North Carolina G A Passes 1173 Laws in 1925 Session
Raleigh March 12 Eleven hundred seventy three bills and 52 resolutions were passed in North Carolina's 1925 biennial session. The legislature shifted to a balanced budget system with executive budget authority, moved automobile tax collection to the revenue department, expanded state supervision of commercial motor transportation, and set up a Davenport bill for special judges to ease crowded dockets. A public school system probe, wage reviews for state employees, and tighter state fund control were enacted, with the prison placed under state supervision and state funds deposited with the state treasurer.
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Sun Yat-sen Dies in Peking After Long Struggle
Dr Sun Yat-sen, revered as father of the Chinese republic and former provisional president, died in Peking after surgeons warned his condition was hopeless following January surgery. Born in Honolulu in 1862, he spent a lifetime championing a Chinese republic and enduring political peril.
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Senate Hazes Dawes Over Absence In Nomination Fight
Washington March 12 Vice President Dawes endured another hazing in the Senate for missing Tuesday's crucial vote on Warren's nomination. Senator Norris read a parody poem about a taxicab speeding to the Capitol to save the nomination while Dawes sat smiling. Senator Neeley joined with an editorial on absenteeism.
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Pardon Commissioner to Ease Governor McLean's Work
Raleigh March 15 Governor McLean proposed a pardon commissioner to reduce the governor's heavy load from clemency cases. The measure would place supervision over pardons paroles and reprieves, with final decision by the governor. Assembly members debated its value while planning a constitutional amendment for a pardon board.
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Barking of Dog Costs One Life One Wounded
In Goldsboro North Carolina on Sunday night Dock Hill shot twice after his dog barked at two visiting men Sam Barbeur of Clayton township was killed by a breast shot and Hyman Dodd of the same area was wounded in the thigh Hill surrendered to the police shortly after the shooting.
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Warren nomination rejected by Senate in 46 to 39 vote
President Coolidge faces uncertain path after Charles B. Warren’s second Senate rejection as the chamber weighs a recess appointment. The vote followed four hours of debate amid gallery demonstrations and a tense roll call led by Senator Curtis as leaders weigh next moves and possible new nominees.
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Nobody Wants Job of North Carolina Executioner
Raleigh March 14 One state job created vacant because nobody wants it. There has not been a single application filed for the place of executioner at the state prison. Superintendent Pou stated there was no law passed to compel anyone to take it. The board will meet Monday to name a superintendent, chief clerk and a warden, with governor's choices in previous posts unraised.
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Steamer Carrying Jews Leaves for Palestine
The steamship President Arthur departed New York for Palestine carrying 200 Zionists to attend the April 1 dedication of Jerusalem’s first Hebrew university. Crowds cheered, police lined the pier after a two hour delay, and the ship flew both the Stars and Stripes and a Zionist banner. passengers include Philip Wattenberg and Edward Kaplan.
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Judge B F Long Dead in Statesville
Statesville March 14 Judge B F Long a leading North Carolina Superior court jurist died at his home from a paralytic stroke suffered hours earlier He was nearly 72 born March 19 1853 in Graham Alamance county Long began law practice in 1878 later serving as solicitor for the district and was a Superior court judge from 1903 for 22 years noted for his high order as a trial judge and never missing a court due to sickness
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Graveyard liquor cache valued at thirty thousand dollars
In Charleston a graveyard cache of 4 276 quarts of champagne and imported whiskies was found by state and federal prohibition officers. The hidden liquor, packed in burlap bags, was ready for distribution and no claimant appeared. Officials suspect the graveyard served as a contact point between liquor ships and land agents.
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