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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
5
The Charione News announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and a six month term. The Times Democrat outlines obituaries sketches cards of thanks and paid notices, indicating no deviations from the policy and that notices advocating private enterprise or political candidates will be charged at five cents per line.
The Durham Sun argues for a large bond issue to fund sewerage and waterworks to attract growth. It compares Durham’s debt with Charlotte’s and urges an audacious program including extending sewers and new streets while preserving the Auditorium. It warns against costly Catawba river water plans and proposes cheaper local wells and gravity-fed reservoirs.
The Charlotte News argues against voting for the auditorium bond issue. It warns that refusing the bonds risks selling the property to private buyers, yielding the city nothing and losing a public utility. The piece urges citizen consideration to prevent a backward step. The page also notes editorials from Salisbury Post and comments on Governor EBlease clemency and Judge Gary.
Dr William T Woodley writes of pure mountain water for Charlotte, rejecting sewer plants and basins as contaminants. He envisions waters sourced from mother earth with wells and reservoirs expanding as the city grows, urging readers to watch Charlotte grow. Dated Charlotte June 13.
The Oceanic hotel under Charles E. Hooper in Wrightsville Beach gears up for a busy convention season. It will host the annual Master Builders Exchange meeting on July 3 with North and South Carolina builders and contractors invited. Leaders J A Jones N Underwood and E P Tingley secure social and organizational planning.
A Boston Transcript verse laments a street sprinkler’s absence in dust and heat. The speaker imagines its return when rain spoils the dry streets and the sprinkler finally wings its flight across wet pavements.
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