Legislature in Session Raleigh Summary of Bills Feb 12 15
Regular correspondent outlines Senate and House actions including tax, education, liquor prohibition, street car segregation, rail safety, and railways. Notable measures: county education voters, hospital for the insane, narcotics sales, bans on fowl depredations, accident insurance protections, and Confederate monument funding. Key names Barringer Pharr Dockery Spence Manning Cotton Majette Murphy Gordon Smith Warlick Linney Kconce Graham Morton Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Barringer
Pharr
Dockery
Spence
Manning
Abraham Lincoln
County Board of Education
Blow
Majette
Murphy
Gordon
Vance
Statuary Hall
Smith
Harnett
Julian Timberlake, Jr
South Dakota
Cox
Wake
State Insurance Department
Anson
Gibbsn
Warlick
Board of Health
Durham
Morton
Barnes
Hertford
Linney
State Board of Education
Kconce
Graham
Granville
Williams
Dare
Masonboro Sound
Butler
Policeman Williams Assaulted by Several Negroes in Crap Game
Officer Williams was beaten and kicked while arresting Irvin Barbee during a Sunday craps game near the coal shore. Two attackers were held, with three more later arrested including Larkin Smith and Ollie Burnett. Burnett faced weapons and assault charges. Williams remains in Watts hospital with recovery time ahead.
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Williams
Irvin Barbee
Larkin Smith
Belvin
Ollie Burnett
Burnett
Jon
Burlington
Adrian Bass
Dana Washington
Watts Hospital
Ex Judge Montgomery sues Dixon for libel seeking $50,000
Ex Judge Walter A Montgomery seeks $50,000 in federal court against Thomas Dixon over a letter calling Dixon a hyena. Dixon's Raleigh attorney H ol ding accepted service as Governor Aycock and Judge Winston join Dixon’s defense. Separate note says Jim Ecles, a Greensboro arrestee, was freed after jumping from a Greensboro bound train despite officers pursuing him.
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Walter A. Montgomery
Federal
Thomas Dixon
Dixon
Montgomery
New York
Raleigh
J. N. Holding
Aycock
Winston
Holding
Mr. Dixon
R. H. Battle and Son
Jim Ecles
Greensboro
Marsh
Young Lady Fatally Burned in Parsonage Street Fire
Elizabeth City February report details Lina Sykes, 22, severely burned when tar spilled from a cooking pot and ignited her clothes. Family and fire units aided. the doctor fears injuries are fatal. Fire damaged but house saved.
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Elizabeth City
Lina Sykes
Parsonage Street
McMullen
Mass meeting on Pythian Orphanage to be held
A mass meeting will be held next Thursday night at the court house to present the Pythian Orphanage issue. East and West Durham lodges and Durham Lodge members will attend along with a number of citizens.
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Pythian
Court House
East and West Durham
Durham Lodge
Recorder's Court Opens With Twenty One Cases
The recorder's court begins a term Monday morning with twenty one cases. A large crowd gathered as Chief of Police Freeland called the court to order. Ruan Vaughan faced charges for shooting a bean shooter and was fined $5 with $4 of the fine remitted in costs. Remaining cases were settled quickly, others continued due to sickness.
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Recorder’s Court
Court House
J. F. Freeland
Superior Court
Ruan Vaughan
Durham Seeks Eastern Carolina League Baseball Franchise
Durham residents push to join the Eastern Carolina league with a new park funded by locals after the Durham Traction Company offers to fix up a field. C H Gattis of Raleigh discussed the plan with interested parties Saturday.
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Durham
C.H. Gattis
Raleigh
Durham Traction ‘Company
Gaskins Ad Lists Bicycles Carried This Week
The H A Gaskins ad outlines the bicycle lines available including town models and common road bikes. It highlights pricing and customer service promises.
Gowan's Pneumonia Preparation Ad
An old advertisement promotes Gowan's Pneumonia Preparation as a preventive remedy to prevent pneumonia and coughs. It claims quick absorption and health protection with pricing from $1.00 to 25 cents and urges purchase from local druggists.
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Gowan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Committee On Privilege and Elections
Scarboro
Matthews
Eagle Rock
Wray
of the Law
Artelia Sears
Jackson Street
Vickers Avenue
Leola Barbee
Walter Williams
Chatham County
A. P. Barber
Steet Christian Church
Roxboro Street
Benjamin Lowenstein
H. A. Gaskins
East Durham
N.C
G. Briggs
Citizens National Bay
N. C
Hib. N. Duke, Pres
J.B. Duxz
P Y. E. Smith
C. L. Haywood
J. H. Southgate
R. H. RiesBerg
E. Raws
N. Duke
A J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
J. B. Warren
J. B. Mason
J. S. Manning
Ors
American Tobacco Company
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
Haywood & Boone
Southgate & Son
Bacco Co
Citizens National Bank
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
Geo. W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
S. B. Peirce, JR
Cashier
J. R. Weatherspoon
Asst
Cashir
Durham County
Reade Bros. Go
Heluina,n. C
Posi
Tion
General Merchandise
Merry
Reade Bros. Co
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