Peace Institute Opens Under First Woman President
Special to The Dispatch. Raleigh Sept 14 Peace Institute opens with Miss Mary Owen Graham presiding at 10 am. Talks by student presidents and faculty music mark the formal start as alumnae reports arrive. Meredith College also opens with large registrations and daily devotional exercises led by Dr. C. E. Brewer. County Democratic HQ opens. J M Broughton Jr leads October canvassing. R W Ward has three stenographers circulating literature. Republicans aim to cut the majority from 4000 to 2000, possibly 1000, with no joint canvass planned.
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Raleigh
N. C
Peace Institute
Mary Owen Graham
Presbyterian
Meredith College
C. E. Brewer
J. M. Broughton, Jr
Broughton
R. W. Ward
Revival at First Baptist Church in Wilmington
The First Baptist Church will hold evangelistic meetings from October 29 for two weeks. Rev. John Jeter Hurt D D pastor will lead nightly services. A Home Mission Board choir leader will direct the choir and mobilize congregational singing.
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First Baptist Church
John Jeter Hurt
D. D
Hurt
Wilmington
Home Mission Board
Sunday Receives 6000 Dollar Offerring at Ocean Grove
New York reports Billy Sunday gave his 6000 dollar bank offering from a ten day meeting at Ocean Grove New Jersey He bought a residence at 76 Lake Avenue and deeded it to his Gamaliel Rev Dr Geo Drew of Ocean Grove Third Baptist Church announced yesterday Dr John Gordon of Temple University protested Sundays remark about Baptists calling many of them shouting water while others are bound for a place where they will never get a drop.
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New York
Elijah P. Brown
Billy Sunday
Ocean Grove
N. J
Sunday
Lake Avenue
Gamaliel
Geo. Drew
Third Baptist Church
John Gordon
Theological School
Temple University
Promenade Prom Request: Officer Lends Woman Bus Fare
New York September 14 Sergeant Reed of East Fifty first Street Station helps a young woman with bus fare at Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street. He offers a nickel toward her soda and candy purchase and promises to return tomorrow to collect repayment. The exchange ends with Reed asking for her name, which she declines.
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New York
Peter Reed
East Fifty-first Street
Polonius
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Teagherg to Meet Saturday
Teachers for New Hanover County schools are arriving to attend a conference with Prof. Washington Catlett superintendent of public instruction. The meeting will be Saturday at 10 30 in the Hemenway school building where registers will be issued and plans for the coming year discussed.
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New Hanover County
Washington Catlett
Hemenway
Catlett
Grueling oGraph Now Predicted In Illinois Governor Race
Chicago reports a hard fought Illinois gubernatorial contest between Governor Edward F Dunne and former Congressman Frank O Lowden after both parties nominated them. Early returns show about 100000 plurality for each over their rivals. Women’s participation in the primary was low with around 38000 votes cast by registered women voters.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Edward F.dunne
Frank O. Lowden
Trial date set as defense motion denied in Thomas case
In Raleigh Judge Bond denied the defense motion for a continuance in the E. C. Thomas trial. The Wake county superior court will begin the trial tomorrow on charges of attempting to assault a young woman in a Pullman car at Union Station.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
E. C. Thomas
Union Station
Bond
Wake County Superior Court
Hospitality at Tobey House Ends With Pigs Mention
A passage recalls Uncle Tobey welcoming guests with offerings at the supper table while declaring they would be given to the pigs. The anecdote portrays a hospitable yet blunt host and a rustic sense of generosity.
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Tobey
For Rent Five Room Cottage on North 4th Street
Classified rental notice lists a five room cottage at 708 North 4th Street with modern conveniences and two furnished rooms at 107 Walnut. Applicants urged to apply at 107 Walnut. Dated September 14, 1931.
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North 4Th Street
Walnut
Emmett Littleton Returns to Winter Show Business
Mr. Emmett Littleton, an old circus man, returns for the winter and joins Howard and Wells enterprise in charge of stage management at the Academy of Music. He travels back with his wife and child from their Illinois visit.
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Emmett Littleton
Mr. Littleton
Howard and Wells Enterprise
Academy of Music
Inllinois
Not Served Fowl Dinner Sparks Witty Exchange
A friend questions Mr. Nevers about a game dinner and he responds with humor noting he received only the biggest “bit” of the fowl. The exchange captures a light moment centered on a meal and a joke.
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Mr. Nevers
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H. F. Wilder
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R. Bradley
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Murchison Bank Building
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