North State Loan Trouble Sparks Senate Bill Debate
Officials in Raleigh discuss a Congress bill to force repayment of a 1836 surplus loan to North Carolina. The state allegedly spent the funds on banks and railroads with few assets left after the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Raleigh
Special
Congress
United States
Treasury
Jackson
North Carolina
East Carolina
National Treasury
Old
Cape Fear Bank
Wilmington and Weldon
Work on New Electric Line Progresses
Grading for the Burgraham Interurban line connecting Burlington Graham and Haw River advances. The project will create a triple city area with about 15 000 to 20 000 residents.
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Burlington
Burgraham Interurban Company
Graham
Haw River
Farmer Ends Life in Barn Near Fairmont
A. Ammons, who lived near Fairmont in Special-C, died by suicide Friday night at a barn near his home. He shot himself in the head with a shotgun and his body was found Saturday morning. Authorities describe the gun’s muzzle at the chin and trigger pulled with his toes. The wound tore his left ear and exited on the left side of the head.
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Self
Fairmont
C. A. Ammons
Frank Faulk
Fugitives Recaptured in Raleigh by Special Deputy
Special Deputy Sheriff John Wilkins brought two escaped convicts from Cleveland County to Raleigh on Monday to be recommitted to the penitentiary. Will Limrick, a white man, serving one year for larceny, recaptured on a stolen horse, faces fifteen months added. Charles Williams, colored, will resume a ten year burglary sentence.
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Raleigh
John Wilkins
Cleveland County
Will Limrick
Will
Charles Williams
Locomotive Fire Strikes Raeford on Aberdeen and Rockfish
The Aberdeen and Rockfish line locomotive near Raeford sparked a large flame from its tender as fire spread through wood. The engineer and fireman abandoned rail to escape the blaze, the engine escaping control and racing along the tracks until it cooled past Raeford.
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Fayetteville
Special
Raeford
Aberdeen and
Rockfish
Rocky Mount Post Office Sees Net Gain in Receipts
Rocky Mount post office reports for the fiscal year ending March 31 a net gain of 896 in receipts over last year. Total receipts reached 18 396.86, driven by money orders which have about doubled compared with 07 and 08. Whiskey orders contributed to the rise in the money order department.
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Rocky Mount
Washington
Wadesboro to Begin Work on New Passenger Depot
President Garrett of the Seaboard Railway informs Special Mayor Brock that construction on Wadesboro’s new passenger depot will start in about three weeks. The town has awaited action since July 1907.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Wadesboro
Brock
Garrett
The
Seaboard Railway
Receipts From Insurance Department Reported for March
Special State Commissioner of Insurance Young paid into the State Treasury on Tuesday. Ten receipts from the department for March total $14,198.10. The fiscal year runs from April with total collections at $234,482.63, a gain of $10,000 over prior years.
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Insurance Department
Raleigh
Special State Commissioner of Insurance
Young
State Treasury
Department
New Staff For Penitentiary in Raleigh
The state prison board elected J. J. Laughlinghouse of Pitt County as superintendent replacing J. S. Mann. T. W. Fenner of Halifax becomes clerk, T. P. Sales of Raleigh as warden, and Dr. I. G. Riddick of Youngsville as physician, succeeding J. R. Rogers. Both boards met for a formal transfer.
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Raleigh
Kitchin
J. J. Laughlinghouse
Pitt County
J. S. Mann
T. W. Fenner
Halifax
T. M. Arrington
T. P. Sales
J. M. Fleming
I. G. Riddick
Youngsville
New Court Opens in Salisbury With Judge Miller on Bench
Salisbury's new Rowan county court opened Monday under Justice B B Miller with Kerr Craig for the State. A large crowd attended including local lawyers. In the first session Judge Miller disposed of five cases.
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Salisbury
B. B. Miller
Kerr Craig
Rowan County
Miller
Tennessee widow eyed for Columbia postmaster
Washington notes report Republican reps Brownlow and Austin backing widow of late Senator Carmack for Columbia Tennessee postmaster. Taft hears protests on tariffs on gloves hosiery pineapples lemons with critics warning higher duty burdens common people. Senate tariff bill reports with reservations on hides steel etc. Easter egg roll lifts White House mood as Gompers plans AFL talk. Summer capital moves from New York to Massachusetts with Taft to select a New England cottage. Payne seeks free list for petroleum products amid Norris amendment questions.
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Washington
Omative
Brownlow
Austin
Tennessee
Carmack
Columbia
Taft
Travis
John McCormick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kenneth Earnhardt
Chicago
Francis Simmons
Edward D. Winslow
Treasury MacVeagh
State Department
Paris
Castro
Venezulea
Fort de France
Martinique
Europe
J. H. Shelton & Son
Washington, D. C
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John Bridge
National Capital
Senate
Committee On Finance
White House
Samuel Gompers
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
New York
Massachusetts
Beverly
Manchester
Glouchester
Mass
Mr. Payne
House
Storm Does Damage in Detroit and Across States
A destructive storm across Detroit Michigan and neighboring areas left at least eight dead. Drownings occurred during a risky river crossing and a wall collapse killed three, while lightning struck eight year old Benjamin Hellmer near Cona and Ray Miller died at Brightwood from a blown roof. Damage to roofs and chimneys may reach fifty thousand dollars in Detroit and Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Detroit River
Jennings
Missaukee County
Bernard Cariser
Charles Jacobson
John Torrey
Mitchell Bros
Benjamin Hellmer
Cona
Ray Miller
Brightwood
Chicago
Mississippi
Terrell Plantation
West Point
Miss
Wabash
Ind
James A. Hayes
Peru
Pittsburg
Special Weather Bureau
United States
Eagle Aeroplane Company
New York City
Roosevelt Praises Messina Reggio Lumber Aid
Ex president Roosevelt sends a cable from the steamer Admiral praising the American relief effort at Messina and Reggio. He notes 250 houses completed and 1,250 more planned, led by Ambassador Riseom and Navy officers with carpenters and volunteers including Elliott Chandler Bush and Hale aiding the humanitarian project.
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Messina
United States
Rome
Mombassa
Roosevlt
Reggio
Ambassador Riseom
Belknap
Buchanan
Wilcox
Spofford
Dr. Donelson
J. Elliott
Winthrop Chandler
B. Hale
Butlers Are Convicted In Greensboro Criminal Libel Case
In Greensboro North Carolina the Superior Court convicted Marion Butler and brother Lester F. Butler of criminal libel for publishing articles in The Raleigh Caucasian. The items questioned the personal and official integrity of ex Judge Spencer B Adams during his term as Chief Justice of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court in the Indian Territory. Judge Long fined Marion Butler five hundred dollars and half the costs and Lester Butler two hundred fifty dollars and half the costs.
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Greensboro
N. C
Superior Court
Marion Butler
Lester F. Butler
Raleigh
Spencer B. Adams
Indian Territory
Long
Lester Butler
Dedication of Birmingham City Terminal Station Draws 10008 Visitors
Birmingham celebrated the dedication of a $2,000,000 city terminal station on Tuesday. The two block complex includes a subway allowing streetcars to pass through. Speakers included J H Harahan of Illinois Central and J F Hanson of Central of Georgia.
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Birmingham
Ala
New City Terminal
J H. Harahan
Illinois Central
J. F. Hanson
Central of Georgia
Mr. Rogers Views the Road Arrives in Roanoke
Mr. Rogers and his party arrived in Roanoke and toured the town by automobile. Business leaders hosted a banquet at Hotel Roanoke and the group departed by special train for Princeton, West Virginia, marking his first trip over the new road.
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Mr. Rogers
Roanoke
Rogers
Princeton
W. Va
Fire destroys Virginia home. 8 year old dies
In Sawyers Campbell County, early Saturday, Armistead Yuille’s home burned. His 8 year old daughter, asleep inside, perished as the roof collapsed. The parents woke to the blaze and, in the scramble to fight it, failed to locate the child until after flames subsided.
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Virginia
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Sawyers
Campbell County
Armistead Yuille
Yuille
Artist Hero Fireman Dempsey Redirects Runaway Horse
Fireman James Dempsey of Engine Company No 32, while at leisure on State street near Washington, used imaginative theatrics to turn a frightened runaway horse. He thrust his fingers into the horse’s mouth to mimic a bridle and guided it back to safety, earning praise as a creative hero.
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James Dempsey
Engine Company No. 32
State — Street
Washington
Dempsey
Rider Haggard
Chicago Evening Post
Victoria Government Issues 9500 Denomination Stamps
The government of Victoria Australia has issued stamps up to the denomination of 9500. The new issue expands the currency range for postal use and reflects ongoing fiscal stamp program developments.
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Government of
Victoria
Australia
Falls Ice Bounder Drags Niagara Warmer Days Forecast
Voice of Niagara mutters under second long freeze in memory as ice runs river to lake. A severe April southwester drove Lake Erie ice into a massive bank at the lower lake, flooding river levels to 40 feet above normal with damage pegged around 1 million dollars. Upper river remains clear while frost blankets the lakes and experts fear ongoing risk if the jam moves.
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Buffalo
New York
Niagara
Weather Bureau
Lake Erie
Negro Lynched After Attempted Assault Near Arcadia Florida
In Arcadia Florida a Black man named John Smith dragged Miss Mary Steel Ewing from her buggy and assaulted her. He was captured by sheriffs but mob violence overtook the officers and hanged him from a tree as the woman’s cries aided by bystanders led to his identification.
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Arcadia
Fla
John Smith
Mary Steel Ewing
Six Die in Lenox Blaze Ignores City Business District
A fire in Lenox Massachusetts early Sunday destroyed four business blocks two dwellings and two other structures. Six people died including Edward C. Ventre and four Ventres family members and two bookkeepers. Three others were badly burned with property losses estimated at 200000 to 300000. The blaze started in the Cilcord Building by spontaneous combustion. Injured include Mrs Catherine Root and her sons George and Artlun.
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Lenox
Mass
Busines
Sunda
Franklin, Main
Housatonic
Church Streets
Clicord
Edward C. Ventre
Edward C. Ventres
Leslie Ventres
Alice French
Isabel Cook
Mary Sparks
Catherine Roother
George
Artlun
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North State
Wilmington
E. M. Gregg
Woolvin
Third and
Princess Streets
Gregg
John Hand
Mr. Hand
Mr. Gregg
South Carolina
Spencer
Southern Railway
Greenville
George Cherry
G. E. Cherry
Atlantic Coast Line
Supreme Court
Aldrich
Senate Committee
House Committee On Ways and Means
Senator Gallinger
Simmons
Gallinger
South
Roosevelt
Florida
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