Anti-Alucker Bill Favored by Committee in North Carolina
In Raleigh on February 26 the Johnson-Haywood bill to unmask the Ku Klux Klan and shift property of disbanded Klan units to members earned a 15 to 1 approval in Judiciary Committee No. 2. The measure, supported by Sen Rivers Johnson and Rep Oscar Haywood, faces a wary opposition led by Hannibal Godwin.
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Raleigh
Johnson-Haywood Ill
Ku Klux Klan
North Carolina
National Organization
Atlanta
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Godwin
Judy Grady
Grand Dragon
Rivers Johnson
Hannibal Godwin
Mr. Corbett
Atkinson
N. C
J. W. Alford
Kenly
Corbett
Duplin
Oscar Haywood
R. N. Simms
Charles A. Harris
Nat Townsend
Harnett
Mr. Godwin
Judicial district bill amended amid redistricting scramble
The Enterprise Bureau reports Raleigh February 26 that the state will be redistricted into 24 judicial districts once the house concurs in an amendment to the bill already passed by the senate. The measure adds four regular judges and two four year emergency judges. Greensboro Guilford, Mecklenburg and Forsyth seek their own districts amid the scramble.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
House
Senate
General Assembly
Guilford
Greensboro
Guilford County
Mecklenburg
Forsythe
Court denies review in Jack Daniel conspiracy case
Washington reports the Supreme Court declined today to review the Jack Daniel conspiracy case. The alleged scheme involved the illegal removal of 30,000 gallons of whiskey from distillery warehouses in St Louis.
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Washington
Bsuu
Jack Daniel
St. Louie
Pioneer Mothers Founders of the Nation in Forest Service Notes
In a Wheeler report the state forest service receives strong praise for its action in prosecutions with 60 convictions from 75 arrests in early 1926. He urges greater forest and game protection and highlights the potential of 21,000,000 acres for expanded state and private forests and timber products.
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United States Forest Service
Wheeler
State Forest Service
National Forests
Municipal court changes as Teague to chair
D C MacRae retires after 1925 service as Municipal Court judge and Lewis Teague, named by the governor, prepares to take the chair this Wednesday. The city council plans to appoint a new Prosecuting Attorney at its meeting tomorrow night amid several applicants.
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D. C. MacRae
Lewis Teague
Teague
William Kimsey Died Today
Billy Edwin Kimsey two year old son of Mr and Mrs P Kimsey died at 1017 Grace Street this morning after a week long illness Survived by parents and four brothers Montgomery M C Purcell and Charles Kimsey all of the city Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 9 with Rev Herman T Stevens Green Street Baptist Church officiating Burial will be at Unity Cemetery Thomasville NC
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Billy Edwin Kimsey
P. Kimsey
Grace Street
Montgomery
M. C
Purcell
Charles Kimsey
Herman T. Stevens
Green Street Baptist Church
Unity Cemetery
Thomasville
N. C
Supreme Court backs Kansas in Klan exclusion case
The Supreme Court today upheld Kansas law allowing the state to bar Ku Klux Klan business operations without requiring foreign corporations to obtain permits under Kansas state laws. The decision follows an informal bench announcement last week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
Coca Cola Declares 100 Percent Stock Dividend
Directors of the Coca Cola Company voted a 100 percent stock dividend at the stockholders meeting. The capital stock will rise from 590000 to 1000000 shares, with the dividend payable April 25 to holders of record March 18.
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Atlanta
Coca-Cola Company
Insull Contempt Request Faces Senate Campaign Funds Panel
The senate campaign funds committee asked the chamber to hold Samuel Insull of Chicago a contempt respondent along with his attorney Daniel J. Schuyler and Philadelphia Republican treasurer Thomas W. Cunningham as part of a battle over campaign finance disclosures.
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Insull
Washington
Senate
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Daniel J. Schuyler
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Republican State Committee
Quests For Truth Program At High School Club
A Junior-Senior club program at the high school titled Quests For Truth included a devotional song and readings. Louise Jennings served as treasurer and Wan da Penny as president with Rebecca Jenkins chairing the speech segment. Frances Eshelman led service activities and Edith Millikan conducted reading while Margaret Silman handled secretary duties. Hazel Haines gave the benediction and led membership efforts.
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Louise Jennings
Song
Wanda Penny
Rebecca Jenkins
Frances Eshelman
Edith Millikan
Coda
Life’s Mirror
Margaret Silman
Gurf Reserve Code and
Salute—Club
Hazel Haines
Markets Open With Upward Swing Shifts To Rail Stocks
New York stock market resumes its rise as speculative focus shifts from industrials to rails. Early trading saw peak prices for Reading Company rivals Rock Island Wabash and the Nickel Plate gain 1 3 4 while General Motors and Great Western Sugar hit new 1927 highs on opening sales.
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New York
Rinsco
Rock Island
Wabash
General Motors
Great Western Sugar
Cotton market holds firm amid active trading and demand
The cotton market stayed firm in early trading as reports of good spot demand and unsettled southwest weather supported buying. Opening prices were steady with small declines and months showed gains as Wall Street and commission houses joined the demand, while Liverpool cables were weaker.
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New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Foreign exchange rates shown for major nations
Foreign exchanges mixed with Britain demand at 484 11 16 and cable 485 3 32. France demand 437 1 2 with cables 438. Other rates list Belgium Germany Holland Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Yugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil and more.
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Grea
Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Holland
No Way
Sweden
Demark
Switzerland
Spain
Grece
Poland
Czecho Slovak
Jugo Slavia
Austr
Roumania
Agentina
Brazil
Potato market report from Chicago on shipments and prices
Chicago AP report notes total U S shipments 875 on Saturday with ten cars hauled. Russets supply moderate while round whites show very slow demand and weaker market. Wisconsin round whites mostly 178 to 200, Idaho russets 275 to 300, Washington russets 250 to 260.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Washington
Cloverdale Surges Past Emma Blair 12 11 in Local League
In Saturday afternoon elementary league action on the YMCA court Cloverdale defeated Emma Blair 12 to 11. The paper corrects an earlier error that had Emma Blair as the winner.
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Cloverdale Quint
Emma Blair
Fortune Ferguson Jr loses Supreme Court appeal over Florida death sentence
Washington report states Fortune Ferguson Jr was convicted of assault in Alachua County Florida and sentenced to death by electric chair. The U S Supreme Court dismissed his appeal on technical grounds, ruling no federal question was presented.
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W. D. Fields
Liberty
Graham Marley
Fields
Oscar Overman
Overman
J. T. Hinshaw
Marley
Hinshaw
White Chapel
Jim Holder
Staley
R. F
Washington
Fortune Ferguson, Jr
Alachua County
Fla
Supreme Court
Thousands Hear Lectures by H N Wheeler In January
Raleigh February report shows 13 280 attendance at 48 lectures by H N Wheeler chief lecturer for the United States forest service. Most listeners were college and high school students.
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L. Ss. Forest Service
Raleigh
H. N. Wheeler
United States Forest Service
Wheeler
Washington
State Department of Conservation and Development
Supreme Court Declares Ticket Resale Cap Unconstitutional
The court strikes down part of New York state law preventing licensed brokers from charging above theatre prices on resold tickets. The ruling flags the explicit price cap as unconstitutional in the context of resale markets and broker practices.
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Washington
New York State
Supreme Court
Senate rejects cloture on Tyson bill for WWI officers’ retirement
The Senate declined to invoke cloture to limit debate on the Tyson bill which would grant world war emergency officers the same disability retirement privileges as regular army officers.
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Washington
Senate
Moravians of North Carolina records third volume issued
Volume three of Moravians of North Carolina records distributed by the North Carolina Historical Commission. Adelaide L. Fries, Moravian archivist in America, continues work on a fourth volume.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Historical Commission
North Carolina
Adelaide L. Fries
Moravian Church In
Senate bill aims to sell small parcel near Oxford church
Washington February 26 AP reports a Senate bill passed the House authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell a small triangular strip of land adjacent to the First Baptist Church in Oxford North Carolina.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Oxford
N. C
Dent
City to Auction Tomlinson Building for East Commerce widenings
The City of High Point will on April 2 1927 at City Hall hold a public auction for the Tomlinson Building condemned for the widening of East Commerce street. The buyer must remove the building by April 30 1927 and post a 21000 bond to ensure clearance. Sale is subject to council approval on February 26 1927.
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High Point
Said City
Tomlinson
East Commerce Street
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