Great deposits of valuable clay found in North Carolina
Raleigh Sept 19 AP reports large untapped clay reserves in Moore and Chatham counties and a Buncombe deposit near Asheville with potential for refractories. Research by State College outlines fusion points, waste material, and prospects for an NC refractories industry leveraging local talc-like prophillite and buff grey clays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Moore
Chatham
Buncombe
Pro‘fessor
A. F. Greaves-Walker
Department of Ceramic Engineering
State College
Engineering Xperiiment Station
Tal H. Stafford
Chaitham
North Carolina
Stafford
Greaves-Walker
Moore Counties
Chatham and
E. E. Randolph
Department of Chemical Ensineerion
Engineering Experiment Station
Department of Conservation and Development
Buncombe County
Asheville
Southern Railway
South
March Leads in Carolina Personal Crisis Reports
Raleigh reports show March 1924 led North Carolina in personal crisis reports with 13 cases, followed by May with 12 and June with 11. The year total reached 108, including 94 whites, 13 Negroes, and one Indian. Firearms were used in 65 of the suicides, with 32 cases in urban areas and 76 in rural areas not matching city-rural ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Printers May Accept State's Counter Offer
State printing committee proposed a 2 percent reduction from Edwards and Broughton’s bid with the work split 50 percent to Edwards and Broughton and 10 percent to four Raleigh firms and 10 percent to the Charlotte Observer. The appropriation is $142,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Printing Committee
Frank D. Grist
Labor and Printing
Edwards and Broughton Company of
Edwards and Broughton Company
Capital Printing Company
Commercial Printing Company
Bynum Printing and
Mitchell Printing Company
Observer Printing Company
Charlotte
State printing bids seen as tentative low offers
It appears the state received low bids for printing services that seem tentative rather than final. The remarks suggest bidders may have offered prices below true costs or for preliminary work, signaling potential revisions or re-bid.
Certificates of incorporation issued in North Carolina
Certificates issued today include King Cotton Hotel Company Greensboro with 800000 capital and five common shares with J H E Latham J A Kell enberger C C Hudson E B Jeffreys and Charles A Hines as subscribers Better Homes Furnishing Company Hickory with 100000 capital and 11600 subscribed by J E Kester G Kester O V Kester W R Kester and Charles L Amos High Point Asheville Automotive Trade Association Inc Asheville non stock incorporators Eugene C Sawyer J A Richbourg Oscar D Brown C Bruce Webb and James H Caine all of Asheville The Democrat-Review Inc Benson with 100000 authorized stock and 700 subscribed by J B Benton C C Canaday and George Ross of Raleigh and Benson and Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naleigh
King Cotton Hotel Company
Greensboro
J. HE. Latham
John A. Kellenberger
C. C. Hudson
E. B. Jeffreys
Charles A. Hines
J. BE. Latham Company
Powers
Hickory
J. E. Kester
Kester
O. V. Kester
W. R. Kester
Charles L
Amos
High Point
Asheville Automotive Trade Association, Inc
Asheville
Eugene C. Sawyer
J. A. Richbourg
Oscar D. Brown
C. Bruce Webb
James H. Caine
The
Democrat-Review, Inc
Benson
J. B. Benton
C. C. Canaday
George Ross
Raleigh
Two Prisoners Escape Then Recaptured Near Chester
DALEIGH Sept 19 AP Two state prisoners escaped earlier and one, E. D. Johnson of Alamance county who fled June 25 on a five year bigamy sentence, has been recaptured and is in custody in Chester Pennsylvania. The report notes the other prisoner remained at large as of the release time.
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Daleigh
E. D. Johnson
Alamance County
State Prison Today
Chester
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Bpnacoave
Rye
Morris Plan Loan
High Point Morris Plan Bank
Washington St
Hudson
ESSEX
Cavent
Hudson Brougham
Motor Service CO
East Commerce St
Carolina
Charles “Amos
Hickory Outfit
Better’ Homes Company
Bat. Cave
N.C
Tom Powell
Odell Esk
Florida
Sunshine
Consolidated Realty Co
West Palm Beach, Florida
Consolidated Realty Company
West Palm Beach
Welborn’s
Welborn Furniture Co
South Main Street
High Point, N.C
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