Redistricting Bill Stalls Over County Allocations
Raleigh March 4 The measure to create four new judicial districts faces major hurdles as house and senate committees near agreement. Disputes over which counties join the new districts threaten passage alongside the redistricting bill. If not enacted the emergency judges act expired, leaving the superior courts without relief. Over 150 applications have been received by the governor for new judgeships.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
Senate
R. O. Everett
Durham
Wonderful assortment of children coats offers
A vivid catalog description highlights sport and dress coats for children in velour, mixtures, and plaids. All coats are fully lined with summer fur collars, well tailored, and offered at unusually low initial-season prices to attract customers.
Large sum approved for six building permits
Six permits totaling 45 050 were issued by city building inspector A B Horney after noon and this morning. The largest single permit is 18 000 for a two story 10 room brick dwelling at Louise and Johnson for John Peacock. Other permits include 15 000 for High Point hospital additions, 6000 for a North Main street merchantise building, 1750 for a Willowbrook wooden dwelling, 3500 for a West Green street stucco dwelling, and 200 for a Fisher street wooden garage.
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A. B. Horney
Louise and
Johnson Streets
John Peacock
High Point Hospital
Boulevard
Kiriakides and Caves
North Main Street
M. P. Vail
Willowbrook
D. A. Dowdy
West Green Street
Ben DeRond
Fisher Street
Guilford College Annual Oratorical Contest Set
The Websterian Literary Society of Guilford College will hold its annual oratorical contest in Memorial Hall on Saturday evening March 5. Four speakers vie for the beautiful orator's medal awarded to the first prize winner. The contestants are Paul Swanson of Wilkesboro Paul Christos Jassimides of New York Wilson Steele of Kelton Pa and Gurney Collins of Goldsboro.
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Guilford College
Websterian Literary Society
Memorial Hall
Websterian
Paul Swanson
Wilkesboro
Paul Christos Jassimides
New York
Wilson Steele
Kelton
Gurney Collins
Coldsboro
Dorchester Board of Trade Banquet Photo Crash
Dorchester Massachusetts March 3:<p>Photographer Harry Brock urged the board of trade to stand steady for a banquet photo. As he positioned himself on a scaffold he warned the group not to move, then collapsed with his camera and the pedestal, causing a dramatic fall.
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Dorchester
Mass
Harry Brock
Dorchester Board of Trade
No Stables Here in Atlantic City Horse Seizure
The city seized a team of horses to satisfy a $97 judgment against Jerry Wood but had to return them since there was no stable to house them. Fifteen years ago the city boasted 50 livery stables.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jerry Wood
Hog Day at Blackland Farm Experiment Station
Raleigh March 4 AP Hog Day will be observed March 10 at Blackland farm experiment station near Wenona. The event opens a series of agricultural meetings at North Carolina experiment stations with talks on swine research and feeding demonstrations and cooperative hog marketing plans.
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Raleigh
Blackland Farm
Wenona
N. C
J. L. Rea, Jr
State Division of Markets
Fred P. Latham
Belhave
C. B. Farris
Craven County
North Carolina
New 60 Foot Lookout Tower Planned in Cumberland County
Raleigh March 4 AP A 60 foot lookout tower to combat forest fires will be built in Cumberland County near Palestine Church on highway 21 serving Cumberland Johnston Sampson Harvett and Hoke counties. The state reports January fires jumped 200 percent over December while total January losses reached 27869 dollars with most blazes in the eastern region caused by brush burning campers and hunters and a rise in careless fire setting.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Cumberland County
W. M. McCormack
Mt. Mitchel
Hoke County
Palestine Church
Fayetteville
Cumberland
Johnston
Sampson
Harvett
Hoke
Department of Conservation and Development
Tar Heel
City of St. Louis Reports No Danger After Atlantic Gale
The steamer City of St. Louis, battered by a coast gale off Hatteras shoals, is not in danger, per Savannah line captain L B Borum. At 8 am the ship reported 50 miles northeast of Hatteras, all well, with minor damage to fittings and some bedding and carpets wet.
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New York
Mar
City of St. Louis
Hatteras Shoals
Savannah
L. B. Borum
Pel
Hatteras
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