Mecklenburg Rebellion Over Auto Tags Sparks County Debate
Historical notes recount Mecklenburg County’s exemption from statewide auto tag rules under 1907 Pell’s Revisal. The text cites Section 3793 barring enforcement in Mecklenburg, while other sections treat automobile theft and use with severe penalties. Lawmakers in 1907 assumed cars wouldn’t be permanently appropriated.
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Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Pell
Board of Commissioners
New Hanover
Four Transylvania bankers denied pardon after banking conspiracy
Four bankers in Transylvania County were convicted of a banking conspiracy and sought a pardon after returning $30,000 they had misappropriated. Governor Ehringhaus stated he would not grant clemency, calling for them to serve their sentences.
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Transylvania County
Townsend
Ehringhaus
Big Bad Belle and the Little Pig from Durham
A Durham Herald reported tale tells how a German police dog named Belle, famed for viciousness, shelters a homeless pig on her farm and treats it as a foster pup. The piece notes similar humans may display hard hearts before warming to others.
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Durham
Belle
Durham Herald
Spectacle of distress softens hearts in Belle tale
The passage contrasts human cruelty with mercy, noting that distress and loneliness melt hatred. It calls Belle a strange creature and remarks that man is an even stranger animal, suggesting deep doubt about human nature and empathy.
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Belle
Man
Latin Attack at Greensboro Seeks Higher Latin Status
Leaders from several state colleges and high schools met in Greensboro to plan elevating Latin in the curriculum. They criticized current education values and urged making Latin attractive to students rather than criticizing the education system.
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Greensboro
Rome
Eye Clinics Screen Junior High Students Tomorrow
A county-wide program will screen vision of every junior high pupil tomorrow to prevent blindness before permanent impairment occurs. The effort highlights the value of sight and aims to improve happiness and earning power through early professional attention.
Random Thoughts From a Rambler's Notebook
A rambler reflects on damp rainy weather and the habit of finding topics to write about. The piece recalls childhood verse about misty mornings and an old man in leather who greets with repeated howdy. The tone urges cheerfulness and friendly feeling to lift spirits despite clouds.
Era of Good Feeling Recalls Roosevelts Friendly Call
The piece reflects on President Roosevelt urging unity with his term My Friends and notes a Baptist teacher likening churches to Methodists. It envisions an era of good feeling where citizens embrace multiple parties and shared national identity.
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Roosevelt
American Magazine
Name Talk and Road Safety Reflections
A writer riffs on names and fame before shifting to road safety. He cites varied names from a Bee Grove to a Duke era tease, then urges personal responsibility to curb speeding and drunken driving. He notes 33,675 U.S. auto deaths in 1928 and calls for stricter laws, better railroad crossings, and citizen squealers to improve public welfare.
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Frost
Freeze
M. T. Schank
Bee Grove
Ind
Stanley Butcher
Ashley
Lovett
Kisset
Kimball
Texas
D. D. Preacher
Angel
Lord
Milks- Thompson
Hawthorne
Nev
Crane-Bird
Hopkins
Coffee-Potts
Peebles
Ohio
Trinit College
Duke University
Dent
R. R. Grant
Railroad Grant
B.G. Allen
Bogay Allen
M. Y. Self
Cumberland County
Devotion
Despair
Depression
Vosh
Des
Presh
Hogg
Mr. Hogg
Ima Hogg
Eura Hogg
High Point
Gettysburg
Sam Hill
Re registration at reemployment office explained
Raleigh January 6 Capus M Waynick state director of reemployment outlines reasons for a statewide re registration of all unemployed with National Reemployment Service offices The aim is to identify active job seekers for accurate unemployment data and to classify unemployed by industry to guide future labor needs The plan also mirrors federal rules requiring regular re registration to keep active files and ensure continued eligibility for assistance
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U.S. Department of Labor
Waynick
National
CWA
PWA
U. S. Employment Service
Department of Labor
Upholsterers Union to Convene in Central Hall
A special meeting of Upholsterers Union No. 27 is set for Sunday at 2 30 PM in Central Labor Union hall at 127 1 2 North Wrenn Street. Members urged to attend as emergency matters of great importances to be discussed. A General Executive Board member will outline plans for the organization campaign in North Carolina and for addressing alleged furniture code violations.
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Central Labor Union Hall
North Wrenn Street
Upholsterers International Union
North Carolina
Barry, Gunn biographies praised in mixed reviews
A critic lauds Joseph Gunn’s Barry biography for its balanced, lucid portrayal of John Barry, founder of the U.S. Navy, detailing his Revolutionary War exploits and postwar naval advocacy. The review also covers George Middleton’s Hiss Boom Bashi as sharp satire on war profiteering and Tony Wons’s Scrap Book selections.
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John Bhere Aes
Joseph Gunn
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Encoe
Moore JO John Bay
Kenedy
New York
Gunn
Barry
George Middleton
Samuel Feench
Mr. Middleton
O. B. Krusell
Dragan
Jones
Wall Street
Middleton
Valerie Hathaway and The Prince Of Endrevast Readers Crews
Book notes review covers Valerie Hathaway by Claudius Gregory and The Prince of Endrevast by John Robinson Pleasants. It discusses removing the cloud by Charles C Etzweller and a round of new fiction and poetry in The January Issue of Frontier and Midland with Lightship Number 88 and other items.
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Claudius Gregory
Valerie Hathaway
Sears
New York
Mr. Gregory
Valerie
Carl
Felix Storm
Felix
John Robinson Pleasants
Europe
Endrevast
Meador
Boston
Eulalie
Sonn
Theopas
Christopher
Charles C. Etzweller
Etzweller
the Frontier and Midland
Bart Romig Fuller
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Big, Bad
Belle and the
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Rambler’s Note
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Rm Spree
Speers
Umi
By Betty and
John Mebane
Anthony Wons
Tony
Reilly & Lee
Chicago
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Tony Wons
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Thomas Carlyle
Wons
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Congress
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Josephine Her
Young
William Gropper
J Burck
Tom Moo
Ro Gesaner
M Monthly
Vcheslay Polonsky
Senday
Press Revolution
Moscow Museum of Arts
Arthur Garfield Hays
J. Muste
V. F. Calverton
M Gerky
Tain
Psychology of
Dr. A. . Brill
Floyd Dell
Mary A Thyra Sumter Winslow
T. H. Uzzell
J. George Iick
Daniel Sarg
Thomas More
Howard Stephenson
Pearl Buck
Lloyd Douglas
Hervey Allen
Anthony Adverse
Roeder
Somers Roche
Harper & Brothers
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Heinz Liepmann
Liepmann
Elmer
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