Weed Price Decline Strains North Carolina Farmers
North Carolina farm income will drop by about 100 million dollars this year due to tobacco price declines. At a Goldsboro conference Thomas J. Pearsall urged cotton planting, livestock and dairying, and hog raising to offset losses. Wayne County leaders plan year round farming meetings in November to alert farmers to Eastern North Carolina agricultural pressures.
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Mount Olive
Wayne County
Pearsall
Department of Agriculture
Liquor Battle Prepares Ruling on City Stores
Franklin county seeks to test if laws allowing municipal ABC stores in Louisburg and Franklinton violate the constitution. Judge Nimocks heard a day-long case opposing the city run shops as public nuisances. The 1947 legislature approved municipal ABC operations after voter approval.
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Q. K. Nimocks
Franklin County
ABC
Franklinton
Nimocks
Dty
Franklin
Indians Make Merry at Cherokee Fair
Cherokee hosts a five day fair opening with scores of Cherokee reservation Indians arriving by foot horseback and vehicle. Exhibits include garden products pottery baskets poultry and other Indian made wares inviting visitors to browse and buy.
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Cherokee Reservation
New Leaders Lead ECTC Into 1947 48 Session
East Carolina Teachers College opened its 1947 48 term with three new officers Dr John Decatur Messick as president Dr Leo W Jenkins as dean of instruction and Dr J K Long as registrar and director of admission Messick succeeds Bern ie H Cooke who moves to UNCs Woman's College in Greensboro Messick previously led Elon College and taught at Montclair New Jersey State Teachers College with degrees from UNC Columbia NYU and a long career as educator and author.
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East Carolina Teachers College
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Leo W. Jenkins
J. K. Long
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Bernie H. Cooke
Department of Education
Woman's College
University of North Carolina
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Scott Will Address Meeting of Farmers and Cotton Men
W Kerr Scott North Carolina agriculture commissioner accepted invitation to speak at the joint meeting of the North Carolina Cotton Growers and Farmers Exchange in Raleigh on September 30. More than 5 000 delegates expected from across the state. L Y Ballentine Harry B Caldwell and M G Mann noted as speakers. After the session a barbecue and horseshoe tournament are planned. Board elections for the Cotton Growers and FCX were announced with nominees listed.
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W. Kerr Scott
North Carolina
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Mann
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Harry B. Caldwell
Grange
M. G. Mann
Memorial Auditorium
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Martin Street
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Raeford
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Kenly
Charles H. Smith
Scotland Neck
Cotton Growers Board
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Macclesfield
Lambert Lewis
Pembroke
Fred Cochrane
Route 10
Charlotte
FCX
State Patrol Record Shows Busy August Across North State
A composite report from the motor vehicles bureau details August patrol activity with 735 474 miles traveled and 70 010 hours on duty. Patrolmen made 4 937 arrests 4 541 citations 690 accidents and inspected 43 958 vehicles and 50 566 licenses. The average force was 210 officers with each man covering over 3 500 miles and on duty 11 hours daily.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Bureau
First Woman Juror Chosen By Judge
Elizabeth City September session of the U S district court opened with Judge Don Gilliam presiding and a grand jury that included Rosa Pritchett of Columbia, marking the first time a woman juror sat on the panel.
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Don Gilliam
Tarboro
U. S. District Court
Rosa Pritchett
Columbia
Old Belt Weed Income to Be About Same
Raleigh reports the 1947 opening of 19 flue cured tobacco markets in NC and VA with a crop near 334,900,983 pounds though value rises on quality. Markets run 3.5 hours this week, expanding to four and then five hours by mid October. Middle belt gains $1-$3, with prices steady to firm on the eastern belt and weaker on border areas.
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Raleigh
North Carolina-Virginia
Middle Belt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Church Hearing Set For Durham On College Injunction
A hearing was scheduled in Durham on a request by three AME Zion Church members for a permanent injunction to restrain Kittrell College in Vance County near Henderson from mortgaging the school. Plaintiffs are Dr. J. N. Mills G. W. Cox and E. R. Mitchell. The hearing has been postponed twice at the plaintiffs' request.
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Negro African Methodist Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Kittrell College
Vance County
Henderson
J. N. Mills
G. W. Cox
E. R. Mitchell
Woman dies in abortion case details aired in court
Clarence W. Seagle testified he met Mrs. Anderson in Charlotte and had relations with her. He described reservations at an Elkin hotel made under an assumed name and said the woman died after receiving pills from Dr. Choate. Seagle said he helped dispose of evidence as medical staff were sought.
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Southern Railway
Charlotte
Seagle
Elkin
Sparta
Dr. Choate
Safety rule violations blamed for coal mine deaths
The text notes that safety ignored views forbidding smoking and carrying matches in British coal mines caused 47 deaths in one year. It also asserts that there are no serpents in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Ocracoke Base Transferred to UNC For Marine Fisheries Study
The War Assets Administration has transferred the Ocracoke island amphibious training base to the Greater University of North Carolina at nominal cost. It will serve as a marine fisheries research institute with a search and graduate training program linked to North Carolina State facilities at Morehead City and Beaufort, about 65 miles south.
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War Assets Administration
University of North Carolina
Ocracoke Island
Yale
Ocracoke
Morehead City
Beaufort Center
Island
Wachovia Offers Broad Loan Range for Farming Needs
Paying by check remains convenient for bills, store buys, or mail orders. Wachovia provides a complete range of farming loans for readers seeking mortgage-like financing or working capital.
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Wachovia
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