Research on North Carolina roads aims for efficient county systems
North Carolina State College engineers report on county road laws organization and maintenance specifics. They urge a centralized county highway unit, prioritize keeping roads passable, and favor financing new builds with bonds only if maintenance is assured by annual taxes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College Engineering Experiment Station
State Highway Commission
Harry Tucker
James Fontaine
L. D. Bell
North Carolina
Tucker
County Board of Commissioners
Highway Commission
Merchants to Discuss Buy at Home Drive Tomorrow
High Point Merchants Association to meet tomorrow at 8 in the secretary’s office Wachovia Bank building. Secretary J R Reitzel says members will consider launching cooperative advertisements for a Buy at Home campaign and review monthly business dispatch items.
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High Point Merchants’ Association
Wachovia Bank
J. R. Reitzel
Lenoir Rhyne College Opens Fall Term
Hickory news reports Lenoir Rhyne college begins fall term with freshman registration. Formal opening on Wednesday. New ancient languages chair filled by Prof. L F Mackemann formerly of College of Charleston. Ground breaking planned next week for a dining hall and kitchen.
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Hickory
Lenoir-Rhyne College
L. F. Mackemann
College of Charleston
Charleston
S. C
State aid for North Carolina college students
Executive Secretary R. B. House outlines the cost of sending a student to UNC at about 550 dollars a year, notes available tuition exemptions for ministers and scholarships funded by endowments, and praises self help programs that help students pay for college while urging families to plan and save for higher education.
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R. B. House
U. of N
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Carolina
Cotton opens easy as liquidation hits New York market
The New York cotton market opened lower by 8 to 11 points and fell sharply on renewed heavy selling. Bearish sentiment followed a favorable weather map and weak Liverpool cables. By the first hour, December traded near 22.09 and March around 22.30, down about 60 to 82 points from Saturday's close.
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New York
Liverpool Cables
New Orleans Cotton Market Dips Then Rebounds on Dry Belt
New Orleans on September 12 reports dry weather in the belt and failed Atlantic storms easing pressure on cotton. October futures fall to 21.77, December 22.05, March 22.26, then recover 30 to 33 points as bargain buying and covering emerge. End of first hour shows nervous trading with a December low of 240 points below Thursday’s government report peak.
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New Orleans
Atlantic Storma
Bargain Salesman Finally Seals the Deal
An Aberdonian seals a bargain after a three hour sales pitch in a car sale scene. The salesman taunts with a clutch line and the buyer agrees, noting the value of getting something for nothing.
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Aberdonian
State Supreme Court docket includes 34 cases this week
Thirty four appeals and civil actions are set for argument in the North Carolina Supreme Court this week from the third and fourth judicial districts. Highlights include an appeal challenging a 1927 bad check law as unconstitutional and disputes over bank capiases and other criminal and civil actions with multiple parties named from Halifax and Vance counties.
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A. B
O. M. Slichter
Bank of Hollister
Dunn
Mudgette
John Winston
Halifax County
Winston
Parker
Lillie Mae
Hilda Lamb
Vance County
Norlina
M. L. Gibson
Raleigh
Pridgen
Gibson
State
McFarland
Schuichter
Lamb
Anderson
Yarboro
Supply Co
Davis
Hoggard
A. C. L. Hunt
Cooper Pridgen
C. Power Co
Taylor
V.C. Power Co
Pliff
Clark
McLean
Bank
Thomas
Bus Line
Reeves
Marks
Outlaw
Cooper
Kelly
Wilkins-Ricks
Mitchell
Heckstall
Smith
Highway Commissioners
Johnson
Pittman
Womble
Epworth League Meet Plans Policy Tonight
Members of the Epworth League at Wesley Memorial church meet at 8 in the religious education building. Raymond A. Smith directs youth activities and will lead. A proposed policy for next year will be reviewed and approved after members present their drafted plans.
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Epworth League
Wesley Memorial Church
Raymond A. Smith
Smith
Motorist Claims Speed Irregularities in Court Hearing
A motorist protests that he was not speeding, stating he was not doing forty miles per hour. The magistrate retorts that he will be in trouble if he backs into something, signaling a cautionary hearing in a Tid-Bits style excerpt.
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James J. Corbett
Faversham
Strauss Peyton
William Faversham
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Ts Tran
Almatia Bennett
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Charles W. Bradley
House
OCKET
Grady
Bank of Vance
Crowder
Josey Co
Yarborough
Barnes
Wade
Lane
Mizell
Bazemore
Gaskins
Edgerton
C. A. Crutchfield
Penny Bidg
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