North Carolina budgets for agriculture and health items
Raleigh reports a semi annual session action with a $155,000 budget for agriculture. A new division for cooperative marketing is funded at $2,500 and an assistant position is created. A Board of Health measure allocates prizes and ongoing cattle improvement efforts, noting past Shorthorn and Hereford distributions and ongoing state-wide efforts.
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Raleigh
Card of Agriculture
Hoon
Department
Burgessie
Board of Health
Kings Mountain Memorial Plans For 1933 Anniversary
Citizens prepare to celebrate the thirty third anniversary at Kings Mountain with a parade and music. The committee has invited Secretary of State Jennings Bryan to deliver the oration. A descendant of Colonel Campbell will also participate in the anniversary program.
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Kings Mountain
Washington
Jennings Bryan
Ion
I Ge
Campbell
A and M College North Carolina Dormitory Plans
The report notes A M College at Raleigh equals A and M in value and lists 659 students this term with 297 in agriculture and others in civil, mechanical, electrical engineering, textile chemistry, and related courses. Trustees plan temporary wooden dormitories for 20 students due to cut recommendations.
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North Carolina
A. Mi
Raleigh
A.gm
Hickory City May 1913 receipts and disbursements
This week we publish the city of Hickory statement of receipts and disbursements for May 1913. It is the first report under the new commission form of government and will interest residents who wish to follow town governance.
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Hickory
City OF
P. P. Jones
Police Justice Court
13Th Avenue
First National
ETS
Ynes
Ster
C. Williams
HL. H. Miller
Frei Fay
T. S
Elsarick
Louis Bockman
NJ Express
First National Bank
Public Works Department
C. B. Sigman
Police
C.H. Geitner
Cilley
Best
W. Shuford
L. ‘Abernethy
I Wootten
M. HL. Yount
Justice
Blackwe
W. S. Newton
W. Les
L. H. Hatcher
M. Burns
Ering Water Main
Abernethy
First Nat. Bank
Kerr Brothers
Deal & Deal
I Mall
9Th Avenue
Abee & Company
Hickory Graded School
Kennedy
Moser & Bumgardner
Best & Newton
Clay Printing Company
Rockettsaw
First Building & Loan Associate
Chas. M. Staley
Pay Three Prices For Phosphoric Acid
A Southern farming article urges farmers to improve soil humus with green manures or stable manure to convert insoluble phosphate rock and keep phosphoric acid available. It argues acid phosphate costs more per pound but is usable, while ground rock is cheaper yet often insoluble. Improving soil leads to cheaper, steady phosphoric supply and larger yields.
Snowfall Reported in Haywood County
Snow fell Sunday night in Haywood County with the chill bringing overcoats to streets. Some say Monday cold weather continued, as townsfolk noted a heavy cold spell and smoke visible from chimneys.
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Haywood County
McKe
Old Hickory Banks Gets Noted Washington Post Praise
Washington June 2 An appreciation of secretaries to cabinet officers highlights Howard A Banks known as Old Hickory Banks of Hickory North Carolina secretary to the secretary of the Navy. The piece notes his prior editing work at the Hickory Democrat and his efforts to streamline Navy publicity by directing reporters to call him and organizing daily information flow.
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Washington, D. A
Banks
Washington Post
Post
Presint
Patrick Tumulty
Wilton
Navy
Navy Department
Senate Panel Prepares for West Virginia Coal Strike Probe
A Senate sub committee plans to travel to Charleston to hear witnesses on the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek fields. About 100 miners gathered by United Mine Workers will testify on peonage conditions, with Senior Borah leading and Paul J. Paulson coordinating witnesses. Additional testimony will cover alleged postal interference, immigration violations, and arms shipments into strike zones.
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Washington
Senate
West Virginia
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Borah
Idaho
Paul J. Paulson
United Mines Workers
Secretary Daniels Drives Progressive Navy Policy
The New York World endorses Secretary Daniels for favoring a progressive navy and condemning conservatism. It praises his focus on education within service, saying it will attract ambitious intelligent young men. The World argues great ships need brains and skill between decks.
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Daniels
New York World
Catawba County farmers praised for co op growth and lime role
The piece extols W. J. Shuford and Catawba County farmers for building strong cooperative ventures led by Hickory, with plans for a major government supervised creamery to be dedicated July 15. It notes the county’s agriculture commissioner program and urges Wake farmers to visit. It also explains soil fertility basics, stressing Lime, Phosphorus, Potash and Nitrogen as essential for maximum crop yields.
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North Carolina
W. J. Shu Lord
Catawba
Hickory
United States
Shuford
Raleigh
Releigh
London Suffragette Davison Nearing End
Relatives of Miss Emily Wilding Davison remain at her hospital bedside as doctors warn her condition may be beyond recovery. The Northumberland suffragette, who previously threw King George V's horse rider at the Epsom Downs derby, is unconscious and sinking after an operation, with heart failure reported.
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London
Emily Wilding Davison
Earn
Miss Davison
Passenger Train Wreck Near Maiden North of town
Southbound passenger train No 9 on the Carolina and Northwestern was wrecked one mile north of Maiden. The baggage and mail car and tender were ditched. The engine passed over and the tender struck a joint in the rail causing the derailment. Clerk Clyde Witherspoon of Newton injured. several others bruised but not seriously hurt. It will take time to clear. few wrecks have troubled the line in years.
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Sewton
Carolina and Northwestern
Maiden
Clyde Witherspoon
Newton
Witherspoon
Smyre’s Creek
Catawba College
Catawba County
The Trained Nurse and Modern Medical Care
The article praises progress in medicine emphasizing trained nurses as a vital, efficient arm of the profession. It notes past limits where doctor skill could fail without proper nursing, highlighting nursing as a crucial branch of medical attention. Isa. U. rm ot wendit visited the city on business Monday.
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News and Observer
Isa
U. Rm
Wendit
Oil Inspectors Elected for State AId Dept
The state board of agriculture selected five oil inspectors to cover the entire state, fewer than the ten originally planned. Appointed are Levi Harper of Pamlico County, Jacob Thompson of Chatham, C. J. Taylor of Alleghany, N. W. Clark of Hickory, and C. S. Copening of Henderson. A Greensboro census notes twice as many dogs as cows, with 828 dogs and no hogs reported. A Mooresville report describes a lightning strike that killed and scattered a cow’s chain-linked remains, the cow belonging to John Lockman.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
Levi Harper
Pamli
Jacob Thompson
Chatham County
C. J. Taylor
Alleghany County
N. W. Clark Hickory
CS. Copening
Henderson
Greensboro
Greensboro Daily News
Mooresville
Sharlotte
T. F. Connor
Terrell
Catawba County
John Lockman
New Route Selected for Road to Hickory Beyond Lenoir
County commissioners plan a new route from the town limits to the top of the fill near the old Cloyd place to avoid a heavy grade beyond Lower Creek. A $1000 automobile tax allocation funds the project with $500 from pirate subscription and interest until funds are available. A citizen committee and commissioners supervise the road bed and selection, with petitions required to raise the remainder.
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Hickory
Lenoir
Oe Ae
Cloyd Place
Bey
Messrs, J. L. Reeea Ece and
Jones, Jr
J. HB
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board of Agriculture
the A. and M. College
Hickory Township Road Commission
H. Bowman
Aben & Wittener
Falls Sal Ry
Citey
Kerr Broth
Hickory Tee & Coat Co
Hickory Manufacturing Company
W. H. Jouse L. Gaston
The
Catawba County Way
R. G. Mace
Lender
Pao
Caldwell
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