Harris Competes For NC House Speakership In 1933 Session
Raleigh reports the 1933 North Carolina General Assembly will convene next Wednesday with the speakership race heating up on the eve of the Democratic caucus. R L Harris of Person County claims enough pledges to win. Julius C Martin has withdrawn. Others named include Tom C Bowie and R G Cherry. The speaker controls committees and influence over legislation as the House has 120 members. Lieutenant Governor-elect A H Sandy Graham takes office next Thursday. if not, the current lieutenant governor R G Fountain may preside from hospital. Organization of both chambers will take about a week. The 1931 assembly ran five months. 1933 is expected to last about 80 days. Members are paid 600 dollars regardless of length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Willis Smith
R. L. Harris
Person County
Julius C. Martin
Buncombe County
Tom C. Bowie
Ashe County
R. G. Cherry
Gaston County
House
R. L. Fountain
Rocky Mount
Senate
Amazon River Confirmed as Widest River on Earth
A geographic assessment asserts the Amazon river is the widest on the planet. Measurements indicate extremal banks and broad expanses justify the claim, highlighting the river’s vast floodplain and numerous tributaries contributing to its width.
Rural Davidson Leads In Number of Births
Rural Davidson had the county’s strongest month in November with 51 births and 16 deaths in townships. The county totals were 89 births and 38 deaths. Thomasville led Lexington in births 24 to 14 and had 12 deaths to 10. Of births 79 were white and 109 colored. deaths were 81 white and eight colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson
County Health Department
Lexington
Opening of Davidson Schools Delayed to January 4
The Davidson county public schools opening has been delayed from next Monday to Wednesday January 4 due to road conditions. If weather stays unfavorable the start may move to January 9. Sept. Paul F. Evans announced the postponement. Many roads are nearly impassable for school trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
Paul F. Evans
Forest City Man Charged in Fatal Stabbing
Fletcher Collins was held on a $7,500 bond in Superior court charged with the fatal stabbing of Wadd Linder during an argument Friday in Forest City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Fletcher Collins
Superior Court
Wadd Linder
Lexington Bar Steps for Davidson County Court Changes
The Lexington bar association urged creating a Davidson County Court to replace the town ship court and to raise civil and criminal jurisdiction. They propose salaries for the judge and solicitor and governor appointment, with initial two year terms for Adrian J. Newton and J. Lee Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Lexington Bar Association
Adrian J. Newton
J. Lee Wilson
Fee Charge for Justice of Peace Case Is Capped
A provision limits fees in cases tried before the justice of peace to not more than six dollars, setting a maximum charge for such proceedings and ensuring affordable access to local judicial processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Justice of Peace
Hackney Resigns After 21 Years As Sunday School Supt
Lexington note: George L. Hackney resigns Christmas day after 21 years as superintendent of the First Methodist Sunday school. A. W. Honeycutt of Lexington city schools is named his successor amid warm tributes. Also contains a dated notice of a land sale by trustee in Guilford County North Carolina at 1504 East Green Street High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
George L. Hackney
First Methodist
Hackney
A. W. Honeycutt
State OF
North Carolina
County OF
Guilford
Ida
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Caro
F. W. Tate
A. J. Hussey
F. N. Tate
East Green Street
High Point
J. Allen Austin
Thomasville Christmas Seal Sale Reaches Full $200
The Thomasville Christmas seal sale committee reports a full $200 raised with $150 kept locally to fight tuberculosis and $50 sent to the State Sanatorium. Mrs. Robert Williams led the sale, and a final push on the last day cleared the remaining $24 as the effort ended successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Robert Williams
Back to Work Today in Charlotte After Christmas Break
North Carolina business houses public institutions and state and county offices resume work today following Christmas holidays in Charlotte and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capitol
Howeer
A. H. “Sandy” Graham
Amazon River
the Enterprise
Sunsweet
Prunes
Sunnyfield
Iona
Ion’ Aoo
Sunny
Loeberg
The
AIN the Center
Lexington Recorder’s Court
General Assembly
P. W. Critcher
W. F P. Brinkley
Paul G. Stoner
Recorder’s Courts
Denton
Justices of the Peace
Bar Committee
Penney’s
Oroy Lumber
J.C. Penney
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!