First North Carolina Governor Rise From People Vote
The article notes that among the first 21 governors, nine were appointed by the king or lord proprietors, while Richard Caswell of Lenoir County became the first to ascend to office by the voice of the people, marking a shift in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Lord Proprietors
England
Richard Caswell
Lenoir County
Voice of
O. Max Gardner
Zeb Vance
W. W. Holden
United States
Caswell
General Assembly
Scotland
Ireland
E. B. Dudley
New Hanover County
Gaston
Supreme Court
Old North
J. M. Morehead
Guilford
Graham
Orange
Manley
Wake
Reid
Rockingham
Winslow
Cumberland
Bragg
Northampton
Ellis
Rowan
Clarke
Edgecombe
Zebulon Baird Vance
Buncombe
Sherman
Greensboro
United States Senate
Vance
Holden
Jonathan Worth
Randolph
Worths
Asheboro
Raleigh
Durham
Wilmington
Hal M. Worth
Worth
North Carolina Governors through the Mansion Years
Harriette Hammer Walker surveys NC governors from Lords Proprietors to the Gardner era, noting origins, terms, key figures like Caswell Vance and Aycock, evolution of elections, property and Protestant requirements, and the ongoing question of the next inhabitant of the Mansion in Raleigh.
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Worth
McAlister
D. L. Russell
Russell
North Carolina
South
Charles B. Aycock
Wayne County
Aycock
Charles D. Meiver
Greensboro
Edwin A. Alderman
Alabama Educational Association
Birmingham
Robert B. Glenn
Glenn
International Greater Waterways Commission
Canada
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
William W. Kitchin
Halifax
Person County
Locke Craig
Bertie
Buncombe
Thomas W. Bickett
Monroe
Franklin County
Bickett
Greatheart
Raeigh
Raleigh
Louisburg
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Good Roads
Richmond County
United States Senate
Lees. Overman
Salisbury
Angus Wilton McLean
Robeson County
McLean
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Duke Organ Ready for Finals at Duke University
Final touches on the installation of the 58 ton Aeolian-Skinner organ in Duke University’s new chapel prepare for the eightieth commencement beginning June 5. A June 6 recital by organist Lawrence Clark Apgar and a 50 bell carillon by Anton Brees will be featured.
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Duke University
William Preston Few
Duke
Joseph Fort Newton
Philadelphia
United States
Lawrence Clarke Apgar
Durham
N. C
Lawrence Clark Apgar
Anton Brees
Lake Wales
Fla
America
Princeton University Chapel
Aeolian-Skinner Company
New York
Luxurious Dog Hotel Rising Near Mentone France
A new mountain hotel for dogs is being built near Mentone France to serve visiting English dog owners forced to leave pets due to quarantine rules. Promoters tout modern kennels and the health benefits of clean mountain air for canine guests.
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England
Mentone
France
Large Scout Camp registrations rise for 1932 season
Registration for the 1932 summer scout camp at Camp Uwharrie begins June 24 and shows a larger percentage of registrations than 1931. The camp plans extended health supervision, more trips, and costly improvements with James F. Asbury directing the nature program. Weekend use is restricted starting June 1 and visitors days are Wednesdays and Sundays.
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Camp Uwharrie
Tme
B W. Hackney, Jr
School Safety League
James F. Asbury
Africa native to preach at Cherry Street Church Mission Sunday
The Cherry Street Presbyterian church holds Missionary Sunday with a morning sermon by Rev. I. D. T. Osabutey of Johnson C. Smith University. Osabutey, a Gold Coast native from Accra, completes his theology studies with Cum Laude and plans to return home. At 8 pm the Women’s Missionary Society presents a special program.
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Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
I. D. T. Osabutey
Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte
Osabutey
Africa
Accra
Gold Coast
West Africa
Johnson €. Smith University
School of Theology
Cum Maude
Woman's Missionary Society of the Church
Patent Grants Pin Insertion Device For Sleeper
A peculiar patent from England covers a machine that inserts a pin into a sleeper the moment he proceeds to ignore. The invention draws curiosity for its blunt enforcement concept reflecting early 20th century industrial imagination.
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England
27 Men Face Murder Charges in Evarts Shooting
Harlan Kentucky opens a ten week circuit term to hear 27 men charged with three counts each for the May 5 1931 slayings of deputy sheriffs Jim Daniels Ott I and Howard Jones in the Battle of Evarts. Jury pools may be drawn from another county if needed. Defendants include William Turnblaze district organizer for the United Mine Workers of America and Evarts figures Asa Cusick Evarts police chief.
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Harlan, Ky
Evarts
Harlan Circuit Court
Jim Daniels
Ott I
Howard Jones
Thomas B. McGregor
William Turnblaze
Jellisco, Tenn
United Mine Workers of America
Cawood
Asa Cusick
Evarta
Aircraft Crashes Strike Buildings at Le Bourget Aerodrome
Reports describe two military planes colliding and crashing into buildings at Le Bourget near Paris. A week later another warplane, torn by a strong wind, struck a hangar and nearly hit a streetcar terminus before skidding onto the line.
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le Bourget
Paris
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Lords Proprietors
Crown
Ralph Lane
Walter Raleigh
Virginia
Francis Drake
Lane
Deputy Fitzgerald
John White
Thomas Hariot
New Found Land
Hall of History
Governor White
Roanoke
Governor Lane
White
Virginia Dare
All Carolina
Char
U. S
U. S. Guard
U.S
ROYAL
Gate City Motor Company
United States Tires
High Point, N
Chrysler
Packard
Duke Chapel
Duke Organ
Apgar
Colored Church
Vianes
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
John W. Clinard
H. Ellis
North Main St
D. R.R
High Point
Thomasville
Denton Railroad
Globe
Ality
North State Telephone Co
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