Budget Maintains Bill Sets Salary Cuts Across State
Raleigh January 15 The budget maintenance bill introduces a 10 percent salary reduction for state officials and general assembly members as the main hurdle for passage. It outlines the general fund at about 17 million yearly, highway funds at over 21 million, and agriculture at 382 834 yearly, with tax levy implications for counties and towns.
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J. C. Baskerwill
Raleigh
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
C. Max Gardner
General Assembly
General Fund
University of North Carolina
State College
State Highway Commission
Department of Agriculture
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
First Locomotive in America: the Best Friend of Charleston
On January 15, 1881 the Best Friend, America’s first locomotive, appeared on the Baltimore and Ohio line. Designed by Adam Hall and built at West Point foundry New York City, it featured a vertical tubular boiler and wheels between boiler and cylinders. A second engine, the De Witt Clinton, built in 1831, mirrored the design with improvements and ran on the Mohawk and Hudson line.
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America
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Best Friend
Adam Hall
West Point Foundry
New York City
de Witt Clinton
Boy Reclaims Gullies With Locust Seedlings
Ralph Suggs a 16 year old 4 H club boy on his father’s farm planted 400 black locust seedlings last spring and 385 survived a check shows. Extension agent R W Graeber notes locusts will hold soil and promote grass growth while fixing nitrogen like clover and alfalfa.
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Gastonia
Ralph Suggs
R. W. Graeber
The
State College
Graeber
Tiny Twins Sue Grandpa For 150000 In Chicago Suit
Nine month old Patsy and June Woyton sue their grandfather Stanley Woyton the Chicago contractor for 150000 alleging he induced their father to abandon them and their mother the suit filed through their mother Mrs Max Woyton who is pictured with the twins.
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Stanley Woyton
Chicago
Patsy
June Woyton
Max Woyton
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National Biscuit Company
Uneete Bakers
Baltimore
Homewood
J. H. Brown
Arlington Avenue
North State Telephone Co
Idate
Boy
NEA
High Point
N. C
S. Main Street
Kester Furniture Co
Buster Brown
I, Miller and Matrix
South Main Street
Buster
Brownbilt
Quality Shoe Store
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