Social notes from Charleston visitors and local arrivals
Mrs E W Hawkins of Charleston visits with friends and relatives. Mrs Hargerc ve Bellamy and Mrs Edward Hardin stay with Mr and Mrs Robert Bellamy. Mrs George M Croft arrives from Greensboro to visit relatives. Mrs L M Harvey of Detroit plans a summer with her mother at 305 South Sixth Street. Mr and Mrs S L Smith of Laurinburg have returned home. Miss Mattie Williams returns from Rockingham. Robert E Trott, formerly with Bladen Lumber, has arrived overseas. Mrs A M Williams returns to Phoenix after visiting her daughter. Annie Vivian, 13 months, shows improved condition. Mrs R A Elmore’s operation at James Walker Memorial Hospital shows rapid improvement. Lieutenant Murray M Grant, 119th Infantry, arrives in France. Mr and Mrs J E Marshburn host reception for Leon Marshburn departing with drafted men. DelGado Presbyterian church women’s auxiliary meets at mission building. Red Cross benefit by Marion Sprunt at Delgado kindergarten Friday at 7 30. Miss Cecelia Quinlivan returns to New York after stay with her mother. Misses Mary and Fannie Mitchell of Raleigh high school faculty visit Fayetteville and stay through the summer.
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Delgado
Mary
Fannie Mitchell
Raleigh High School
Fayetteville
City
J. 5. Mitchell
North Fourth Street
Draftee Brings Child to Camp Lee in Hope to Stay
A Brunswick county draftee A W Carpenter arrived at Camp Lee with his 3 1 2 year old daughter Betty Virginia claiming sole support. Nurses secured permission for the child to stay at the hospital hostess house where she remained asleep during the transfer.
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Petersburg
National Army
Camp Lee
A. W. Carpenter
Brunswick County
Betty Virginia
North Carolina Bell seeks hikes as state commission hears rates
The Southern Bell Telephone Company faces a rate increase across North Carolina with proposed charges rising to 4 to 5 dollars for business lines and 50 cents for other services in Charlotte Asheville Greensboro Winston Salem Raleigh Wilmington and nearby towns. In a separate note 49 graduates of the state college of agriculture and engineering received diplomas with Major W T Combs presenting the service flag of the 1918 class as 39 graduates serve in the military and 10 are excused from service.
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Raleigh
Southern Bell
North Carolina
Corporation Commission
Charlotte
Asheville
Bell
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Wilmington
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
W. T. Combs
Clarence Ousley
Texas
Ousley
America
Germany
Belgium
United States
Max Gardner
Jones
Lenoir
Revenue
Tyndells
Flynn
George
Thad
Annie Tyndell
Clay Hood
Will Sappell
Hood
Tom Vanderford
Wake County
Alice Tyndell
Flynn Tyndell
Bickett
Franklin
One Hundred Years Ago Today in History Highlights
A compact history column recalling notable dates. 1818 Baron Thugut dies in Vienna, born 1734. 1843 John Quincy Adams delivers oration in Boston for New England federation anniversary. 1868 Levi Lincoln dies in Worcester, born 1782. 1893 Broadway cable cars begin, Mayor Waters jokes about salary usage. Vandalia News.
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Baron Thugut
Maria Theresa
Vienna
John Quincy Adams
Boston
New England
Levi Lincoln
Massachusetts
Congress
Worcester
Broadway
New York City
Man Lectures on Industrial Conditions Draw Crowds
A Washington Star quote notes a man who knows industrial conditions so well he could earn a living lecturing about them rather than working a regular job. The remark highlights public fascination with economic topics and expert commentary.
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Washington Star
Patience and Patrice Speak on Faces and Fortunes
A terse newspaper quip contrasts patience and Patrice with lines about face value and pity for the heir, attributed to Yokers States man, reflecting clipped social wit.
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Patrice
Yokers
Administrator's Notice for Mary Gore Penton Estate
Havington as Administrator of Mary Gore Penton estate invites all claimants to present verified claims by May 7 1919. Creditors should promptly settle any debts owed to the estate.
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Havington
Mary Gore Penton
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E.w.hawkins
Charleston
George M. Croft
S. L. Smith
Lau- Yinburg
Mattie Williams
Rockingham
Robert E. Trott
Bladen Lumber Company
A. M. ‘Williams
Phoenix
D. C. King
North Fifth Street
Annie Vivian
W. H. Bullard
R. A. Elmore
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Murray M. Grant
119Th Infantry
France
George Grant
J. E. Marshburn
Castle Street
Leon Marshburn
Camp Jackson
Cecelia Quinlivan
New York
Dan Quinlivan
North Second Street
John J
Panama
Nainsook Athletic Union
North 4Th Street
Jones and
R. EK. May
Charles Medlin
W. W. Kitchin
Supreme Court
H. R. Snider
Graham County
Old County Court House
Carolina-Tennessee Power Company
Hiawassee River Power Company
Royal Arcanum
James W. Hollingsworth
Catawba
The
Arcanum
Walker
Georgette
Claude Gore
N. C
Toaw
General Electric Co
Erie, Pa
Carolina Printing and Stamp Works
Grace St
Belk-Williams Company
Wrightsville Beach
Southern Bell Telephone CO
D. E. Myers
Alma Brown
Southport
Fort Caswell
Cape
Our Soldier Boys
Sullivan
King of Shoemakers
N. Front Street
Rachel Freeman
John T. Freeman
North Carolina Home Building Association
New Hanover County
Court House
City of
Gwyn Street
Anderson Street
Mulberry Street
John D. Bellamy & Son
Fourth Street
W. L. Douglas and
Emerson
ALL Union
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