discourse. Also reports Winston-Salem dispatch on R A Hardie internal revenue case verdict and related sentences in Greensboro.
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Wm. T. Jerome
N. Y
Buffalo
Bryan
Chicago
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
Samuel J. Tilden
William Travis Jerome
W. J. Bryan
John Sharpe William
Joe Folk
Wseue
Democrate
Aloues
Soan
New York
Mardy
Que Court
Winston Sentinel
Eave
United States
R. A. Hardie
Boyd
Greensboro
Hardin Cave
Defendent
James Ledbetter
L. E. Davie
New Yorks Smallest Church Built by Frugal Laborer
Frank Liscoth, once destitute in New York City, vowed to build a chapel to the Virgin if he recovered. He saved while working, bought land, learned building, and erected a 25 by 16 foot marble and brick chapel for about 80 worshipers, dedicated last week.
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Frank Liscoth
New York City
Cotton export rate hearing under new railroad law
Washington correspondent reports the Interstate Commerce Commission has held an important hearing on export cotton rates under the new railroad rate law. Representatives of Southern railways steamship lines and South cotton growers attended. Previously rates shifted with little notice, but new law requires thirty days notice to the Commission.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
South
Porte
New Lawn
It a Cow gave Butter
It a Cow gave Butter mankind would have to Invent milk. Milk is Na ture's emulsion-butter put In shape for diges tion. Cod liver oil is ex tremely nourishing, but It has to be emulsified before we can digest it.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Stronger Nourishment
Scott's Emulsion combines the best oil with hypo phosphites to aid digestion and provide more nourishment than oil alone. It is marketed as the most strengthening nourishing medicine in the world by Scott and Bowne, chemists of New York.
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Scott
Observer
Sanany
North Carolina
Sunday Observer
Observerco
Cuanorte
N.C
Rail commission hears toll claims from cotton shippers
Arguments were presented on both sides as it was alleged railroads could make midnight tariffs to favor some shippers over others. Acting Chairman Junge Clements said the matter would be taken under advisement with a decision to be tendered later.
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Jary
Junge Clements
Kin Cade Charged with Murder in Brown Shooting
Gaston County grand jury returns a true bill of murder against John Y Kin Cade for the Will Brown killing at Bessmer near the railroad station during Brown’s wedding tour with his bride. The case references a prior family grievance. Davidson College opens with 290 students.
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Gaston County
John Y. Kincade
Will Brown
Bessmer
Kincade
Brown
Kincaid Asya
Radical reform urged for courts in Telescope note
The piece argues the legal system fails to convict criminals due to court power and money influence, fueling nationwide distrust in justice and a widespread lynching impulse. It calls for radical reform of criminal procedure to restore confidence.
Betrayed Himself while Asleep at Sibley Town
Charles Rocker a farm hand was sentenced to life imprisonment after his wife, while asleep, confessed details of poisoning her first husband two years earlier. The murder of August Schreider remained unsolved at the time of the confession, which spurred the investigation and led to Rocker’s life term.
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Sibley
Charles Rocker
August Schreider
Rocker
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