Recorder's Court Bill Seeks Durham Township Jurisdiction
A Durham legislative bill by Senator J. S. Manning would create a recorder's court for the city and township. The court would replace city mayor and magistrate in Durham, setting salaries of 1200 per year for the recorder and 30 per month for the clerk, with costs split if receipts are insufficient.
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North Carolina
J. W. Grainger
N. J. Rouse
J. A. Herndon
W. B. Dunn
Durham
N. C
Recorder’s Court
J. S. Manning
Soper Ar . Suate
Masters Planter Co ad draws farmers to transplant help
An issue features an advertisement from the Masters Planter Co aimed at farmers with many plants to transplant. The humorous Milwaukee Free excerpt recounts a book agent negotiating pricing with a young lawyer, who rejects sheep and boards as payment.
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Masters Planter Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
North Carolina Legislature Debates Interstate Commission and Bills
The Senate discussed a proposed interstate commission to advise on uniform laws in marriage, insolvency, and property, with reports to the Governor. Numerous House bills were introduced including pensions for ex Confederate soldiers widows relief for blind and deaf schools funding and taxes on beverages. The salary increase for the Commission of Labor and Printing moved forward after Senate action.
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United States
Manning
Congress of
Hillsboro
Harshaw
Perry
Bladen
Braswell
State School For Blind and Deaf
Weaver
Green
Senate
Lockhart
Starbuck
Barham
Reynolds
Person
Morton
Hinsdale
North Carolina
Latham
Graham
Haymore
Congress
Commission of Labor and Printing
House
The Age of Money and Moral Shifts
A reflection traces human ages from fishes to man and argues money has become dominant in modern times. It laments luxury, speculation, and moral decay, urging enduring virtues before money replaces value. Also explains rotary cut veneer making and waste from log cores.
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Newport
W. G. Bowh
Brooklyn
Jack Robinson And The Origin Of A Popular Saying
A column recalls the real Jack Robinson, a Harwich MP for 26 years, praised by contemporaries like George TI and linked to the origin of the phrase I could name him as soon as I could say Jack Robinson. Also brief anecdote about Polly the parrot and a burglar scare.
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Jack Robinson
Dor
Othy Nevill
Johm Robinson
George TI
Harwich
Sheridan
Robinson
Treasury
Polly
Olly
Silver
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Pollard Bros
Hardwrare
B. W. Hobgood
North State Mutual Life In
Surance Company
J. 3. Manning
Evers
Water ST
Chicago, III
Western North Carolina Conference
M. E. Church, South
W. A. Slater Company
West Main Street, Durham, N. C
The
Cable Co
Mason & Hamlin
the Cable Co
Church St
Durham, N. C
Durham Traction Co
West Main Street
Barby’s the Peoples Drug Store
Matthews Brothers
Church Street
H. Steinmetz
Florist
Raleigh
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