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New Bern Labor Strike Affects Negro Workforce
Local laborers hired by contractors in New Bern have stopped work due to heat, forming a strike. Reports mention a worm damaging corn in Tredegar County, convicts moved to the State Farm in Raleigh, and a plan for a Walnut Cove to Piedmont Springs turnpike. Also noted are tobacco auctions in Rocky Mount, organ funds for a Lutheran church, and various rail excursion and travel rates across the region.
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