Capitol Square Politics And Unlikely Alliances
The piece examines how party lines and editorials shaped judicial and gubernatorial appointments. It notes conservative and liberal pressures, the involvement of editors, county power plays, and a 1941-42 precedent where geographic lines did not determine judicial posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
Broughton
Buncombe
Clarence E. Blackstock
A. Hall Johnston
Skyland
High Court Standards Remain Despite Political Appointments
The article notes politics influence judicial appointments in North Carolina yet maintains that the overall standard for judges remains high and should not be lowered by Wilkins P. Horton’s rise to the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Wilkins P. Horton
Escheats Committee Seeks To Stop Veterans Funds Payment
The escheats committee of Greater University trustees moves belatedly to halt about thirteen thousand dollars in interest payments to Spanish American War veterans. The funds stem from 1949 legislation and originated as interim pay from the federal government for 1898 inductees. By 1949 the total accrued interest climbed to 17,256.43 dollars, largely from unissued 1933 veteran payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater University Trustees
General Assembly
Repeal of 1933 Act Faces UNC Trustees Over Veterans Fund
The 1949 repeal bill sponsored by Rep. Eugene Bost and Sen. Frank Parker repealed the 1933 act, named the state treasurer as trustee for the fund, and authorized $1000 yearly for thirteen years to the North Carolina Department of Spanish War Veterans. UNC trustees protest, arguing the fund falls under general escheats law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Office
Eugene Bost
Cabarrus
Frank Parker
Buncombe
N. C. Department of Spanish War Veterans
U.N.C._ trustees’ committee
Unopposed Bill Discussed on Escheats and Veteran Relief
Legislation faced no opposition in the legislature while debated with the escheats committee. Veterans spokesmen argued the funds be used for their relief or at least accrue interest on the federal grant. A plan to let trustees invest the amount, with $1,000 annual payments, was adopted. The veterans insist the money should never escheat, and the treasurer notes they are bound by law.
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Escheats Committee
State Veterans Commission
Hodges
Local Man Kennedy Receives Army Driver Badge
Master Sergeant Grady A Kennedy, formerly of High Point, earns the Army motor vehicle driver badge at Boston base. It marks a second award in his 10 year career after accident free service in Europe postwar. He is the chief enlisted assistant in the ordnance section at the New England Military District headquarters. He and his wife Anna Marie Schmidt of Philadelphia live in Quincy Massachusetts.
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Grady A. Kennedy
High Point
Army
New England
Boston
Mass
Kennedy
Ordnance
Military District
Europe
Anna Marie Schmidt
Philadelphia
Palmer Street
Quincy
Henry Kennedy
York Rite Bodies to Meet Next Year in Asheville
Durham May 10 York rite bodies of the Masonic fraternity in North Carolina will hold their annual meeting in Asheville next year. The group closed a three day gathering and elected officers including George R. Bennette grand commander Joseph W. Shuford deputy grand commander D Ernest Bullock grand generalissimo and others. Ross E Shumake Raleigh was named illustrious grand master of the grand council.
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Durham
North Carolina
Asheville
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Knights of Templar
George R. Bennette
Greensboro
Joseph W. Shuford
Hickory
D. Ernest Bullock
Rocky Mount
Charles P. Eldridge Raleigh
Philip J. T. Rawlins
Henderson
Ross E. Shumake
Raleigh
Grand Council of
Royal
Luther T. Hartsell, Jr
Concord
Charles I. Gause
New Bern
Guard
C. B. Hosaflock
Waynesville
Realty Transfers In High Point Area Include Multiple Lot Deals
Real estate records show transfers from R. Bruce Wright to A. E. White on Bristol Street and from W. T. Efird Jr. to E. S. Spainhour on Roger and Harmon lands. Transfers list swaps among Cecil McKinnon Shelley Seawell Evans Dennis Cunningham and others across Eastview Oak Hill Forest Perry Addition and Wright Subdivision sites. City of High Point sells Clark and Lambeth lands to L. W. Apple and wife. D. S. Witcher moves property to D. C.
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R. Bruce Wright
A. E. White
Bristol Street
W. T. Efird, Jr
E. S. Spainhour
Roger
Harmon
A. B. Cecil
B. F. McKinnon
Eastview
Daisy Cecil
E. C. Montgomery
J. &E. Brawley
Fisher Street
Co. C. Johnson
A. H. Townsend
C. A. Shelley
Smart-Sox, Inc
Perry Addition
E. C. Seawell
C. P. Evans
Oak Hill Forest
W. A. Dennis
Felix Cunningham
Francis Street
W. Perry
S. H. Teriiase, Jr
Lexington Avenue
W. L. Wilson
V. R. Samuels
Asheboro Street
J. H. Venable
V. K. Samuels
R. Cross
W. S. Kemp
Wright Subdivision
Daniel Moran
L. W. Apple
Clark
Lambeth
High Point
Clark and
D. S. Witcher
D. C
State Grange Leaders In Session Today
North Carolina Grange officials met in Raleigh to discuss the federal farm program proposed by Secretary Brannan. The executive committee and commodity committees on tobacco, cotton, peanuts and truck crops, dairy, livestock, and poultry planned reports and policy work on social security extension for farm workers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Grange
Grange
Congress
Brannan
North Carolina Doctors Debate Health Plans at Convention
The North Carolina Medical Society studied its voluntary health insurance plan aimed at wage earners under two thousand dollars individually and three thousand for families. President Dr James F Robertson criticized the Truman administration plan as socialistic while Dr W K Hart warned it would erode patient doctor freedoms and degrade care. A sesqui Centennial banquet highlighted the three day convention ending tomorrow.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Medical Society
James F. Robertson
Wilmington
State Society
Truman
W. K. Hart
Charlotte
Congress
Local coin tender limits clarified for small transactions
The note states that nickels and pennies remain legal tender only up to 25 cents, while silver coins below the one dollar denomination are legal tender up to ten dollars. The wording emphasizes restrictions on small-value payments and coin types.
Beaver Fells Four-Inch Tree in About Four Minutes
A beaver can cut through a tree four inches in diameter in roughly four minutes, illustrating rapid damming behavior and efficient woodworking instinct observed in the species.
Girl Who Shot Father To Death Gains Acquittal
A 17 year old girl Florine Coleman Aiken was acquitted by a Greenville general sessions court jury of murdering her father Charlies L. Coleman. The state charged she killed him Dec 6 after he protested her dating Harold Aiken. The defense said the father weighed over 240 pounds and whipped her and her mother. The state presented her statement describing one shot inside the house and six more in the yard.
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Greenville
S. C
General Sessions Court
Florine Coleman Aiken
Charlies L. Coleman
Harold Aiken
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