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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
8
Wake Forest school tax case triggers fears of chaos across 1325 districts if Supreme Court rules like the superior court. Women freeholders may be barred from petitions, sparking potential attacks on past elections and calls for injunctions.
Governor Kitchin grants pardons for Easter Miller of Ashe County and two other prisoners with conditions on good behavior and residence. Harvey Lane and E. Higgs receive pardons after medical and public recommendation. The Pepper bill could raise North Carolina National Guard funding to about 196,629 dollars, alongside existing federal and state appropriations. Other notes cover new enterprise filings in Charlotte and New Bern, drought in Durham, a Southern Railway worker injured near Gastonia, and uniform assessment rates for Yadkin River Power Co transmission lines across eight counties.
W R McCullen a farmer and merchant of Krener ten miles north of Clinton is jailed as an accessory in the murder of John Simmons a white farmer shot while returning from church. James McCullen his son faces gunfire charges in the ambush said to stem from a dog owned by the McCullens.
In Lima during Holy Week booths and arches line Calle de las Palmas as believers prepare for Palm Sunday. The Friday night procession features the crown of thorns the nails and a cock, followed by a blood-tinged float of Jesus and a Virgin Mary float amid dim lighting. The resurrection image returns to the church at 9:30 Saturday morning.
Pathologists at the University of Pennsylvania report experiments following Rockefeller Institute work showing it is currently impossible to produce life artificially. Artificial solutions induced growth in female guinea pigs’s embryos. three births occurred, two died, one survived, with results suggesting artificial impregnation yields smaller offspring and raises ethical questions.
United States prisoner C. H. Dennison being moved to the Portsmouth naval prison broke from guards at North station. He fired shots into the crowd, escaped through the train, but no injuries were reported.
A recently found Palos, Spain letter states Columbus spent 7200 dollars for the voyage that led to the discovery of America, with the total trip cost cited as 72000 dollars.
A packed Charlotte audience heard Superintendent Laughinghouse advocate employing all able bodied convicts on county roads under a chain gang system while denying state farm competition. The discussion opened the sixth annual North Carolina Good Roads Association convention.
Hendersonville hosts two week superior court term for civil cases. Locke Craig to address Confederate veterans in Winston-Salem. Butler recaptured after escaping state hospital near Raleigh. Camden Pasquotank education meeting led by John H. Small in Elizabeth City. Salisbury buys a motor fire truck. Alderman Ludwick backing the purchase. Dunn reports high swallows killed by Highsmith and Bell at a Dunn sanitarium. July revenue from stamps in Winston-Salem tops 400 thousand. tobacco shipped up. Entomologist E. H. Gibson in Charlotte studies fall army worm damage. Harnett teachers institute under Hazel and Avent with Ada Womble. Lee county highway board appoints R. P. Coble to start road work. Fayetteville letter warns Shaw over prohibition, libel and beer. Jonah Holmes bound over in Falling Creek case. Dunn man injured when wagon wheel runs over head. Davidson County corn contest entries rise. Durham race politics stir battlefield for legislature.
Col Theodore Roosevelt declares he will not accept a Nomination on a platform that fails his principles. He refuses delay, says his confession of faith must be presented to the draft committee, and air its views before Chicago convention approval. He warns the new Progressive party must accept his political doctrine.
Washington reports President Taft intends to veto the steel tariff revision bill after the Senate voted 33 to 28 to recede from its amendments repealing Canadian reciprocity. Old Guard Republicans avoid delaying action on the steel and iron measure.
Charles R. Crane of Chicago a wealthy manufacturer and La Follette supporter may be treasurer of the Democratic national campaign committee. Gov. Woodrow Wilson had Crane under consideration and announced the treasurer was agreed upon by himself and National Chairman MeCombs.
New York District Attorney Whitman plans to try Lieutenant Becker within the month. Authorities will guard the jury panel, and at least two private detectives will shadow each talesman to prevent bribery or intimidation.
The Rosenthal murder case revelations prompt a public mass meeting at Cooper Union to demand law and order. Signers include Jacob H. Schiff Eugenius H. Outerbridge Eugene A. PIBBIN Henry Moskowitz Allen Robinson and Felix Adler.
In La Libertad El Salvador reports the Nicaragua situation is very serious as Diaz and ex-Minister of War General Mena lead a conservative faction. Liberals are said to support Mena with forces in Masaya and Granada and a strong presence at Rivas.
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