State Board completes apportionment of 1927 school fund
Raleigh June 17 The State Board of Equalization finished distributing the 3,250,000 school fund increased by the 1927 General Assembly. A. M. L. Graham and B. B. Dougherty were named to compile results and inform counties. Counties will see varied increases based on valuation, affecting local tax rates and budgets for the new fiscal year.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
General Assembly
A. M.L. Graham
B. B. Dougherty
Western
Piedmont
Central
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Ancon
Ashe
Avery
Bladen
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Cherokee
Clay
Cumberland
Davidson
Graham
Haywood
Iredell
Jackson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Union
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
Mount Airy to Lay Sidewalks on Rawley Street 1927
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners orders concrete sidewalks on Rawley Street from Willow to Maple. Owners must lay sidewalks within ten days or the town will proceed and levy costs against frontage as provided by law. The order is dated June 7, 1927, and attested by the town clerk treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Rawley Street
Willow Street
Maple Street
Town of
Mount Airy
Mount
Over 27 Million Automobiles In Operation Worldwide
The commerce department reports a world census of vehicles on January 1, 1927. Global total 27,650,267 autos trucks and buses, up 4,176,638 since 1926. U S accounts for 22,197,434 of the total, about 80 percent. UK 1,028,652. France 891,000. Canada 826,918. Other leading nations include Australia 365,615 Germany 419,000 Argentina 222,610 Italy 138,177 Spain 125,000 and New Zealand 124,224.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Australia
Germany
Argentina
Italy
Spain
New Zealand
Around the Corner Vanished Friend Poem Note
A reflective poem on aging and lost connections in a great city. The speaker recalls ringing a friend's bell, now distant, as days turn to weeks and years. A telegram reveals Jim died today, illustrating the fragility of friendships and the cost of delay.
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Jim
Forty Gallon Whiskey Seizure Ties Two Young Women
In Statesville on June 16, Billie Earnhardt 21 and Chartie Earnhardt 19 were arrested after officers found eight five gallon cans of liquor in the back of a Ford roadster. They were released at six this afternoon on cash bonds of three hundred to appear at recorder's court next Monday.
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Statesville
Rowan County
Recorder’s Court
Billie Earnhardt
B. C. Earnhardt
Salisbury
Brinkley Ferry Road
Chartie Earnhardt
Wilkes
New Owners Take Over Charlotte Speedway Property
Charlotte speedway, built three years ago at a cost of 300000 dollars, became the property of J. W. Armstrong and Alfred W. Brown after upset bids of 21500 dollars drew no contestants. The buyers hold the 160 acre site and the wooden bowl and have not revealed plans.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Speedway
J. W. Armstrong
Alfred W. Brown
Second Trial of Woman Murder Near Asheville
Mrs Mildred Mitchell faces a second trial for the murder of Mrs Sue E Clay after a jury could not agree in the prior session. The court adjourned with a six to six deadlock, and the defense says Clay jumped from the Greensboro man W N Muirs car while Mitchell claims she did not strike her during a quarrel over Muir.
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Asheville
Mildred Mitchell
Sue E. Clay
Mitchell
Mrs. Clay
W. N. Muir
Greensboro
Clay
Muir
Looming Canning Season Signals Early Contract Notices
Early sign of contract actions hints at forthcoming canning season. Local officials anticipate unsigned agreements as harvests near and markets prepare for steady processing demand.
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Piedmont Counties
Ualirtes
W. S. Wolfe Drug CO
Roach
N. C. Speedway
Matoes
Sokee Betis
Mount Airy, N. C
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