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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1917

Page

8

Alleged Slayer of Brother on Trial

Burgaw June 8 D L Hale charged with killing his brother John T Hale whose body was found near his home about a month ago is now on trial for his life three witnesses had been examined this morning the widow of the murdered man was implicated but the grand jury found not a true bill as to her in the absence of Solicitor Lyon the State's case is handled by J J Best and L Clayton Grant George L Peschau represents the defense Judge W M Bond presides

Burgaw D.L. Hale John T. Hale Lyon Whiteville J. J. Best L. Clayton Grant Wilmington George L. Peschau W. M. Bond

Memorial at Gettysburg honors Virginia on battlefield

A Virginia memorial to its head was dedicated at Gettysburg battlefield in the presence of Confederate veterans and Grand Army of the Republic members. William M. Ingraham, Assistant Secretary of War, accepted the statue saying it showed North and South united as one family on the historic field.

Associated Press Gettysburg Virginia Washington Grand Army of the Republic William M. Ingraham North

North Carolina registration totals by county tracking race mobilization

Eighty counties report by 4 pm on Tuesday shows 161 197 total registrations in NC with 108 986 whites 52 280 blacks and 429 aliens. Wake and Guilford expected over 5 000 each and Winston Salem leads cities with 2 334 whites. Some counties miss counts include Croatan Indians and Cherokees. overall trend down from morning lead but still near government figures.

Raleigh Robeson Person Guilford Wake Winston-Salem

British drive in Belgium nets 6000 prisoners and guns

British forces push front in Belgium report rapid prisoner intake exceeding six thousand since yesterday. Several German batteries captured nearly intact amid heavy bombardment. Front remains quiet through the night as gains are held. In Petrograd the Congress of Peasants calls on the army to accept discipline and defend revolutionary Russia.

Alfonso Prieto France London Associated Press Belgium Congress of Peasants Petrograd Russia

Racial Counts Noted in Winston-Salem Demonstration

The report lists population figures by race with Charlotte at 2,912 whites and 1,621 blacks, Wilmington with 1,440 whites and 1,188 blacks, and 2,750 colored. The government did not anticipate the events in Winston-Salem.

Charlotte Wilmington Winston-Salem

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